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Kyabram school boy Bohdi Hawken, 12, will perform a duet with rock legend Jimmy Barnes in Nagambie on Saturday. Photo by Kyabram Free Press

2014

Playing with Barnsey

Australian rock legend Jimmy Barnes has been belting it out, barely stopping for breath ins some songs for more than 40 years.

Twelve-year-old Kyabram boy Bohdi Hawken will join Barnsey on stage for a special performance at a music even A Day on the Green in Nagambie on Saturday.

The Year 6 Kyabram P-12 College student won a competition that asked fans to submit a video of them performing their favourite Barnes song.

Young Bohdi, whose idol is Ed Sheeran, but admits he is a fan of all music, chose Still on Your Side, one of the 15 biggest hits Barnes has included on a new album he released in August,

“I knew that I couldn’t do all the screaming sort of things that he does in lots of his songs, so I picked the one that had less screaming and was easy for my voice to do while I play the guitar,” Bohdi said.

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D’Angelo resigns from council role

Councillor Rocchina D’Angelo has resigned from Campaspe Shire Council, saying “enough is enough”.

The Kyabram Deakin ward councillor handed her letter of resignation to governance officer Ken Kidd yesterday about 10am, shortly after discussions between councillors began in Echuca in preparation for next week’s council meeting.,

Mrs D’Angelo, 63, was offered an extraordinary councillor position when Robert Danieli resigned to contest a Victorian Senate seat at the Federal Election 15 months ago.

Mrs D’Angelo told to Free Press she had been unhappy for several months with the inner workings of the council and with the friction between some councillors.

“It has been detrimental to my health and wellbeing,” she said.

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Local sporting groups have shown interest in converting the former Dawes Rd school into another sporting facility. Photo by Kyabram Free Press

School into sports field

Local sporting and community groups have flagged their interest in turning the former Dawes Rd school into a new sporting facility.

Kyabram Football Netball Club and Kyabram Cricket Club have expressed serious interest about the availability of the space.

The clubs believe the site could provide training space for the town’s growing number of teams, an alternative venue for weekend games and a reserve round during times of poor weather.

The interest comes only two weeks after Kyabram P-12 College announced it would be abandoning the Dawes Rd site and relocating its Year 9 students back to the main campus on Fischer St.

“This is a no-brainer and the football club would absolutely support another ground” Kyabram Football and Netball Club president Mark Foulsham said.

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Jeff Wiltshire brings in the harvest on his 71-year-old restored harvester with Clydesdales Blossom, Trump, Jack, Rose and Keating Photo by Kyabram Free Press

Harvesting our history

There is an intrigue and mystique about our past and out Undera way a family is doing its best to let people savour it.

Jeff Wiltshire and sons Kerry and Daryl have restored an 1923 Robinson harvester.

The harvester had been lying idle at a Mooroopna property since 1948 until the Wiltshires got their hands on it.

Back in working conditions, it has aroused plenty of memories for Jeff Wiltshire, 63.

As a boy, he helped his father work the same brand of harvester on the same property as can be seen in action today.

The movement began when Swift Current school got in touch with all the other St Patrick’s schools in Canada. Photo by Kyabram Free Press

St Pat’s students writing to Canada

Students from St Patrick’s School in Tongala are corresponding with three St Patrick’s schools in Canada.

It is part of a community between schools of the Irish patron saint from Canada, England, Australia and the United States.

The school at the City of Medicine Hat in Alberta, Canada, also sent the Tongala school a handbook on the city.

Twenty-one Tongala students in Grades 4 to 6 have sent letters and cards to new Canadian friends and have exchanged information on matters such as sports and weather.

The Great Victorian Bike Ride passed through Kyabram. Photo by Kyabram Free Press

Bike riders in town

Kyabram was invaded by cyclists on Wednesday morning as the 11th annual Great Victorian Bike Ride passed through the town.

Some 3000 cyclists battling the heat made an early getaway from Echuca to tackle the route to Rushworth via Kyabram.

There was some confusion as to whether the cyclists were to pass through Kyabram on the ride which ends in Melbourne on Sunday – but they did anyway.

Storekeepers, café owners in particular, reported brisk business as the cyclists took a well-earned break in the town before heading off to the overnight stop in Rushworth.

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One of the highlights of the gala day was a display by the Victorian Parachute Club members. Photo by Kyabram Free Press

Gala day crowd estimated at 3000

A crowd estimated at about 3000 attended the third annual gala day stages by the Kyabram Trotting Trainers Association and Kyabram Lions Club at the Kyabram Paceway on Sunday.

Gate takings were nearly $1000 with an additional $500 expected from competitions and refreshment stands.

Organisers were kept busy staging the 12-race trotting program and novelty events.

Displays Victorian Parachutists Club members were again a highlight.

On three occasions parachutists missed the target area in the centre of the arena and were forced to land in nearby paddocks. But there was no cause for alarm, with the parachutists landing safely on each occasion.

The special man versus pacer versus cyclist time trial resulted in a convincing win for Richmond footballer Dick Clay who ran six seconds faster than he anticipated.

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Few school-leavers to miss jobs

Very few students of school-leaving age will be forced to spend another year in the classrooms, despite the fact that some school-leavers are finding difficulty in obtaining employment nin the district.

Kyabram High School principal Mr Kuhne said last week the number of students forced to spend another year at school because of not being able to find jobs would be minimal and was not expected to affect the accommodation situation at the high school.

Mr Kuhne said there was certainly strong competition for jobs for school-leavers, but some had come up over the past few weeks , especially apprenticeships, and would accommodate most school leavers.

He said a small number of Form 6 students would repeat the year at school, while the remainder had hopes of attending teachers colleges, universities, etc.

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Marching girls in a ‘first’

For the first time in the history of the Kyabram Marching Girls, a local team has competed in the elimination titles and qualified to march at the Australian National Titles.

Over the past month, the team has competed at Camberwell and Ballarat in two out of the three elimination contests held.

At the elimination contests a set number of teams are selected to represent Victoria at the national titles which are held in Sydney at Easter.

It will cost the club a large sum of money for transport, accommodation and travelling uniforms for the team.