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A new section in Yackity Yak - just a quick run down of what’s going on -
good and bad.
THUMBS UP
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.
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 Yack-based 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 ever-
increasing numbers of singers to its ranks - from age 3 - 90 years! See page 5.
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.
Ron Boulton became the Champion of Champions for the Ovens and Murray
Region on Saturday, 8th March. See the article on page 26.
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.
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.
THUMBS DOWN
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 water-
bombing 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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Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down
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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.
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.
WAW Expand Yack’s Banking Services
April / May 2014 Yackity Yak
A Ramble with the Editor
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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.
Yackity Yak April / May 2014
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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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Ali Pockley, Editor
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17th Yackandandah Folk Festival
Di
Sheppheard
MC-in
g Canadian
singer Charlie
A’Court....
Another great year’s
worth of entertainment.
A big thank you to all the
volunteeer workers who
make this Festival possible,
of course including the
hard working committee
members.
The
Sunday Market
continues to
be a
huge draw card & included
buskers & our own Charles Sluga
captivatin
g the crowd with
Art on
the Run - creatin
g watercolour
magic on the pavement!
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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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
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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 000Burn-off Notification 1800 668 511Bushfire Information Line 1800 240 667CFA Web Site www.cfa.vic.gov.au
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Simon Cavini along with other members of the Yack CFA, was
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Cube in Wodonga on Friday 14th March. These medals were
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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.
Current Activities at YCEN
² Yoga with Julie Klose,
Wednesday’s 9.45 am – and
6pm- 7pm, Court House, $10
per session.
² Zumba with Jenn Clarke,
Thursdays 10-11am, Public Hall,
$10 per session.
² Designing a Business Facebook
Page - due to the success of this
two day course, other sessions
will be arranged in the near
future.
² Fabric Art (create your own
patchwork material designs
and silk scarf), starting in Term
2, three four hour workshops,
$40 member $50 non-member.
Bookings are being taken now.
² Community Garden; If you are
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.
Expressions of Interest.
Would you like to take part in
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)
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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.
Yackandandah Community
Op Shop Celebrations.
The Yack Op continues to thrive and
involve a selection of volunteers
from Yack and the surrounding area.
We are continually getting supplies
of excellent quality goods to sell and we would like to thank everyone
that donates items and, of course,
our volunteers without whom this
just would not happen!
Our first anniversary
has been and
gone now,
and here is
a photo of
some of the
wonderful
volunteers
who make
the Shop
such a great
success.
The YCEN
Committee
of
Management
would also
like to pass on their sincere thanks
for the input of everyone into the Op
Shop.
Community Guinness World
Record
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.
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.
Left to right, top row to bottom row:
Chris Szirom, Pauline Cook, Margaret
Jansen, Libby Schmidt, Rose O’Keefe
8 Yackity Yak April / May 2014
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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.
Our class nights on a Tuesday have
seen good number turning up. On
Tuesday 04 March, fifty six people attended and
this is very
encouraging
to the
Committee.
There are
a lot of
people out
there, I’m
sure, who
would like
to participate
in this very
social and
enjoyable
pastime and
the good thing about it is the great
entertainment value for so little cost.
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
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
made very welcome. Our surplus
funds go to worthy causes to which
we’ve
donated
many tens of
thousands of
dollars over
the years.
So, if there’s
anybody out
there who
would like to
get involved,
please come
along and,
as I’ve said,
you’ll be
made very
welcome. Dancing also makes you
fit and keeps you that way.
Come along, we look forward to
seeing you. I can be contacted on
6027 1266
Stan Sutherland
President
Yack Old Time Dance Group
A great evening at the YOTDG as they trip the light
fantastic to Bak 2 Bak from Gippsland
THE OPENING OF KEV’S SHED
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 spoke about her family’s long connection
with the area, and how her mother opened
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.
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
project so
much easier
to run, and
Elaine
Shallue,
Project
Manager for
SGA was a
delight to
work with
from start to
finish. It is marvellous
for Yack to be
one of only
5 gardens in
Victoria that received funding from these
sources, three of which are in the Indi
electorate.
Scores of people
turned up on the
15th March for
the official launch, and it was evident
over the couple of
weeks before this
just how much
work was be-
ing put in by the
garden volunteers.
Lee-Anne cracks
a mean whip but
draws no blood,
and so people
were more than
pleased to turn a hand to just about every-
thing in the garden. It was also great to see
the Beechworth Correctional Centre mob at
the Opening. The work that they were able
to put into the Yack Community Garden
should not be over-looked. They clearly en-
joyed 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.
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 .......
Yack’s Community Garden
Kevin Poyner, architect and
motivating force behind the
Yack Station project
Member for Indi, Cathy McGowan AO
formally opens the
Yack Station
Early morning preparations for the Community
Garden launch
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PILATES CLASSES: Classes are held in
the Hall on Monday and Thursday evenings
from 7 pm. Cost is $15 per class (casual)
or $100 for 10 sessions. Pilates has many
benefits – it’s a great way to get fit and keep that important “core” strong! Call Janene on 0423 289 215 if you have any enquiries.
HIRE ME! Planning a special event or party? We are a great venue and a popular choice for that special event - family reunions, “milestone” birthdays, engagements and weddings. Our beautiful old hall can seat
80-100 people, offers a fully functional kitchen, stage area and heating &
cooling. The large picturesque grassed area outside works well set up for
day time or informal events and can take a marqee should you need one.
Our general hire charge is $150, and we also have a small meeting room
available to community groups. Come and take a look around – you may
be pleasantly surprised !
Please contact either Lisa on 6027 1808 or Andrea on 6027 1991with any
enquiry.
April / May 2014 Yackity Yak
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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.
Our 15 new Preps
have settled into
school life really well
and were very happy
to have Wednesdays
off during February
to help them adjust to
full-time schooling.
All but 4 of the
Preps are siblings of
existing students, so what a great family affair for our school. These
Preps plus a new family have seen
our enrolments for 2014 at an all-
time high of 83!! We maintain our
5 classrooms and continue with our
specialist subjects: Italian, Music
and Science. We also welcome new
staff member, Mrs Tameeka Godde,
who is teaching our 4/5 Class.
We have already had plenty of
things happening in these first few weeks of Term 1.
Our Years 3 to 6 students swam at
the schools swimming sports in the
second week of February with 12
of these students going on to the
district swimming carnival, and
three of these going on to zone
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” a country from
each continent
and doing many
activities about
that country (fact
finding, learning a new alphabet,
making musical
instruments). The
Year 4-6 students
are looking at different countries
from a travel agents perspective,
learning things about a country
that they can “sell” to prospective tourists. We think these will be
fun and interesting ways for all
our students to gain a greater
understanding of the big, wide
world that we live in.
This year our school has introduced
a program called “Bounce Back” which is a preventative, whole-
school, social and emotional
learning program that has been
developed to support teachers in
their efforts to promote positive
whole-school mental health and
wellbeing in students. In particular,
to enable students to act resiliently
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.One seriously intrepid student on
the climbing wall at the 456 Camp
Osbornes Flat Primary School
Osbornes Flat Hall
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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.
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,
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’!
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!
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
You must return your books to the mobile library and not any of the other libraries.
The mobile library is run by the Riverina Regional Library out of Wagga. 02 6926 9771.
YACK MOBILE LIBRARY VISITS
Yackity Yak April / May 2014
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I Wonder Why Pirates Wear Earrings
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Centenary of Anzacs Animals in Combat
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for a small letter
A rabbit walks into a pub and says
to the barman,
"Can I have a pint of beer, and a
Ham and Cheese Toastie, please?”
The barman is amazed, but gives the
rabbit a pint of beer and a ham and
cheese toastie.
The rabbit drinks the beer and eats
the toastie. He then 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.'
The rabbit looks him in the eye and
says, 'Are you sure I will like it?'
The masses' bated breath is ear-
shatteringly silent... The barman,
with a roguish smile says,
'Do you think that I would let down
one of my best friends. I know
you'll love it.'
'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....
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.'
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 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.'
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?'
Cont’d on page 14
Long Tom hill - only 10 minutes from
downtown Yack!
A SHAGGY RABBIT STORY!Back Creek
Christian
Youth Centre
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
11April / May 2014 Yackity Yak
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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.
The format for a typical Joey night
consists of parade, games, art and
craft activity and a story or song.
Each week we will focus on a new
theme with Scouting values threaded
through the program. The first few weeks will begin with ANZAC Day
activities, Mothers’ Day activities,
a nature walk and learning about
the Joey motto, which is HOP (Help
Other People).
Rain, hail or shine we will be
getting together and making new
friends and having lots of fun. We
hope to see as many 6 and 7 year
old boys and girls there on our first night, Thursday 24th April. For
more information please contact
Allan Grogan, Group Leader, 0400
821 076 or email allangrogan2341@
gmail.com.
Cubs - The Cubs are going very
well at the moment but to continue
their success and growth they
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 Cuboree and Jamboree. Thank
you for your support if you have
already purchased a ticket or two
or three…You will be seeing a
lot more of the kids as they have
a massive 150 books to sell, they
have already had great success
and sold 40 books so please bare
with us. Thanks must also go to the
Yackandandah Lions Club for the
stall at the February market, we
had a great time.
Soap Drive - Keep your eye out
for our soap drive!! Cinderella’s
Soaps is very kindly allowing us
to fundraise selling her soaps, so
thank you Cinderella.
The 1st Yackandandah Scout
Group would like to thank the
community for their continued
support.
Yours in Scouting.
Amanda Trenery
1st Yack Scout Group
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.
THE LIFE STYLE COMMITMENT
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.
I intend to:
± 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.
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.
12 Yackity Yak April / May 2014
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World Day of Prayer
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.
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.
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
From left to right: Ann & Lindsay Jarvis, Anne Corr, Evelyn Leitch & Margaret Jansen
2014 mm Days
RainJan 17.2 3
Feb 30.3 5
March to
8th
2.6 1
TOTAL 50.6 9
Reg’s Rain Report
To
8/3/13
43.8 8
To
8/3/12
433.8 21
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
TRAFFIC
SAFETY AROUND
YACKANDANDAH
KINDERGARTEN
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
with the Kindergarten driveway turn-off in Isaacs Ave,
and take extra care when driving nearby.
The busiest times are around drop-off and pick-up.
These are 8:30 am and 4 pm Monday, Tuesday and
Thursday, and 9 am and 1 pm on Wednesday. Please be
aware of these times, and expect traffic turning into and out of the driveway, and pedestrians on the edge of the
road.
Remember that although Isaacs Ave is a 60 km/hour
speed zone, many trucks use the road as well as tourists,
Yackandandah Kindergarten
Yack Kindergarten
visitors and drivers who may
not be familiar with the traffic conditions. Please drive carefully,
and allow plenty of space for
unexpected braking.
We are also running an awareness
campaign within the Kinder
community, and work hard to
educate our children about road
safety. Let's work together to make
sure that our roads are safe for
everyone.
Rhiannon Edwards
On behalf of Yackandandah
Kindergarten
Community fitness group benefits from YCDCo funding. See page 26 for full story.
SPIDERS, RODENTS, BEES, EUROPEAN
WASPS, TERMITES, MILLIPEDES,
EARWIGS, ETC AND BAITING SYSTEMS
13April / May 2014 Yackity Yak
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.
Matthew
Charles-Jones
is Indigo Shire
Council’s
Solar Projects officer and he says using the energy of the sun for our
power makes perfect sense.
“On any level it is logical to use
the power of the sun to power
our homes and businesses and
industry,” he says. “Especially in Indigo Shire where according to
Clean Energy Council data, we
have the highest density of rooftop
solar panel installations – 22.8%
- of any municipality in Victoria.
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.”
There are more than 40 communities
in Australia investigating the idea
of community power projects,
Matthew says. “This is becoming
more feasible, for instance, with the
global average cost of solar panels
falling by up to 75% in the past 8
years,” Matthew says.
A community energy forum in
Yackandandah held in March
discussed opportunities for locally-
owned power and heard from
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.
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.
“This is more common in the
bush than in the city. By working
together, people can create
opportunity, energy security and
recycle their capital back into their
community. We saw this at Hepburn
Wind & the result is a stronger more
cohesive community,” Martin said
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
on progress, or be involved in some
way, please contact Matthew at
matthew.charlesjones@indigoshire.
vic.gov.au.
My Lord, be praised for all your creatures
Especially Brother Sun, who give usThe day that through you illuminates us.
Beautiful is he, and radiant with splendourYour gravest witness, O Omnipotent One.
My Lord, be praised for Sister MoonAnd every star made so bright, precious
Beautiful in this your heaven.
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 WaterSo necessary, so humble, precious and chaste. My Lord, be praised for Brother Fire
He who lights up the night
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.
PRAYER OF SAINT FRANCIS
Standing room only at the Solar Forum held
at the Senior Citz
Organiser, Matthew Charles-Jones,
oversaw the setting up of YCEN’s recent
solar PV panels
Harnessing the power of the sun to run a town
A phone call from Lyn Ingram put
Yackity Yak in touch with artist,
Margaret McCall, who moved to
Yackandandah just over a year
ago.
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
name of one of his columns and
Yack and residents were regularly
mentioned in it. Sadly, Mick was
killed in 1978 in a terrible local
train accident.
Margaret is entirely self-taught,
and started at a very early age
by covering her school books in
drawings of horses, a life-long
love of hers that continues to this
day and which features in many
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
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
would produce the
text. This was printed as a very impressive
booklet which
was widely sold in the Shire.
Meanwhile, Margaret won art
competition after competition and
began to build up quite a name
for herself.
Margaret also had a great off-farm
income sketching houses for real
estate companies later on when
living in Woomargama where she
had a berry farm which took up
most of her available time. She
particularly enjoyed working on
site with these illustrations, and
it is a great loss to the Border
Mail generally, that this form of
advertising of real estate is largely
a thing of the past.
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.
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
has worked hard
on the house, and
completely re-vamped the garden
turning it into a haven of flowers and native shrubs. Margaret said
that she has always known about
Yack and loves it for being a quiet
and peaceful town set in glorious
bush countryside.
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.
ARTIST
AND
MAKER
PR
OFILE
Yackity Yak April / May 201414
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.
Ma r g a r e t M c C a l lTo send light into the darkness of men’s
hearts - such is the duty of the artist.Robert Schumann
Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting
that speaks.Simonides
One of Margaret’s pen and ink drawings for the
real estate section of the Border Mail
Work in progress in Margaret’s light and airy studio
A commission in the very early stages of painting
The Shaggy Rabbit
Story cont’d
from page 10
After a short pause, the rabbit
said...
‘Mixin-me-toasties!’
Nice one, Craig of All-
Car Auto Electricals! Keep
‘em coming. Ed.
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THE A R TS IN Y A C K 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,
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.”
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).
the edges 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
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
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.
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!
THE A R TS IN Y A C K ANDANDAH
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
16 Yackity Yak April / May 2014
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
POETRY POETRY POETRY POETRY POETRY
the first Sunday of each month at 2 p.m. in the small meeting room
at YCEN, High Street, Yack
Sundays 6th April & 4th May, ‘14
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.
For further details, please contact Kev Warburton on 6027 0626
POETRY POETRY POETRY POETRY POETRY
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.
THE A R TS IN Y A C K ANDANDAH
Arts Yackandandah Calendar of Events 2014
Arts Yackandandah has many exciting events in 2014 with theatre, musical, visual art and film events.
Check our website for more details: arts.yackandandah.com
Date What’s On Where and Tickets
Friday 4 April 2014
8pm
Word Paintings
Spoken images of landscape
Grace’s Place, 13 High St Yackandandah
Tickets available from Spiritus Gallery, or reserve 6027 0626
$12-includes coffee and cake
Saturday 26 April 2014
7.15pm
Flickside Film Society
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Yackandandah Courthouse
FREE to Arts Yackandandah
members
Friday 2 May 2014 Lipstick Dreams
Albury Wodonga Theatre Com-
pany
Yackandandah Public Hall
Saturday 24 May 2014
7.15pm
Flickside Film Society
Caramel
Yackandandah Courthouse
FREE to Arts Yackandandah
members
Friday 30 May 7.30pm
Saturday 31 May, 2pm and 7.30pm
Yackandandah Theatre Company Young Players Theatre
production
Yackandandah Public Hall
Friday 25 July 2014 Liz McBarron one woman show Yackandandah Public Hall
Saturday 16 August
7.15pm
Flickside Film Society
Searching for Sugarman
Yackandandah Courthouse
FREE to Arts Yackandandah
members
Saturday 13 September 2014
7.15pm
Flickside Film Society
In the House
Yackandandah Courthouse
FREE to Arts Yackandandah
members
Saturday 18 October 2014
7.15pm
Flickside Film Society
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Yackandandah Courthouse
FREE to Arts Yackandandah
members
23 - 25 October 2014 Yackandandah Theatre Company Production
Yackandandah Public Hall
1-9 November Fresh & Unframed art exhibition Yackandandah Courthouse
CUT ME OUT AND PUT ME ON YOUR
FRIDGE! DON’T MISS OUT ..... 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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Saturday 19 April, Sunday 20 April, Monday 21 April
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Yack Station on track to
enhance Yackandandah’s creative
community
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.
“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.
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 16-
25, 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
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 two-
day simulated parliament, where
participants will debate bills and
issues of importance to their
communities.
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
funded projects that would
otherwise have not been
prioritised for funding.
“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.
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
Yackity Yak April / May 201418
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.
OUR MEMBER FOR INDI - what’s
happening in our electorate
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.
All women of any age will
be warmly welcomed by this
flourishing group.
Please phone President, Gabi Pulla
on 6027 0771 or Secretary, Lee-
Anne Benson on 0412 106 085 for
information.
If you would like to go on the
garden visit, then phone Gabi or
Lee-Anne about car pooling.
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).
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.
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.
Tune to 88.0Mhz FM, your Town’s Local Radio Station.
Paul Titterington
Indigo FM
Yack CWA
Mondays Program Presenter
12:00 - 2:00 pm Musical Mash Spencer
Tuesdays
11:00 - 12:00 pmReadings & Conversations Gail / Rhonda
7:00 - 9:00 pmSmall Town Sounds Chris / Lauren
Wednesdays
4:00 - 5:00 pm School News Keeley & Bobby
Thursdays
9:00 - 11:00 am AM with Phil Phil
Saturdays
8:00 - 10 am
* Everyone Deserves Music Scott
12:15 - 1:15 pm Musical Mash Spencer
Sundays
2:00 - 4:00 pm* 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
88.0 INDIGO FM
PROGRAM GUIDE
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.
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.
WHEN? Wednesdays 2nd & 9th April, 2014
between 7 and 9 pm
WHERE? Yackandandah’s Public Hall,
High Street, Yack
To book or for further details, please contact Ali on 0448 803 411 or email us on:
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19April / May 2014 Yackity Yak
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. 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.
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
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
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
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,
mushrooms, peppers, egg plants and
strawberries, ready for the cook.
Watering is a regular task, every
second day, they have to water, by
hand, for 2.5 hrs. When you visit, be
sure to look out for their Coral tree.
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.
Thank you to our
passionate and dedicated gardeners
for sharing their gardens.
Cheryl Frawley
News Editor
Yack Garden Club
Olive and Ian Moyle in their
beautiful garden
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
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.
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
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
time to start or add to the compost
heap. Run the lawn mower over
the autumn leaves to cut them into
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.
If you have any specific topics you would liked covered in editions to
come, please contact the Editor at
let us know what gardening issues you
might be having!
Autumn in the Garden with Debbi Gibson
20 Yackity Yak April / May 2014
Yack Historical Society & Museum
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.”
She recalls “the original part of
the conservation building being
built in 1995-6. That time, we had Haddon Storey, then Minister for
the Arts in Victoria,
to visit as we began
the build in 1995, and Doris Storey, (no relation) and Tony Plowman, MLA, to jointly open the building
in 1996. Doris was a long-time member of the Historical Society
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.
“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
Shire of Yackandandah, Fire Brigade, Red Cross, Bush Nursing
Hospital, MUIOOF (Manchester
Unity Independent Order of
Oddfellows), sports groups and
many other current or defunct local
organisations, are represented in the registers, minute books,
documents, photographs, objects
and digitised records held, fully catalogued, boxed, stored and
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
ceiling. There are no windows
and the floor is a concrete slab on ground. This provides the
most stable environment to
store and conserve material as
the temperature fluctuations are minimised. The storage rooms
therefore do not require any
air conditioning, only a fan to
maintain air movement.”
In highlighting the importance of
Regional Museums, Cathy touched
on the economic significance of the arts and culture in Victoria. “The
Australian Bureau of Statistics
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
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
Yackandandah Historical Society Vice President Linton Lithlean,
Cathy McGowan & Susan Reynolds
Cathy McGowan MP & Susan Reynolds officially open the Conservation Building Extension
Yackity Yak April / May 2014 21
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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.
Secondly, the bins are paid for by
the Recreation Reserve committee
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.
With regards,
Concerned Local
Dear Madam,
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.
Throughout the country lots of small
businesses and churches are closing
- we don’t want that here.
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.
Let them know they’ve “gotta be
joking!”
Denise Gould
Yackandandah Post Office
Thanks Ali for utilising your
network to assist the community
in this matter (circulating Yack
Health’s flyer for a Grief & Suicide session).
More than just a newspaper.
Cheers
Kevin Poyner
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!
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
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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Hi Ali
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.
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
22 Yackity Yak April / May 2014
Letters to the Editor
Always a good cause to give
to. Ed.
23April / May 2014 Yackity Yak
“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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
“From Indigo Shire’s perspective
this project is viewed as a really pro-
active program rather than a reactive
one,” says Jenny Pena, the Shire’s Natural Resources Management
Officer. “The landcare groups are trying to tackle an issue before it
gets too big. It complements our
own weed program and we can
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
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
responsibility. We need to be very
aware of what we are planting in our
gardens and on our properties.”
Instead of planting fruiting olives,
the suggestion is to plant a non-
fruiting variety such as the Swan
Hill Olive, or a native species
with similar foliage and growth
characteristics e.g. Western
Rosewood (Alectryon oleifolium
subs.canescens)
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.
“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.”
*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
Jenny Davidson of Rutherglen, Jane Roots of Chiltern Landcare
and Rick James, Project Manager
Think Twice Before You Think of Planting Olives
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-to-
wall verges full of them, then it’s
absolutely worth thinking twice
before you plant them... Ed.
24 Yackity Yak April / May 2014
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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.
Indigo Council conducts the Summer Reading
club at all library branches and this was the first time for Yackandandah.
Indigo Libraries
acting co-ordinator,
Wendy Kerr,
said the Summer
Reading Club was
developed by the
State Library of
Queensland, in
partnership with
public libraries
across Australia.
“It provides
children, young
people and their
families with
fun, creative
and engaging
summer holiday activities,” she said. “The program encourages reading and celebrates the
importance of developing all the senses through
reading, writing, art, craft and computer skills.
“This year the theme of Summer Reading
Club was ‘investigation’. At the Indigo Shire
Libraries children enjoyed a weekly whodunit
style story time; guessed how many miniature
items were hidden in a jar of rice; dressed up in
disguise; invented
secret agent name
tags; played
memory games
with essential
spy equipment;
and pinned the
magnifying glass
on the detective.
Children kept
lists of the books
they read over the
holidays, and for
every five books read they entered
the draw for a book
voucher.”
One Primary and one Pre-School entry were
selected from each Indigo Shire Library branch.
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."
"What this tells me is that we have wonderfully
proactive and proud communities in our Shire
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 hard-
working advocates who are available to help
with the application process.
"Iris Mannik in Beechworth has been a long-
time 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.
Library Officers, Yvette Hawkins & Katrina Mahoni with Ivy Edwards who collected a voucher on behalf of her sister
Nina, and Violet MacCalman with her voucher in the Pre-
School Category
For The Love of Reading
Tidy Towns are proud towns
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...
Yack Sustainability
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/official-opening-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
The food swap in its new location at the Community
Garden
Domestic Hard Waste and
Furniture DisposalThis 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, Chiltern-
Rutherglen Road
Kiewa-Tangambalanga, 9am-1pm, corner Forge Court and
Kiewa-Bonegilla Road, opposite Kiewa Fire Station.
Rutherglen, 1pm-5pm, Transfer Station, Cornishtown Road
Yackandandah, 9am-1pm, Indigo Shire Depot, Railway
Avenue, (behind YCDCo Service Station)
Items accepted: carpet, mattresses, scrap metal, sump oil (at
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.
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
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.”
“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.
Indigo Shire will again attend the
Regional Victoria Living Expo in Melbourne in April — this time
showcasing our first class country talent.
"The talent in Indigo
ranks among the Shire's
finest assets," the mayor, Cr Bernard Gaffney, said.
"People come here from
all walks of life and enjoy
the fruits of some of the
most creative people in
the country — and we
welcome the opportunity this Expo
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.
Triple Golden Guitar
winner, Pete Denahy of
Yack will also perform,
and Beechworth writer-
photographer Brenda
Pomponio will tell why
she chose Indigo as her
special place.”
Drawing City Folk To Indigo Shire
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
• New work/development within a Heritage area
• Restoration of a Heritage place
• Specialist trade skills
• Sustainability and/or rreening of a Heritage place
• 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.
New Award for Heritage Advocacy
No Heritage Award to the Council for recommending a speculative
housing development in a pristine part of Hammond Street. Ed.
25April / May 2014 Yackity Yak
Keep your hair on,
Pete! It’s only an
expo...
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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
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.
On the Honour Board at the Yackandandah
Club, the last Champion of Champions
was Helen Kelly in 2005 and the last male
champion was Chris Kennedy back in 1998
of the Ovens and Murray East Region.
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.
Yackandandah Bowling Club
The Champion with that winning bowl!
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.
The Winner takes all! Ron
Boulton & Jack Lillis shake on it.
Thanks to our fantastic Volunteer Life Guards
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.
All this has been made possible through
the generous offer of expertise, time and enthusiasm from Cath Bishop and Richard
Whitford - and not to mention our BBQ and
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…
Volunteer Life Guards, Cath
Bishop & Richard Whitford,
without whom there would be
no early morning swimming
sessions.
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
their eyes.
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.
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.
Whilst the group already has at their
disposal a range
of equipment,
the newest
editions to the
group’s arsenal
is a new rowing
machine and
16 resistance
bands. The
acquisition
of the rowing
machine will
provide an
additional low
impact cardio
option for the group, further aiding
their bid for improved physical
fitness. The bands will allow them to continue working on strength and
muscle tone.
To christen the new machine, the
‘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.
The group
meets every
Monday
morning at 9am
at the Nelson
McIntosh
Pavilion. Any
new ladies
looking to
enhance their
fitness are more than welcome. $5 per session
(which covers, hall hire, insurances
and equipment- instructor is a
volunteer). Contact Kath on 02
6027 1435 or Suzanne on 0411 234
277.
YCDCo Contribution Benefits Fitness
Matthew and Tarn Charles-Jones with
members of the Looking Good group at a
recent fitness session
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.
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.
Further information can be obtained from glaucoma.org.au or talk to Jill
Whitford on 6027 1723.
Early morning swimmers couldn’t convince the Editor to get in...
Perhaps next season!
Intrepid early morning cook, Jill Whitford,
cooks up a storm on World Glaucoma Day
for the early morning swimmers (and the
Editor!).
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.
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!
Looking for a
Venue??
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.
Section 3 had 1 team
making it to the Grand
Final and winning the
flag .
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 MIXED
COMPETITION
Starting Spring 2014.
You may enter as an individual and be
put in a team or enter a mixed team.
This is a good social competition for
all ages.
Please contact Anna Hession on
6027 0558/0438 196 937 or email
[email protected]. Please
register as soon as possible.
TUESDAY NIGHT
COMPETITION
Mixed competition. Please contact Duane Washington on 0418 578 860
for further details.
MARGARET COURT TENNIS
ACADEMY
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.
SATURDAY MORNING
JUNIOR TENNIS
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.
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.
Yackandandah Tennis Club
The winning Section 3 team. From L to R: Aengus Williams,
Adam Bullivant, Jock Shannon, Joe Labram & Corey Jackson
(Ray Leonard absent)
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Phone: 02 6027 1901
Website: yfuelyfarm.com
YACKANDANDAH
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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.
Bulk Chain and Bar Oil
Bring in your own container - only $4.50 per litre.
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.
YCDCo - Non-Daylight Saving Mon-Friday: 7 am to 6 pm
Trading Hours: Saturday: 8 am to 5 pm
Sunday: 8.30 am to 5 pm
NOW STOCKING FULL RANGE OF
FISKARS
BLOCK SPLITTERS
Make your
winter wood
harvest easier
with a Fiskars
splitting axe
- you know it
makes sense!
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
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
From left to right: Kene Keats, Phillip Newman and Anna Ross
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
Foodworks Yack
reported the head-
scratching 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.
MISSING – PLEASE RETURN US