Pictured at the camp site at Redcastle are John Lees, Geoff Bright, Gary Clee, Brian Ellis, ‘Bert’, a Redcastle resident, and Steve Blundell of Toolleen.
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1974
Methodist and Presbyterian people in the Bamawm and Lockington district are taking positive steps to work together.
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After many months of planning, and after all necessary approval has been given by the higher courts of the church in each of the denominations concerned, a new form of co-operative work will commence in this district.
The Kotta Church comes into the Rochester Methodist Circuit, which in turn will work with the Presbyterian people of Bamawm and Lockington, and the whole program is best described as a ‘’Methodist-Presbyterian co-operative parish’’.
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In the past 12 months, the Rochester Venturer Unit has grown to 18 boys and three leaders, and has been very active in a large variety of activities.
The future of Rochester Venturer Unit looks particularly bright, as a number of plans have been made for 1975.
During the past four months, the unit went as guests to Kyabram Small Bore Club.
The service work of the Venturers was to chip the grass and weeds from around trees at the Old Peoples’ Home site in Rochester.
1999
In celebration of the year 2000, the Bamawm community has minted its own coin.
The commemorative coin minted from antique bronze, features icons of the Bamawm area, including the football ground, the old hall, a waterwheel, cream cans and the sundial from the returned servicemen’s memorial. The design was the creation of district artist Jean Glasson.
Bamawm Recreation Reserve committee member Greg Clymo and one of the Bamawm 2000 bronze commemorative coins.
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Bamawm Recreation Reserve committee member Greg Clymo said the idea of minting the coin came after they were approved to provide something for Lockington’s year 2000 celebrations.
The idea is a unique one as, when the committee called the Australian Mint in Canberra for a quote, they were told no other community had approached the mint with a similar idea.
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Dairy farmers voted overwhelmingly for deregulation at the close of the Victorian plebiscite.
With 84.6 per cent of eligible farmers taking part in the poll, a staggering 89 per cent (7001) voted ‘yes’ in support of deregulation and the $1.7 billion restructure package offered by the Federal Government when the market milk subsidy ceases on July 1, 2000.
United Dairyfarmers of Victoria president Max Fehring said the dairy industry had been put through the wringer over deregulation.
2015
They say write what you know, which was exactly what Ballendella’s Carmel Knowles did with her children’s books.
‘‘There are a lot of subtle family and local area references throughout my books,’’ she said.
Carmel’s imagination runs wild as she tells the love story of a rose and a soldier boy bulb, who dance with each other as plants and flowers join an unlikely garden party during a solar eclipse in While The Moon Hid.
Carmel Knowles with three of her books at her home in Ballendella.
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Eamonn Tiernan
Her latest book, Foxed, is set in Lockington and was finished just in time for Christmas.
Carmel tells the story of a fox named Felix, who devises a plan to outwit a pack of greyhounds in order to win the heart of a vixen named Flora.
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Small business took a big hit across the region following the closure of Greens Lake for three days during the new-year period.
Corop General Store owner Denielle Sarson said her sales were down a whopping 75 per cent on this time last year.
‘‘It doesn’t just affect us, but the caravan park and all the holidaymakers as well,’’ she said.
Ms Sarson said while local police were working hard, there needed to be a better solution to stop troublemakers than to shut the lake.
‘‘There’s one road in and one road out,’’ she said.
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