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ISSUE #834 - January 25, 2018

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Inside This Issue….. 2 Heritage 3 Notices 4 School News 5 What’s on on Australia Day 6 “Be Connected”, In the...Library, Familiar Faces? 7 Shire News, “Plan & Prepare” 8 & 9 Annual Adverts 10 & 11 Casual Adverts 12 & 13 Annual Adverts 14 Fours Final, Blue Moon 15 Neighbourhood House 16 Agriculture Victoria 17 Bush Nursing Centre 18 & 19 Bowls 20 Calendar

Next Typing Date MONDAY, February 6

Entries by 10am (Earlier if possible please)

See page 2 for details

This week’s Locky News was prepared by…

Alison Stewart, Marilyn Baker, Lorraine

Appleby

Anne put her stamp on the trophy

In October 2017 avid stamp collector, Anne Hutchinson at Geelong’s Stamp and Coin Fair, entered the A.W. Gason exhibit and was, as she said, “Stunned to learn that I had won the trophy”. Visitors, dealers and Club members voted not knowing who they were voting for. Anne’s exhibit was titled “Canadian First Flight Covers from 1928 to 1934”, which showed covers (envelopes) with stamp and cachets (of which there were 38 different ones) depicting the various routes the pilots flew for the first time in Western Canada. One cover’s cachet was of the Calgary run which had a bucking horse, keeping in theme with the Calgary Stampede which is held there every year. In the picture here you can see the cachet on the left with dogs. Each of her 15 page display held two covers, one outward and one return for each flight, information about the pilots, routes shown on maps, postage rates and gen-eral information. Anne has been encouraged to try a “real” exhibit with qualified Exhibit Judg-

es in Canberra in March. She said, “I don’t expect to do quite so well, but I look forward to get-ting some real advice as to how I can im-prove my exhibit if I decide to try my hand at other ven-ues. Footnote: Con-gratulations Anne and good luck.

Locky Lit Up for Christmas

Congratulations to all of our resi-dents who put up their Christmas lights in celebration of the season. We took a drive around the town just prior to Christmas and count-ed a total of 54 locations of Christ-mas light decorations. Great Effort Locky!!!

Editor

Lockington Pool Is Open

Hours of Operation

Weekdays & Weekends 3pm - 7pm

Fees across all facilities

Season Pass Fees 2017/2018

Family $140 Adult $80

Concession/Child $60

Casual Fees 2017/2018

Family $16 Adult $4.80

Concession/Child $3.80

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Lockington Community News Inc. Contact and Publishing Details

Website: www.lockingtonvic.com.au Email: lockynews@bigpond.com

Typed Monday fortnightly, distributed the following Friday. Deadline: 10am on typing days, earlier if possible please. Leave items at our office at the Heritage Centre (through the slot). We welcome news, reports and personal items, photos etc. sent in via email. Please try to limit file sizes to about 1000kb (1mb). Tel/Fax: 5486 2515 Leave a message on answering machine if office is unattended. Postal: 2-10 Market Street, Lockington, 3563 Editor: Alison Stewart Ph: 0417 177 807 Casual Advertisements - must be accompanied by name, address and telephone number (without this information the advert cannot be printed)

Charges: Minimum 5.5cm x 5.5cm $8.50 incl GST (Locals), $12.50 (Non Locals). Contact our office re larger advertisements and prices. No charge for non profit organizations. Reports - a word count limit of approx. 500 words is sufficient for most reports, preference will be given to shorter reports. Due to space limitations your report may need to be edited. Letters to the Editor, articles and reports should be typed or printed, and must show the author’s name and contact details. We do not include controversial political issues or party policies unless we can give equal space to all parties or sides of the argument. (Contact details are for office use only and will only be published by request.) Articles printed in this paper are printed in good faith and in no way reflect the views held by the 'Locky News' voluntary workers. We reserve the right to reject items deemed to be unsuitable. Any malicious information will be forwarded to the Police. All news items will be put on website unless we’re advised not to.

Lockington & District Living Heritage Complex Complex: 5486 2515 - Open Sunday’s 1pm to 4pm or by appointment

President: Joe Chappel 5486 2226 - Secretary: Beryl Marshall 5486 2353 Website: http//www.lockingtonvic.com.au

Hello again everyone September, in 1917, was a much wetter month than was the case in September, 2017. Though people at that time would have referred to the total amount of rain as ‘about 4 inches’, the rainfall for that month measured about 100 millimetres in today’s terms, and it followed an almost equally wet August. The Pine Grove School was flooded, while about seventy acres of land in its vicinity were described by the Bendigo Independent as being ‘swamped’, and complaints of dam-aged roads were being made to the local Shire Council. Nevertheless, the social whirl continued – The Rochester Express reported on a highly successful Ball held at the Ten-nyson MIA Hall, with wonderfully detailed descriptions of the attire worn by the ladies who attended. A similarly success-ful Patriotic Bazaar, which cleared an amount of £50, was held at the Bamawm North State School. Part, often all, of the funds raised at these social functions would have been directed to the Red Cross Appeal or a similar war relief col-lection, and every effort was made to ensure they were well supported. In other news, the Cohuna Farmers’ Weekly of 7 September, 1917, reported that refreshment rooms were to be provided at the Elmore Railway Station. This facility was said to be much needed, as rail passengers experienced a 40-minute wait at Elmore, on both upward and downward journeys. The newspaper also reported that daily train services on the Elmore-Cohuna line would resume later that month. Though not local, there was other railway-related news; the Trans-continental Railway, linking Western Australia with the East-ern States, was expected to be completed and put into ser-vice within a matter of weeks, with the official opening planned to take place in the first week of November. Life might seem to have been progressing as usual in Aus-tralia but, in Europe, the ‘Great War’ continued and our troops serving there were very much in the minds of their families and friends at home. The Rochester Express pub-lished an item on 11 September, stating that letters to Aus-tralian soldiers in France numbered in excess of 200,000 per night. These letters were checked at the Main Base, and those addressed to men who had been named on the casu-alty list were removed to be dealt with separately. Late Sep-tember saw serious battles on the Western Front and the casualty lists were lengthy. On 29 September, the Weekly Times carried two reports written from the Western Front by special war correspond-ent, Keith Murdoch. Both told of fierce battles in the region of Ypres, seen as victories for the British. Representative battalions from every State in Australia faced the Germans

on vital sections of the Hindenburg Line, fighting bravely and with a “coolness, jauntiness and imperturbability” that drew praise from the Scots and ‘North Country’ lads who fought alongside them. Losses were described as “light”, but for many Australian families, including one family from Wanurp, these losses would have been personal and extreme. The name Polygon Wood, and the battle fought there – among those described by Keith Murdoch – would linger long in their memories. Local lad, Bill Crossman fought in the Battle of Polygon Wood, and was initially reported as ‘missing’, but those engaged with him in the battle on 26 September knew that he had died, and word to that effect reached home some time later. William Reeves Crossman’s military record, now held in the archives in Canberra, includes some signed statements writ-ten by men who were with him in his final moments. They described his appearance, and stated how well they knew him. They had called him Bill – at least one had travelled with him from Australia to Europe – and they told of the shell that exploded, wounding him fatally. With no time to do more, Bill’s comrades had buried him, and two others who had been killed at that same time, in hastily improvised graves close by where the three had died. One of those graves (not Bill’s) they had managed to mark with a small wooden cross, but the other was unmarked. Though his companions gave detailed descriptions of the location of his grave, the sheer destruction wrought at that site afterwards had left the area unrecognisable and, despite subsequent searches being made, William Reeves Crossman’s grave could not be found. Late attacks on the Allied troops in Flanders in October, 1917, took a heavy toll on the Australians. Many were killed, and the Rochester Express reported that ‘Rochy boys’ were among the wounded. Names that appeared in the Casualty Lists included Privates W A McKay of Piavella, and J Martin of Bamawm West, both of whom had been wounded, and Sergt Alex W McKindley, who had been killed in action. Pri-or to his enlistment Alex McKindley occupied an irrigation block at Bamawm. Thankfully, there was better news of oth-er district lads; Pte Les Cant, of Wanurp, who had spent two months in England recuperating from a serious injury, had recovered sufficiently to return to the war front; and Driver J Whinfield, son of the late Mr J Whinfield of Bamawm, had returned to Australia after an absence of two years at the war. That’s all until next time, Marg O’Brien

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THANK YOU

Donation received with thanks…

From Rex & Margaret

Dorman

Meals on Wheels

To be collected 11.30 am

Jan 29 - Action Group Feb 5 - St Mary’s Feb 12 - St James Lockington Feb 19 - Lions Club Feb 26 - Catholic Ladies Mar 5 - Bush Nursing Centre

Anglican Parish of Rochester &Lockington

St. Mary's Lockington

Every Sunday - 11.00am

Holy Trinity Rochester Every Sunday - 9.00am

Enquiries: 5484 1054

St James Community

Church

Every Sunday - 10.00 am

Contacts: Pastor Bill Cochrane

0427 865474 or Edwin Keele 5484 3117

Uniting Church Bamawm

Jan 28 - 9 am Feb 4 - 9 am,

Harvest Thanksgiving Breakfast

Contacts: Ray Wakefield 5486 2592 Graeme Haines 5486 2284

Catholic Church

St Canice's, Lockington 9.00 am Sunday Mass on just the 1st, 3rd and (if there is one) 5th Sundays of

every month

St Joseph's, Rochester Sunday 10.30 am,12 noon (Latin Mass)

Sacred Heart, Elmore Saturday Vigil 6.30 pm

Romans ch 10 v17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

LIONS YOUTH OF THE YEAR - 2018

As a follow up from previous information. Local and district youths intending to participate in the 2018 Lions Youth Of The Year, please make your inten-tions to participate in the program known soon. Cut off date for the completion of all the necessary signed forms is Friday 2nd February 2018. Club level judging will take place on Sunday, 18th February 2018 in Lockington. For additional information go to www.lionsclubs.org.au/yoty or contact David Hammond ph 5486 8216 mobile 0438 868 216 Bill Roberts - Co-Ordinator

DEATHS CAHILL (Evans). Mrs. Lynette Yvonne 25.09.1934 ~ 24.12.2017 Only daughter of the late Peter and Jean Evans (who once had Locking-ton Butcher’s shop). Dearly loved and loving Mother and best friend of Toni. Respected and appreciated mother in law of Barry Ripper. De-voted and loved grand-mother of Luke and Patrick. Sister of Tim and Kathleen. Aunt to Jacinta, Lisa, Gabrielle, Peta and Katrina and their fami-lies. A strong and independ-ent woman, a great life well lived. So many hap-py memories. MASLEN, Lesla 16.07.1941 ~ 24.12.2017 Much loved wife of Colin. Loving mother of Daryl, Brett and Vicki. Mother-in-law of Leanne and Lau-retta. Nanna to 11 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. Love always.

Lorna and Bill Married 73 Years

On January 5, 1945 Lockington cou-ple Lorna Oliver (21) married Bill Pittaway (20) at St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Bendigo. Bill managed to get two weeks leave from the Army so they had very little time to pre-pare for the wedding, and being in the Great Depression there was little money, so saved coupons paid for the wedding dress. (During the war coupons were issued for use in buy-ing everthing.) Bill resumed working at the Butchers after returning from World War II, a job he held for 60 years. An uncle offered the couple his house for 1000 pound, which they thought was too much money. Then in 1950 they paid 2500 pound to build their own home, and money was still tight as a result of the de-pression. Lorna said she painted every single board. They had two sons, Kevin then Dennis, who years later died as a result of a road acci-dent. Leaving Lockington to live in Rochester was a big decision, so too when they moved to Harmony Village Independent Living Units in Shepparton, closer to their family.

Wedding party: Bill, Lorna, Beryl Oliver, Charles Golden (Beryl

and Charlie later married.)

Bill and Lorna on 17 January, 2018 – looking very well.

Parenting Equations Rules without Relationships

= Rebellion

Relationship without Rules = Chaos

Relationship + Rules

= Respect + Responsibility

ISSUE #834 - January 25, 2018

Page 4 Lockington School News

As each year goes by at Lockington Consolidated School life seems to get busier. 2017 has been no different! The community support the school received this year has been outstanding. With help from all members of our school commu-nity and the wider Lockington community we have raised the required money to purchase and install our new playground. We are so grateful for the support we have received! So many of our parents do so much for our school behind the scenes and we are forever grateful. Not only does it raise funds to imple-ment initiatives at our school, it teaches our students that our community values education and our school. Thank you! 2017 Award winners Performing Arts- Monique Johnson, Shiloh Sims, Harry Lees, Chloe Portwine, Mitchell Scurrah, Nissa wakefield and Brooklyn Martens. Art- Lily Miriklis, Brooklyn Humbert, Hunter Williams, Maggie Sims, Jessie Hall, Luiana D’Angelo and Isabella Miriklis Physical Education- Jesse Dobson, Campbell Keele, Hunter Williams, James Brentnall, Tye Cox, Bowden Stone and Mitchell Collins Indonesian- Julian Read, Madalee Walker and Mitch Munro Literacy- Payton Williams, Lily Dunham, Ziah Haines, Kasey Stone, Charlie Byrne, Mikayla Johnson and Georgina Scurrah Numeracy- Braxton Hann, Campbell Keele, Patrick Keele, Ai-dan Peirce, Lucas Holgate, Jonathan McAsey and Mitchell Col-lins Courage- Alice Hewlett, Grace Morgan, Beau Kimber, Rebecca Dobson, Xav Kember, Chelsea Read, Ruby Brentnall and Corey Meyer Steele Family- Ella Graham (Heart), Charlie Byrne (Head), Mi-kayla Johnson (Hand) 100% Attendance- Will Hann, Charlie Byrne, Finn Palmer and Riley McGauley RSL Leadership Award- Jye Haitsma Mary Thompson Perseverance Award- Cody Gibbs-McDonald Mary Thompson Academic Award- Isabella Miriklis Eddie Hann Memorial Citizenship Award- Brooklyn Martens Farewell This year we farewelled one of our longest serving staff mem-bers in Mrs Marj Feldtmann. We welcomed Jacob Johnson, Trinity Keath, Kathy Connors and Kim Portwine to our teaching staff who have all done an exceptional job of educating our stu-dents. Sadly tomorrow we say good –bye to Stephanie Watson, Kirstie Ladgrove and Kim Portwine, (we will still see Kim around the school doing CRT work). We sadly say thank you and good bye to the following families. Thank you for all the support you have given us over your time at LCS. Please remember you are always welcome at our school; Melody Pappin, Paul Barwise, Simone Cowling, Michelle Baker, Sheree Farnham and Justin Guppy. To our departing Grade 6 students remember to always shine your brightest. Continue to do the right thing, even when no one is watching. Be kind and strive to understand others people’s views. It is my hope that many years from now, once you are adults, the mention of Lockington Consolidated School, will cause you to remember old friendships and think of many fond memories’ and bring a smile to your face. I hope you know that you positively impacted on the life of LCS. To our school captains of 2017, Isabella, Mitchell, Jye and Georgina you have been outstanding. You have gone above and beyond to fulfil your roles. You have been kind, humble and willing to give anything a go. I am so proud of you and your de-velopment. You will be held up as an example of positive stu-dent leadership for many years to come.

Swimming Sports We had a terrific day at the Annual Swimming Carnival held yesterday. Thanks to the staff and parents, along with some of the local high school students who came along and time kept for the day. Green House are the Swimming Champions for the year. Individual Champions were: Grade 3 Champions- Hannah Harbour and James Brentnall Grade 4 Champions- Audrey Giorgianni and Charlie Byrne Grade 5 Champions- Ruby Brentnall, Ally Peirce and Jacob

Haines Grade 6 Champi-ons- Georgina Scurrah and Jye Haitsma

SWPBS Tuesday was a special day for the students who had received all 4 SWPBS wristbands this year. They were treated to an ice-cream at the ice-cream

shop and from the looks on some of their faces they were pretty happy with their prize! It is a fantastic achievement to receive all 4 wristbands and it will be great to see everyone working hard again next year to display our school values, Community, Courage, Creativity and Curiosity. All in all it has been another great year at LCS, I hope all our families enjoy catching up with those that are important to them over the next couple of weeks and have a very Merry Christmas and a fantastic new year. We look forward to seeing all our stu-dents back for the 2018 school year on Tuesday 30th January.

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Friday January 26

What’s coming up on

Australia Day in and around

Locky...

Australia Day Breaky In The Park

The Lions Club of Lockington Present:

BREAKFAST IN THE PARK 8.00 – 9.45am.

FLAG RAISING 10.00am.

SPEAKER – SISTER SHIRLEY (Elmore)

COME AND JOIN IN.

FRIDAY Jan. 26th

2018

Kids Fishing

Competition

(Thanks to The Lockington Action Club)

1:00 - 3:00pm

Come on mums and dads, bring the whole family and a picnic lunch

down to the channel and enjoy watching the kids

try their hand at fishing

Please register at the rotunda from 12:30 onwards

Prizes plus!

Australia Day Dinner & Speaker

Come and join us for evening meal

7:00 - 7:30 pm at Milloo Hall Followed by Guest Speaker

Fay & Andrew Bail will speak on farming with a “Trust for Nature” caveat and

how the wild flowers and native birds are com-ing back.

B.Y.O. drinks Cold water, tea and coffee provided

Milloo CWA J. Chappel Ph: 5486 2226

Come and spend

AUSTRALIA DAY ARVO at the Pool!

It’s the best way to cool off in town! The barbie is there, so bring your things, and cook your-

self, up a storm. From 3pm to 7pm,

usual entry fee applies.

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Improving digital literacy for older members of the Lockington community

It seems that every corner older Australians turn there is another piece of technology to master and continued pressure to go online to access essential day to day infor-mation and support. Research confirms there are over three million people in Australia who are digitally excluded. And in an effort to address this the Government has introduced the ‘Be Con-nected’ initiative. The ‘Be Connected’ program aims to increase the confidence, skills and online safety of older Australians using digital technology. As a ‘Be Connected’ network partner, Lockington Neigh-bourhood House is now able to offer FREE help and sup-port to older members of the community who are feeling disengaged with digital technology. The ‘Be Connected’ online learning platform provides direct access to well-designed and easy to use training materials to support older Australians to improve their digital literacy.

Some of the training topics currently on offer include:The absolute basics – desktop computer, laptop, tablet and smartphone essentials. Getting to know your device – basic functions of a key-board, mouse and computer including how to change set-tings and manage files. Getting started online – navigating the online world in-cluding emails, Facebook and other social media. Staying safe online – the how and why of safe pass-words, paying for goods safely, how to avoid scams and downloading and saving safely from the internet. Connecting to others – making video calls and sharing holiday photos with your family. Coming soon to the ‘Be Connected’ training modules: Managing your data usage. Researching family history Going, going gone – selling online. If you want to learn how to use digital technology confi-dently and safely, or want to improve your current skills please book a session with Deidre Madill at the Locking-ton Neighbourhood House 0499 170 329. It’s easy to use and it’s FREE.

In the...Library Over the past four years I have been in-volved in the Australian Women Writers Challenge www.australianwomenwriters.com and each

year I enjoy it more and more. Apart from it being my fa-vourite genre (Australian Contemporary Fiction) it highlights the wonderful women writers that contribute to our literary landscape, now and in the past. The challenge is free and open to anyone who would like be involved, all the details are on the website and there is also a Goodreads group, Twitter and Facebook (Love reading books by Aussie Wom-en) group that provides additional conversation and sharing of reviews about new books and new authors coming onto the scene. There is also a section for people who just like to read the classics, of which there are many. The challenge particularly encourages people who have their own blogs and are excellent writers and reviewers in their own right to contribute and share their insights. There are a number of people who volunteer to coordinate the challenge each year and each month ‘round-up’ emails are sent to the partici-

pants to see what has been enjoyed and reviewed. If you participate on Goodreads, as I do, you can pledge how many books you will read and review for the year. I generally only set the target at 12 due to my other reading commitments and interests and I am looking forward to reading some fabu-lous fiction and sharing with you again this year. I have just completed my first book for the challenge which was Jane Harper’s second outstanding novel Force of Nature, a terrific suspense which has hit the bestsellers list after her first in-credible success with The Dry. Other authors on my list this year will be Fran Cusworth, Jenn J McLeod, Judy Nunn, Glenna Thomson, Anna Buist, Michelle de Kretser, Sophie Green and Sarah Schmidt just to name a few. Look forward to sharing more great books with you this year, Jenny Mustey Library Services Manager Campaspe Regional Library 310 Hare St, Echuca VIC 3564

Familiar Faces?

This photo includes Percy Chappel of Pine Grove who was killed in action in Belgium on 20-10-1917. He is far right, middle row. We believe the photo was taken at Castle-maine but think they may be of men from Lockington and Dis-trict. If anyone can name others in the photo please contact Beryl Marshall Tel: 5486 2353

Lockington Library

New books and DVDs

Open Tuesday, Wednesday

and Thursday 10.00 am – 2.00 pm

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Campaspe Shire News

HAVE YOUR SAY Port Precinct Plan The community is invited to provide feedback on What is great or what could be better about the Port to ensure the precinct thrives? at one of two street talk sessions on: Wednesday, 24 January 10am-7.00pm corner of High & Leslie Streets in the Port Precinct Thursday, 25 January 10am - 4.00pm outside Cotton On at the Hare Street pedestrian crossing If you are unable to attend a session, comment ‘postcards’ are available from Campaspe libraries and customer service centres. Alternately, you can provide comments online via the ‘have your say’ section on coun-cil’s website. The New Rochester The local community is invited to participate in one of two community sessions planned to assist in the development of key ideas and strategies for Rochester’s Community Economic Development Plan: Community visioning workshop - Tuesday, 30 January, 6-8pm at the Shamrock Hotel (1 Gillies Street) Street drop in session - Thursday, 1 February, 11am – 2pm outside Major’s IGA Supermarket (on Gillies Street) Postcards are still available at the Rochester customer service centre if residents are unable to join the workshop or street drop-in session.

LOCAL AMBASSADOR PASS The Port of Echuca Discovery Centre is providing all Campaspe Shire residents (and area code 2731 resi-dents) the opportunity to enjoy free unlimited access to the Port of Echuca Discovery Centre museum and wharf. For more information call the Discovery Centre team on 5481 0500. CAMPASPE COMMUNITY CHILDCARE CENTRE 20th

birthday celebrations The Campaspe Community Children’s Centre is celebrat-ing 20 years of delivering exceptional care and education to the families of Echuca and district, building strong friendships along the way. Current, past and prospective families are invited to help celebrate on Friday, 9 Febru-ary, 6.00 – 7.30pm at Alton Reserve. BYO picnic - chil-dren’s activities and treats will be available on the night to mark the occasion. RECYLING BIN FULL? Is your recycling bin chock-a-block? Did you know you can take it the Echuca Environment Centre on McKenzie Road, Echuca and swap it over, for no charge? The cen-tre is open Monday to Saturday; 8am to 4.45pm and Sun-day; 10am to 3.45pm. Stay updated and get social Facebook @ShireOfCampaspe Twitter @campaspeshire Instagram #campaspeshire IMMUNISATION SESSIONS Monday, 26 March Lockington Bush Nursing Centre 11.30am - 12noon

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ACTION CLUB OF LOCKINGTON

MONTHLY MEETINGS: 1st Wednesday - Dinner at Clubrooms

3rd Wednesday - Activity

President: Julian Pearce: 0428 844 489

Secretary: John Wright: 0409 259 723

Cricket Nets & Sports Ovals. Indoor Netball, Basketball, Badminton & Tennis

BAMAWM RECREATION RESERVE

with Indoor Stadium

available for hire day and night Rate $8 per hour plus $2 light coin meter Meeting & Social Rooms for Private Hire

Ph: Leo Tonini 54865320 0402788583

DISTRICT SERVICE CLUB Serving Our Community

Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesdays

Lockington Heritage Complex

President Lion: Frank Chugg 5482 6986 Secretary Lion: Neil Haines 5486 8220

Coburn & Reid Pharmacy

177 Annesley Street, Echuca

For Deliveries of Medicines & Prescriptions

Phone 5480 6011 or Fax 5480 2486

Week days only

LOCKINGTON COMMUNITY

CENTRE

BOOKINGS CALL RAY 5486 2572

Or if you cannot contact Ray phone Bev 5486 2467

LOCKINGTON RECREATION

RESERVE

Bookings now made with Donna Tink:

54862697 or 0458 101 660 If you cannot contact Donna,

phone Louise Murray ph 5486 5338 or 04 2886 5338

Salon hours: Monday closed

Tuesday 9.00am - Late Wednesday 9.00am - 6.00pm

Thursday 9.00am - Late Friday 9.00 - 5.00pm

Saturday open by appointment

SPRAY TANS WAXING FACIALS HAIR EXTENSIONS ALL HAIR SERVICES Using all ammonia free products

Ph: (03) 5486 2275

LOCKINGTON & DISTRICT BUSH NURSING CENTRE INC.

Registered Number: A11551 Caring for the Lockington Community

HOURS: 8.30am to 4.30pm Mon-Fri

Nursing Care & Pathology Doctors Tuesday 9.30am-4.30pm

Allied Health by appointment

Phone 5486 2544

NEW AND USED VEHICLES,

SERVICE & PARTS

At Echuca Toyota our Service Department only use genuine Toyota

parts and accessories all technicians are factory trained for your peace of mind. So come visit the friendly professional

team at Echuca Toyota.

101 NORTHERN HIGHWAY ECHUCA PH 5482 3377

www.echucatoyota.com.au

COMMUNITY COMMUNITY RETAIL

ECHUCA CHEMIST

Beauty Products - Vitamins - Prescriptions - Fragrances

192 HARE STREET

Phone: 5482 6666

DARBYTAX 58 Lowry Street, Rochester

Accounting / Tax / Audits

Contact : Alan Darbyshire

0419 584 060 Email :

darbytax@bigpond.com

Lockington District Family

Landcare Group President

John Wright 0409 259 723 Secretary

Wendy Sims 0427 868 307

Meetings…7:30 pm at the Bush Nursing Centre

on the first Thursday of even months

(Feb, April, June, Aug, Oct, Dec)

HEALTH

Annual Advertising

space available If interested, please call

Alison 0417 177 807

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Ph 5483 7767 or 0427 837767

Sales of Honda & Suzuki motor-cycles, Cox, Cub Cadet, Yardman

and MTD mowers, Makocraft boats. Service of all makes and Models. 116 Northern Highway Echuca

Phone 54823329

Highside Motorcycles, Mowers and Marine

Phone/Fax 5486 2419 Open 9am - 5pm Monday to Friday

Closed Saturdays

- BANK@POST BANKING - (Incl. CBA, NAB, Bendigo) - ELECTRONIC BILLPAY - Eastlink Passes & Fax Service - Stationery & $1 Cards - Prepaid mobile & internet recharge

PENTREATH’S ABN 98004817243

Supermarket - Hardware Newsagency - Liquor

Bakery - Catering Elgas

Davey Pumps Sales & Repairs

Open 7 Days

Phone 54862200 fax 54862405

Lockington Rd. Lockington

Servicing - Rochester, Elmore,

Lockington, Echuca & Districts 0418558578

RETAIL RETAIL RETAIL

Our financial solutions include: Insurance Protection Superannuation Solutions Investment Strategy Retirement Planning Centrelink Benefits to Offset Your Retirement Savings

486 Hargreaves Street, Bendigo. Phone: 5443 4388

Stephen White Financial Services P/L is a Corporate Authorised Representative

(ARN 236541) of NEO Financial Solutions P/L AFSL 385845

WRIGHT’S Haulage Contractors

& Grain Traders

For all your feed grain requirements Bulk & General freight, fertiliser & Gypsum needs.

DAVID WRIGHT Tel: 5486 8343 Mob: 0428 505 609

BAMAWM FARM SERVICES

(Trading as PA & ML Stanford)

Rural Fencing Mini Bobcat Hire - Rotovating;

Site Clearing; Post Hole Digging; Leveling; Shed Cleaning (calves)

"Your Second Hand" Phone Phil Stanford

0429 865 424 / 5486 5424 A/H

Matt Buckley 0428 826 743

Buckley Livestock

Carrier

(Formally Eades/Colvin Transport) Servicing the local district.

Complete range of Jeep, Chrysler, Dodge and Subaru vehicles.

Warm personalised service, so come visit our team or call to book your vehi-

cle in for a service. 76 Northern Hwy., Echuca

(opposite Toyota) 5480 3611 www.echucajeep.com.au

www.echucasubaru.com.au

DEALERSHIP

SERVICE PARTS

NEW VEHICLES FINANCE

MARIA’S CAFE

13 Hopetoun St, Lockington Ph: 5486 2292

* Breakfast * Lunch OPEN: Tuesday to Friday

8.30 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. Saturday 8.30a.m. to 2.00p.m.

Brilliant coffee, scrumptious desserts (made by ‘Hann Made Sweets’),

and the best feed in town!!

Helen’s TakeawayHHeHeHeHeHeHeHeHeHeHeHeH llelelelelelelelelelelel n’s TaTaTaTaTaTaTaTaTaTaT kekekeekekeekek aaawawawaawaw ayayayyy

11 Hopetoun Street Lockington

Ph 4408 7610

Open 7 days 6:30am to 9:00pm

Lockington District Business Centre Inc.

Ph 5486 2683

Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm

Saturday 8am to 12:30pm

RURAL

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COUNTRY COTTAGE

GARDENS

&

MAINTENANCE

Lawns mowed

Pruning

Small landscape jobs

Rubbish removal

Handyman Jobs

Call Wayne 0448810996

(Located Bamawm Extension)

Rochester and Elmore District Health Service “Leading our community to better health”

Photo courtesy of Campaspe news

PRIMARY CARE SERVICES

For further information please contact us at: Ph: (03) 5484 4465

Email: intake@redhs.com.au www.redhs.com.au84

District Nursing Social sup-ports group (Day Program)

Respite Home care and personal care services Dietician Social Work (Counselling) Diabetes education

Exercise physiology Podiatry Occupational Therapy Drug and Alcohol Nurse Group exercise classes NDIS Registered Pro-

vider Physiotherapy X-Ray and ultrasounds

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Shire of Campaspe Immunisation Session

At Bush Nursing Centre

For adults, children and infants

Trading hours of Lockington Branch Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday 10.00am - 2.00pm Thursday & Friday 9.30am - 12 Noon, 12.45pm - 4.00pm

For more information please contact

Lockington branch on 5486 2304

www.briansruralfencing.com.au

Will visit Lockington

next on

Tuesday, February 13

Phone 5486 2544 for appointments.

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL

Tongala & District Memorial Aged Care Service Inc

Serving the Community Since 1925 R. M. McHale Hostel & Koraleigh

Nursing Home for planned & emergency respite care & permanent

residential aged care Deakin Village – affordable rental

Independent Living Units Me- morial

Drive Retire-ment Vil-lage

For further information contact: Sarah Tee,

18 Purdey Street Tongala, Vic. 3621

LOCKINGTON BUSH NURSING LADIES AUXILARY

ANNUAL MEETING

7TH FEBRUARY 2PM. New Members Welcome

B.Mustey (President)

LOCKINGTON B&B

AT THE

“Old Bakery”

yummy cooked breakfast

phone 5486 2392

1 McColl Street, Lockington

NETBALL TRYOUTS FOR 2018

WHEN: Tuesday, 30

th January 2018

Thursday, 1st February 2018

Tuesday, 6th February 2018

WHERE: Lockington Recreation Reserve TIMES: JUNIORS 5.00 pm - registration for D Prima-ry and 15 & Under 5.30 pm – registration for 17 & Under SENIORS 6.00 pm – registration followed by tryouts at 6.30pm Any questions, please contact one of our Netball Committee Mem-bers: Sandy – 0408 586 460, Mandy – 0429 868 249 or Melinda – 0427 868 172

LONG TABLE SUPPER On the Echuca Wharf February 3, 7-10pm

Finger food

and music by The Healers

To raise funds for RoCan Cancer research foundation to build an ac-commodation centre in Melbourne

for country people getting treatment. $60 pp

RSVP. Jan 25 to Yvonne.moon@bigpond.com Or phone/text. 0488585889

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Your Local Dairy Cattle Specialist

Dairy Herds Export Heifers Cull Cows Lines of Heifers

LEE HAMILTON 0418 352 366 Rochester

Norm & Dot Moon Phone: 5486 5355

Specialising in supply of fill and carting of-

Filling for Cow Lanes Feed Pads Gravel and Sand Loam, Packing Sand and Scoria

RESTDOWN ROAD, BAMAWM

Richy’s Spraying 0419 598 240

Phone: 5484 1094

For all your fertiliser needs including gypsum, lime & seed.

Mixing Plant for individual blends

BREAD MAKING FLOUR

RURAL RURAL RURAL HUMBERT

LANDFORMINGPhone: 0428 106 132

STONE’S DAIRY SERVICES

10 Lockington Road

Manager: Brett Stone

Shop: 5486 2229 Mobile: 0428 862 655

Email: brett.stone@alansds.com.au

* AMMTA Accredited Technician * Vats

* Dairy Plant Installations * Machine Tests * Plant & Pump Services * Dairy Supplies

Fri: 10am - 5pm (closed 12 to 1pm)

S & J CONTRACTING Bamawm

Direct Drilling - Roller Seeder Hay Baling (Net) Silage Baling & Wrapping Power Harrowing Multi Discing

Ph. 5483 2387 Mob. 0417 840 327

Whole Farm Plans Community Drains Reuse Systems NVIRP Assistance & Advice GPS Surveys Irrigation Development Costing

Phone James Schroen 5486 2262

EXCAVATOR HIRE

Bamawm 3561

Excavator Hire Laser Laser Bucket Smudging Truck and Trailer Hire

for all your:- Rock, Sand, Soil & Fill.

Daryl is servicing the Echuca, Lockington, Bamawm and

Rochester Area Specialising in Fat and Store

Cattle, Dairy and Export Heifer Sales

Contact Daryl Collins on 0427 882 227

Ian: 0428 505 053 Neil: 0427 505 053

Luke McMahon: 0409 454 208 Shepparton - Lindsay: 0419 520 743

Lockington Office: 5486 2347

www.maddisonlivestock.com.au office@maddisonlivestock.com.au

Automated Livestock Feed Systems

Sales, Service and Spares Grant Humbert 0428 106 132

Contact Greg Smith:

G&T LASERING

For all Your

earthmoving needs

Peter Bongiovanni E OCKINGTON NGINEERING

Mechanical repairs to trucks, cars, tractors, machinery &

Cummins Diesel Engines

Spare Parts & Castrol Lubricants

Phone: 5486 2215 Mobile: 0408 511 829

27 Pannoo Road Lockington Email:lockeng27@gmail.com

L

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DORMAN’S ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS P/L

382 HIGH STREET, ECHUCA

ALL TYPES OF

ELECTRICAL WORK

phone: 5482 4353 mobile: 0428 505 301

Reg. Vic 1607, NSW 35190

RC & HA KILSBY Master Builder

Housing, Renovations & Additions

Phone: 5486 2578 Mobile: 0428 505 702

MBAV 5488, RBP DB-U-9157

ACN: 007 405 978

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR & SOLAR GRID CONNECT

INSTALLERS

Industrial – Rural – Commercial Underground – Pump & Motors

• Electrical Contractor with over 10

years experience. • Your local solar expert using only the

best quality products available.

Call us today for a no obligation free quote & inspection

P: 03 5486 5402

M: 0427 649 363

E: norleccontracting@bigpond.com

W: www.norlecsolar.com.au Rec : 15607 (Vic) 161867C (NSW)

ABLAZE ELECTRICAL

JOEL RANDALL

0438 00 78 78

Servicing Echuca & surrounds

Split System Air

Conditioning.

TRADE TRADE TRADE

G & K AUTOMOTIVE

Workshop in the Bamawm Area

All new Equipment FREE Pickup and Delivery service in

the Rochester/Lockington area. Call Glen Viney today

0428 110 071 For a FREE no obligation quote.

Specialists in Commercial and Residential Works

including: Shower Screens & repairs,

Security Doors, Glass Splashbacks,

Mirrors, Wardrobe Doors, Pergola Enclosures, Windows & Doors.

All glass repairs.

Servicing Lockington/Bamawm for over 10 years

Phone: 5480 6694

18 McKenzie Road, Echuca www.echucaglassandaluminium.com.au

Market Street Garage

GENERAL SERVICING AND REPAIRS TO ALL MAKES OF CARS

PHONE CON PEPPAS

0401 378 022

28 Market Street Lockington(300meters from

theHeritage Complex) Mon - Fri: 9.00am - 4.00pm

Supply and fit timber & aluminium • Windows • Security Doors • Flyscreens • Shower Screens • Sliding Wardrobe Doors • Splash Backs • Residential Locksmithing

Phone 0421 839 206 Email: rochyglass@gmail.com

ROCHY GLASS

Glass/Glazing/Mirrors

Arrowline Constructions

- Bathrooms and Kitchens

- Decks and Pergolas - Timber flooring

- All aspects of carpentry

Matt Gould 0411 792 294

Leon Chappel – 0418 505 816

REC : 24769

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Trading hours: Mon – Closed

Tues - 11am-7pm Wed – 11am-7pm Thu – 11am-7pm Fri – 11am-7pm Sat – 10am-6pm Sun - 10am-6pm

We are a retro inspired ice cream & waffle house with 24 flavours of

premium ice cream along with Ciurleo’s signature waffles and hot dogs.

We pride ourselves on quality products and most importantly, service.

3-5 Lockington Road, Lockington, 3563

0435 871 493

Locky Ladies in Fours Finals

Kath Palmer (Skip,) Lois Chugg, Phyllis Macfarlane and Pauline of the

Lockington Bowls Club, recently played off in the final of the CVBD

State Fours event in which they were runner-up. Congratulations to

the girls on reaching the final.

Photo left to right: Lois Chugg, Phyllis Macfarlane, Pauline Humbert,

Kath Palmer (Skip)

31 January 2018; Blue Moon, Total Lunar Eclipse ~11pm AEST

On the evening of January 31, continiuing into the morn-ing of 1 February there is a total eclipse of the Moon, this is the first total Lunar eclipse since September 2015. This is a nice deep eclipse, and though you have to stay up late to see it go to totality, it is well worth it. Let the kids stay up late to watch. You may even see the Beehive cluster become visible to the unaided eye next to the Moon during totality. All of Australia will see this Total eclipse from start to fin-ish. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes directly behind the Earth into its umbra (shadow). This can occur only when the sun, Earth, and moon are aligned (in "syzygy") exactly, or very closely so, with the Earth in the middle. Hence, a lunar eclipse can occur only the night of a full moon. The type and length of an eclipse depend upon the Moon's location relative to its orbital nodes.

A total lunar eclipse has the direct sunlight completely blocked by the earth's shadow. The only light seen is re-fracted through the earth's shadow. This light looks red for the same reason that the sunset looks red, due to ray-leigh scattering of the more blue light. Because of its red-dish color, a total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon. Unlike a solar eclipse, which can be viewed only from a certain relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of the Earth. A lunar eclipse lasts for a few hours, whereas a total solar eclipse lasts for only a few minutes at any giv-en place, due to the smaller size of the Moon's shadow. Also unlike solar eclipses, lunar eclipses are safe to view without any eye protection or special precautions, as they are dimmer than the full moon. For the East Coast Moon the eclipse begins at 22:48 AEDST (21:48 AEST), maximum eclipse is at 00:30 AEDST 1st (23:30 AEST), the eclipse ends at 2:12 AEDST (1:12 AEST) on the 1st

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Lockington District Neighbourhood

House

0499 170 329 nhldbc@gmail.com Deidre Madill, Coordinator

Lockington Playgroup

Enquiries to

Tammy 0411 056 765

Every Tuesday 9.30 – 11.30 am

St James Church Hall

Lockington Community

Edible Garden Join us for an hour every Wednesday at 9.00 am

Many hands make light work

Enjoy FREE

vegetables and herbs

Lockington Mens Shed

Tea, Talk and Tools

Open Tuesdays 9.00 am – 3.00 pm or by appointment

New members most welcome

Exchange ideas

Enhance your skills Meet new friends

FREE One-on One Computer help

Nervous to get started? Started but would like some help? Or, want to go to the next level? Learn at your own pace

Bookings essential

Computers available or feel

free to BYO device

Lockington YAGers

Every Wednesday 4.00 – 6.00 pm

Aged over 12? Want to contrib-ute to the Lockington communi-

ty?

Come along and see what we do

Lockington Library

New books and DVDs

Open Tuesday, Wednesday

and Thursday 10.00 am – 2.00 pm

Lockington Scarecrow Competition and Display A little bit of fun for every-

one Let your imagination run

wild Hundreds of dollars in

‘Locky Vouchers’ to be won Entries open

Wednesday 21 March 2018

Judging day Saturday 21 April 2018

(at the Vintage Rally)

The Wizard of Oz

‘The Musical’ Wednesday 16 May 2018

$95 per person (includes bus fare, admission

and morning tea)

Bus departs Lockington at 8.30 am returning approxi-

mately 7.00 pm

(limited tickets available)

COMING IN 2018

Watch this space!

Want to repair that broken chair? Wish you could use a drill or electric saw? Per-

haps make toys for the kids and grand children?

Experienced tutor – Yvonne will share her skills

and knowledge Enquiries welcome

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Young Farmer Business Bootcamps The Young Farmer Business Bootcamp workshops will be held in Ouyen, Kaniva and Skipton in February and March this year. The bootcamps combines expert presentations and ad-vice with hands-on activities and professional networking opportunities in convenient rural settings. Young Farmer Project Coordinator Sarah Wallis said the program is aimed at supporting young people who want to have a long and successful career in the sheep, beef and mixed farming industries. “Participants will walk away with a plan that helps them develop strategies to build their business," Ms Wallis said. The workshops will be co-delivered by technical experts from Meridian Agriculture. Meridian Farm Business Advisor Paul Blackshaw said the sessions will be informative, interactive and will enable participants to access tools to apply their learnings direct-ly to their own businesses. The bootcamp program will take participants through: − analysing the performance of a business − understanding profit and loss, variable costs and gross farm income − return on assets − understanding risk − planning for profit and drivers for profit − how to make evidence based decisions − cash flow budgets − strategic planning − pathways to farming including leasing and share farm-ing − succession planning. additional person from the same farm business, with all meals and course materials included.

Participants will need to register on Eventbrite: https://agriculturevictoriaevents.eventbrite.com.au For information and session times go to agricul-ture.vic.gov.au/bootcamp For more information please contact Sarah Wallis from Agriculture Victoria on (03) 5761 1573 or sa-rah.wallis@ecodev.vic.gov.au. Tackle fruit fly in your garden this summer To ensure a summer filled with delicious home produce, gardeners are being encouraged to protect their fruit and vegetable crops from Queensland fruit fly (QFF) before they ripen. Agriculture Victoria’s Statewide Fruit Fly Coordinator, Cathy Mansfield, said populations of the pest tend to build up during spring and often peaked in summer. "Home gardeners may have seen damage to their apri-cots around Christmas, but it’s not too late to protect late plantings of tomatoes, capsicums, eggplants and any re-

maining fruit crops,” Ms Mansfield said. "Controlling QFF in your backyard not only protects your produce, it also reduces fly numbers in townships and supports statewide efforts to control this pest which poses a significant risk to Victoria’s $2.4 billion horticulture in-dustry," she said. “Fruit fly management is most effective when both back-yard and commercial growers get involved.” "Combining different control methods and coordinating efforts with neighbours provides the greatest chance of success." Ms Mansfield offered the following tips: − Exclusion: Place physical barriers over trees and plants to prevent QFF reaching the fruit. Effective options include netting, gazebos, bags and these are available from your local nursery or hardware retailer. − Good garden hygiene: Pick fruit and vegetables as they ripen. Unwanted produce and produce that has fall-en or is rotten, must be placed in a sealed plastic bag and left for five to seven days in the sun to destroy QFF lar-vae. Do not add unwanted fruit to your compost or worm farm or place it directly into your rubbish bin. − Regular monitoring: Most fruit is attacked by QFF as the fruit matures so regular monitoring is important. You can do this by using traps or by checking for fruit damage or stings on fruit surfaces. − Baiting and trapping: Traps and baits targeting QFF before they attack fruit can be purchased from hardware stores, nurseries and online. Look for traps that will kill both female and male flies. − Insecticide control: Insecticides that kill QFF are available from local chemical or home garden retailers. More information can be found at www.agriculture.vic.gov.au/qff or by calling the Customer Service Centre on 136 186. Save-the-dates GRDC Grains Research Update (Bendigo) 27 - 28 February 2018, 8:30am - 3:00pm This Grains Research Update will provide agronomists, consultants, researchers and growers with a forum to showcase innovative thinking and the latest research out-comes relevant to the local region. GRDC Grains Research Update (Charlton) 1 March, 2018, 9am - 1pm The GRDC Grains Research Update provides a unique forum for growers and advisers to learn from and network with leading industry professionals. ABARES Outlook conference Creating value in an increasingly connected world The ABARES Outlook conference is the agriculture sec-tor’s premier information exchange and networking event connecting leading national and international speakers with highly motivated and information seeking public and private sector decision-makers, being held in Canberra on March 6 and 7, 2018. For all the information, and to register, go to www.agriculture.gov.au/abares/outlook

Location Day 1 Day 2

Ouyen 20 February 21 February

Kaniva 27 February 28 February

Skipton 14 March 15 March

Ensure your livestock are prepared for extreme hot weather days

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Lockington & District Bush Nursing Centre Inc.

Issue: 112—JANUARY 2018

Lockington & District Bush Nursing Centre Inc. 31 Pannoo Road Lockington Vic 3563 Ph: 03 5486 2544 Fax: 03 5486 2662 email: admin@ldbnc.org.au

Surviving the heat

Look after yourself . Check on elderly neighbours. Plan your day - do any outdoor tasks early. Drink plenty of water. Keep cool. Stay out of the sun. *************************************************** TAI CHI classes

with Faye Sizeland at the Centre have resumed on Wednesdays 5.30pm—6.30pm. $8 per class - All Welcome **************************************************** Quick & Easy recipes The centre is planning to produce another recipe book. If you have any quick and easy recipes that you would like to submit please drop them in or email the centre on ldbnc@bigpond.com . Thankyou *************************************************** Are you new to the area? If you are new to the area - please call in and collect one of our centre brochures to find out the services offered by your local Bush Nursing Centre. **************************************************

Reducing your wait At times there can be a high demand for our clinic services. If you require a blood test or complex dressing , you can help keep wait times to a minimum by ringing the centre on 54862544 to book an appointment .

***********************************************

Australia Day Public Holiday Please note the centre will be closed on Friday 26th January 2018 for Australia Day.

**************************************** In an emergency, call triple 000

or for expert health information and advice phone the

Nurse-on-call 1300-60-60-24 (24hours a day—7 days a week)

Please ensure that your property is clearly numbered so that your residence can be quickly located in the case of an emergency. ***********************************************

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LOCKINGTON BOWLS CLUB REPORT

December 19: The social bowls on a Tuesday have attracted quality fields for the women. Last week Kath Palmer skipped the winning triples team of Trish Jones and Annette Brereton to a compre-

hensive victory. It was back-to-back success for Palmer as she also guided her team of Annie Haines and Bev Brereton to a victory the previous Tuesday. The club championships are in progress as the women have decided their championship title. In the early rounds Lorraine Appleby defeated Kath Palmer, Pauline Humbert d. Margaret Davis, Anne Lowrie d. Phylis MacFarlane and Annette Brereton d. Betty Mustey. In the semi-finals Appleby d. Humbert and Brereton d. Lowrie. In the mens' section Ray Hanson proved too strong for Phillip Cunnington, Tom Davis d. Frank Chugg, reigning champion Russell Shawcross d. Russell Holman, Kalvin Stout d. Geoff Shawcross, Neil Haines d. Roly Head, Don Isgro d. Bill Musgrove and Graeme Turner d. Ken Main. The semi-finals will be fought out between Hanson to play Shawcross and Haines will meet the winner of the Isgro - Turner match. On the local pennant scene the women finished 16 shots behind Moama to lose 52-68. (K Palmer lost to K Wastell 14-22; P MacFarlane l.t. K Gillingham 23-24; P Humbert l.t. L Rogan 15-22). The results in the round ten of CVBD Week-end pennant revealed a loss and a win for the two division teams. Division two were out bowled by City of Echuca to lose 46-90. (G Turner l.t. J Brown 12-31; J Harris l.t. JThomas 16-20; R Shawcross l.t. T Egan 18-39). Division four defeated Mathoura in a close game of bowls 89-70. (N Haines d. L Whelan 36-28; P Collins l.t. D Berryman 20-21; B Musgrove d. A Prime 33-21). Division four are in fourth position on the premier-ship ladder. Teams travelled to Cohuna Golf Bowls Club Christmas Fours. Although not much success to report, the teams appreciated the hospitality and friendship. Russell Shawcross, Don Isgro and Ray Hanson represented the club in the CVBD State Triples event and won a couple of games. The time honoured Cunnington Cup 2x4x2 Mixed Pairs will be held on Sunday 28th January starting at 1.00pm. Contact Kath Palmer 5486 2314 or Chris Stewart. The club welcomes back Chris Stewart following a stint of 28 days in hospital and rehabilitation. Hip-hip-hooray!! Seasons greeting are offered to all members and kindred clubs. May the New Year bring much happiness and suc-cess. December 29: Following the joyous feasts associated with Christmas day, some bowlers were back on the greens to decide the Club Championship during the past week. In a couple of breath-taking semi-finals Ray Han-son upset three times club champion Russell Shawcross 25-15 to win a berth in the final. The other semi-final between Don Isgro and the "new-kid-on-the-block" Neil Haines, developed into a real battle with maximum shots a rarity as both bowlers traded ends with Isgro holding game at 24-22 before Haines picked up three shots to win the match 25-24 in a high standard display. So the final got under way on Wednesday morning in clear weather and excellent true running greens. As both bowlers were playing in their first club champion-ship match, the first few ends were a little erratic as Hanson won four ends to lead 6-1. Not to be outdone Haines suddenly found the green and grabbed a single, double and a four and swooped to the lead with an 8-6 scoreboard tally. Then, in the twinkle of an eye, Hanson struck back to score a four, double and a single to lead

13-8 on eleven ends. Haines was restricted to singles as Hanson applied more pressure to grab five shots and lead 18-10 after 15 ends. Haines was not to be denied as he picked up fours shots to trail 14-18. However, Hanson was in control of his game to win the next six ends to win his first club championship title 25-14. Haines was far from disgraced and will definitely be in contention for some years to come. The crowd applauded both bowlers at the finish of the contest. Thanks were extended to Tom Davis for marking the final and to both Russell Shawcross and David Lupton for manning the scoreboard. Players and members enjoyed a barbeque following the game. Hanson will now represent the club in the CVBD Champi-on of champions on Saturday 6th January 2018. Best of luck to Ray. On Sunday 28th January the club is staging the Cunning-ton Cup - 2x4x2 Mixed Pairs commencing at 1.00pm. Entries to Kath Palmer 5486 2314 or Chris Stewart. The Lockington Bowls Club members were saddened by the death of a popular member in Lesla Maslen last week. Lesla was club champion in 2004-2005 and represented the club in Pennant as a skipper, served on several committees and was always on duty for afternoon tea on the Week-end pennant days. The club offers sincere condolences to husband Colin and family. The Lockington Bowls Club extend New Year wishes to all members and trust that all good things happen - both on and off the greens. January 8: The club entered the New Year by staging the annual Moama Bowling Club sponsored Open Fours on Thursday. This popular event attracted 112 bowlers from Calivil, City of Echuca, Cohuna Golf, Deniliquin, Dingee, Elmore, Gunbower, Moama, Mathoura, Pyramid Hill, Rich River, Rochester, Serpentine, Stanhope, Tonga-la plus several Lockington members. Club President Tom Davis welcomed all bowlers and thanked the green-keeper Ian Johnson for another great effort in the prepa-ration of the excellent greens. Bowlers competed in four games of ten ends and the overall performances were fairly even. At the completion of the four games there were two teams undefeated. Moama Bowling Club Board member Stuart Sutton assisted with the presentations. Based on a points system, the winning rink comprised Peter Broom, Rob Young, Robert Wastell and Kevin Brennan (s) from Moama with 108 points including a max-imum 30 points from game three 20 - nil. The Runners Up were the Mathoura four including Paul Clear, David Mur-ray, Doug Berryman and Lindsay Vallance (s) on 103 points. In a marathon countback a third placing was de-cided in favor of the Tommy Todd - Deniliquin rink with 86 points ahead of Norm Hodge 84, Mick Carmody 83, Wally Fehring 83, Hedley Moon 82, John Dinsdale 81, Michael Holmes 81, Brian Jones 81 and Allan Leech 78. The spe-cial competition winners included Graham Maxted (major), Eddie Smith, Tom Davis, Ray Price and Roly Head. Tournament Secretary Chris Stewart thanked all bowlers for their continued support along with the sponsor and a special mention for the outstanding effort from Pauline Humbert and her ladies committee in the prepara-tion of the fine lunch and afternoon tea.

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Lockington Bowls Club Report January 8 (continued)

Margaret Davis was acknowledged for her assistance in or-ganising the scoresheets and conditions of play. Stewart also thanked Tom Davis, Russell Shawcross, Alan Kauffman and David Lupton for their effort in assembling the field while he was in hospital and rehabilitation. On Saturday Ray Hanson represented the club in the CVBD Champion of Champions played at Rich River. Having a bye in the first round, Hanson had to play the winner of the Matt Liverton (Moama) - David "Crackers" Keenan (Rochester) game. Liverton defeated Keenan 25-22 in a classic match. Hanson tried valiantly against the more experienced Liver-ton, but as the match progressed his opponent was able to match any challenge he provided. Liverton winning the game 25-7. In the semi-final Liverton defeated Tim Noar (Rich River) 25-9 while Phillip Thorn (City of Echuca) defeat-ed Steve Hammond (Tongala) 25-24 with his final bowl. Hammond was leading 24-23 and holding game before Thorn played a miraculous bowl to grab two shots and win the match. The final was played out in extreme heat with Thorn gaining the early ascendency and keeping Liverton at bay to win the title 25-18. Congratulations to Vern Rehe (Moama) in finishing Runner Up in the Bowls Victoria Bowling Arm State Singles played at Frankston last week. Rehe was defeated 21-18 in the final. Joan Moss (City of Echuca) was defeated in the semi-final of the ladies State Bowling Arm Singles. Pennant competitions resume this week. Trusting that the weather is kind and all teams can string together a few wins and make the top four. Good luck January 15: The women returned to the greens last week after the Christmas break. The game of Triples resulted in a runaway victory for the trio including Joy Weller, Lorraine Appleby and Phylis MacFar-lane (s) with a brilliant display from all bowlers. On the local pennant scene the mid-week competition was cancelled due to the heat. The Week-end competition pressed ahead in cooler condi-tions before some rain almost caused a few anxious mo-ments. Our division two team had a great battle against De-niliquin to win just the one rink in an eight shot loss 61-69. (K Main, R Head, D Isgro, R Shawcross (s) lost to B Kemnitz 19-28; F Chugg, G Shawcross, R Hanson, G Turner (s) d. H Lea 21-18; T Davis, A Kauffman, Ian John-son, J Harris (s) l.t. L Ritchie 21-23). In division four the team had to attempt to reverse the shock loss to Ky Valley View in the first round. The team managed to perform the task by winning two rinks in a comfortable 89-67 victory. (L Mc Innes, J Van Den Bosch, L Brereton, P Collins (s) d. B Gaw-ley 29-14; A Harris, G Hyden, D Lupton, N Haines (s) l.t. G Topp 24-31; K Stout, P Cunnington, S Peter, Bill Musgrove (s) d. M Finn 36-22). Divison four remain in fourth spot on the premiership ladder and meet City of Echuca at home this week. Division two are in seventh spot and play Mathoura at home. During the week a team played in the Rochester "Star" Fours event. Alan Kauffman, Bill Musgrove, Don Isgro and Graeme Turner (s) all bowled brilliantly to finish the day as the only four game winners and therefore collected the major trophies. The ladies CVBD State Fours championship final will be de-cided this week. Our local hopes include Pauline Humbert, Lois Chugg, Phylis MacFarlane, Kath Palmer (s), who will play the Melissa Roberts skipped rink from Moama. Best of luck girls.

On Friday evening the club held the weekly barbeque/practice session. The lucky members draw winner was No. 68 - Chris Stewart. The club will hold the annual Cunnington Cup 2x4x2 Mixed Pairs tournament on Sunday 28th January starting at 1.00pm. Entries to Kath Palmer 5486 2314 or Chris Stewart 5486 2607. This event is rated A1 status and encourages early entries. The club wishes to advise bowlers of the cancellation of a couple of forthcoming tournaments. A Mixed Pairs scheduled for Sunday 11th February has been cancelled. The 2 Bowl Triples on Sunday 4th March is also cancelled due to a clash with the CVBD Preliminary Final on that day.

Pictured above Left to right :

Neil Haines (Runner-up) Ray Hanson

(Men’s Club Champion 2017-2018 season) Results of the Championships were published in last edition, however the photograph was not available to

include with the report.

TRY BOWLS The Lockington Bowls Club

are conducting three try bowls evenings for anyone interested,

starting at 7pm on Tuesdays, February 27th

, March 6th and 13

th.

Come along and enjoy the fun and the challenge.

Contact any Club member, Neil – 54868220,

Bev – 54862331, or Wick – 54862607.

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St. Mary’s Op Shop CLOSED from Dec 15

Re-opens Monday January 29

Mondays

Strength & Balance Class 9.00 am - Bush Nursing Centre

Nicole Hocking Podiatrist 9.30 - 4.30. - Bush Nursing Centre. Phone: 5486 2544.

Lockington & District T.O.W.N Club 6.30 pm - Bush Nursing Centre (Activities Room)

Tuesdays

Men’s Shed 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Phone 0499 170 329

Dr. Patrick Nzegwu 9.30 am - 5.00 pm - Bush Nursing Centre. Phone: 5486 2544.

Lockington Playgroup 10.00am - 9:30 to 11:30am - St. James Church Hall. Enquiries to

Tammy Norman 0411 056 765

Ladies Social Badminton 10.00am - Bamawm Sports Centre. Enquiries: 5486 2272. Ladies Social Bowls at Bowling

Club, 10:00am, Locky Library 10 am to 2 pm

Wednesdays

Strength & Balance Class 9.00 am - Bush Nursing Centre.

Massage with Anita. Phone 5486 2544 for appointment. Locky Library 10 am to 2 pm

Thursdays

Social Activity Day 10am - Bush Nursing Centre Phone: 5480 6701

Men’s Shed By appointment Phone: 0499 170 329 Locky Library 10 am to 2 pm Fridays

Men’s Social Bowls - 4pm BBQ to follow. New bowlers welcome

Saturdays Bingo 7:15 pm - St. Joseph’s

Hall, Campaspe St, Rochester.

JANUARY 2018 Saturday 27 Cricket A Grade Rnd 11- BLU v Moama C Grade Rnd 13 - Cooma v BLU D Grade Rnd 13 - BLU v Cooma Sunday 28 Heritage Complex Open 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm On Duty: Joe & Julie Monday 29 Meals on Wheels: Action Group FEBRUARY Saturday 3 Cricket C Grade Rnd 14- BLU v Fire Brigade D Grade Rnd 14- BLU v bye Sunday 4 Pine Grove Gun Club Simulated Field & Game Cricket A Grade Rnd 12- Tigers v BLU Heritage Complex Open 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm On Duty: Gordon M & Beryl Monday 5 LOCKY NEWS TYPING DAY Closing time for articles/adverts 10:00 am (earlier if possible please) Meals on Wheels: St. Marys Senior Citizens Carpet Bowls 1:15 pm Tuesday 6 LBU FNC Ladies Committee Meeting Lockington Recreation Reserve Wednesday 7 Action Club Dinner 7:30pm Club Rooms Thursday 8 Milloo CWA 10:00 am Milloo Hall Friday 9 Social Indoor Bowls 7:30 pm Bamawm Extension Hall

Saturday 10 Cricket C Grade Rnd 15 BLU v United D Grade Rnd 15 BLU v FB Red Sunday 11 Lockington Pony Club Rally 10:00 am Scurrah Reserve Contact Sherrin Harbour 0418 112 292 Cricket A Grade Rnd 12 - Tigers v BLU Heritage Complex Open 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm On Duty: Giles & Philippa Monday 12 Meals on Wheels: St. James Lockington Senior Citizens Carpet Bowls 1:15 pm Heritage Complex Meeting 7:30 pm at the Complex Tuesday 13 Well Women’s Clinic at Bush Nursing Centre Phone: 5486-2544 for Appointment Wednesday 14 Lions Club Dinner Meeting 7:30 pm Heritage Centre Saturday 17 Cricket C Grade Rnd 16 Moama v BLU D Grade Rnd 16 BLU v Tongala Sunday 18 Cricket A Grade Rnd 13 BLU v Echuca Monday 19 Senior Citizens Carpet Bowls 10:00 am followed by meeting Wednesday 21 Action Club Activity Night at Club Rooms. Ph: 0428 844 489 or 0409 259 723 Sunday 25 Cricket A Grade Rnd 13 BLU v Echuca

Bank Trading Hours: Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays - 10.00 am - 2.00 pm Thursdays & Fridays - 9.30 am to 12 noon, 12.45 pm to 4.00 pm