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Phone 5368 1966 Fax 5368 2764 Vol 7 No 32 The Moorabool News FREE Your Local News Tuesday 20 August, 2013 Serving Ballan and district since 1872 Phone 5368 1966 Fax 5368 2764 Vol 7 No 32 Debby Abougelis and Gretta O’Mahoney are ready for Daffodil Day. Photo - Helen Tatchell. Hope grows By Kate Taylor The event will be held on entry is $10 – with items for chus Marsh Nursery and ing some songs as a trio for attend. Friday 23 August at St An- sale on the day to also raise Florist is giving us yellow entertainment,” said event “We’ll have all the usual This week’s Daffodil Day drew’s Uniting Church in funds. helium balloons for the ta- organiser Liz Davie. - tea, coffee, sandwiches, Morning Tea is an ideal way Bacchus Marsh, from 10am “We have stalls that sell bles, and the guest speaker She explained that this is slices, and we normally do to combine having a cuppa until about 11.45am. some produce, apart from is Barry Wilkins - he has an the Church’s fifth annual a beautiful morning tea. and a bite to eat while rais- Bookings are not required, the Daffodil Day products, Order of Australia medal, Daffodil Day Morning Tea “People come along every ing funds for the Cancer with people encouraged and a book stall, we’ve got and he and two other gen- and the event usually has year to support us, it’s really Council of Victoria. to turn up on the day, and daffodils and the local Bac- tlemen are going to be do- between 80 and 90 people good.” GAS DUCTED G.J. BRADDING HEATING Your Local Specialist — 5367 4964 FROM [email protected] www.gjbradding.com.au HEATING & COOLING * * Subject to size $2,650 Warning — Has your heater been serviced with a C0 Test? $225 inc RTA # AU03582 SYSTEMS Enhance your Home with Plantation Shutters oselea MN180510 R Blinds Elegance by Design Romans Curtains Roller Blinds Awnings Ph: 0438 692 858 Professional Advice Free in-home Consultation www.roseleablinds.com.au Page 2 The Moorabool News – 20 August, 2013 Email - [email protected] BACCHUS MARSH Online Store Now Open! For a limited time, FREE HOME DELIVERY! Our prices online are the same as in-store! Visit our online store today! www.foodworks.com.au/bacchusmarsh Free home delivery available until 29/09/13. Minimum order value $30. For full terms and conditions visit www.foodworks.com.au/bacchusmarsh FoodWorks Bacchus Marsh 1-9 Bennett Street, Bacchus Marsh Ph: 5367 3388 W352949 Open: 6:45am-9pm Daily Email - [email protected] News The Moorabool News – 20 August, 2013 Page 3 Cooper needs wheels MN1102G Help cooper get mobile MOST people have to wait until they’re 18-years-old to get their first set of wheels, but four-year-old Cooper Van Der Molen is hoping to have his by the end of this year. The young Bacchus Marsh Direct Farmers Marke boy has been through a lot t in his short life after be- ing diagnosed with a rare www.thefruitsoflife.com.au genetic condition called Ectodermal Dysplasia. As a THIS WEEK’S SPECIALS result, Cooper has also had to live with severe develop- mental delays and gastro- intestinal difficulties, to name a few. His mother Lisa Van Der Molen said she was trying to raise money for an elec- tric wheelchair for Cooper to give him as much inde- GREEN KIWI FRUIT BROWN ONIONS pendence as possible. 5 for $1 2kg bag - $1.99 ea “His physiotherapist rec- ommended it and we had one sent down from Queens- land for Cooper to trial. The minute his hand found the joystick, he had a ball,” Mrs Van Der Molen said. “This wheelchair is not just Fresh from our Farm a wheelchair; it’s his inde- GREEN CABBAGE ZUCCHINI pendence, it’s his freedom, $1.49 ea $1.79kg it’s one way that he can NOW try and lead a normal life. DELIVERING I would like him to have TUESDAY EVE it before he goes to school Fruit & Veg Boxes NINGS Cooper and his Mum Lisa. Photo Natasha Hurst next year.” She said because of his Don’t have the time to pop condition Cooper was un- into the shop for a visit? able to walk and didn’t have It’s so easy to have your fresh fruit and veg home the strength to control a delivered! Did you know we have over 10 fruit and standard wheelchair on his vegetable boxes you can choose from? own. Head over to our website “He’s got a manual one that (www.thefruitsoflife.com.au) for more boxes or he’s had since he was one to choose your own fruit and veg, bakery goods, and I push him around in it. honey, jams, spices, chutney, dairy, eggs, nuts, I do everything for him and organic, vegan, allergen friendly, sweets & treats - he needs to be able to have there’s so much to choose from!! that independence that an electric chair will give him. Easy Eater: $30 The chair will be operated A smaller fruit and veg box, catering for those by him, but I’ll have a re- that are cooking for one or two. mote control to stop him, Vegetables: 500g Brushed Potatoes just in case,” she said. 150g Green Beans 1 piece Jap Pumpkin 1 bunch Bok Choi 250g Our Own Stirfry Mixed To help fund the electric 1 Broccoli* Vegetables 1/4 Green Cabbage* wheelchair Mrs Van Der 2 Tomatoes Molen will hold a trivia 1 Green Capsicum 2 Carrots 2 Zucchini night called ‘Wheels for 1/2 Cauliflower* Fruit: Cooper’ on Friday, Septem- 1 Lebanese Cucumber 3 Pink Lady Apples ber 6 at St Bernard’s Hall in 100g Salad Mix 3 Bananas 150g Cup Mushrooms Bacchus Marsh. 2 Brown Onions 5 Green Kiwi Fruit “The cost for the chair is 100g Snow Peas 3 Packham Pears $13,500 and a crane for our car to carry the chair is more than $6000. SWEP Fruity Tooty Small: $30 (a statewide equipment Fruit, fruit, fruit. Loads of seasonal fruit! The perfect program run by the Vic- bite size assortment for your little munchkin! torian Government) will 100g Our Own Mixed Dried Fruit 5 Green Kiwi Fruit cover most of it, but there’s 3 Pink Lady Apples 1 Lemon a $5000 shortfall which is 3 Bananas 3 Afourer Mandarins why we’re having the trivia 1 Hass Avocado 3 Navel Oranges 2 Bosc Pears night,” she said. 1/2 Canteloupe 3 Fresh Dates 2 Nashi Pears “If there’s any extra money 250g White Seedless Grapes 2 Packham Pears raised from the trivia night (USA) 1 punnet Strawberries it will go towards a high- low electric bed for Cooper. *Harvested Fresh from our Farm! We’ve got heaps of prizes Free Home Delivery* on offer, people have been Saturday Mornings fantastic helping to organ- ise the night and donate & Tuesday Evenings prizes.” * See our website or To book or join a table or Ph 5367 0606 donate a prize contact Lisa Phone: 5367 5338 Fax: 5367 5555 on 0400 666 324 or Renee on 411 Avenue of Honour, Bacchus Marsh 0427 711 144. Page 4 The Moorabool News – 20 August, 2013 News Email - [email protected] BMScreens+Blinds Katt in the hat visits Signs were HOME SOLUTIONS politically In home quote we’ll come to you incorrect • Security doors “POOR TASTE” accusations • Wardrobes/internals have been leveled at both sides of politics, after campaign • Romans • Hollands signage was taken down at a • Timbers/shutters • Roller shutters World War I awareness day. Scott Klauber said it was “in- appropriate” to place Cath- erine King and John Fitzgib- bon’s A-frame signs outside the event at Bacchus Marsh RSL hall. “I didn’t pick on one side or another. They both shouldn’t have been there,” the Bacchus Marsh Great War Commemo- ration Committee member said. 5367 4938 “I didn’t remove them. I just Mob 0411 611 816 closed the A-frames and laid 7 Grantleigh Drive, Darley them down flat. “It wasn’t appropriate and I don’t think this sort of event should be used for political gain. “It was in poor taste.” Mr Klauber said John Fitzgib- Integration Aide/ bon’s sign was laid flat once and a nearby Liberal van was Teacher Aide later re-parked further down Main St. Mr Fitzgibbon did not attend the event. Mr Klauber said Catherine Certifi cate of Education Support Bob Katter with Shane Dunne and family at Elaine last week. - Photo Helen Tatchell King’s sign was laid flat several times through the day. Designed for people wanting to work with special By Kate Taylor 50 locals turned up at the the profile of the party and needs students. “I put it down and someone Elaine Hall last Tuesday 13 its policies, and that more from the RSL had to too,” he Commencing: 17 October Politician Bob Katter is on August to meet Mr Katter. local farmers are likely to said. (3 Tuesdays and 5 Thursdays) the campaign trail, and last “For a Tuesday morning vote for him as a result. “I gave up after a while be- week visited Elaine to help cause I laid down her sign two Duration: 9am – 3.30pm at 8.30 it was pretty good, “We wanted to kick start boost his local candidate’s a lot of people took the day or three times. Venue: Lerderderg Library, Bacchus Marsh the tennis club, they said chances in the upcoming off work to come along,” Mr “We mentioned the sign when we couldn’t do it.
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