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Proudly published by ABN: 58 129 541 706 APRIL / MAY 2014 Issue 53 The Smell of Success in a small town called Yackandandah called town small a in Success of Smell The Visit our Town’s Tourist Information website, call in at the Old Post Office, and make sure you take your visitors there. There are some great people there to help you uniqueyackandandah.com.au YACKITY YAK Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down Yackity Yak is a free bimonthly publication aimed at providing news, entertainment and information to the people of Yackandandah. A new section in Yackity Yak - just a quick run down of what’s going on - good and bad. Yackity Yak is published by YCDCo (Yackity Yak) Pty Ltd. and THUMBS UP 1200 copies of Yackity Yak are printed with each release with a minimum of 900 copies distributed free of charge to homes in the To Yack Health for running the workshop on Grief and Suicide Yackandandah and surrounding area via Australia Post. after Yack was rocked by the death of a much loved member of our community. CONTACT DETAILS: To everyone connected with the Yack Community Garden - there Editor / Advertising / Printing / Accounts were a number of false starts and some “nay sayers”, but the proof Ali Pockley of the pudding etc..... Well done all of you - it looks just fantastic Yackity Yak and the opening was a blast. See page 7. C/- Yackandandah Post Office, To Kevin Poyner for having faith in his vision to provide Yackandandah and High Street, local artists and craftspeople with a new home and another income stream to Yackandandah VIC 3749 Ph: 0448 803 411 Yack following the Shire’s flawed decision to remove 1/3 of previously Yack- based staff to Beechworth. See page 8. E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.uniqueyackandandah.com.au To the Yack Historical Society and Museum for the opening of their great new storage area. Considering everything that this group has had thrown at it since Yackity Yak wishes to advise that the views and or remarks the fire in December 2006 which destroyed much of the original High Street expressed in this publication are not necessarily the views of building, they have done a magnificent job in getting back on their feet. Their Yackity Yak editorial or production staff, and no endorsement or storage now will provide additional space for many years to come - eat your service is implied by the listing of advertisers or contributors. heart out, the Burke Museum! See page 21. Although every effort is taken in reproducing and printing The Yack Folk Festival for providing us with another great weekend of music advertisements correctly, we take no responsibility for errors. and delights. The Festival Choir continues to grow and is attracting ever- increasing numbers of singers to its ranks - from age 3 - 90 years! See page 5. YACKITY YAK - 2014 DEADLINES: To the Shire and Matt Charles-Jones for providing a Solar Energy Forum to Forthcoming deadlines for submission of advertisements and look at the possibilities of Yack becoming the first solar town of Indigo. To articles for the Yackity Yak are 5pm on the following days: YCDCo for helping this look remotely like a possibility. See page 13. Issue 54 - June/July - Monday, 12th May, 2014 Ron Boulton became the Champion of Champions for the Ovens and Murray Issue 55 - August/September - Monday, 14th July, 2014 Region on Saturday, 8th March. See the article on page 26. Issue 56 - October/November - Monday 8th September, 2014 Linda Fish who was one of a very small select group of artists chosen to exhibit Issue 57 - December/January - Monday, 10th November, 2014 sculpture and take workshops at the Lorne Sculpture Biennale during March. See page 16. Please note that all advertising must be paid in full prior to that issue deadline. We can make no exceptions. To the Yack Shack AKA the Men’s Shed, for attending the Yack Folk Festival’s community parade on the Friday of the Folk Festival Weekend & providing All new advertisements or alterations to current advertisements lollies to the children in the crowds watching. must be submitted one business week (5 days) before the deadline. THUMBS DOWN To the people that use and abuse our lovely recreation spots - see As per media law requirements, no advertisements can be printed the letter on page 22. If you won’t look after these places, then please without a current, completed and signed booking slip. Please don’t bother to visit them. contact the Editor for the booking slip. To the weather that broke just hours before the Yack Folk Festival and certainly threw the Editor into conniptions when she saw several ARE YOU A YACK BASED plumes of smoke from the Brewers Road end of the Leneva/Indigo BUSINESS, OR DO YOU Valley area, and then the area was buzzing with helicopters and planes water- SERVE THE YACK AREA? bombing the fire which was fired by ferocious winds for about an hour. Yack also had lightning strikes that kept several of the local brigades busy from Would you like to advertise in Yackity about 1.30 pm on Friday, 21st March. We did all love the rain tho’ really! Yak? The Yack Shack AKA the Men’s Shed for not saving enough lollies for the We are always keen to attract children taking part in the Yack Folk Festival’s community parade and reducing advertisers for this great community them to tears - planning, boys, planning! paper. It has a circulation of 1,200 and is delivered free of charge every two months. It’s also available at the following outlets: * YCDCo * Visitor Info Centre *Doctors’ Surgeries *Indigo Shire Council *YCEN *Yack PO *Yack Newsagency 0407 424 501 It’s a great way to get your message across to the Yack community and doesn’t cost an arm and a leg. Magical Ceremonies for that special day Speak with Ali if you would like to Weddings advertise & we will do our best to Renewal of Vows accommodate your wishes. Baby Naming Angela Bishop Civil Marriage Celebrant Tel. 0448 803 411 or email: Ph: 0416 171 488 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Website: magical ceremonies.com.au 330 Ben Valley Lane, Yackandandah, VIC 3749 [email protected] 2 Yackity Yak April / May 2014 A Ramble with the Editor The Way of the Cross Every edition I sit down to do my editorial & enjoy sifting out what to Good Friday write about, but never have I had just SO much to celebrate! What this township and its community have achieved since the last edition of Yackandandah Yackity Yak completely blows me away. There is masses to celebrate in this edition, and whilst people have not The Combined Christian Churches of Yackandandah invite wanted retrospectives, there is just masses to report on, and rmore than you to accompany them in this celebration on one reason to celebrate and raise a glass or two to. Good Friday, 18th April. Yack has certainly kept the Member for Indi, Cathy McGowan, incredibly We will assemble outside the Lutheran Church in Wellsford Street at 10.30 am. busy over the last few weeks commencing with the opening of the Yack The group will process down and up the High Street and conclude with Morning Tea Museum’s newly improved storage faciltiies was a great affair, and It at the Uniting Church in Hammond Street. is no mean feat for a small organisation to raise funds for this type of infrastructure - it is in itself not very “sexy”, and so the Historical Society and all connected it with it have done a phenomenal job in raising CHORAL SINGERS the money to get this long overdue project completed - well done to everyone. Yack Museum now has more storage space for its artifacts are invited to participate in a people’s than the Burke Museum in Beechworth, so you can see what a great job presentation of Stainer’s “Crucifixion” has been carried out by the dedicated volunteers who work so hard for on 12 April at St Matthew’s Church, recording Yack’s history. Albury and 13 April, 2014 at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Wangaratta. For an information The formal opening of the Community Garden was another great event for Yack. Another completely different group of people have worked sheet and to register your interest, email incredibly hard on a project that had a rather rocky start in seeking a John Scott at [email protected] venue, but once this was overcome with great help from the Shire and or phone 0412 828 923. various staff from the Council, this great collaboration was off and flying. Special mention has to go to Lee-Anne Benson, Project Coordinator, and Judy Davis, Manager of YCEN, who have both put in huge amounts Connecting Rural Business Women Conference of work on this project to see this garden flourish and have a wonderful Sunday 4th & Monday 5th May, 2014 in Beechworth community opening in March. Over 20 workshops to choose from. Then moving straight onto the Solar Forum, again with assistance from the Shire, which will kickstart Yack into seriously investigating the Registration includes all meals and workshops. possiblities of the township investing in green energy and helping to Be part of our environment of reduce the reliance that the town has in brown coal generated electricity. warmth, celebration, collaboration and encouragement It was standing room only at the Forum which only goes to show what interest and concern there is about our electricty source. Watch this Visit our website for all the details and to register : space for progress.