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July Edition
Page 3 - Volunteer Award
Page 4 - New Planet Discovery
Page 5 - Seven Heenan’s in a Team
Page 6 - Café Culture
Page 7 - Charlton Park 2020
Page 8 - Rex News
Page 9 - Charlton Probus
Page 10 - WW1
Page 11 - St Joseph's School Reunion
Page 12/13 - Junior Football Club
Page 14 - Lightning Premiership
Page 15 - Charlton Harness Club
Page 16 - Rotary Art Show
Page 17 - Junior CWA
Page 18 - Church Times
Page 19 - Angle Flight
Page 20 - North West Ag
Page 20 to 23 - Sponsors
Page 24 - Calendar
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Hi all welcome to the July Newsletter. Again running behind but
once again it’s a bit of a quiet month.
This time of year often bring colds and flues and unfortunately
our house hasn’t escaped it. We have all been feeling yuck out
our way and it certainly makes the motivation to get things done
go out the door. I’m starting to feel a bit better so have put a
quick newsletter together.
It’s been a pretty quiet month for us apart from trying to entertain
a 11 year old in the school holidays. We also celebrated a big
birthday in the family this month. My Mum Colleen turned the
BIG 60.
We hope you had a wonderful birthday Mum.
Front cover this month is all about our younger sporting players.
The Net Set Go program along with Auskick have finished for
the year. The other three photos are of the Football, Netball &
Hockey teams that played in the Lightning Premiership.
A big shout out and thank you to Maxine Thompson for her write
ups for the lightning premiership and junior football club, job
well done.
Also a big thanks to my Auntie Gill for all her works she does to
contribute articles every month and helps me with the proof
reading, you’re the best.
I just want to finish off by saying thank you to you all for your
patience when it comes to getting the newsletter out. It may often
appear as I’m a bit lazy and there for struggle to get the
newsletter out on time but 99% of the time I get the newsletter
out once I feel I have enough information /articles to be able to
put one together.
Thanks for all the support.
Take care.
Upcoming
Events Café Culture
Saturday 12th August
Upmarket Day
Saturday 3rd September
Yeungroon Reunion
Sunday 8th October
Rotary Art Show
Fri 13th—Mon 16th October
Charlton Show
Saturday 21st October
St. Joseph's School Reunion
Sunday 22nd October
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July 2017
At its AGM on Tuesday 18th July, Charlton Forum presented
Brad Chester with a Volunteer Recognition Award. Brad is a
dedicated volunteer who helps out at the Charlton Show, the
Charlton Harness Racing Club and has been a scoreboard
operator for the Charlton Football Club for 17 years.
The Forum members congratulate Brad on his volunteering
efforts and hope he continues to find enjoyment helping his
community.
Photo:
Charlton Forum Chairman, Alan Getley, presents Brad with his award.
Charlton Playgroup, with thanks for a Maitreya Community Grant
from the Charlton Forum have established a Community Library.
This is located in the foyer of the Charlton Maternal Health and
Playgroup building in Armstrong Street. Community members are
welcome to come and borrow anytime working from the honesty
system (take and return).
We are also seeking donations of any children’s and adults books or
DVD's. If you have books or DVD’s you no longer require donations
can be left in the foyer.
We hope this can be enjoyed by all. Any enquiries please contact
Jess McGurk (President) on 040032939.
Senior leaders from VicRoads will be visiting Charlton as part of a
visit to the northwest and central part of the state focusing on the
future of country roads.
On Thursday 27 July between 4.30pm-6.30pm, VicRoads decision makers will be available to the community at
Charlton Hall to discuss all things roads.
VicRoads Chief Executive John Merritt said the visit was a part of a
statewide initiative to hear directly from as many country Victorians
as possible.
“We want to talk to as many people as we can about making living
in country Victoria even better and safer,” Mr Merritt said.
“Reducing country road trauma, improving road maintenance, and
supporting the farming and tourism industries are among important
issues to discuss.
“A doubling of the country road maintenance in the budget makes it
good timing to shape what happens next on our rural roads,” Mr
Merritt said.
Senior leaders will be stopping in at Ararat, Echuca, Kerang, Swan
Hill, Wemen, Sea Lake, Mildura and Bendigo to facilitate important
discussions with Victorian farmers, tourism operators and local
council representatives.
“We want to meet with as many local people as possible who depend
on the arterial road network,” Mr Merritt said.
“During the week, we will also be travelling on the roads that
country Victorians use everyday which will give us a first-hand
insight into the current conditions and helps us to better understand
the areas for attention.
“Even if you can’t make a community session, you can share your
ideas, experiences, concerns, opportunities and priorities with us,”
Mr Merritt said.
Join in at engage.vicroads.vic.gov.au and search for “Country
Roads”. Pinpoint your issues on the interactive map or email us at:
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Article by Jenny Pollard
From looking at astronomy books as a child to finding evidence for
the existence of a far-away planet, Charlton resident, Kelvin Getley
has pursued a life dream and put paid to the idea that achievement can
only take place within the environs of high tech facilities.
Thanks to what we now consider basic technology – ie: the internet -
Kelvin has been able to undertake his Astronomy PhD research
without leaving Charlton, but with having full and consistent access to
lecturers, information, supervisors and peers, and make a discovery
which helps to grow the understanding of the functionality of space.
The announcement of Kelvin’s new planet discovery also coincided
with “Space” featuring high on the news agenda. The Federal
Government has stated a case for the feasibility of an Australian space
agency,and NASA recently released stunning images from their Juno
mission of a huge storm on Jupiter.
Achievements such as Kelvin’s helpsto feed the public imagination
about space and other space related profiles and discoveries.
This time it’sthat little bit extra. There is a local connection and it’s
someone we know and someone who is part of our community who
has achieved this remarkable goal.
The other thing to keep in mind is that these discoveries are not
“Eureka” moments. There is not a sudden revelation, followed by
saturation media coverage. They are based on observation, analysis,
testing and investigation, and this takes time. As Kelvin said, it’s a
drawn out process.
Explaining the complexities of his PhD – “Evidence for a planetary
mass third body orbiting the binary star KIC5095269” -in layman’s
terms is no easy matter. Already holding a Bachelor of Science
(Monash University) and a Master of Astronomy (James Cooke
University), plus being at the half-way mark of his PhD, conveying
very specific astronomical terminology in user-friendly language takes
some skill.
Therefore what follows is an explanation of Kelvin’s research in his
own words:
“My PhD research involves performing an eclipse timing variation
study of binary stars in order to look for any third bodies that may be
present, like stars, brown dwarfs or planets.
“I created a program that determined when one star passes in front of
another as seen from Earth, and compared them to what we’d expect
to see if there was nothing else in the system.”
Supplementing his discourse, Kelvin used graphs, spreadsheets of data
and an artist’s visualisation of the new planet and its orbit to add
clarity.
Thanks to the guidance and advice of his supervisors – Professor Brad
Carter and Dr. Rachel King (University of Southern Queensland -
USQ) and Dr. Simon O’Toole (Australian Astronomical Observatory -
AAO) – tests were also formulated to try to disprove the discovery to
see if it held true to the assumptions being made.
One example was a stability test which simulated the system over ten
million years to see whether the planet stayed put or was thrown out.
If it wasunstable and thrown out of the system, then Kelvin said it was
unlikely their assumptions were correct and they would move onto
something else.
Finding this system amongst the thousands already observed by
NASA’s Kelper space telescope meant processing reams of data which
NASA releases to the scientific community after a twelve month
holding period.
“Because NASA funds the Kelper space craft and because its mission
is very specific to their own research, they have first access to the
data” said Kelvin. “On release people can then do their own analysis
on the systems and use the same data to look for different things.
Kepler is looking for planets which transit – pass in front of stars. My
one passes behind, so they wouldn’t have been looking for something
like that.”
Part of Kelvin’s scientific analysis involved looking for clear
variations in a modelling program of the binary stars system over a
period of 1,600 days. The resulting graph pattern showed very clear
two minutechanges (a significant time frame) and with the third
body’s orbit of 237 days there was ample scope to observe many
orbits within the 1,600 day period.
Commenting on the discovery, AAO astronomer, PhD supervisor and
exoplanetary expert, Dr. Simon O’Toolesaid Kelvin’s work was a
really “neat result”, and while “planets orbiting two stars have been
found before, the cool thing is that Kelvin has discovered a planet with
a tilted orbit more reminiscent of Pluto than other planets in our solar
system.”
Professor Brad Carter (USQ) also praised the research saying
innovative analysis of Kepler’s “treasure trove of observational data”
demonstrated that evidence for new worlds can be gathered.
When beginning this research Kelvin said that the team was hoping to
find “something, but the pinnacle was always going to be a new planet
- if we were lucky!”
A high pointin the journey so far has been the publication of Kelvin’s
work in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society –one
of the world’s leading astronomy journals.
“Once the article was accepted for publication,that was pretty
exciting” said Kelvin.
The journal publishes original research across a wide range of
astronomical fields.
And looking to the future – well, Kelvin’s current focus is on
completing his PhD, then seeing what other opportunities may be
available.
“Perhaps a Post Doctoral position – possibly further research. There
are lots of options. Places like the European Space Agency; and there
are universities all over the world doing all sorts of research” he said.
“When you consider the first exoplanet was only discovered in the
1990’s, and currently all our work is only being done in our galaxy –
there will be changes and many new things to find. It’s so open
ended.”
For this former Charlton P12 College student, who at a young age
began star gazing with an off-the-shelf telescope, the sky really now
holds no limits for Kelvin.
An outstanding achievement, Charlton local, Kelvin Getley is pictured
holding an artist’s impression of his newly discovered planet (top right) on
its’ tilted orbit around the smaller binary planets.
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The Heenans made veterans badminton history recently by all playing
in one team at the Altona Annual Veterans Tournament held on
Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th July.
The Victorian Badminton Veterans Association hold a monthly
tournament somewhere in Victoria or Adelaide. Playing at Altona
were Brian & Rae, Troy & Rebecca, Roger & Emma, Bronwyn, and
Max & Gloria Baldwinson. Our team name was “Charlton
Heenan+” ( 7 Heenans plus 2 Baldwinsons ). Forty-four teams
competed in 9 grades, from A1 to D2; the Heenan+ team was in B3.
The Heenans had been planning this weekend since Bronwyn turned
35 in December, the minimum age for veterans and it turned out to be
just “the best weekend”. The talk now is, maybe we can make it an
annual event !!
The teams we played were :- Doncaster/Templestowe No.1, Central
Dockers, 2 Western Suburbs teams and Albury/Wodonga. The teams
were great to play against, and the standard was amazing.
At the trophy presentation, the Victorian Badminton Veterans
Association presented us with a beautiful certificate acknowledging
our accomplishment.
The winners in our grade were Western Suburbs BAV who won all
their matches, but there was a 3 way count back to decide runners up,
with 3 teams, including us, each losing 2 matches. We defeated
Doncaster/Templestowe in the round robin, but they gained the runner
up trophy ahead of us on percentage.
Our match results :-
Heenan+ defeated Albury/Wodonga Tornados, 11 sets / 297 points to
5 sets / 252 points
Heenan+ lost to WSBA Orion, 8 / 271 to 8 / 284
Heenan+ defeated CBA Dockers 11 / 291 to 5 / 257
Heenan+ lost to WSBA BAV 6 / 266 to 10 / 303
Heenan+ defeated Doncaster/Templestowe No.1 10 / 278 to 6 / 257
Heenan Family Rae, Brian, Bronwyn, Troy, Rebecca, Roger & Emma. (Troy is married to Rebecca, nee Smyth, Roger is
married to Emma, nee Kenny, and Bronwyn is now Bronwyn Pokorzynski.)
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At our July meeting Probus celebrated 11 years of Probus in
Charlton.
Matt Donaldson, former Chairman on 2 occasions, was asked to
cut the cake marking our 11th Birthday. The cake was made and
decorated by Pat Mathews. Happy birthday was sung and this was
followed by a lunch catered for by our members, ably led by Pat
Clifford. It was an enjoyable day with lots of fellowship among
the members.
On Tuesday 11th July the Charlton & District Carers’ Support Group
were joined by some of the St Arnaud Carers for a workshop about
“Sleep Matters”. The group participated keenly by asking questions
and contributing ideas.
Did you know that good sleepers usually take less than 30 minutes to
fall asleep at the beginning of the night and will wake up once or
twice during the night. In other words it is unrealistic to expect to fall
asleep immediately on getting into bed or to never wake up at all
during the night.
We learnt some strategies to develop good sleep habits eg. If you
haven’t been able to get to sleep after about 30 mins get up and do
something calming.
Our next meeting is on Tuesday 8th August at the Charlton Croquet
Club when we will again be joined by St Arnaud Carers. If you are a
Carer please come and have some relaxation and try the game of
croquet.
Contact Anne (5491 1673) or [email protected]
Jo Russell
Charlton Arts
Our next Cafe Culture event, on Saturday August 12, 8 pm, at the
Charlton Charlton Golf Club, involves watching an intriguing silent
film documentary accompanied by a live four piece band.
In 1924, Italian film director Angelo Drovetti embarked on an epic
8,000 nautical mile voyage, with his movie camera.
The result - Dall'Italia All 'Australia (From Italy to Australia) - is
regarded as the most comprehensive film ever made of a migrant
voyage. It chronicles the voyage of the Regina d'Italia (Queen of
Italy) and showcases panoramic views witnessed by migrants from
Italy, Greece &Yugoslavia during their seven week world odyssey
from Genoa to Australia.
Angelo provides fascinating footage into the sights they saw and the
cities they visited by way of Egypt and Sri Lanka Things were very
different then. At a zoo they visited an elephant roamed freely among
the visitors with a gang of children on her back!
The documentary is interesting viewing but watching it whilst the
band perform their own live music sound track adds another
dimension to the experience.
The four piece band I - Viaggiatori (The Voyagers) was formed in
2006 by Kavisha Mazella to provide a score for the silent
documentary and comprises Kavisha (voice, guitar & accordian) Irene
Vella (bouzouki, mandolin & guitar) David De Santi ( accordian) and
Mark Holder-Keeping (Saxophone, clarinet).
They're a truly multicultural
and cosmopolitan combo and
bring together a great variety
of musical experience
combining new and old
Italian folk songs.
Kavisha grew up in the
Italian quarter of Fremantle “
we were migrants from the
sixties who grew up with sing
-songs around a piano”.
Drawn from over four
hundred years of story telling
their songs from Italy and
Greece tell of harvests, war,
revolution, weddings, funerals and the brave act of migration. Their
melodies will make your feet dance.
So mark August 12 on your calendars and come along to the cosy
atmosphere of the Charlton Golf Club to enjoy the double
entertainment of film and music with I Viaggiatori.
You can book early at the Charlton Pharmacy 54911521 or Jo Russell
54911528. Pre-booked tickets are $20 and sales at the door $25.
The 2017 Cafe Culture Series is presented in Charlton by Charlton
Arts working in collaboration with the touring company Just Shows
To Go and is supported by the Victorian Government through
Creative Victoria.
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THANK YOU CHARLTON AND BEYOND
There intensive 3 month fundraising campaign, conducted by
Charlton Park 2020 has raised $291,000,which includes $60,000
previously pledged back in 2012. With the previously donated money,
further pledges and the contributions of the Charlton Park and other
sporting clubs, service clubs and money raised by the 2020 committee
and of course the $500,000 from the Charlton Community Bank it
takes the local contribution to $632,000 , with more to come. Of this
amount the 2020 committee has paid $80,000 already to have the
detailed plans drawn up.
Fundraising Chairman, Peter Whykes said he was delighted with the
response so far from the wonderful people of Charlton and beyond to
the campaign. “ We know the tough times our community has
endured, but we are so grateful for all the donations we have received,
from the smallest to the largest donation. People have given what the
can afford and we welcome them all”. “ The committee has been
working hard contacting people and we know from these discussions
that there are many members of the community who have indicated
that they are still to donate. The campaign continues and the same
ways for people to donate continue to be in place”, Peter said.
DONATION RECEIVED FROM OASIS
A $30,000 donation from Charlton OASIS (Old Apexians Still in
Service ) was presented to representatives of the Charlton Park 2020
Multi-purpose Facility Committee recently, boosting the project
fundraising campaign tally to over $300,000.
In presenting the cheque OASIS President, Neil Wright wished the
Committee well with their fundraising and said that OASIS was
‘rather chuffed that we’ve got the money to give to you”.
The accumulated funds have been raised from a variety of activities
including catering for events such as the Charlton Show, the Lions
Convention and weddings, hiring of equipment, battery drives, along
with funds raised from the 2015 Maitreya Festival.
“We have been waiting for a worthy cause for something in town that
will be there forever” said Neil, “and the Charlton Park 2020 project
ticks the box.”
In responding, Fundraising Chairman, Peter Whykes said “This is a
wonderful contribution, and we recognise the work OASIS has done.”
Acknowledgement of contributions would be marked in a permanent
way at the new facility Mr. Whykes said with an honour board
featuring graded donations. There may also be the possibility of
naming rights for some of the rooms.
“Your efforts will be recognised, and we certainly appreciate this
donation”, Peter said.
In responding to the donation, 2020 Chaiman, John Harley said “We
still have a way to go. We do have a couple of applications in for
grants, so we might be successful with one of those”.
While the process has been ongoing for 11 years for those who first
committed, the goal is growing closer and the vision has remained
steadfast.
“This is going to happen” said Mr. Harley.
Rotary and Lions Clubs have also made significant commitments and
have their money in hand, ready to hand over when the time is right.
Tax deductible donations can still be made online at the Australian
Sports Foundation website http://asf.org.au/projects/charlton-park-
2020-association/
TENDERS CALLED FOR FINAL PLANS
You may have noticed that the Buloke Shire has called for tenders for
the final specifications to be drawn up and the project ( the actual
construction of the building) to be managed, so things are moving
ahead. This new tender was made necessary as the most recent
contact, in 2014 has expired. This tender will be awarded in early
August and the Shire hopes o be able to ask for tenders for the
construction of the new facility by early November with construction
to start hopefully in early 2018. For a project of this magnitude and
value to the community, Mr. Harley said there was also the possibility
of co-ordinating community “in-kind” work.
“One example is the area outside the building which has to be built up
by one metre –community members might volunteer their trucks for
carting once suitable fill has been sourced. Other options may include
the demolition of various parts of the old building, the relocation of
shade sails and finishing some of the landscaping work.”
Every dollar will help shape Charlton’s future, so please give as
generously as possible. # # #
If you would like more information about this topic, please contact
John Harley at 0427-701379 or email at
Cause for celebration, members of the Charlton OASIS (Old Apexians Still in Service) present representatives of the Charlton Park 2020 Multi
-purpose Facility Committee with a cheque for $30,000 at last Monday night’s meeting. Pictured (back l-r) Leanne Gretgrix, Richard Hobbs,
Jon Whykes, Deb Hobbs, Glenyis Sullivan (front l-r) John Harley (Chairman Charlton Park 2020 Committee) Kim Thompson (Secretary 2020
Committee), Peter Whykes (2020 Fundraising Chairman), Neil Wright (President OASIS), Sue James and Jeff Cox (Secretary/ Treasurer
OASIS).
Photo by Jenny Pollard.
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This mammoth undertaking was made
possible by a generous grant from the
Premier's office. Our heartfelt thanks go to
Mr Andrews for seeing how important The
Rex is to the community of Charlton and
our neighbouring towns.
Thank you all for your patience and support
whilst we've been without climate control.
We look forward to welcoming you back
for toasty winter nights and icy cool
summer afternoons.
As well as the heating and cooling we have
luxurious new seats to make your visit even
more comfortable. Thanks to a grant from
the Charlton Community Bank, we also
have deluxe booster seats on the way for
the littlest members of our community.
Help us spread the word about all the great
things happening for our community
theatre, and tell everyone you see!
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July 2017
So is the story of Tony Scott, celebrating one year of life in Charlton.
At the Charlton Probus July meeting, Tony Scott told of his life up to
coming to Charlton 12 months ago.
He went to Teachers College in Coburg, in the shadows of Pentridge,
which was visible across the road from the college. While there he
became General Secretary of the Student Union, and met his wife to
be, a fellow student. They were married in 1977 and had 2
daughters, whom neither are teachers. In 1992 his wife left teaching
and Tony followed in 1993, thanks to the Jeff Kennett bonus. With
his brother they ran a stationery business until 1996, when seeing the
likes of Office Works on the horizon, they sold this and were looking
around for what to do next. During the last week of the changeover
of the business, Tony’s wife, at the age of 40, died suddenly leaving
him with 12 and 13 year old daughters to which he had previously
left the parenting role to his wife. He soon learnt not to give them
credit cards to purchase those things that girls need, rather to go buy
them himself. However, one of the best things he did was to take
them to a psychiatrist to help them reconcile with the sudden loss of
their mother.
Tony and the girls Erin and Courtney, went on a world tour visiting
Italy (there mother was of Italian heritage), travelled Europe, USA –
North Louisiana and other Civil War Counties.
Tony then found some interesting jobs by checking the Age. First he
went to Thailand to teach English in a Catholic School. Teenage
boys are not good students, but the teachers did their best. So back
to Melbourne, and looked in the Age again, and off to China he went
for 2 years. This time it was to teach the Australian Managers of
factories children the Australian curriculum.
On returning home, again looked in the Age and applied to the
position of Tipstaff. A Judge, Justice and a Judges Associate are
entitled to have a Tipstaff. He is first in and last out. Making sure
everything is in order for the Judge. From Jury selection to finish of
trials, the Tipstaff looks after the Jurors. If there is a message to be
passed, or question asked between the Judge and the Jury, it has to be
passed via the Tipstaff. He had to knock on the door to be admitted
and was not allowed to listen, or to read what the Jury were debating
and to hand it back to the Judge. He oversaw various criminal cases,
Work Cover and TAC Law. After too many “He said – She said”
rape cases over the four years he worked there, and his father being
diagnosed with dementia, Tony resigned to care for father at this
time.
Tony lived in Melton South for 10 years, and after 4 murders within
a few blocks of where he lived within a month, and the house next
door dealing in drugs, he decided to look for a town with a strong
sense of community. His daughters live in Dubai and Perth, and he
has one grandchild. So Tony came to Charlton, where he plays golf,
tennis, joined Rotary, taken time out to visit his daughters and toured
Greece as he is interested in Roman ruins.
Welcome to Charlton Tony, we are glad to have you.
On Wednesday 19th July the Anglican and Uniting
Churches held their annual Casserole Luncheon Many
came to enjoy the wonderful array of hot casseroles and
both hot and cold sweets. These taste tempters were
donated by members of both churches and as it was a
cold winter’s day, appreciated and enjoyed by all.
Winners of the garden ornaments supplied by Janine of
Country Savers were – Glenda Watts who won the
lizard, and Bev Turner won the garden plaque.
A big Thank You to all those who came and those who
cooked, all of you helped to make the day such a
success.
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Charlton Probian Anne Kenny ‘s niece Simone
Kenny, organised a group of 14 adults which
included Anne, Walter Kenny and his wife
Nola, connections of Mavis McGurk and Gary
Lamour. This group was of 3 men and 11
women all over 50 bar one who was a French
lady just 29. They also had their intrepid guide
Ernesto (a native of Guatemala).
For the past 8 years Simone
has taken groups of Year 10 and 11 students as
part of this scheme. Guatemala is a country in
Central America, about half the size of Victoria,
home to active volcanoes, rainforests and
ancient Mayan sites. A population of 15 Million
people and many live on around $2 a day.
A family needs to show they are
interested in self-improvement and that they
own the land. They are requested to contribute
one third of the construction costs over the next
few years. The houses are put in the name of
the wife, to protect the children’s interests. A
house is usually completed in 10 days.
The group were to work for 2 weeks,
building 2 of these homes in that time. The blocks weren’t next to one
another and there was no room to manoeuvre on either site. There was
a lot of moving bricks and equipment from one place to the other so
they could work. The homes were made of cement bricks (Bessemer
blocks). The ground was sandy and they had to start from scratch,
digging trenches, mixing cement, carting bricks and buckets of
cement, lay the bricks and tussle with the reo cabling. Anne was
better at the cementing. The first one was the 3 rooms in a straight
line, but the second was an L shape and on a slope. There were very
few electrical tools, most of the work was manual.
Their accommodation was in a hotel that was run by a single
mother (who is looked down on by society). However, the hotel was
spotless and there was someone washing the tiled floor when they left
in the morning and again when they returned at night. Antigua was
very clean everywhere they went as were the people.
They took time to be tourists and visited many places in the
area. Antigua is higher than Guatemala, so isn’t as hot and humid.
Also they spent time at a school helping children with English
speaking. Two doctors in there group also did basic health checks on
the children.
Anne and some of the others did a volcano walk. You could
walk up to the top, ride a horse or walk half way or three quarters of
the way and do the rest on horseback. They also cooked marshmallow
on the lava plain. They visited markets buying souvenirs and food.
In Antigua the roads are cobbled and narrow, however other
roads are pot holes with a little bit of road between. Transport is by
Tuktuk or by bus. The buses are bought second hand from America,
stripped, refitted, then painted bright colours, you know your bus by
the colour it is painted. The people are always clean, the ladies wear
traditional clothes, but the men wear jeans and more casual clothes.
On the last day they held a little ceremony, the ribbon was cut
by the new owners and a celebratory lunch was held. There was also
the photo to be taken and the local workers had a set of clean clothes
to wear for this. The families were very emotional and appreciative of
the group’s efforts. Anne says that she would do it again, however,
doesn’t know when.
St Joseph’s School will be celebrating 120 years of Catholic
Education in Charlton on Show Weekend 21st & 22nd October.
In 1968 there was a big change at the school as the Our Lady of The
Missions Sisters left Charlton and in 1969 the Sisters of Mercy from
Ballarat arrived. “Sister M. Ignatius was the first Principal and she
was accompanied by Sister M. Loyola, Sister M. Stephen and Sr M.
Gonzaga. In their first year at Charlton there were 216 pupils, of
whom 48 were of a secondary level. The Sisters had the help of lay
teachers Miss Margaret Donnellon and Miss Sarita Kenny.”
(Centenary of St Joseph’s Charlton Parish 1885 – 1985)
Wanted: Any memorabilia from St Joseph’s School eg workbooks or
certificates.
Class Photos wanted:
1971, 1973, 1975 (have Form 4), 1978 – Gr 6 1980 (have Gr 5)
1982, 1984, 1986 ,
2008 – 2013 (Only have whole school photos so any other photos
appreciated) Please contact Anne Kenny or the school.
1st Communion class and Sr Stephen
If you know what year this was could you please let Anne know.
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July 2017
Week Four: Boort – 6th May 2017
Under 13's
After a slow start to the day the boys were finding it hard to get the
footy out of the packs and get a clear passage to the goals. After the
ball seesawing back and forth the boys rallied around each other and
were able to keep the ball in their forward line and got over the line
by 2 points in a very low scoring game…
Final score: Charlton 1. 4. 10 Boort 1. 2. 8. Goal kicker: Jacob
Olive 1. Awards: Charlton Timber & Hardware Socks: Angus
Johnstone, East Charlton Hotel: Jack Collins, AWB Beanie: Nick
Thompson, Marty Clifford: Bailey Dixon, Nevins & Co: Jacob Olive,
Roberts Windrowing & Contracting: Jye Roberts, Auxiliary Mars
Bar: Oscar Bourke.
Under 16's
Well done boys on a fantastic day of footy, an excellent display of
footy and fantastic teamwork, Well done! Thanks to Boort for
helping the boys out with a few players.
Charlton 10. 4. 64 Boort 12. 9. 81. Goal Kickers: Anthony Miller 5,
Matt Sarre 4, S Edwards (BFC) 1, Awards: Charlton Mensland Socks:
Anthony Miller, Walsh Motors: Wally Townsend, Charlton Bakery
Café: Charlie Patullo, Bill Russell: Matt Sarre, Marty Clifford:
Jasper Walsh, Roberts Windrowing and Contracting: Caileb Good,
Auxiliary Mars Bars: Cobi Fitzpatrick
Week Five: Wedderburn – 20th
May 2017
Under 13's
Awesome effort from everyone today, 13's were very impressive and
played four consistent quarters even with one less player on the field
than the opposition. The coach was confident giving two of our boys
each quarter to Wedderburn. Well done to Cooper Boyle, Hugh Sait,
Patrick Soulsby, Nick Thompson, Patrick Sait & Jackson Zagame for
pulling on the red and black (but you certainly all look much better in
navy) it shows great character to play hard for the opposing team
against your mates... we might have been comfortable winners but it
was still a great contest... Charlton 13 - 8 - 86. Wedderburn 1 - 1 – 7.
Goal Kickers: Nick Thompson 7, Jackson Zagame 3, Hugh Sait 2,
Fletcher Holmes Brown 1. Awards: Charlton Mensland Socks:
Oscar Bourke, North West Ag: Cooper Boyle
East Charlton Hotel: Isaac Bourke, Marty Clifford: Fletcher Holmes
Brown, Walsh Motors: Brodie Grylls, Roberts Contracting: Elliott
Fitzpatrick, Ladies Auxiliary: Nick Thompson.
Under 16's What a fantastic display of footy, an excellent team effort. Both teams
were short on numbers but they all dug deep and had some awesome
passages of play. The boys have been improving each week and it was
great to hear them sing the song proudly.. Well done fellas.. Thanks to
Wedderburn for helping us out with a player each quarter to make the
teams even.. Charlton 12 - 16 - 88. Wedderburn 6 - 2 – 38. Goal
Kickers: Anthony Miller 6, Fergus Bourke 2, Matt Sarre 2, Charlie
Patullo 1 & Caileb Good 1. Awards: Gulthul Pty Ltd (Will & Jac
Leslie) Socks: Fergus Bourke, Charlton Bakery Cafe: Anthony Miller,
Nevins & Co: Walter Townsend, Bill Russell: Cobi Fitzpatrick, Marty
Clifford: Charlie Patullo, Roberts Contracting: Caileb Good, Ladies
Aux Mars Bar: Ethan Needs & Arthur Bourke.
Week Six: St Arnaud – 27th May 2017
Under 13's
In what can only be described as a tough game of footy, the boys
should be proud of the way they performed under certain
circumstances. St Arnaud certainly came to play and they played a
tough physical game which was a bit off putting for our boys. St
Arnaud got away to a 4 goal lead in the first quarter which was hard
for our boys to peg back. They played within the rules and spirit of
the game and with the coaches words finally sinking in, the boys
believed they were in with a chance if they kept playing their game..
To the boys credit they out scored the opposition in the last half but
unfortunately came second... keep up the good work boys you
certainly showed exceptional sportsmanship and supported your
teammates when it counted.. Charlton 3-2-20. St Arnaud 6-8-44.
Goal Kickers: Nick Thompson 2, Jackson Zagame 1. Awards: Roy
Thompson Best On Socks: Patrick Soulsby, AWB Beanie: Angus
Johnstone, East Charlton Hotel: Darby Fitzpatrick, Marty Clifford:
Ned Zagame, Nevins & Co: Jackson Zagame, Roberts Contracting:
Patrick Sait, Ladies Aux Mars Bar: Fletcher Holmes Brown
Under 16's
Charlton 5-3-33. St Arnaud 15-15-105. Goal Kickers: Matt
Sarre 1,Sam Postlethwaite 1, STAFC Players combined 3
Mensland Socks: Charlie Patullo, North West Ag Towel: Matt Sarre,
Walsh Motors: Matt Thompson, Bill Russell: Sam Postlewaite, Marty
Clifford: Kyle Webb, Roberts Contracting: Caileb Good, Ladies Aux
Mars Bar: Fergus Bourke. CJFC Volunteer of the Week: Jo
Postlewaite.
Week Seven: Sea Lake – 3rd June 2017
Under 13's
The score didn't reflect the game and the boys fought hard for 4
quarters, unfortunately we didn't score and Sea Lake were a very
impressive outfit.
The coach was happy with the effort the boys put in, they chased
down their man, the onballers ran hard all game but unfortunately we
couldn't get the ball into the forward line and score, but an excellent
effort nevertheless....
After an early start to the morning, Sea Lake put on some fine
weather. The boys started slowly against a much bigger and well
drilled Sea Lake Nandaly side. They pushed the ball forward on
many occasions but just couldn’t get the Sherrin through the big
sticks or the little ones for that matter. The coach was happy with the
effort the boys put in, they chased down their man, the onballers ran
hard all game but unfortunately it wasn’t meant to be. The boys
should be proud of their efforts, on such a large ground they never
once looked defeated, the players pushed on until the final siren.
After the games it’s great to see such comradery in the rooms which
shows a lot about the character of the boys and their families.
Winning isn’t everything, as long as when the boys are out on the
ground playing the best footy they can, and getting around and
supporting their team mates.
Final score: Charlton 0. 0. 0 Sea Lake Nandaly Tigers: 8.4.52.
Awards: Charlton Mensland Socks: Brodie Grylls, East Charlton
Hotel: Angus Johnstone, Charlton Bakery Café: Ned Zagame, Marty
Clifford: Elliott Fitzpatrick, Walsh Motors: Patrick Soulsby, Roberts
Windrowing & Contracting: Cooper Boyle, Auxiliary Mars Bar:
Angus Soulsby.
Under 16's
Charlton 8.6.54. Sea Lake 19.6.120. Goal Kickers: Anthony Miller
6, Charlie Patullo 2. Snows Shearing Socks: Matt Thompson, AWB
Beanie: Anthony Miller, Nevins & Co: Charlie Patullo, Bill Russell:
Cobi Fitzpatrick, Marty Clifford: Walter Townsend, Roberts
Contracting: Fergus Bourke, Ladies Auxiliary: Matt Sarre
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July 2017
Week Eight Vs Wycheproof Narraport – 17th June 2017
Under 13's
Wycheproof put on a fantastic sunny winters day, and with the late
start everyone was primed and ready to go. The boys got off to a
good start and implemented the coaches instructions well. They had
first use of the ball from centre clearances with many cleared
breakaways and managed to get the ball deep forward. The coaches
challenged the boys during the game by placing them in other
positions on the ground and were encouraged by how well they
adapted. Thanks to all the boys who helped and played for the
Demons, your sportsmanship is admired and appreciated by both
teams.
Final score: Charlton 9.13.67 Sea Lake Nandaly Tigers: 2.0.12.
Goal Kickers: Hugh Sait 2, Nick Thompson 2, Patrick Sait 1, Jackson
Zagame 1, Angus Johnstone 1, Darby Fitzpatrick 1, Jye Roberts 1.
Awards: Doug Finlay Best on Ground Socks: Jackson Zagame, East
Charlton Hotel: Jye Roberts, Charlton Bakery Café: Hugh Sait, Marty
Clifford: Bailey Dixon, Nevins & Co: Patrick Sait, Roberts
Windrowing & Contracting: Fletcher Holmes Brown, Auxiliary Mars
Bar: Cooper Boyle.
Week Nine: Vs Birchip Watchem – 24th June 2017
Under 13's
On Saturday we hosted Birchip Watchem football club at home, after
a cool start the sun came out for a fantastic day of football. We got
off to a great start, both teams were putting on a very good display of
footy. Birchip Watchem were first to score and not long before
quarter time Elliott Fitzpatrick took a mark on the goal line and went
back and kicked Charlton’s first goal. After quarter time Birchip
Watchem came out strong and kicked two unanswered goals to lead at
half time. Our boys worked hard all day to keep up with Birchip
Watchem but were outscored in the third term and they ran out with
the win on this occasion. We will have to regroup this week as we
have a tough match coming up this week against Donald.
Final score: Charlton 1.1.17 Birchip Watchem: 4.7.31
Goal Kicker: Elliott Fitzpatrick
Awards: Charlton Mensland Socks: Jacob Olive, North West Ag
Towel: Bailey Dixon, Walsh Motors: Ned Zagame, Marty Clifford:
Elliott Fitzpatrick, East Charlton Hotel: Cooper Boyle, Roberts
Windrowing & Contracting: Jack Collins, Auxiliary Mars Bar: Angus
Soulsby.
Under 16's
Charlton 3.6.24 BWFC: 20.14.134
Goal Kickers: Charlie Patullo 1, Anthony Miller 1, BWFC Player 1.
Awards: Bernie & Wendy Laffin Hannaford Socks: Charlie Patullo,
AWB Beanie: Will Lanyon, Nevins & Co: Anthony Miller, Bill
Russell: Fergus Bourke, Marty Clifford: Caileb Good, Roberts
Windrowing & Contracting: Cobi Fitzpatrick, Auxiliary Mars Bar:
Jasper Walsh
Volunteer Award: Wes Jenkyn.
Week 10 Vs Boort – 8th July 2017
Under 13's In a very evenly contested game Boort
were victorious on this occasion. Our
boys battled hard all day with most of the
play but just couldn't capitalise on their
opportunities.
The whole team contributed well and
there was some very pleasing passages of
play.
Watching Jackson Zagame play his first game in the ruck was very
pleasing to the coaches and the coaches made special mention to the
younger brigade on their efforts.
Charlton 1 - 2 - 8. BFC 2 - 1 - 13
Goal Kicker: Nick Thompson
Awards:
Charlton Mensland Socks: Angus Soulsby
East Charlton Hotel: Jacob Olive
Landmark Hat: Cooper Boyle
Marty Clifford: Fletcher Holmes Brown
Walsh Motors: Patrick Soulsby
Roberts Contracting: Bailey Dixon
Ladies Mars Bar: Jackson Zagame
Under 16's Charlton 13 - 7 - 85. BFC 16 - 5 - 101
Goal Kickers: Anthony Miller 6, Charlie Patullo 2, Caileb Good 1,
BFC Players 4.
Awards:
Danny Wright Carpentry Socks: Anthony Miller
North West Ag Towel: Matt Thompson
Nevins & Co: Caileb Good
Bill Russell: Charlie Patullo
Marty Clifford: Jasper Walsh
Roberts Contracting: Cobi Fitzpatrick
Volunteer of the Week: Cate Kelly Olive
Thanks to the Sponsors for making these awards possible, your
support is greatly appreciated by thAngus Soulsby. e players and
committee.
Nick Thompson receiving his award
Jacob Olive receiving his award Angus Soulsby.
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Sunday 16th July was a very cool fresh morning, but it didn’t deter
111 footballers, 70 netballers and 80 hockey players converging on
Charlton to contest the annual Charlton and District Community Bank
Lightning Premiership for 2017. Every town within the North Central
cluster was represented in at least one of the three codes.
The Charlton Junior Football club prepared well for the day, the
grounds were looking a treat, thanks to Simon Peck and the senior
football committee. The Ladies Auxiliary had the canteen well
stocked and manned which made it easy to feed the masses. The
Hockey club had four fields of hockey in play simultaneously which
created a great atmosphere not only for the rising stars on the field but
for the great parent support base on the sidelines. The Netball
committee had a big crowd around watching and encouraging their
players as they competed, it was great to see the next generation of
players in the club dresses. Our footy boys competed well all day,
with a couple of wins and it was very pleasing to see new faces
running around in our team jumper. The Charlton Junior committee
would like to thank all the Umpires for the day, (Footy) Billy
Fitzpatrick, Damien McIntyre, Wes Jenkyn, Trent Cossar, Nathaniel
Holmes Brown, Jed Thompson, Mal Burge and John Gretgrix,
(Netball) Lara Thompson, (Hockey) Xanthe Fitzpatrick and Henry
Bourke, you all adjudicated each game with passion and enthusiasm.
To our Scoreboard and Timekeeping attendants (Footy) Laurie
Mulquiny and Cate Olive, (Netball) Michelle Jenkyn, Heidi
Gibbeson, Maddi Fitzpatrick, Zara Jenkyn, Emily Lanyon & Amy
Nicolson, (Hockey) Kylie Fitzpatrick and Julie Bourke you all did an
amazing job keeping the day running like clockwork. To the
gatekeepers Simon Peck, Terry Fitzpatrick, John Cossar and Kelvin
Baird for keeping the flow of cars moving through the gate quickly
and efficiently. Special thanks to Ross Lane for the audio equipment
which made the days presentations a lot easier. Thanks also to Jon
Whykes and Amy Nicolson (representing the Charlton and District
Community Bank Board) for making themselves available to present
the medallions to the winners of each section. Thanks also to Chris
Hogan, North Central Football League Board Chairman for attending
on the day and to Sharon McColl, Acting NCFL General Manager for
the administrative assistance leading up to the day, your support was
appreciated.
The football games were very evenly played throughout the day, with
the top two teams contesting the grand final. Donald were
undefeated during the course of the day and finished on top of the
ladder, and St Arnaud only lost one game resulting in the two meeting
in the grand final. Donald on this occasion were victorious by a small
margin and were deserving winners. Congratulations to Mark
Griffiths and his team for their outstanding effort and their
sportsmanship was commendable. All teams should be proud of their
efforts, playing 4 games of footy in a few hours is very exhausting.
The netball final was contested by Donald and St Arnaud with St
Arnaud winning by one goal in overtime, 4 – 3. Thanks to everyone
involved for making the day such a success. The clubs should be
proud of the way the competition is looking into the future.
The little hockey stars displayed great skill and team work on the
field. It was great to see our league working together to make the day
so successful; over the course of the day; two competitions of hockey
were played; under 12s and Under 10s; 10 teams, plus 12 coaches and
12 umpires and admin. The future of North Central Hockey is
looking bright!
Hockey Under 12’s final placing; Grand Final. St Arnaud 5 defeated
Boort 2. 1st St Arnaud, 2nd Boort, 3rd Donald, 4th Sea Lake Nandaly.
Hockey Under 10’s final placing: Grand Final. Charlton 4 defeated
Boort 1. 1st Charlton, 2nd Boort, 3rd St Arnaud Blue, 4th Donald, 5th St
Arnaud Red, 6th Birchip Watchem.
It was great to see all the junior competitors enjoying their Footy,
Hockey and Netball and very pleasing to see as many families and
supporters cheering for their teams/clubs.
Massive thanks to the CJFC committee for all their efforts in
organising the day, this came about under the leadership of Junior
President Luke Zagame and his team of willing and supportive
helpers.
Thank you for supporting the Lightning Premiership and good luck to
all teams for the rest of the season and into the finals, may the next
few weeks be enjoyable and injury free.
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July 2017
FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH – MEAT RAFFLE NIGHT
AT THE CRICKET CLUB HOTEL
The Charlton Harness Racing Club is thrilled to welcome as a major
sponsor for the upcoming racing season the CRICKET CLUB
HOTEL. It is great thing for our town to have the pub open again and
to have the support of another of our local businesses. As we push
forward with plans to develop our club and sport into the future we
see it as imperative to build strong alliances with our own Charlton
organisations.
The Cricket Club Hotel has kindly allocated the first Friday of every
month to the Harness Racing Club to run a meat tray raffle but more
importantly we see this a great opportunity to gather socially and to
get to know all of the new members that we have been lucky enough
to join us in the past 12 months.
So please mark it down members. Happy hour from 5-7. Congrats to
Brian Wright and Brett Schofield, the winners from last week.
2020 DONATION
ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE FIRST TWO MONTHS HAVE
BEEN DONATED TO THE 2020 CHARLTON PARK
FUNDRAISING EFFORT- THANK YOU ALL WHO HAVE
ATTENDED AND SEE YOU ON
AUGUST THE 4TH
LOCAL HORSES TO WATCH!
It has been a good few weeks for the
locals with the following horses and
trainers having some success.
Perhaps a few to follow!
WINNERS
Freemarksgonzo – Mildura - John
Tormey
Miss Meteor- Charlton - Leon
Fanning and Bushy Lodge
Bruised Ego –Melton – Mark Boyle
THIRD
Flushed – Mildura – Mark and Kirk
Boyle
Miss Meteor –Charlton and
Ouyen – Leon Fanning and
Bushy Lodge
SUNDAY TROTS ARE HERE!
With the recent release of the new season racing calendar a few
changes have allowed Charlton residents the opportunity to get to
the trots for the day with TWO EXTRA SUNDAY MEETINGS
allocated. We do hope that members will take advantage of this
chance to support your club on course.
The first Sunday was held on the 2nd of July and we thank all of the
locals who joined in the winter theme of the day by donning their
beanies and scarves. Not that they really needed them when a
perfect winter’s day presented. Congrats to Jennie Perdon who
won the Winter Pack filled with all the essentials – hot chocolate,
soup and marshmellows! Nice to see many hang around after the
last to enjoy the bbq after cheering home the local Miss Meteor,
and a nice job on the barbie Kirk Boyle!
THE NEXT SUNDAY MEETING WILL BE 1ST OF
OCTOBER
Happy ticket sellers Kim Thompson and Bri Zagame.
Taylah Boyle rubbing shoulders with
driver Ellen Tormey
Although it is the “off” season the members of the croquet club are
still very busy.
On 15th June Margaret Bowen, Barb Dalrymple and Janet Richardson
attended a Referees’ Refresher Day at Kalimna Park CC in Horsham.
To maintain accreditation referees are required to attend at least one
Refresher Day annually. The session included demonstrations on
court of situations where a referee’s opinion is needed.
During the winter months the Murray Valley Croquet Association
holds a Round Robin series. The clubs take it in turns to hold an event
which involves Golf Croquet and Association Croquet players. The
first event was held at Swan Hill and Nita Perry was the winner of the
AC event. The next event was held at Boort and Barb Dalrymple was
a winner. Charlton will be having its day on Saturday 12th August.
On Tuesday 18th July Margaret Bowen, Anne Kenny and Janet
Richardson attended a meeting at Swan Hill where Pennant for the
coming season was discussed.
Charlton’s Annual Croquet Tournament is being held on Saturday
29th and Sunday 30th July. We have good entries, including a state
player, so we welcome any spectators to come along and see some
good croquet.
On Monday 31stJuly a Golf Croquet Coaching session will be held at
Charlton beginning at 10am. Cost is $5 and BYO lunch. If you are
interested in playing this sport this would be a good day to attend.
Please contact Margaret Bowen or Val Bourke (Secretary).
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July 2017
Article by Chez Kemp
(Ideas formulated from: source: Jennifer Forest, Jane Austen’s Sewing
Box Craft Projects and stories from Jane Austen Novels. ISBN
9781741963748 and Jane Austen, by Susannah Fullerton, including
Devonshire Tea at Buda House, Castlemaine, 2017)
The Regency years were named after Prince Regent.
The following era was named Georgian, after George IV.
IV is a number system called Roman Numerals. The V is five and if
the I is before the V, it becomes four, after the V is six. Do you know
what X represents in Roman Numerals?
Queen Victoria reigned for many years and décor and fashions during
this time are referred to as Victorian. Who do you think held the throne
during the Elizabethan era?
Jane Austen was a famous author who wrote during and about the late
1700s to early 1800s. These years are named the Regency and then the
Georgian years.
It has been said that Jane Austen’s, Pride and Prejudice is the classic
most often selected as people’s favourite novel of all times. Often
when you first read these novels that are classics, you can be a little
disappointed, but by re reading them as you mature and at different
stages of your life you can appreciate the irony, humour, depth, society
and historical scenes of the time.
It has been said that what makes Jane Austen such a brilliant writer is
her understanding of people, and even today we can relate to the
characters.
Do you know that when it is 1700s, it’s called the eighteenth century?
A big C in front means century, it represents the full hundred years.
What century is it now?
Things people would sew, mend and wear then that we don’t hear of
often today.
Draw a line to pair the item with the meaning.
Cravat a needle case
Tippett a neckband or neck tie
Muff a cylinder like glove to keep hands warm
Huswife worn around the neck, a horseshoe shape
Redicles, ridicules or
Indispensables a small bag for handkerchief and smelling
salts
Name clothes we wear today that someone from the eighteenth century
would not understand.
Perhaps you could test your grandparents.
Examples: Rashie, wetsuit, wellies, g string.
And an example of brand name clothing: converse.
Once again this year the annual Charlton Rotary Art Show will take place.
The dates are set for October the 13th to the 16th.
There are some wonderful prizes this year so now is your chance to start getting
organize to enter into some of the categories. They are as follow:
Best Work (any media) - $1000
Best Oil/Acrylic - $500
Best Water Colour - $500
Best Drawing/other media - $500
Best Photography (un-manipulated) $250
Best Photography (manipulated) $250
Secondary Student Best Art/Photo - $50 each
For entry enquires please contact Pat & Kevin Matthews on 54911571 or
A huge congratulations to Danny Wright who on the weekend played
his 200th game for the Charlton Football Club. This is a guy that was
told by Doctors he wouldn't be able to work as a chippy let alone play
football after a serious cardiac virus. He has had open heart surgery
and also suffered a stroke while recovering. Club Secondary Bluey
McGeown described Danny as “A fierce and talented competitor, as
well as a true club person”.
An absolute fanatic effort, congratulations Danny.
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July 2017
Karate In Charlton Are you looking for a new challenge or maybe just a new way
to keep fit? Why not try Karate? Shihan Lance McInnes, a 47
year veteran of Kyokoshin Karate visits Charlton every Monday
night during the school year and is looking for new students.
All ages are welcome and all abilities are catered for. Why not
come and try the first lesson for free?
Training starts at 7.00 PM sharp at the
Uniting Church Hall, Halliday Street,
Charlton. For more information
contact Lance on 0438 768 412.
Charlton’s Spring
UpMarket Day
Sat. 2nd September 2017
9am – 1pm
Collectables,
Specialty stalls,
Plants,
Produce,
New stalls to
Browse too
Cnr High and Halliday St
Charlton
Contact Gill Gretgrix 0427911308
Proceeds go to the work of the Charlton
ABC FOR A JUNIOR CWA
FRIEND
Acknowledges you
Believes in you
Cares for you
Defends you
Enjoys having you as a friend
Fun times together
Giggles with you
Helps you
Includes you
Jokes with you
Kind to you
Loves you for being you
Makes you feel special
Nice to you
Offers support
Polite to you
Questions you when you’re sad
Raises your mood
Stays with you
Trustworthy
Understands you
Values you
Works with you
Xciting and helps you spell
exciting properly
Yells at you to keep safe
Zaps mosquitoes off you.
Next Juniors: Sci/fi, Aliens.
Make an alien face with satin
icing
Make slime and
Make play dough aliens.
Friday 18th August, 3.15 -
4.30pm.
JUNIORS PLEASE REMEMBER
TO BRING YOUR MADE POM
POMS
2nd
Tuesday Book Club Each month, on the 2nd Tuesday
In CHARLTON
We share:
Having lunch together
Conversation,
AND TALK ABOUT A BOOK,
Any book.
A book you are reading;
have read or would like to read,
or a book that made a mark on your journey in
life.
WHERE: This month, The Cricket Club Hotel –
Charlton
TIME: Noon
BOOK DISCUSSION TIME: 1.30 pm
We would love you to join us
Tuesday 8th August 2017
Chez Kemp
CLLM Leadership Program 2016
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July 2017
Walsh Motors is proud to
support the Charlton
Community.
70-72 High Street, Charlton
Ph: 54911 144 Fax: 54911984
Uniting Church
Charlton Red Cross Branch
North Central Garden Club
Sunday July 30th. 11.00 AM Cluster service at Powlett Plains.
(no service Charlton.)
Sunday Aug. 6th. 9.00 AM U/C to St. Martins.
Sunday Aug. 13th. 11.00 AM. Rev.Bradley
Sunday Aug. 20th. 11.00 AM Worship team.
Sunday Aug. 27th. 11.00 AM Worship team.
Sunday Sept. 3rd. 9.00 AM U/C to St. Martins.
The local branch folk will be holding a street stall on Tuesday
August 15th.
This will be 11.00 am. near the Theatre. Please support this
fundraising.
SAVE THE DATE
Charlton Show
Currently the schedule is being updated, all stewards are as they
were last year, please let us know if you are not able to fill this
role.
There are some changes to NDASSA and VAS competitions, we
need everyone to think about entering please to make a great show
again.
CHARLTON ANGLING CLUB INC
FISHING COMPETITION
Where: Unlimited Radius of Charlton 2 DAY COMP When: Saturday & Sunday August 26th & 27th from
7am Sat -5.00pm Sunday
Weigh In: 5.00pm SHARP at Clubrooms with a BBQ Tea to
Follow.
Adults $5.00 Juniors $2.00
All members to register by placing their names on the registration
sheet at the Clubhouse before they go fishing and return for the
weigh in at 5.00pm SHARP to pay & measure their fish if any are
caught (CARP ONLY FOR JUNIORS)
Prizes for the Longest fish and Longest bag will be given out.
(A JUNIOR CARP PRIZE FOR THE BIGGEST AND LONGEST
BAG has now been added)
More incentive for the kids will be a prize for participation – just
for being there.
More information from President Danny Blair or
Secretary Kevin Willey
New Members tickets are now available.
Hope to see you there – good luck
Photos of fish beside a measure will be accepted, you must be at
the weigh in to qualify.
Hymn Sing-a-long to be held on
Sunday September 24 at 2pm.
At St Martin Anglican Church
The July meeting, Tuesday 25th of July, will be a rose pruning
workshop. Members are asked to bring along your pruners and of
course remember to wear suitable Clothing.
We will meet at 10:30am at the Lions lodge then progress to the
garden. There will be soup and crusty bread supplied all you need to
bring is anything else you would like to eat.
The competition is Best Bloom, Winter Vegetable and Winter
Arrangement. Hopefully the frost haven’t affected to many of your
plants.
As the days lengthen it will allow the wintery days to be behind us
and we can look forward to spring time. The bulbs
will be on show, blossom trees will be at their best.
We also need to be vigilant and on the look out for
the fruity fly this year.
If you are needing any assistance in setting up traps
you can contact the garden club members.
Bernice: 54911334, Maretia: 54912180 or Sue:
0407140336.
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LIONS CLUB OF CHARLTON INC
PAPER COLLECTION
CHARLTON LIONS COLLECT PAPERS ON THE
FIRST SATURDAY MONTHLY FROM 9am
Please leave on the nature strip for pick up
NEWSPAPERS, CATALOGUES, AND OTHER PAPER
SHOULD BE TIED TOGETHER WITH STRING 4 WAYS
AND
MAGAZINES, PHONE BOOKS & HARD COVER BOOKS
SHOULD BE TIED UP SEPERATELY PLEASE
PLEASE REMOVE PLASTIC FROM MAGAZINES
We will supply string as requested and as we collect papers from
you we will leave more string for next time.
We appreciate your assistance and we hope you will continue to
assist us in recycling paper for house insulation.
FUNDS RAISED FROM RECYLING PAPERS WILL ASSIST
IN THE CLUBS ADMINISTRATION
Cabbaritta CWA Charlton Invite you
To Join with them at the
Lions Lodge,
Camp street, Charlton
On
Monday 21st August 2017
11am: Guest Speaker - a Pilot from Angle Flight,
followed by a light luncheon.
All most welcome.
Donations can be given to Angle Flight on the day.
Father Paul Mercovich’s 80th Birthday
St.Joseph’s Parish will be celebrating Father
Paul’s 80th Birthday on Sunday 20th August after
10.30am mass.
A casserole luncheon and sweets
will be shared by all who attend.
Each family is to bring a casserole
or sweet.
All welcome, for further
information ring Julie on 54912484
Bereavement Thanks The family of Olga Roberts would like to thank everyone for
their cards, flowers, food, messages of sympathy and
attendance at her funeral. A special thank
you to St. Martins for providing the
refreshments and to Beth Crutch for all
her organisation and wonderful support.
Carol, Barry, Rosalie, Greg, Jen, Warren
and their families.
The Mobile Library Visits
Charlton Fortnightly
Fridays 8:30am - 11:30am July 28th, 11th & 25 August, 8th & 22nd September,
6th & 20th October, 3rd & 17th November,
1st & 15th December.
There is a return box at Charlton Mensland that you can drop your
books into if you can’t make the dates the library is in town.
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3525
Tel: (03) 54912220
Proud Supporters of the
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One Flower to a Basket arrangement Charlton Florist &
Fashion can meet all your floral needs. We also cater in
fashion for babies right through to ladies including ladies
underwear. New stock arriving all the time.
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Newsagency
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Community Newsletter
69 High St Charlton, Vic, 3525
Tel: (03) 5491 1680
St Martin's Anglican Church are proud
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38 Halliday St, Charlton,
3525
Tel: (03) 54 911 237
Fax: (03) 54 911 100
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School Bus & Charter
PERRY’S PAINTING SERVICE
Interior & Exterior Painting
New Homes
Re Paints
Commercial Work
Restorations
Free Quotes
0409 357063
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the Charlton
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Café Proud Sponsors of the
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61-67 High St Charlton, Vic, 3525
Tel: (03) 5491 1375
Jess Round, CPA GMG Financial Group
Taxation Agents, Accountants &
Business Advisors
PO Box 495
Swan Hill VIC 3585
Ph:03 5032 9422
Mob:0408998731
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.gmgfg.com.au
Visiting Charlton by appointment.
Proud Supporters of
the Charlton
Community
Open 7 days a week
Monday to Saturday: 9:00am to 8:00pm
Sunday: 9:00amto 7:00pm
High Street
Charlton
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Your host: Ron & Lyn Good
86 High St,
Charlton. Vic. 3525
Phone: 03 54911911
- Pipe laying: up to 2 inch poly
- Ripping - Erosion control
- Dam construction - Channel decommissioning
- Dozer, excavator and float for hire
Free No Obligation Quote
Enquires: (03) 5495 6261, Aaron- 0408 102 331,
Peter- 0407 090 680
Email: [email protected]
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27 High St Charlton, Vic, 3525 Tel: (03) 5491 1414 Mob: 0439 889 825
The Boyz Café
Charlton
Meets evenings, 3rd
Monday of each month
Friendship, Crafts,
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Contact: Secretary, Bernice Kenny on 5491 1334.
Peter Gretgrix
24 High Street
Charlton, 3525
Ph: 54911870
Fax: 54911133
Mobile: 0417568418
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Borung Hwy, Charlton
(03) 5491 1263
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the Charlton
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All your steel requirements
Bolts, bearings and belts on hand
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Neville Cloak/Robert Spruhan
Monday - Bingo 2pm
Tuesday - Cards 2pm
New Members Welcome
Contact Val Bourke: 54911418
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22 Menzies Street
Charlton, 3525
Rae Heenan Ph: 5491 1672
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Ph: 5491 1324
Mob: 0408 549113
Addlem Engineering
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Mob: 0404 033 057 Ph: (03) 5491 1739
License NO: 23860 ABN: 31490 485 307
& Tearooms
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Slices, Hot food, Devonshire Tea
(all Home made) Fully Licenced.
9A High St.
Charlton.
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Charlton Uniting Church
Working for Charlton and beyond
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Charlton 3525
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Local Representative:
Doug Finlay Livestock and Real-estate
0407927573
“Everybody
mumbles”
Phone 5446 3399
Visits Charlton
Medical Campus.
Every 3 Weeks on
a Monday Why travel elsewhere?
Full Hearing Services
Free services for pensioners and DVA
Relocations easily arranged
from Providers elsewhere
Free Hearing Checks Available (By appointment)
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