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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:

countryroads@roads.vic.gov.au

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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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July 2017

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 charltoncarers@gmail.com

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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July 2017

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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July 2017

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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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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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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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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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

kevpat1@bigpond.com

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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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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9B High Street, Charlton,

3525

Tel: (03) 54912220

Proud Supporters of the

Charlton Community

Newsletter

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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Charlton

Newsagency

Proud Sponsors of the Charlton

Community Newsletter

69 High St Charlton, Vic, 3525

Tel: (03) 5491 1680

St Martin's Anglican Church are proud

Sponsors of The Charlton Community Newsletter

38 Halliday St, Charlton,

3525

Tel: (03) 54 911 237

Fax: (03) 54 911 100

Proud Supporters of the

Charlton Community

Newsletter

School Bus & Charter

PERRY’S PAINTING SERVICE

Interior & Exterior Painting

New Homes

Re Paints

Commercial Work

Restorations

Free Quotes

0409 357063

Proud Supporters of

the Charlton

Community Newsletter

Charlton

Café Proud Sponsors of the

Charlton Community

Newsletter

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: jess@gmgfg.com.au

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

03 54911 080

Proud Supporters of the

Charlton Community

Newsletter

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: apearthmoving@harboursat.com.au

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27 High St Charlton, Vic, 3525 Tel: (03) 5491 1414 Mob: 0439 889 825

E: coffee@theboyzcafe.com

The Boyz Café

Charlton

Meets evenings, 3rd

Monday of each month

Friendship, Crafts,

Proud Supporters of

the Charlton

Community

Newsletter

New Members Welcome

Contact: Secretary, Bernice Kenny on 5491 1334.

Peter Gretgrix

24 High Street

Charlton, 3525

Ph: 54911870

Fax: 54911133

Mobile: 0417568418

Proud Supporters of the Charlton

Community Newsletter

Men / Ladies Wear

&

Embroidery Service (towels, sportswear, work uniform, etc...)

P.O Box 64

Borung Hwy, Charlton

(03) 5491 1263

Proud Supporters of

the Charlton

Community

Newsletter

All your steel requirements

Bolts, bearings and belts on hand

Proud Supporters of

the Charlton

Community

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Neville Cloak/Robert Spruhan

Monday - Bingo 2pm

Tuesday - Cards 2pm

New Members Welcome

Contact Val Bourke: 54911418

Proud Supporters of the

Charlton Community

Newsletter

22 Menzies Street

Charlton, 3525

Rae Heenan Ph: 5491 1672

Mob: 0417 541672

Sharon McLean

Ph: 5491 1324

Mob: 0408 549113

Addlem Engineering

Proud Sponsors of the Charlton

Community Newsletter

Lot 1 St. Arnaud Charlton, Vic, 3525

Tel: (03) 5491 1659

Fax (03) 5491 1659

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GENERAL PLUMBING GASFITTING OTHER STUFF TOO

Mob: 0404 033 057 Ph: (03) 5491 1739

License NO: 23860 ABN: 31490 485 307

& Tearooms

Antiques, Coffee/Tea, Cakes &

Slices, Hot food, Devonshire Tea

(all Home made) Fully Licenced.

9A High St.

Charlton.

0411 203 255 Proud supporter of the Charlton Community Newsletter.

Charlton Uniting Church

Working for Charlton and beyond

Proud Supporters of the

Charlton Community

Newsletter

Halliday Street,

Charlton 3525

Proud Supporters of the

Charlton Community

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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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