CRICKET PAGE 24 FEBRUARY 2017 EDITION NO. 191 www.trafnews.com PRICELESS ALAN CLYMOS TENNIS ACKNOWLEDGED P10 ACHIEVEMENT P24 P22 AUSTRALIA DAY AWARDS Chandelle Brien his year in Trafalgar, Aus- gram at Trafalgar High involv- tralia Day will see more ing a boat building project, and Taward recipients than ever this program has seen young before. It is a great achievement people go on to volunteer at the to have so many amazing volun- Holden Museum. Both Glenys teers in the Community of Tra- and Michael were surprised and falgar. It highlights what a great humbled to be recipients of the town Trafalgar is, with a wonder- Citizen of the Year Award. They ful sense of community, and with feel like they have really only so many people willing to lend a “represented all volunteers” and hand as the need arises. the amazing work that they do. This years’ Citizen of the Year Billie Pilch is a busy mum, yet recipients are Glenys and Mi- over recent years has been dedi- chael Brennan, and Billie Pilch, cated to serving the community. with William Hornstra receiving Billie has been member of the the Youth award recipient. Trafalgar Community Develop- Glenys and Michael Brennan ment Association, and assisted have both worked tirelessly to with the Red ‘Welcome’ Bag help others. Glenys was nomi- project. Billie established the Tr- nated and received an award afalgar Facebook page in 2013. earlier this year from Andrew’s Billie has also served on the House for her wonderful volun- Trafalgar Kindergarten Com- teer work there. Both Glenys and mittee which raised almost ten Michael have volunteered at An- thousand dollars for the Kinder drews House and at the Trafalgar through Trivia Night, Twilight Op Shop, where Glenys is cur- Markets and in-house fundrais- rently President. ing, and continues to represent The work from the Op Shop the Kinder. in turn supports the RSL, the Arts Billie has been a great con- Centre and the Trafalgar Youth tributor on the Trafalgar Play- Group, as well as may other great group Committee, where she is Youth award recipient William Hornstra with Citizen of the Year recipients Billie Pilch, Glenys and Michael Brennan, standing with Cr causes. The couple also help at currently serving as Secretary. In Darren Wallace the Trafalgar Youth Resource 2016 Billie was also on the Tra- Centre, which they believe is very falgar Primary P&F Committee. fundraising, where she has It takes a special kind of person standing young man with a long cil (SRC) for the past two years important to the town, and where Billie has also been an impor- raised many thousands of dol- to relate to others, and have the list of achievements. From Dux and gone on to be the regional they feel a little bit of attention tant part of the Battle of Trafal- lars for local community groups. great organisational skills to of Commercial Rd Primary in representative at the State Execu- and time, go a long way. Glenys gar Committee over the last two Fundraising is a diffi cult area, carry out great fundraisers. 2011, William began what would tive SRC. In 2015 William rep- and Michael also volunteer at the years, carrying out a great Trivia especially in a small town where Billie was quite overwhelmed be a stellar career at Trafalgar resented Trafalgar Rotary club in Holden Museum. Night, raising funds for the festi- often many businesses are ex- by her nomination and very High in the H Class accelerated MUNA Michael has been running val. hausted by the many community thankful to the community. program. William has been on an amazing mentoring pro- Billie’s specialty is certainly groups looking for donations. William Hornstra is an out- the Student Representative Coun- CONTINUED PAGE 3 Major CFA incident in Traf Colin Proctor ust three days into the new a chute at the bottom of the silo, were recorded, and that a red year, the CFA and other emer- with water being applied to avoid glow from coals inside the silo Jgency services were called to ignition. A fi ve hundred meter could be seen. a big job in Trafalgar. A little af- exclusion zone was declared and For safety, fi refi ghters needed ter eight o’clock in the morning, an advice message issued. to wear breathing apparatus. As smoke was noticed coming from Throughout the day and the day was warm and the work a silo at Reid’s Stockfeeds on Wa- night, Trafalgar Brigade’s new of raking out the hot smoking terloo Road next to the railway Thermal Imaging Camera (pur- material in full protective cloth- line. Residents had been noticing chased largely with publicly do- ing was demanding, many other a strong odour for several days. nated funds from collection tins Brigades were turned out to as- Trafalgar Pumper was fi rst at IGA and Cafe Obsession) was sist. on scene and was faced with used to monitor fi re tempera- A Hazmat (hazardous materi- about forty tonnes of stock feed tures from the CFA’s ladder plat- als) vehicle came from Hallam concentrate which had heated form appliance above the silo. and other units from as far as up and was smouldering and Trafalgar Brigade’s Lieutenant Frankston, Yallourn North and fuming. Trafalgar Tanker arrived Brian Mynard was on the plat- Traralgon. next, and a plan was made to re- form and said that temperatures lease the material slowly through of up to 270 degrees Celsius CONTINUED PAGE 2 CFA and other emergency services working at Reid’s Stockfeeds on Waterloo Road Page 2 — Traf News February 2017 Traf News Try Traf First - Shop in Trafalgar February 2017 — Page 3 EDITORIAL LETTERS TO THE EDITOR How many of us marked International Volunteer Day? New sports complex for high school $2.3 million state govern- had made a genuine commitment “The school masterplan has a students the facilities they deserved n fact, how many of us know legal sanction for their actions. Dear Editor, The Ernst & Young report the same price for energy as ment grant is set to deliver to the social infrastructure of Tra- design for a new centre. and create work for local trades- that in 1985, the United Na- In some cases, records must be says the majority of potential Mildura! Meanwhile in the dairy STILL Aa new sport and gymnasium falgar. “There are a set of plans on the people. Itions General Assembly retained for seven years to main- Could Barnaby bestow a federal benefits are not anticipated to industry, farmers are taking a big RELEVANT facility at Trafalgar High School “It is the only indoor sports drawing board,” he said. The Trafalgar High School established 5 December as a day tain protection for volunteers agency on Gippsland? result in material economic hit on farmgate milk prices. TODAY that also will serve the wider com- facility in the town; it’s a great re- However, Mr Freyne admitted project has been on the school’s for volunteers and volunteer-sup- without whose input organisa- advantages for society…the munity. sult for the school and the town”, there also was scope in the proj- agenda for some time. ported organisations to celebrate tions would cease to exist. Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce is cash cost to the government But instead of trying to lure Premier Daniel Andrews an- he said. ect for the money to be used for a Member for Eastern Victoria their efforts and to showcase the relocating the Australian Pesti- could be significantly higher whole agencies holus bolus, Cicero, nounced the long-awaited funds The secondary school gymna- redevelopment of the ECA centre. Region Harriet Shing said the cur- difference they make in their Being a volunteer carries cides and Veterinary Medicines than the estimated economic could Gippslanders take a more in 55BC, wrote: during a visit to Gippsland in late sium (ECA centre) was unusable The premier’s announcement rent gymnasium at the Trafalgar communities. risks. Thankfully there are Authority (APVMA) with 270 cost of $23.19 million. measured approach? My sug- November last year. for about four months this year was part of a $5 million investment school was cordoned off and un- many in our community who jobs from Canberra to Armidale. gestion is that you suggest a “The budget should Trafalgar High School assistant because of structural issues. in primarily Latrobe Valley schools. able to be used by the school or Volunteering Australia esti- understand and are prepared to This is clearly a case of a hub and spoke model. In other be balanced, the principal John Freyne said the Mr Freyne said repairs to the But Trafalgar gets the lion’s community because of its dilapi- mates there are over 6 million volunteer. It fl ies in the face of the ma- Deputy PM getting his own words, keep the HQ in Canberra treasury should be money would provide a much- building enabled it to be reinstated. share of the $5 million allocated dated and unsafe state. jor study by Ernst & Young that way. Indeed he has also suc- but have research spokes in needed new facility not only for But, he said, the $2.3 million as part of the $266 million Latrobe Ms Shing said the works were Australians who volunteer their refi lled, public debt time in some way or other to In our community, every day concluded: ceeded in relocating the Gippsland e.g. in fi elds where the school but the whole Trafalgar announcement would now allow Valley support package. on the school’s wish list and she Trafalgar High School assistant principal John Freyne (centre) was keen contribute to the community.