2016
Summer scorcher
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Kyabram endured one of its hottest days on record last week with the temperature soaring above 44ºC on Wednesday.
This was after five consecutive days that topped 30ºC.
While the city’s media had Kyabram the equal hottest place in the state on the day along with Mildura and Swan Hill at 45ºC, Kyabram weather station filed an official 44.8ºC reading.
But when the mercury soars to those sort of readings, 0.2ºC does not feel any cooler.
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Adventure time of lives
Eight Kyabram Scouts have returned from the adventure of a lifetime, spending two weeks at the national Scout Jamboree in Sydney.
Brodie Oliver, Jack Tomaszewski, Will Hooper, Ky Biggs, Tom Clark, Harrison Curnow and Ryan and Charlotte Freemantle attended the AJ 2016 Jamboree and formed Troop C542 along with Bayswater and Knox.
More than 11,000 Scouts from across the state and the world, including as far away as Norway and the United States, attended.
Situated just south of Sydney at Cataract Park, the jamboree site was 160ha and almost 2km long, with its own dedicated radio station and accommodation.
Anna Hooper, who attended with the Kyabram Scouts, said those involved had the time of their lives at the event, with day trips to Jamberoo Water Park, Sydney site tours, ferry rides, Challenge Valley obstacle courses, endurance activities, low and high rope courses, abseiling, flying foxes, circus activities, trade skill sessions, waterslides and beach day trips.
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Bassett claims 13th straight title
Kyabram croquet player Trevor Bassett has achieved state champion status again after he partnered Simon Hockey to win the Victorian Open Croquet Doubles Championship earlier this month.
Bassett faced stiff opposition to claim his 13th state title, having to overcome a pairing of his wife Claire and the world’s number one croquet player Robert Fletcher from Dundonnell in a playoff.
In the titles at North Brighton, Melbourne, from December 28 to January 2, Bassett and South Australian Hockey won six out of the seven preliminary games to progress to a playoff, where they had a commanding 26-0 win.
In the last game of the preliminary round, Claire and Robert beat Trevor and Simon to be equal on wins.
Trevor last tasted success at the Victorian Open in 2006 when he won his fifth Victorian singles title and his eighth doubles title at the championships.
1996
Street name change stir
Family and friends of the late Fred Dettman are upset over a move to try and have a court named after him relocated.
The current Warramunda board wants to rename Dettman Court to Warramunda Drive.
Dettman Court runs south off the western end of Warramunda Court, an extension of Pettifer St.
The board has offered to change the current name of part of Warramunda Court – the small parking area leading into the original Warramunda Hostel – to Dettman Court as a compromise.
But the family and supporters of the late Mr Dettman aren’t happy with the offer.
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Ron’s latest park babies
Kyabram Fauna Park’s latest new arrivals are two young tawny frogmouth owlets.
The young owlets are about five weeks old and are doing well and both are expected to survive.
For the past three years the park has bred the birds and [ark manager Ron Pope says that usually only one will survive as the other is very dominant, but this pair should see both survive.
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Katie shares in title win
Young Kyabram tennis player Katie Kennon won a Victorian Country Inter-regional title at Warrnambool on Sunday.
Katie teamed with Stephanie New (Shepparton) to win the 14 and under doubles.
It was Katie’s first win at an inter-regional level.
Katie and her partner defeated D. Clark – L. Fowler, of the Central Highlands (Ballarat) Region 6-1, 6-0 in the final.
She was one of several Kyabram and Stanhope players who represented the region.
1976
Unusual visitor
Dairy farmer Mr Max Haw had an unusual visitor last week.
It is a ‘Flying Fox’ and unfortunately met its death in power lines on Mr Haw’s property near Girgarre.
The Flying Fox has a tip-to-tip wingspan of some 92cm and a body about the same size as a wild duck.
It has two pronounced hooks attached in the centre of the top of each wing.
A spokesman for the Fisheries and Wildlife Department in Shepparton said the ‘Flying Fox’ was one of here caught in the area in the past few days.
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This horse didn’t like being trained
At a time when rail accidents are the subject of investigation in the district, an incident involving a hose and a train occurred in Kyabram on Friday.
It was about lunch time when the goods train was doing some shunting movements, which involved it crossing the Albion St level crossing when the drama took place.
A young girl was riding a horse near the crossing when the animal shied at the warning lights and bell on the crossing just as the train was about the commence its second trip towards the crossing.
The horse threw its rider and bolted, amid heavy traffic, down Albion St towards Allan St.
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Spinner wrecks Kyabram
Lancaster leg spinner Terry Hehir rocked Kyabram in the battle for second place on the KDCA ladder when he snatched 6-18 on the opening day of the fourth last home and away round on Saturday.
After appearing to be in command at lunch with the score 3-80, Kyabram’s batsman scrambled together only another 21 runs as the side crashed under Hehir’s enticing spinners.
Hehir, the fifth bowler introduced to the Lancaster attack, wrecked the Kyabram innings in five overs.
He started his wicked taking spree in the first over after lunch grabbing two wickets, including skipper Bob Ferguson for a patient 23, and from then monotonously sent the Kyabram batsmen back to the pavilion.
Hehir was content to throw the ball up and let the Kyabram batsmen or wicketkeeper Ian Mannison do the rest.