Issue Number 162 ~ July 13, 2017 Sculpture exhibition - p 3 Tennis Come ‘n’ Try - p 8 Federation Uni Graduation - p13 Sauna Sail - p 14 Churchill parkrun a big success An average of 74 people 27,960 km, including 1,248 weekly family outing. Being facilities are the best they prams or strollers or to bring the number of people who participate each week in new Personal Bests. a free event run entirely by have seen.” their dog, it truly stands up contribute as volunteers and Churchill parkrun. Being The scenic Churchill five volunteers means it’s a highly “I’m also very proud to say as a family friendly event” take their turn to help out a free timed event, it has kilometre course along Eel affordable activity. that we have a great reputation added Lani. “Many people in a variety of roles” said become a very popular fitness Hole Creek is very popular The use of the Churchill for being friendly, welcoming think they have to wait and Bob. “Not everyone is able and social event, attracting due to the high quality track Hub as the meet up place has and having fun” said Lani. get fit before they come along to walk the full distance or people of all ages in all surface as well as its natural been a real bonus said Co- “Having a good laugh while or that they have to run, but likes to run, but they are able weather conditions. beauty and diversity. Run Event Director, Lani Cropley. exercising not only makes the neither is the case.” to contribute in a number of Churchill parkrun started every Saturday morning at “The access to these facilities time go quicker, but improves Run entirely by ways by choosing to do any on January 23, 2016. Since exactly 8 am, parkrun has for an all year round and all the experience for everyone volunteers, each event relies of the weekly volunteer roles, then, 856 participants have attracted many residents weather event makes a big out exercising.” on eight people putting their which are easy and can be as completed 5,592 parkruns from the local area who difference. parkrun tourists “With participants being hand up to help out. “We much fun as running. covering a total distance of make this their compulsory regularly tell us that our able to run or walk with have been delighted with . Continued Page 11 Community Events DAINBRIDGE NICHOLSON FINANCIAL SERVICES What’s Happening ? George Nicholson, B.Com,CA Grants for Latrobe City Groups p 4 Grants for Community Groups p 19 Phone 5175 0001 Lifeline is running a two day Mental Health First Aid workshop - July 19 and 20 - Page 4 Tax (TIndividuals TCompanies TTrusts TPrimary Producers) Co-Op Church Garage Sale - Saturday July 22. Try Scouting Day - Saturday August 5. G Investments & Adviser G Superannuation CDCA AGM - Tuesday September 19. Tennis Come ‘n’ Try Day - Monday September 25. G Accountants, Bookkeeping and BAS Services Junior Fishing Day - Saturday October 28. Sporting Expo - Sunday November 19. 9 Church Street, Traralgon Email: [email protected] Page 2 - Churchill & District News - July 13, 2017 www.cdnews.com.au Consultant’s Report and Recommendations By Margaret Guthrie General Meeting. A series Churchill & District News is a community Earlier this year, Churchill of recommendations was newspaper staffed by volunteers. and District Community included and these generated Association (CDCA) engaged some lively discussion at our The Team a consultant to develop a meeting. Team Leader/Secretary: Ruth Place strategy to assist CDCA to Here are the of Churchill only implementation. Not all the become a more viable and recommendations contained Minutes Secretary: Barbara Cheetham CDCA to remain as the recommendations contained sustainable organisation in in the final report: ‘go to’ point of contact where Treasurer: Ruth Courtis in the report may be adopted the future. Review structure of it can triage a query, or deal and CDCA will need active Assistant Treasurer: Delma Hodges Like many volunteer- the CDCA organisation to with it directly depending on and enthusiastic volunteers to Editor: Carol Scott based organisations, CDCA ensure its capacity to respond the nature of the issue. keep us moving forward. Advertising: Ruth Place, Amy Down, has struggled to recruit new to community needs and Resource mobilisation Our next meeting members and find willing interests Shelley McDonald, - The umbrella of CDCA on Tuesday July 25 at committee members to help Revisit terms of activity should somehow 5.30pm, will focus on Marion Ireland. out. governance to ensure the work to support an increase developing an Action Layout: Allan Larkin Funded by the Foundation CDCA has flexibility to adapt of volunteers and bring Plan for implementation, Production: Tracey Burr, Carol Scott, for Rural & Regional Renewal and respond to community resources to the local area, taking into account which (FRRR), our project aimed needs and interests, and that Ruth Place, Allan Larkin to enable local community recommendations CDCA to engage the community to roles and responsibilities groups and clubs to thrive in decides to adopt and our Proof Readers: Ruth Place, provide a diversity of views of office bearers are clearly their desired activity. capacity to take on the work Shelley McDonald, on how CDCA should evolve defined and enacted CDCA to facilitate involved. Gary Weston, in the future. Develop and implement networking and collaboration, At our Annual General Our consultant, Celeste a targeted marketing strategy Geraldine Larkin, improving the coordination of Meeting on Tuesday Jennings, interviewed a for the CDCA community groups September 19, commencing Carol Scott, number of people attending Develop a participation A copy of the final report at 7pm, the Action Plan will Delma Hodges the Churchill Festival in March and membership strategy in is available on CDCA’s be presented for discussion Team Members: Bronte Hillis Harland and subsequently talked to a alignment with the marketing website - cdca.org.au of members and we hope that range of local community and strategy and implement within Charlie Rawlinson, A small working group Committee elections, held at stakeholder groups or their twelve months. of CDCA members has now the AGM, will result in some Barbara Cheetham, representatives. CDCA to decide whether been formed to consider these new recruits, keen to carry the Webpage: Sam Gillett The final report was it wants to represent Churchill recommendations and draft Association forward into the www.cdnews.com.au presented at CDCA’s June and the district or the township an Action Plan for future future. Facebook page: Glenys Falk-Horsey Amy Down The Nightingale - Author Kristin Hannah Kristin Hannah is an Their father had returned Isabelle arrives at her very different ways. Isabelle Churchill & District News award winning and best from WW1 a damaged man, father’s apartment in Paris leads groups of allied airmen Contributions selling American author of and when their mother dies just as WW2 breaks out, but over the Pyrrenees to Spain, more than twenty novels.Her he sends them to live at is not welcome, so is sent to whilst Vianne rescues Jewish The deadline for the submission of awards include the Golden their country home with a help Vianne, as Antoine has children. Heart, the Maggie and the carer. Vianne is fourteen and been conscripted. Each reacts There are many harrowing articles and advertisements for the 1996 National Readers Isabelle is only four years old, to the war in different ways - moments for each of the August 2017 edition is July 25, 2017 Choice Award. and very unhappy. Vianne Vianne’s focus is on keeping sisters, and times when they If you only read one book meets Antoine and by the her daughter safe, whilst face unimaginable horror, EDITORIAL this year, make it this one! time she is seventeen she Isabelle is angry and defiant, sadness and deprivation. Articles for publication and Letters to the Editor can This is the compelling is married with a daughter. determined to do something Everyone in our book be sent to: story of two sisters who live Isabelle is impetuous and to liberate France from Nazi group loved this book, and Churchill & District News in occupied France during headstrong, and is sent to occupation. it had our complete attention PO Box 234, Churchill, 3842 WW2, and how they each various schools, all of which The story tells of the until the quite unexpected Or Email: [email protected] deal with the dangers and she is expelled from, and the desperate battle each faces twist at the end. 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