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Getting your business on line workshops
Unravel the mysteries of the internet and doing business on line in this series of e-commerce workshops. Click here for brochure and registration form

Wycheproof Community Resource Centre Term 3
See the WCRC page for all the latest information on courses, classes and community information for Term 3 2010.

Wycheproof OP SHOP has relocated to the Mens Shed
After months of planning and renovating the Wycheproof Op Shop has a new home at the Wycheproof Mens Shed. A grand opening of the new op shop premises will be held on Friday 16 July with a bbq lunch. 
A working bee to do a final move from the old shop will be on Thursday  8 July and as many helping hands as possible are asked to help out.

Scarecrow competition
See the latest WOT for details of this new competition and entry form. Town forums in Buloke Shire are getting behind this new shire-wide competition and each local community will judge scarecrows at a local annual event. In Wycheproof the Scarecrows will be a feature exhibition at the annual Wycheproof Show in October. Children, teens, adults, families and community groups can enter.  Winning entries in each category will be eligible to enter the Buloke Scarecrow Competition at the Buloke Family Fun Day in Charlton in March 2011.

Wycheproof BIG Shop to open in July – a new project to support business in Wycheproof. The Wycheproof Business Incubator Group (BIG) Shop aims to help established small business operators who are working from home and people with business ideas to have a main street focus and peer support. Many people working from a home office or on farm can be isolated and find it difficult to grow their business, and promote their business. So if you are feeling isolated, can't get motivated in your home office, need to test Broadway as a location for your business, if you, need business exposure in town, or have a 100 watt brilliant business idea then the Wyche BIG Shop may be your answer. 
For further information please email  info@wycheproof.vic.au 

Theatre: Calendar Girls staring Rhonda Birchmore, Lorraine Bayley, & Jean Kitson. at the Comedy Theatre Melbourne. Matinee Sunday 18 July. Bus leaves Wycheproof 9am. Tickets $90 (Bus price TBA).  To book contact WCRC 54937455

Wycheproof HES reunion was a great success with more than 100 past students recounting tall tales, many of them true, from schooldays of the 50s. See June WOT for report.

Australia Day 2010

Congratulations to Kylie Brown Wycheproof and Buloke Citizen of the Year and congratulations to the community being awarded Community Event of the Year for Wycheproof and Buloke Shire after hosting the Emirates Melbourne Cup Tour.  Wyche VISION also awarded Rebecca Dillon and  Maddie Durie as Wycheproof Junior Citizens for their work in developing promotional posters, videos and advertising material for town events and projects.

Two new awards were introduced for the Australia Day 2010 celebrations.

Wycheproof Ambassador (awarded to those who work to promote Wycheproof in the wider community and enhance the community but are not full-time residents) was deservedly awarded to David Bourke and the Rotary Club of Keilor for supporting imporant local projects such as the Mens Shed and the Dollar Rent-a-Farmhouse project and whose initiative has fostered friendships accross the rural-metro divide. And to Wycheproof Ambassador, Jackie Noonan whose work with Country Racing Victoria and Murray Mallee Racing has really put Wycheproof on the map and promoted the communtiy in a positive way.

The Wycheproof Fundraiser of the Year was Beryl Dillon who has raised many thousands of dollars annually from the sale of plants she has propagated with proceeds going to support our local hospital.

Full details are in the February WOT town newsletter . 

In the news:

Wycheproof success at NDASA

The Northern District Agricultural Societies Association of Victoria competition held on Saturday 17 April at Swan Hill saw success for Wycheproof entries. From fine crochet, to knitting, hand-spun wool crafts, the best in fruitcakes, embroidery, photography and patchwork, the entries proved the high calibre of the Wycheproof A&P Society pavilion at the annual show.

Wycheproof Show entries to the NDSA included:
Mary Dillon ­            – Crochet fine cotton and Hand knitting
Val Ryan                – Handspun 
Lois Goddard         – Photography 
Claire Bloomfield   – Junior boiled fruitcake  
Greta Gretgrix       – Rich fruitcake
Wendy Pollard      – Photography 
Bev Coles             – Hand embroidery
Wendy Turnbull    – Patchwork 

Mary Dillon was awarded an NDASA first prize for her crochet. Val Ryan was awarded a second prize for her item a garment knitted from her handspun wool, and Wycheproof P-12 student, Claire Bloomfield was awarded second place in the Junior Fruitcake section. Congratulations to all who had entries at the NDASA.

Extreme Rolling

His left tyre was also worn so we changed both at the same time. After losing some time during the repair, we kicked up the pace on the road and arrived at our mid point stop of Charlton. We stopped there for 1 hr and did some collecting from the very generous townspeople then set off to Wycheproof which was 30 kms away. We arrived into Wycheproof on time and had people in the street welcoming us as we rode into town. A total of 60kms today. We then went to the local school and had another great time with the students. 

In the sprit of father Christmas

Ron Smith of Colac visited Wycheproof just before Christmas with a trailer load of his wooden toys. Wycheproof was just one stop on his delivery tour of the district. His toys were distributed by the Lions Club of Wycheproof on Christmas Eve at the community event at Centenary Park, much to the delight of local children. This was a most generous gift from Ron to the children of Wycheproof and all the community commend and are thankful for his kindness and generosity. He keeps the true spirit of Christmas alive.

  Dawn at the WCRC was please to accept Ron's generous Christmas gifts for the children of Wycheproof

Wycheproof P-12 College Tops among Vic Schools
Wycheproof P-12 College link
The Age on-line  Article by The AGE Education reporter: MIKI PERKINS from The AGE Newspaper & on-line December 17, 2009

*Includes independent and government schools. Source: Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority