50 years ago
MOVES are being made to establish a sheltered workshop in Hamilton – if a feasibility study finds the project is a viable proposition. A steering committee has been formed to investigate the proposal which advocates the setting up of a “broad-spectrum” sheltered workshop in the city. A spokesperson for the committee, Mr. Peter Driscoll, said yesterday that if established, the workshop would not cater for any specific handicap, but a whole range. “As we see it, the workshop would serve people from Hamilton and the surrounding district – although at this stage we are not sure how far that district would extend,” he said. “It would cater for all types of handicaps – physical, intellectual or social.
HAMILTON fared well at the State schoolgirls athletic championships at Royal Park, Melbourne, last weekend. The 14 girls from Hamilton High and three from Hamilton College collected a total of 21 medals between them in the best effort yet from this district. The championships are closed to girls who are members of a club which provides them with regular competition. Mariette Menzel won the open hurdles, came third in the open 100 meters, and was a member of the winning relay team. Judy Huf collected a gold medal in the Under 16 hurdles, a bronze in the long jump, and was a member of the successful relay team. Another member of the relay team was Sally Peltzer, who also won the U. 15 200 meters and was a close second in the 100 meters.
25 years ago
GLENELG Shire Council will have to refund more than $146,000 to nearly 3000 of its primary producers and timber plantation ratepayers after an embarrassing gaffe which saw them pay more rates than the shire intended. When farmers received their 1998-99 rate notices, they found their rates had increased by up to 12.8 per cent – instead of the 5.8 per cent calculated by the shire. The mistake affected 2690 primary producers and 225 timber plantation ratepayers. Primary producers will receive the lion’s share of the $146,886.44 rebate – about $130,000. Meetings will be held in Heywood next Wednesday and Casterton next Thursday to explain how the mistake occurred, and how rates were struck.
HAMILTON and District Cricket Umpires Association will cover all A grade matches during the 1998-99 home and away season. The umpires association expressed concerns last week about a shortage of umpires, but the situation had improved and a couple of extra umpires have been recruited. Association secretary, Paul Aspinall, said a former player, new to the Hamilton area, may join the association while a former member had returned after he originally said he would be unavailable this season. “I am talking to another man tonight while Owen Drinkell has indicated he will be a regular umpire again this season,” Mr Aspinall said on Thursday afternoon.
