EDITION 89 March 2012

COMING EVENTS CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2012 “STREADER BOYS” Thursday 23/2 FNHC Canteen Committee meeting Friday 24/2 Boort District P-12 School Pool Party Alan & Ivan Streader are the very worthy Saturday 25/2 Auction for Prostate Cancer Korong Vale recipients of the annual Boort Community Sunday 26/2 Hockey Club Reverse Triathlon Service Award presented by the Shire of Wednesday 29/2 Leap Year Day - Happy Birthday Angus ! Loddon. Saturday 3/3 Boort Pre School sausage sizzle in Echuca Both in their 80s, these men have Sunday 4/3 Golf Club Working Bee contributed an immeasurable amount of Sunday 4/3 Junior Tennis Doubles Tournament volunteer time to a wide range of Sunday 4/3 Boort Football Club ‘Meet the Coach Day’ community organisations over many years. Tuesday 6/3 Boort Tourism Group Meeting Thursday 8/3 Infant Immunisations at Boort CONGRATULATIONS TO Monday 12/3 Labour Day holiday PAUL HAW Wednesday 14/3 Boort A & P Society AGM Thursday 15/3 Boort Netball Club Registration afternoon Paul Haw is the 2012 Saturday 17/3 “Last Bell” Boort Primary and Citizen of the Year for outstanding service Higher Elementary School to the local and wider community over Saturday 17/3 many years. & Sunday 18/3 Fishing Club Competition on the Loddon Sunday 18/3 Boort Cup Race Meeting Sunday 18/3 Golf Club Working Bee PRAISE FOR OUR TOWN & THE Saturday 24/3 Boort Tennis Club’s Grand Final “ABOUT BOORT” NEWSLETTER Sunday 25/3 Golf Club Working Bee John & Kath Williams of Box Hill South are Wednesday 28/3 avid readers and generous supporters of our & Thursday 29/3 Newsletter - in fact they say that the minute it & Friday 30/3 Farm Chemical Users Course at BRIC hits the mailbox, they stop what they are doing Thursday 29/3 Pre School Easter Hat Parade and sit down to read the latest news from Boort! Friday 30/3 Term One concludes John’s mother was Doris Facey, mother of Dan Facey who had the Milk Bar and Bakery in Saturday 31/3 Godfrey Street. & Sunday 1/4 Murray to Moyne Cycle Event They also keep up with Boort news via Betty Sunday 1/4 Daylight Saving ends Twigg who is a cousin, and they have fond Sunday 1/4 Scarf Making Workshop at BRIC memories of walking across the dry Big Lake Tuesday 3/4 Farm Chemical Refresher Course at BRIC with Auntie Ruby Chalmers. John & Kath used to bring their children up to Friday 6/4 to Boort for Easter as it gave their children a good Monday 9/4 Boort Lawn Tennis Easter Tournament sense of country life, which they still hold today. Saturday 14/4 Boort Football Netball Hockey 1st round John is pleased to see the Woolshed Lake called Sunday 15/4 Amity Auction a Lake as it always was named, and not a swamp. Monday 16/4 Term Two commences They also remember staying with Peter and Do- reen Chalmers and saw little Margaret take her Wednesday 25/4 Anzac Day first steps in life ! Friday 25/5 Loddon Shire Community Grants close Thankyou John & Kath for your ongoing interest in our special little town. Please read on for more details

BOORT CUPS MEETING - Sunday 18th March

Major sponsors: Victorian Government, Loddon Shire, Choice Hotels, Harness Racing , Boort Harness Racing Club, Loddon Valley Stud

First meeting back at Boort for 7 years First mobile starts on the Boort track, First ever former lady drivers’ reunion First ever Sunday afternoon meeting at Boort Record stake money: $14,000 Trotters Cup and $14,000 Pacers Cup

Rob Auber will be the host for the day, with female guest tipster Father Brian Glasheen will bless the new track before the Trotters Cup Vocalist Katie Streader will perform before both cups

win win win !!! Punters club, Race book cash jackpot , multiple $1,000 race book cash draws , 2 Gold Coast holidays, 2 people, 5 days, return flights , trophies every race, gate prize: 42” plasma TV, ipods for girls & boys

Also : Fashions on the Field ,