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Phone 5862 1034 – Fax 5862 2668 – Email - Editorial: [email protected] - Advertising: [email protected] – Registered by Australia Post – Publication No. VA 1548 established 1895 LEADER NumurkahWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2020 $1.30 INSIDE Show day at the Lodge Anna’s been busy See story page 7 A cuppa with Adrian See story page 11 NANCY Rettalick was thrilled to win in the ‘best pot plant’ category when Pioneers Lodge held its own Numurkah Show Day last Wednesday. See story page 3. Katunga woman pleads not guilty to 12 charges THE Katunga woman charged a er a fatal car nano-grams of cannabis per millilitre of blood when photos taken by the Leader at the time show wet crash at Wunghnu last year has pleaded not guilty to she was tested almost two hours a er the accident. roads only - no hail. Victoria Police collision recon- all charges and will now stand trial. In his initial report, Victorian Forensic Institute of struction expert Detective Sergeant Robert William Amberly Jane Hendy admi ed to responding po- Medicine forensic physician, Dr Sanjeev Gaya, said Hay told the court that the weather did play a role in lice at the scene that she had been smoking cannabis the amount of cannabis in Ms Hendy’s system was the accident, but did “not concede the hail was pres- two hours prior to the accident which killed two pas- “capable of” causing impairment to the control she ent at the time of the collision”. sengers, and seriously injured another, on Septem- had over her vehicle. Dr Gaya has since corrected Ms Hendy has now been ordered by Magistrate ber 6 last year. himself in a subsequent report to say it “would” im- Gorgeous Despite this, Ms Hendy has pleaded not guilty to pair her driving. Stephen Ballek to stand trial at Shepparton County 12 charges, including two counts of culpable driving Dr Gaya conceded he got the wording wrong. Court. gardens of a vehicle causing death, and driving a motor vehi- “ e choice of word or how I phrased it gave the Magistrate Ballek said, “I am satis ed there is evi- cle under the in uence of a drug to such an extent opinion that she would not be impaired. e second dence of a su cient rate to support a conviction on that she was incapable of having proper control of report was to articulate, in a be er manner, what I the charges”. See story pages 4 & 5 the vehicle. intended to say in the rst report”. Ms Hendy has been released on bail until her trial, A toxicology report revealed Ms Hendy had 22 It was hailing around the time of the accident, but which will begin before a jury on November 26. www.numurkahleader.net.au 2 — NumurkahLEADER, Wednesday, October 28, 2020 PETER COX & SONS FUNERALDIRECTORS Professional service tailored to your needs Locally owned & operated 24 hours - 7 days a week Are you pleased that Vic Funeral calls and information Cnr5862 Meiklejohn &3047 Quinn Streets ACCREDITED MEMBER OF THE AUSTRALIAN FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION is opening back up? IT’S been a long hard slog, but Victoria has not only made up for it on Monday by outlining a ra of of November 8, the so-called ‘ring of steel’ pre- driven its number of active COVID-19 cases down, changes to come into e ect as of midnight last venting Melbourne residents from travelling to Meals on Wheels Roster but we have, somewhat incredibly, just recorded two night, and a timeline for further easing of restric- country areas will be li ed. consecutive days with no new positive cases. tions as we head towards Christmas. Yesterday, the Leader took to Melville Street Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 ough, out of an abundance of caution, Pre- Of greatest signi cance for regional Victorians, to ask locals what they thought of Monday’s an- J. & H. A. Cook M. Ford 2/11 Pickersgill D. Roughsedge mier Dan Andrews disappointed a lot of people who have been enjoying a much lower level of nouncements, and whether they thought li ing R. & P. Hall VOLUNTEER W. Gapes on Sunday by not announcing a signi cant next restriction than our metropolitan counterparts the ring of steel in less than a fortnight’s time was 3/11 REQUIRED step on our state’s roadmap out of restrictions, he in recent weeks, was the announcement that, as a good idea. L. Decker McNamara & R. & G 4/11 V. Dickinson Co Chessells Barry omas S. Kennedy E. Adams M. Caccianiga Yes, I’m very pleased. I’m 5/11 L. Watson Sophie Jones J. Brandreth L. & M. J. Stanyer All of my family are in either glad Melbourne people will 6/11 Mitchell Melbourne or NSW, so I wish be able to come and enjoy the Coordinator – MHA Care Phone 5742 1111 the ring of steel was opening country again - they’re very sooner, but I’m glad we’ve nal- welcome as far as I’m con- ly got a date. As soon as it opens cerned. they’ll probably come up here for a visit, and I’m really looking forward to that because I haven’t Hey local seen them in ages. business owner Have you joined Jennifer omas Sarah Agnew Yes, I can’t wait! My grand- I think the restrictions have kids are aged four and six our festive season been good to stop the spread, and they live in Melbourne but we do need to start opening and I’ll nally be able to see up again now that numbers are them again. I haven’t seen promotion? back down. them in almost 10 months. I’m a bit nervous about the eir parents have both been ring of steel reopening, and I working from home and think they could maybe leave home-schooling the kids, and Lets encourage it a li le bit longer just to make it’s been driving them crazy. I sure things are really under con- have already booked for them trol in Melbourne and they don’t to have a weekend away out of shopping locally spread the virus to the country Melbourne while I look a er again. the kids. Cost,for one Christmas $50.00 voucher to be redeemed in your business. Numurkah Love our Lifestyle has paid for the fi ve week Two charged with meth at Wunghnu advertising campaign. A 30 YEAR-OLD man and a 23 year-old wom- sional Tasking Unit and the Victoria Police Dog ceeds of crime, and the man has been charged It’s not too late… an are facing charges a er a quantity of methyl- Squad executed a search warrant at the property with dealing with the proceeds of crime. amphetamine and a signi cant amount of cash last Wednesday, October 21 and seized the drugs Both have bailed on their own undertaking to Phone Heather Kelly at the were found during a police search on a home at and cash. Numurkah Leader offi ce Wunghnu. e woman has been charged with possessing appear at Shepparton Magistrates Court on De- 5862 1034 Members from Cobram CIU, Wangara a Divi- a drug of dependence and dealing with the pro- cember 2, 2020. Voucher winners are listed each week in the classifi eds for 5 weeks. Great publicity for your business! Burn off s get away from farmers THE past week has been a busy Waaia brigade was called to assist Barmah Road, Bunbartha, between enroute. one for local brigades, with ve Nathalia at a grass re at Horners Jacaranda Nook and Zeerust Road. en, at 9.45pm that night, turn-outs, which included a end- Road, Nathalia, between Mur- On arrival, Tallygaroopna noted Wunghnu re brigade and Numur- Numurkah Leader is ance at two burn-o s which got ray Valley Highway and Pomfrets the re was only small and Wungh- kah SES responded to a motor ve- bound by the Standards away from farmers and spread. Road. e farmer was burning o nu would not be required. hicle accident on the Goulburn Val- of Practice of the e rst incident occurred at the bank of an old dry dam that was Numurkah, Strathmerton, Co- ley Highway, near Gillespies Road. Australian Press Shinnucks Road, between Fuzzards overgrown with grass, and the re bram and Yarroweyah brigades re- A car heading north hit the guard Council. If you believe and Centre Roads, at 2.55pm last burnt into the dam. e re bri- sponded to a report of a shed re rail and ipped over; the driver, the Standards may have been breached, Tuesday. gades extinguished the re and the at Numurkah Road, Strathmerton, who was the vehicle’s only occu- you may approach the newspaper e farmer was burning some farmer was asked to get some water between Pinnucks and Reynold- pant, walked away from the car and itself or contact the Council by email stumps and the re burnt into some into the dam, to ll the cracks with sons Roads, at 8.55pm on Saturday. was taken to hospital by ambulance ([email protected]) or by phone grass, burning about one acre. e water, to prevent any are ups. When Strathmerton arrived they to be checked over. Police and ([02] 9261 1930). For further information farmer had the re out when Nu- At 8.05pm on Friday, Wunghnu discovered that a farmer was burn- Country Auto were also involved in see www.presscouncil.org.au. murkah and Katunga arrived. was turned out to assist Tallyga- ing o , and the shed was not on re.