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DONALD BIRCHIP Phone: 5497 1222 Phone: 5492 2735 Email: The Buloke Times Fax: 5492 2863 [email protected] Email: [email protected] birchipblc@ Est. 1875 bigpond.com Published Tuesdays and Fridays PRICE (inc. G.S.T.) $2 PP331336/0000 1 Friday, May 14, 2021 For the Shire of Buloke, and the districts of Birchip, Charlton, Donald, St. Arnaud, Watchem and Wycheproof • Mother's Day Classic runners take off at a sprint in an effort to beat The Grainlander to the end of Broadway. Runners Chuffed to Race The Grainlander It’s not every day you get to dress up in pink and race alongside a heritage train, but that’s ex- actly what participants of the 2021 Mt Wychep- roof Mother’s Day Classic (MDC) got to experience on Sunday. More than 60 people gath- nose — and in very impressive ered in Wycheproof bright form, Joe then went on to win and early for the annual fun the 10 kilometre race (male run/walk. category). In a unique addition to this The female 10 km. winner year’s event, participants had was Ella Sheahan, while the the opportunity to race The winners of the 5km. male and Grainlander to the end of female race were Ollie Broadway, as it departed for Daykin and Jordi O’Bree. its daytrip to Nullawil. Wycheproof Community Just as the morning fog Resource Centre’s Averyll Loft started to lift, The Grainlander congratulated everyone who –its leading locomotive deco- participated in what was an rated with pink balloons and especially memorable MDC, streamers–rolled up alongside raising thousands of dollars the MDC crowd and sounded for vital breast cancer research. two sharp toots to signal the “The Mother’s Day Classic start of the race. is always a wonderful morn- Wycheproof Year 11 student ing in its own right, but the Joe Coles beat the train by a • Continued on page 2. • The Grainlander, suitably. decorated for the occasion. Don’t Lower Speed Limits – Fix Rural Roads The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma “Unfortunately, highways in rural areas often aren’t up to “Regional Victorians deserve their fair share. As more people Kealy, is calling on the Victorian Labor Government scratch either, and more often than not the ‘backroads’ are the leave Melbourne after continued lockdowns, our road network to use next week’s State Budget to commit to a only way for people to get to where they need to be. is only going to decline further, hampering the liveability of our “Comments that it would take too long and be too expensive country centres. significant spend to get rural and regional roads to make country roads safe is typical of the citycentric thinking up to scratch. that is leaving rural and regional Victorians behind. “Country people deserve to have roads the same standard The call follows the RACV’s public support for lowering “Simply slowing down country drivers and not spending as their city cousins – they deserve to be able to go about their speed limits on regional back roads, an idea that Ms Kealy said money to fix roads and improve safety is lazy policy and treats daily businesses safely and without being slowed down because would only let the Andrews Government off the hook for its country people with contempt.” of government incompetence. chronic underinvestment in country roads. Ms Kealy said the Andrews Labor Government had spent more covering costs blowouts on city infrastructure projects “The best way to make our roads safer is to invest in fixing “The RACV was advo-cating for speed limits to be lowered than it had spent in regional Victoria. them – not just installing wire rope barriers and lowering speed because it might encourage drivers to use better standard “Labor has been in government for 17 of the last 21 years limits but actually rebuilding road surfaces and clearing highways,” Ms Kealy said. and has failed to maintain our regional road network,” she said. vegetation from roadsides.” American versus Australian Speech The word for a gradually disappearing form of cur- rency is written “check” by Americans — which is the The incident must have happened a long time ago, way the English wrote it before the influence of the for Kodak was still then the leading brand in photography. French form “cheque” came to take over. That firm’s strategy had failed because it depended FRIDAY, MAY 14, 2021 on analogue photography rather than the digital version Let’s think of a few examples that crop up between the two English languages. which came with the advance in technology. Oscar Wilde in the U.K. said once: “We really have In the days when it had more than 100,000 employ- everything in common with America nowadays except, If we start with parts of a car, the Americans say ees worldwide (now it’s just over 4,000), there was a of course, language”. That was long before television, “hood” for our “bonnet”, and “trunk” for “boot”. They Kodak branch in Melbourne, with a manager for the and that medium is responsible for even more changes. fill up with gas, while we get petrol. In gastronomy, state of Victoria. That manager was a friend of ours, the U.S. version is “French fries” for our “chips”; who was responsible for one of the first examples com- Another friend, the linguist Roland Sussex, has col- (chips are what we call crisps). “Candy” is chocolate ing to our ken that there were major differences be- lected 10,000 Americanisms he says have penetrated or other sweets. They broil, we grill. tween American English and Australian English. Australian usage. What about in the reverse direction? Eastman Kodak was a U.S. company. The Victo- On a visit to Australia, Mark Twain was so taken with Then there is drugstore/chemist or pharmacy; rian manager, an Australian, was invited to the home the expression “my word” that he urged fellow Amer- zip/postcode; thumbtack/drawing pin; apartment/flat of the chief in Rochester, NY. After a pleasant evening, icans to import this “music to the ears”. They did not, or unit; elevator/lift; sidewalk/footpath; and so on. of course. he farewelled his hostess by telling her, in good Strine, Finally, if we think of a local product of the Buloke that he looked forward to a future occasion when he Shire, purists might say that the Kooka’s Country Some of what we regard as Americanisms really hoped to call and “knock her up”. The lady was sur- Cookie should be called a “biscuit”. But if that was came to the USA with the language of England. When prised, but not amused. done, the alliteration effect would be lost: It’s a trade- thinking of the current season (Autumn), most Aus- Since then, we have become aware of so many mark that rolls harmoniously off the tongue. instances - not of just the spelling, but also of the tralians know that our American cousins talk about the use of whole words and phrases which can have “Fall”. That makes sense, in any case, because it’s And, after all, nothing could be more Australian meanings different from our own language. when the leaves fall off deciduous trees. than a “Kooka”! Runners Chuffed to Race The Grainlander addition of the train created a All proceeds from MDC really exciting atmosphere,” registrations go the National she said. Breast Cancer Foundation, Australia’s leading national “The 707 Operations crew body funding breast cancer were very obliging of our research. ideas to bring the two events Proceeds from local together, and fair to say they fundraising efforts such as the put on a show for Wyche- Mother’s Day raffle will go proof.” towards the work of the Wycheproof Cancer Support Averyll said it was won- Group. derful to welcome partici- pants from across Buloke and Averyll thanked the further afield, such as the WCRC staff and volunteers who put in a huge effort to- Cutri family of Swan Hill, wards organising the event, as and a running double hailing well as contributing their time from Austria. and effort on the day. The pair are currently trav- “We are also extremely elling and relocated to a bed grateful to our sponsors, the and breakfast in Avon Plains local businesses who donated after reading about the MDC items for the raffle and the in “The Buloke Times”. support of the Buloke Shire Council who assisted with As always, the event was road closures and traffic strongly supported by the management,” she said. Wycheproof and surrounding For more photos from the communities, including many 2021 event, visit the Mother’s family groups who have made Day Classic – Wycheproof • Joe Coles put in a huge effort to not only beat The Grain- the MDC an annual tradition. Facebook page. • Ella Sheahan was the female winner of the 10km race. lander but also be the first male to cross the 10km finish line. COVID Vaccine Update “Times” Crossword QUICK PUZZLE NO. 7975 In line with other State led vaccination services, EWHS is now able to open up COVID vaccination clinics to community members. These clinics will be for those aged over 50 (over 18 for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people). Please see the details below for clinic locations, dates and times. To book your ap- pointment, please phone the site you are wanting to book in to. If you can’t get to one of the clinics listed below, there will be more opportunities to come. ACROSS DOWN You are also encourage 7. Fish (7,5) 1.