Reflections from the past

The stoppage was designed to draw attention to fears held by the Australian Teachers’ Federation that the budget would reduce spending on education by up to 25 per cent and reduce the planning period from three years, as at present, to one of only six months.

At a meeting held at Lockington, it was decided not to stop work.

Instead, the local branch urged the community to support them in protesting by telegram, letter or any other way possible, to members of the Australian Parliament.

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Anthony Sipizzica of Elmore won first prize for Year 1 apprentices at Bendigo Institute of Technology for 1974.

Anthony, who is 16, also won an apprenticeship award for excellent results achieved in first year of panel beating.

He has worked at Cook's Panel Works, Moama, for 18 months and is in his second year..

Anthony’s employer, Mr K. Cook, said he could become one of the best tradesmen in the area in the next few years.

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Further honours have been bestowed on Mr Dan Kellett of Rochester.

Mr Kellett has been notified that Her Majesty the Queen has approved the award of the Imperial Service Medal in recognition of his long and distinguished service to the state of Victoria.

Notification of the award was published in the London Gazette of July 17, 1975.

The chairman of the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Mr A. L. Tisdall, paid tribute to the recognition of Dan Kellett’s service.

25 years ago August 2000

With Daylight Saving starting this weekend, many district dairy farmers will have their work cut out for them.

With Daylight Saving starting two months early this year to accommodate for the Sydney Olympic Games, dairy farmers will have to cope with the normal problems of the time change as well as extra inconveniences.

For dairy farmers, this is the time that their cows are calving, and they will also have to deal with problems of milk fever difficulties in the event of darker mornings.

United Dairyfarmers of Victoria senior vice-president and Lockington dairy farmer Paul Weller said the UDV was against the early introduction of Daylight Saving.

Member for Rodney Noel Maughan is also opposed to the extension of the Daylight Saving period.

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Lockington bowler Alice McMinn says she feels honoured at receiving a prestigious Australian Sports Medal for her contribution to the sport.

Alice returned home from holidays recently to find the medal waiting for her among the mail.

‘’It certainly was a surprise,’’ she said.

The Australian Sports Medal was on inaugurated this year to commemorate Australian sporting achievement.

The medal is awarded to recognise people ‘’who have made a contribution to Australian sport as a current or former participant or through the provision of support services to sport’’.

Alice has been involved with the Lockington Bowls Club for more than 40 years.

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The Bendigo Football League cleared Lockington-Bamawm United to leave the league at a meeting last week.

The Victorian Country Football League, however, has tghe final say on whether to not LBU will get final clearance from the league.

LBU president Bernie McManus said the Bendigo league informed the club of its approval on Friday.

Representatives of each of the clubs in the league had been asked if they had concerns about LBU leaving the league in July.

‘’No clubs in the Bendigo league had any concerns wit LBU leaving,’’ Mr McManus said.

‘’They all thought it was the best for Lockington-Bamawm (to leave).’’

10 years ago August 2015

Campaspe Shire has the second-highest population rate for ice-related ambulance call-outs in regional Victoria.

Paramedics were called to 14 ice-related incidents in 2013-14, a whopping 75 per cent increase from eight in the previous year.

Campaspe had a 37.9 rate per 100,000 population in 2013-14 – just below Shepparton’s 39.8 but ahead of Latrobe, Horsham, Mildura, Wangaratta and 11 other local government areas.

Paramedic acting team manager Joanne Kerr said she had noticed a ‘‘slight increase’’ in call-outs relating to ice incidents.

‘‘I think it is a problem,’’ she said.

‘‘As a group we’ve noticed a slight increase in the call-outs.’’

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Callan O’Riley is officially a Victorian Junior Motocross Champion.

Not a bad feat for the 14-year-old from Ballendella.

Racing in the 85/150 BW C class over the four round series, Callan won nine of his 11 starts, only losing the two due to ‘‘crashing out’’.

Held in Korumburra, Colac, Cobram and then Blue Rock, the prestigious series was a must-win for the youngster who added nine new plaques to his forever growing trophy cabinet.

Callan completed three races at each stage, which consisted of a 10-minute time trial before they would complete an additional lap.

‘‘I would race against about 30 kids each competition,’’ he said.

‘‘I probably would have had a clean slate if I didn’t crash a couple of times.’’

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Meg Doller loves Elmore.

So much so, she is leading the charge to make it more beautiful.

She wants to make her ‘‘small town sexy’’; a term she adopted from Kim Huston after attending a conference in May.

Huston’s book Small Town Sexy explores the art of revitalising small towns and communities – something Ms Doller was keen to share with the Elmore community on her return.

Two months later, four working bees have already made major changes down by the Campaspe River, and it is only getting better.

Ms Doller was blown away by the interest of the community and their readiness to help.

‘‘So many people want to make a change and revitalise our town,’’ she said.

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