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Loddon HERALD Vol 5 No 16, THURSDAY APRIL 24, 2025 ISSN 2653-1550
Stadium of Steel: the passion of RA COMMUNITY and sporting legend Bob “RA” Steel has been left flabbergasted after Wedderburn College on Tuesday named its stadium in his honour. “There’s plenty of others who could have been up here with me,” said Bob said after the surprise announcement following the college’s Anzac service. Bob said he had only attended the commemoration because an interstate trip would see him out of the district on Anzac Day. Bob has been actively involved in football, cricket and community organisations for many decades and principal Danny Forrest said he had been a unanimous choice to receive the stadium honour. Assistant principal Dean
Lochart, who first encountered Bob as a junior football coach in the 1980s, said Bob was an icon of the community. “He’s volunteered his time to make Wedderburn a better place and I’ve been privileged to have been influenced by Bob.” The naming ceremony was the start of Wedderburn celebrating 160 years of education with major events planned for July. Mr Steel said: “I appreciate and acknowledge everyone’s thoughts but I would prefer not to be standing here. “There are many people who have done more. “I am gobsmacked that people would think of doing this ... it’s mind-blowing,” Bob told college students and teachers.
Bob and Sandra Steel at the unveiling of Steel Stadium on Tuesday. LH PHOTO
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LIVE STREAMING of Loddon Shire Council meetings will be ditched if a new policy gets the community thumbs up.
Councillors on Tuesday endorsed updated governance rules that that will allow council to stop live streaming of monthly meetings that it introduced dur-
ing COVID. The report from governance manager Lisa Clue gave the option of live stream or later on-demand video recording of meetings. But in questioning from Cr Miki Wilson, CEO Lincoln Fitzgerald and corporate director Michelle Stedman confirmed that council would abandon live stream for resource reasons.
“Considering human and technology resource challenges, councillors and officers have, over recent months discussed options for providing remote access to council meeting proceedings,” Ms Clue said in her report. In the endorsed proposals that will be put out for community feedback, on-demand recordings of meetings will be available the
next business day. The new policy also allows for written questions of council to be submitted from residents, businesses and organisations at meetings. Mayor Dan Straub said residents wanting to view council decision making could still sit in the public gallery. Tuesday’s council meeting was watched by 12 people while it is
believed two people were in the gallery. The agenda had nine decision items, including the governance policy, that was released last Thursday afternoon. “Compiling these reports has taken significant officer time, and as such the agenda was not able to be published on council’s website any earlier,” a spokesperson said.
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