04 MARCH 2018 The Great Eastern Mail Yes! Your Local Qualified Pest Controller Spiders, Mozzies, Flies, Fleas, Rodents and Cockroaches Keep your home and family safe and free from unwanted guests Contact: Scott Grambau 0498 279 988 Email: scott@mypestdoctor.com Supplying domestic and commercial solutions Bairnsdale, Lakes Entrance & surrounding areas mail THEGREATEASTERN BAIRNSDALE • PAYNESVILLE • LAKES ENTRANCE • METUNG Where Community Matters Letter box delivery to: Bairnsdale, Paynesville, Lakes Entrance and surrounds Also find us: Local Newsagents, businesses or you can view us online at www.holstadvertising.com Publisher: Holst Advertising Display Advertising: John 0414 597 422 Rick Holst 0413 278 422 Office (03) 9686 0858 Editorial material: news@holstadvertising.com Advertising material: matt@holstadvertising.com Publisher’s Note: The views and opinions expressed by advertisers in this publication are those of the advertiser and do not necessarily reflect that of the publisher and its policies. Advertising: Advertising material created by the publisher is not to be reproduced or distributed to third parties unless given written consent by the publisher or author. Have a story you think needs telling? Contact Rick or John on the above phone numbers. OUR Australian wildlife, in particular marsupials are victims of hit and run accidents with vehicles on our roads too often. If an animal is hit or just seen lying dead on the road, drivers should realise a life could be saved, they should stop and check for young in the pouch. This could save the life of many babies. When a dead marsupial, without a painted cross, indicating it has been checked by a wildlife carer, rescuer or other pouch examiner is found you must carefully move it well off the road. Keeping safe yourself, between you and oncoming traffic leave the hazard lights blinking on your car. Roll the dead animal onto its back seeking evidence of pouch or testicles. If the latter, there will be nothing to be done. If a pouch is located at the lower part of the abdomen but is flat this indicates there is no baby, or one probably too small to survive. If the pouch has a bulge and still possibly moving, there are a few things you can do to save the life of the young one. Firstly ring a local wildlife carer, on the number you have already keyed into your mobile phone, inform them of the location and what you have found. Or, secondly and if confident enough open and very carefully cut the tough, bloodless pouch with scissors or box knife for easier inspection, ensuring the baby is not cut in the process. A very small baby will possibly still be attached to its dead mother’s teat. Do not pull the baby off the teat as you may break it’s jaw however, cut the bloodless teat with scissors or box knife, and gently lift the baby out of its now lifeless protection. Place the baby into a jumper, or jacket or similar, to keep it warm and protected. Then, to hand the baby into safe hands as quickly as possible, call the number of the nearest wildlife carer or rescuer and arrange to meet them. Written by Charlie from the East GippslandWildlife Rehabilitators Inc. Yourpartinsavingourwildlife IF YOU have a disability and want to develop your leadership skills to the next level, then the free leadership development program offered by the Disability Leadership Institute might be of interest. Gippsland East Nationals MP, Tim Bull is encouraging emerging and established disability leaders to submit an expression of interest in one or both of the fully funded scholarships on offer from the Disability Leadership Institute. “As the Shadow Minister for Disability I am conscious that our disability employment rankings have remained largely unchanged for several decades. People with a disability continue to struggle to obtain employment and the numbers of disability leaders remains static. “The Disability Leadership Institute courses are undertaken fully online, so leaders are not required to travel or source funds to participate. “It’s therefore more accessible to people living in East Gippsland and I am hoping that this will create strong local interest. “In my role as Shadow Minister for Disability I regularly encounter wonderfully committed people in disability leadership roles who have got to where they are through hard work, resilience and lateral thinking. “The Disability Leadership Institute is helping to change the way leadership is understood because it recognises that disability leadership is a specific discipline which requires its own specialised methods of development and nurturing,” Mr Bull said. The Building Disability Leaders project is funded by the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services as part of its transition to NDIS. Expressions of interest are being taken now at: https:// disabilityleaders.com.au THE Great Eastern Mail would like to congratulate Roger Fenwick of Metung for winning the Norm Neilson photograph competition. We would also like to thank all the wonderful participants for their entries and to Norm Neilson for supplying the magnificent artwork. ArtistNorm Neilsondelivers prizephotograph Readthe latestedition online Plus,catchup ontheFebruary publication- bothcanbe viewed FREE Logonto: http://holstadvertising.com/thegem.html