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Loddon HERALD Vol 3 No 4 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2023 ISSN 2653-1550
Cr Wendy Murphy
No Amen to prayer, 21 tell ministers
THE Loddon is officially home to Australia’s best shortcut bacon and continental sausages. Boort’s Arnold Family Butchers on Saturday took out its first Australian Meat Industry Council’s National Sausage King awards in Adelaide. “We were just in shock ... to reach the national finals is hard and to win even harder,” said Jye Arnold on Monday. “We were up against butchers who hire chefs and our butchers in a small town has come up best against the top in Australia. We know our products sell well but to achieve at a national level is crazy.” Jye and wife Kristy had made the national finals once before in their six years running the local butchers and have been regularly in the trophies at regional and state finals. “We’ll keep doing what we do. This year turned out to be our year but next year could be different,” he said. Jye and Kristy officially won the best bacon bacon with its shortcut bacon style and best continental sausage for the Italian Casalinga variety.
Bringing the bacon back to Boort ... national industry award winners Jye and Kristy Arnold celebrate success. MAIN IMAGE LH PHOTO
A LODDON Shire councillor is among a group of 21 wanting the State Government to formally ditch the option of saying the Lord’s Prayer to open local government meetings. Cr Wendy Murphy’s name was at the bottom of a letter sent to Premier Daniel Andrews and government ministers last week. Cr Murphy, one of four councillors outside Melbourne and Greater Geelong listed in the letter, said she had received a phone call in mid-2021 and then an email before Christmas that year from the group Councillors for Secular meetings. She had seconded a motion by now-Loddon Mayor Dan Straub the previous December that saw Loddon drop the opening Lord’s Prayer for an affirmation. “The last email (from the group) asked if I wanted to be included in the letter. I didn’t respond,” she said. When contacted, Cr Murphy said she told the group Loddon Shire had switched to the affirmation. The letter called on the Government to “issue a good practice guideline or direction or advice” on opening council meetings. At the 2021 Census, 52 per cent of Loddon residents listed having a religion.
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