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Tuesday, 30 July, 2024

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Simon Clarke pedalling an Olympic dream

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Library tales By Dongyun Kwon Mooroolbark Library celebrated its 40th birthday on Thursday 25 July. About 40 people came along to celebrate the special day together. Mooroolbark Library team leader Emma Jahn said she’d like to say thank you to the community and her team. “It’s beautiful and special to have such a strong sense of community to have so many people turn out to support and celebrate with us,” she said. “I couldn’t do it without my team, we support each other so much in work and in our personal lives as well. “We all have different strengths and different quirks, and we complement each other so well and I’m just very grateful to be able to lead them.” Mooroolbark Library has achieved a great number of statistics.In June, it recorded the highest loan number among six libraries across Yarra Ranges. It now has over 15,000 members, about 100,000 loans a year and about 67,000 people walk into the library every year. Turn to page 5 for more

Your Library acting chief executive Premal Niranjan (left) with Mooroolbark Library team leader Emma Jahn. (Stewart Chambers: 418772)

On your marks... By Mikayla van Loon, with AOC The Outer East is leaving it’s mark on the Olympics with five local athletes among the Australians donning the green and gold in Paris. Three athletes will be making their debut at the 2024 Olympic Games, with Warrandyte’s Abbey Caldwell taking on the 800m race, Mooroolbark’s Tayleb Willis looking to claim a podium in the 110m hurdles and Tim Anderson from Eltham taking on the rapids in the canoe slalom. Boxer Harry Garside and cyclist Kelland

O’Brien make a return to donning the green and gold in their second appearance after debuting in 2020 (2021). While Garside made a name for himself claiming the first Australian boxing Olympic medal in 33 years, O’Brian and his pursuit team also collected bronze after a seesawing battle with New Zealand. Willis, 21, started his athletic career with the Yarra Ranges Athletics club, having already tried a number of sports including swimming, karate, ballet, and gymnastics.

“After trying out every event in athletics I came across hurdling and became in love with it as my flexibility from gymnastics and my natural born speed came together,” he told the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC). Caldwell, 23, also began early in proving her athletic capability but found the Covid years and transition to senior competition a challenging one as well. Smashing personal bests and getting close to the national record for the 800m, Caldwell picked up a spot on the 2023 Australian team in the 800m and 1500m for the Budapest World

Championships, becoming just the second Australian woman to compete in that double at the world championships. Growing up around the Yarra River in Eltham, Anderson, 30, followed his brother Alastair into the sport but it soon became his own passion. The confirmation of getting a place on the Australian Olympic Team was a weight lifted off Anderson’s shoulders. “It’s awesome. I can’t explain how good it feels to have the pressure off,” he said. Turn to page 8 for more

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