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Responses from Yea

We have begun to receive favourable and appreciative feedback from people in the Yea area to our project. The Rotary Club of Yea at their last meeting unanimously endorsed our idea of Dorset adopting Yea as a community, and will begin liaising with us about needs in the area.

Educational Materials for Schools

Gayle Edson, secretary of the Adopt-A-Town committee, has put out a call for books, board games, word games, Legos, colouring in books, pencils, etc for children and families in Yea. Donations will be able to be dropped off at the Pavilion Information Centre at Bridport and at the Scottsdale Advertiser. People from 'up the coast' who wish to donate can contact James Burroughs from Winneleah on 0429 808 177 and he will deliver materials to us from the Winnaleah Derby Branxholm Ringarooma area.

This has resulted from contact with Ross Davis, principal of Flowerdale Public School and Ruth Konig, a teacher and member of Yea Rotary, who have let us know that these are the things that the students need. They will be working together to distribute them to the schools in the area.

After speaking to Ruth Konig we are also looking into the possible transport of students from Yea to Dorset sometime later in the year to attend a special educational camp. We will need offers of help with transport to site, catering, chaperones, food, activities, etc. More information on this later.

Making Yea while the sun shines!

Two more truckloads of Hay are ready to roll to the farmers of Yea! A big thankyou to the generous farmers of the Northeast who have donated this fodder, and to John Lette and the Rotary Club of Scottsdale for organising it. Because of the current extreme fire danger in the area there may be some delay getting it from Melbourne to Yea, but it will be moved in as soon as possible.

Thanks also to all those involved in getting it there, or who have offered help with future transport needs. These include:
- Peter & Wendy Jones Stock Transport of Winneleah
- Clarrie & Roseanne Cassidy Transport of Springfield
- Noel & Yvonne Gerke from Samjack
- C.R. Jones Transport, Minstone Rd
- Geoff Taylor from Bass Strait Shipping and Craig Morris from Tasman Logistics for arranging a trailer each from their respective companies.
- Wendy from Toll Shipping in Burnie for all her help, and Toll for shipping the loads from Tassie to Melbourne
- Toll Transport and Linfox Transport for shipping from Melbourne to Yea. This is a historic association - the first time these two companies have worked together as a team! Special thanks to Nick Best, Operations Manager from Linfox

As you can see just from those mentioned above, this is quickly snowballing into a real northeast community effort, and even wider, with larger companies as well enthusiastically supporting this project!

We'd also like to thank Wendy at the Advocate, Peter Fish and Sharyn from the Advertiser, and Peter Sanders from the Examiner for their support and articles. Watch your local newspaper for further details.