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Macarthur Advancement & Development Association Inc. Issue Nº 216 MARCH 2017 MACARTHUR NEWS The next General Meeting of the Macarthur Advancement & Development Association Inc. Wednesday 8th March. 7.30pm at the Macarthur Senior Citizens rooms Important Notice The interruption to the power supply planned for Sunday March 5 th has been postponed due to the events being held in Macarthur on that day.

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Macar thur Advancement & Development Association Inc. Issue Nº 216 MARCH 2017

MACARTHUR NEWS

The next General Meeting of the Macarthur Advancement & Development Association Inc.

Wednesday 8th March. 7.30pm at the Macarthur Senior Citizens rooms

Important Notice

The interruption to the power supply planned for Sunday March 5th has been postponed due to the events being held in Macarthur on that day.

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Hinterland Screenprints

Wendy Black

17 February- March 17

Portland Bay Press

21 Julia st, Portland, Vic

#macblackprintroom

[email protected]

Before you complain –

Have you volunteered yet?

Last week members of the MADA committee

were in Koroit with representatives of 17 other

small towns in the Shire. The sign above was part

of the presentation given by one of those towns

and it really made us think. One of the major

complaints we have been hearing is that other

towns, like ours, are having difficulty attracting

younger volunteers. They tend to be involved

only in sporting clubs or schools.

Over the past few couple of years most of the

presenters have been older people but now there

are younger people becoming involved in some of

the town organizations. Macarthur has something

like 22 different clubs and many of them are strug-

gling to fill positions on their committees and in

most cases the members are in the older age group.

There is a core group of people who are on more

than two committees and are being stretched.

If we don’t have younger men and women in-

volved and ready to take over, many of the clubs/

organizations will not survive. MADA, the

Historical Society, Lions Club, Hall Committee,

Swimming Pool Committee, RSL and others, will

not be able to offer the services and support they

have in the past unless they have an injection of

new members to share the load and ensure their

survival.

If you think something isn’t being done or

could be done better, before you complain, ask

yourself “How can I be part of the solution?”

Do we just need younger people to be in-

volved? By no means! The Senior Citizens Club

would love more members and so would the

Men’s Shed. Both of these groups cater to the

older members of the community. The Bowls

Club is always looking for more players, from any

age group.

One of the new Councillors was in town recent-

ly and was completely blown away by the facili-

ties and number of clubs and groups in Macarthur.

His town is slightly larger and not nearly so well

served. We will only continue to enjoy this if

people become involved.

Have you volunteered yet?

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The Great Australian Bake Off

The Great Australian Bake Off, on Foxtel’s LifeStyle

FOOD, is now casting for a new series! We are once

again looking for Australia’s best home bakers who will

have their bakes tasted in The Bake Off Shed by the

iconic Maggie Beer and culinary genius Matt

Moran.

If you or someone you know would like to be part

of the show, then we would LOVE to hear from

you!

Applications are open so if you or your mum, dad,

sister, brother, grandparent, uncle, aunt, colleague,

neighbour or friend are a star baker then click on

this link to apply… www.lifestyle.com.au/

applynow

Hurry because applications will be closing soon…

Good Luck!

Gemma & The Bake Off Team

(Check out the flyer for the Great Australian Bake Off on the Macarthur Facebook page…. Editor)

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MACARTHUR BOWLS

CLUB.

WEEKEND PENNANT.

Congratulations to Division 4 finishing in 3rd

place on the ladder.

Semi Finals. Macarthur had the largest win of the

finals scoring 83 to Penshurst 56. Jean Schroeder,

Phil Burton and Ron Collie got away to a good

start but Ron had to retire and Val Burton came in

as substitute. The score of 36 was double that of

Barry King and co. Carole Dunn John Bragg and

Graham Windus put together a 28 playing Peter

Linke whose team scored 19. That figure, 19, was

then replicated by Carol Uebergang and Neville

Linke when their day ended on the same score.

Preliminary Finals saw Macarthur play Hamilton.

Unfortunately Hamilton were too strong on the

day putting an end to Macarthur’s run to the final.

Ron Steff defeated Carol Uebergang, the resilient

Fred Schroeder and Ian Douglas 33, 11. Ray

Downs had a great battle for most of the day to

run out late game winners 28 to Jean Schroeder,

Phil Burton and Roger Moodie 16. That left the

jovial matchup between Ray Fary who became

lost for words, and was defeated by Carole Dunn,

John Bragg and G Winduss 15, 27.

Congratulations to all players who put in through

the season.

Corporate Cup has finished, winners for the night

were Robyn Sharrock, Ian Douglas, Samuel Shar-

rock. Encouragement award went to Byaduk

Duck Fudgers, and Macarthur Men's Shed.

Winners for the comp were Macarthur Cricket

Club, the Who Dun Its, Greg Carter, Ian Brilley,

and Will Edwards, with Michael Brilley and

Jeremy Hunt as fill ins. The raffle was won by

Rosie Johnson. Thanks to our Sponsors for the

Corporate Cup, Petcheys Spuds and Alexandra

House.

Sunday 5h March the Club is holding a 'Skills Day' starting at 9.30am. Come and enjoy a morning of fun bowls, finish off with a cuppa and scones with jam and cream.

The Macarthur Bowls Club welcomes new members.

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Broadwater Tennis Club Inc.

Update on the happenings at Broadwater, we have one

competitive team this year. We start finals on the 25th

and play Willatook. If we win we play in the grand

final. Good luck to our team and bring home another

grand final medal.

Our Junior Tennis Training is happening at the moment.

We have 20 children registered. Brayden Burgess from

Warrnambool Indoor Tennis takes the children and they

all seem to have a lot of energy and are all doing really

well.

Thank you to the parents for committing to these

lessons and bringing their children. It is great to see them all playing and enjoying exercise.

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MACARTHUR CEMETERY TRUST

BOARD

The Board is pleased to advise the appoint-

ment of three new Trustee Board Members

as well as re-appointment of another,

whose 5year term had expired recently. In

making their applications, each of these

was required to be interviewed by the

Board, have their applications pass

through rigorous evaluation and assess-

ment by the State Department of Human

Services before receiving final approval by

the Governor-in-Council. In all, this

process took almost 3 months.

We are therefore happy to welcome Sharon

Muldoon, Grahame Stafford and Ian

Cowland to our ranks, each of whom we

are sure will bring their own particular

strengths and experience. The fourth (re-

appointed) member referred to is Barry

Sharrock. We should also mention here

that due to a limitation under the Ceme-

teries & Crematoria Regulations, the Board

is limited to just 11 members. Only

through the generous offer of Geoff Shar-

rock to stand aside was it possible for all

3 new applicants to be admitted to Board

membership. And despite his no longer

being a Board member, Geoff continues to

serve voluntarily until the next vacancy

occurs, at which time he is expected to

re-apply.

Our Cemetery enjoys complementary

remarks from the community and visitors,

whether for funerals, engaged in family

history research or just passing through.

Funeral directors too have praised the

state of our grounds and facilities. Gener-

ous donations are also made from time to

time to aid the Board in its work.

Many challenges confront small cemetery

trustee boards, mainly of a financial

nature, such as cost and maintenance of

equipment, mowers, fuel, weed control and

other expenses. Fortunately though, as all

work is done on a voluntary basis, no

wages or associated costs are incurred. It

should be mentioned here that community

volunteers to help with these works will

always be welcomed; also, that any such

volunteers are covered under our Personal

Accident Insurance policy in the event of

injury whilst working at the Cemetery.

The names of all other members of the

Board are:

Tom Kelly Chairman

Bernie Warren Hon. Sec/Treas

Darryl Kelley Board

Alan Bunworth Board

Malcolm Sharrock Board

Maurice Sullivan Board

George Hill Board

Editor’s Note; Due to an error by the Editor,

only part of this article was printed last

month. With apologies to the Cemetery

Trust Board we have reprinted the article in

full this month.

DAMS, ROADS,

DEEP RIPPING,

DRAINAGE,

STONE CLEARING

ROLLING, SAND, SOIL

or GRAVEL.

COWLAND EARTH MOVING

Brian Cowland

5576 1075

0407 528 608

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Broadwater Community

Reserve Inc.

IS AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY FOR

FUNCTIONS Birthday Parties

Meetings

Social Functionsll

enquiries to: Leonie Dyson 0438586762

Broadwater Playgroup Hamilton/Port Fairy Road 12km south of Macarthur)

Fridays 10am-12noon

We have altered the time to in the

morning, hopefully it will suit more

children and their parents

Everyone Welcome

Bladder Health The urinary bladder has a close relationship with the health of the whole body. It plays a crucial role in maintaining homeostasis by helping the body to remove urine. The most common bladder issue is cystitis, caused by bacteria infection, which affects around 1 in 2 women and 1 in 20 men. It's commonly manifested as frequent urination with urgency, burn-ing pain sensation during urination and a feeling of bladder is still full after urination. Any blood in urine or excruciating pain felt should have the conditions immediately checked by a medical practitioner. To keep the bladder healthy, drink plenty of water throughout the day, detoxify the body weekly using a botanical drink such as liquid chlorophyll and alka-line the urine by consuming soda water. Holistically, maintaining good personal hygiene, good blood sugar & adopting a healthy life style with a balanced diet, taking cranberry juice & drinking nettle leaf tea frequently will help to improve your bladder health.

Eumeralla Property Services

Home handyman, small renovations,

property maintenance, gardening

services.

Licensed Pest Control Technician.

Labour hire (High risk licence)

0419389022 55775220.

Email: [email protected]

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MACARTHUR NEWS

Editor: Merilyn Cook.

Layout: Carole Dunn

Printing: Moyne Shire Council

Published by MADA

Advertising Rates

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½ page $35 Yearly $150

Once off: Full page $50. Full back page $60

Advertising to: [email protected]

Articles & reports: [email protected]

Enquiries: Merilyn Cook 5576 1113

All articles and ads must be submitted by 21st of each month.

Articles for Macarthur News

Articles submitted for inclusion in this paper should be sent as a Word document using Times New Roman, font size 12.

Articles should be emailed if at all possible as this reduces the work required to prepare the paper for publication.

Septic tank cleaning

Portable toilet hire

Grease Trap Cleaning

Excavator 8Tonne with 300, 450 and

600mm Augers

Septic tank installation,

Septic treatment system installation

and effluent drain replacement

Servicing all areas

Parfrey Plumbing

0355761102

Fox & Lillie Rural would like to advise that

the Macarthur store will be open Fridays only.

Trading Hours will be from 9.00 am to

4.30pm or by appointment.

For any wool buying, receivals and general

inquiries please contact

Colin Petersen 0427 528 126

Macarthur store 55 761394

Hamilton Store 55 724445

Main office and store will be situated at 86-94

Lodge Road Hamilton. Colin, David, Mat,

Graham & Mark will be able to help you with

any inquiries in regards to receivals of clip lots

and oddments.

Macarthur Golf Club News

Opening Day for the Golf season 2017 is Sunday 19th March. It will be a 'Surprise Mixed Event' .... 12 for

12.30 start...... Please bring afternoon tea. There will be a working bee to clean the Clubhouse

on Wednesday 15th March at 9.30 am. There will be working bees each Sunday till 19th March starting at

9am. This week will be focusing on scrapes and

surrounds The Parklands Challenge tentative date -

1st or 2nd Saturday in May.

Charity Day this year is on Friday 19th May.

MACARTHUR PUB

HIGH ST

MACARTHUR

Pub News

.

Follow us on Facebook page Macarthur

pub for all updates on events

ROUND BALING

& SILAGE

WRAPPING

Glenn (Cotton)

Baker

Rolling — Mowing

Raking & Teddering

Spraying — Sowing

Phone: (03) 55784246

0419 836 784

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GRAMPIANS

Screenprints by Wendy Black

MacBlack Print Room

24 Heckfield st

Macarthur March 4 & 5 10 – 6

[email protected]

#macblackprintprintroom

PROPOSED CHURCH TIMES FOR

NMARCH MACARTHUR

These church times and venues are only tentative and may change, so it would be a good idea if you intend going to any of these services to check, we do try to let people know if there is a sudden change.

Phone numbers of respective Churches are at the bottom of this notice.

March 5th 3’n 1 Anglican Church 11am

March 12th Anglican Church 9am

March 19th Catholic Church 8.30am

March 26th Uniting Church 9am

The 3’n 1 services are Ecumenical each

Church has a turn at this.

ANGLICAN CHURCH

JODIE ANNETT 55784223

CATHOLIC CHURCH

COLLEEN HILL 55761161

UNITING CHURCH

SYLVIA LUKE 55761000

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Macarthur Community Gym

Membership only $50:00 per year.

All new members will have a free induction to the equipment with our

local fitness instructor Jodie Nicholls to get you started. You can then

choose to participate in Jodie’s twice weekly circuit classes which are

only $5:00 per class, and/or secure a key from the health centre so you

can go whenever you like.

Membership forms are available from Macarthur Community

Health, Enquiries 55522000

McLeod Transport

Livestock & General 45’ 2 x 1 Stock Crate Trailer 45’ Drop Deck Trailer

David McLeod

1127 Condah Road, Macarthur 3286

03 5578 4200 0428 527 264

SAM CAMERON PLUMBING Lic. 46663

Roofing & Spouting Wood Heater

Drainage & Sewerage Installation

Hot & Cold Water General Plumbing

Hot Water Units & Maintenance

Call Sam on 0419634972 today!

Macarthur Cricket Club is having a stellar year. A Grade has won the HDCA 20/20 as well as the One Day Final. The two day final starts 11th March and if they progress the grand final will be 18th, 19th and 25th. C Grade have had an up and down season but they are looking at making the D Grade final, keep up the good work players! The U16s are sitting on top of their ladder. Our fantastic Thursday night meals still on, only a few weeks left. Meals change each week. Check our Facebook page for what’s coming up. Everyone is welcome to come down for a good cheap meal. Check our Facebook page for our upcoming events and progress of our games.

Pictures courtesy of MCC Facebook Page: Wortley boys playing first ever game together (C Grade) Back page of the spectator

Back page of the spectator One Day final Trophy 20/20 trophy

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Macarthur and District Lions

It’s that time again to let everyone know what has been happening at your local Lions club.

We held a successful Australia Day dinner at the Recreation Reserve with between 80 and 100

people attending and our guest speaker was Marg Watt from Port Fairy. Marg gave a very informative

talk on her life as a new Australian (Marg was born in Scotland).

We have a busy time in the next few weeks, firstly we have the Camp draft catering at the begin-

ning of March on the Friday and Sunday. The following weekend we work in the Sheeben Tent at the

folky for 4 days. This is our major fundraiser for the year, we have to thank members and a lot of

locals and family and friends who help us fill our roster.

Macarthur club hosted our Lions District Cabinet meeting the first weekend in February: we had 50

district Lions, their partners and some of our members for dinner on the Saturday night.

Geoff Sharrock was our guest speaker on the night and gave a very interesting talk on Macarthur and

the district. The RSL and the Historical Society opened up their buildings for people to have a look

around. A few people took advantage of them being opened and were impressed with what they saw.

Once again thanks to Geoff and David Spring for opening their doors.

Sunday morning while the cabinet members were busy at their meeting, their partners and a few of

our local members boarded the bus (thanks Brad and Jenny) for a quick trip out to the windfarm, then

to the Duyvestyns’ for Coffee, Tea, Scones, Jam and Cream and a look at the birds and horses etc.

Those who wanted were given a ride on the buggy pulled by 2 Clydesdales by our granddaughter

Annie.

They were then taken back to Macarthur via the Timuli Blisters and Mt Eccles, then back to the hall

for more to eat, after which we all headed home. It was a great weekend and hopefully some might

come back and visit our town another time.

Christine Duyvestyn

Secretary – Macarthur and District Lions

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Land Plane

Raking

Disc Ploughing

Track

Formation

Field Span

Draining.

Hay Baling

Air Seeder

Mouldboard Ploughing

Power Harrow

Mowing

Offset Disc Ploughing

LACHLAN & WALLACE HILL

AGRICULTURAL CONTRACTORS

Lachlan: 0418 761113 Wallace: 0419 591971

:

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Keatings Caremore Pharmacy

Scripts Giftware Dry Cleaning

Every month we have two weeks of great specials

Need help? Call in and talk to Helen or Bev

G. HILL CONTRACTING

AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS

3 X 3 & 4 X 3 Square Baling. Disc & Mouldboard Ploughing.

Power Harrowing. V & Rotary Raking.

Self Propelled Mower. Conditioner & Windrower.

Silage Wrapping. Hay Cartage & Stacking. Harvesting.

Rotary Hoeing. Crop Rolling. General Cultivation.

Air Seeding of Cereals.

Direct Sowing of Small Seeds. Grouper Available.

Hay, Straw & grain Sales.

Phone George: 0427 053 488 Gary: 0427 761 302

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Parfrey Plumbing Macarthur

Your local Elgas dealer

Please contact us about the Elgas Seniors

Discount Promotion for existing

Elgas customers.

Phone: 0355761102

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