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<ul><li><p>TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2013 - $1.40</p><p>By Matt Dunn </p><p>LEONGATHA Secondary Col-lege will fall $3m to $4m short of what it needs to complete building works at the education precinct site, principal Brett Windsor said. </p><p>The school made an impassioned plea to Deputy Premier Peter Ryan and Education Minister Martin Dixon for the cash when the pair paid a recent visit. But no money will arrive in the short term. Neither has the State Government made any promises for future funds. </p><p>The jobs not fi nished. That was the point we tried to put across to Martin Dixon and Peter Ryan. The impact that not fi nishing has on the school is quite signifi cant, even to the point where this building (the old part of the school, where Mr Windsor and the schools administra-</p><p>tion staff work) is not listed to be demol-ished, he said. </p><p>The money for the demolition is esti-mated to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, which means it would stay until money was provided for the work. Mr Windsor fears it will become an easy target for vandals. </p><p>Money has been shaved from the original plan to put Mr Windsor and his administration staff closer to the stu-dents, lest they be left like shags on a rock. </p><p>In May last year The Star reported that the State Budget had delivered $10m to rebuild LSC, with the money to come in two bites of $5m. For Mr Windsor it was a case of not looking a gift horse in the mouth. Ten million dollars was music to his ears, even if it wasnt going to fi nish the job. </p><p>Continued on page 6.</p><p>Missing millionsLeongatha school short of building funds</p><p>Top cop retiresTop cop retires World interestWorld interest 13 the musical13 the musical</p><p>Page 6</p><p>Page 13</p><p>Pages38 &amp; 39</p><p>More needed: Leongatha Secondary College assistant principal Greg Ellt (centre) takes Education Min-ister Martin Dixon (left) and Deputy Premier Peter Ryan (right) through the education precinct building site recently. The tour also included Leongatha Primary School principal Rob Higgins (standing behind Mr Dixon), along with TS Constructions project manager Mark Patterson (standing next to Mr Ryan) and college teacher Matt McPhee. Photo courtesy of Jamie Cummins, Leongatha Secondary College. </p><p>MEENIYAN Golf Club is ecstatic after the mens Division One team won its fi rst ever golf pennant at Korumburra Golf Club on Sunday. Pictured from left are Rick Miller, Brett McKnight, Graham Hoskin, Andrew Dunne, captain Tim Miller, Ryan McKnight and Alex Cairncross. See Star sport.</p><p>Sporting history</p><p>Sporting history</p></li><li><p>PAGE 2 - THE STAR, Tuesday, May 21, 2013</p><p>March 28: The Croods 2D &amp; 3D (Animation).www.stadiumcinema.com.au</p><p>*NFP</p><p> No </p><p>free</p><p> tic</p><p>kets</p><p>/pas</p><p>ses </p><p> # C</p><p>orre</p><p>ct a</p><p>t ti</p><p>me </p><p>of p</p><p>rint</p><p>ing</p><p>THURS, MAY 23 - WED, MAY 29THE HANGOVER PART III (MA 15+)</p><p>FUNDRAISER &amp; FUNCTIONS MADE EASY!</p><p>Everyone loves movies, so for a perfectfundraising event or function why not host</p><p>them with us atStadium 4 Cinema, Leongatha</p><p>Contact us on 5662 5762.</p><p>FUNDRAISER &amp; FUNCTIONS MADE EASY!</p><p>Everyone loves movies, so for a perfectfundraising event or function why not host</p><p>them with us atStadium 4 Cinema, Leongatha</p><p>Contact us on 5662 5762.</p><p>THE HANGOVER PART III</p><p>RUST &amp; BONE</p><p>SCARY MOVIE 5</p><p>GREAT EXPECTATIONS</p><p>THE CALL</p><p>THE BIG WEDDING</p><p>SNITCH</p><p>STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS</p><p>IRON MAN 3</p><p>THE CROODS</p><p>(MA 15+) 100 mins NFP*12.35pm, 2.40pm, 4.45pm, 7.00pm.</p><p>12.30pm, 2.40pm, 7.15pm, 9.25pm.12.35pm, 2.40pm, 4.45pm, 7.00pm.</p><p>(MA 15+) 122 mins NFP*2.50pm.</p><p>2.45pm, 9.20pm.2.50pm.</p><p>(M) 86 mins NFP*5.35pm.</p><p>12.40pm, 4.45pm.12.45pm.</p><p>(M) 129 mins10.00am.</p><p>10.00am.10.00am.</p><p>(MA 15+) 94 mins10.10am, 12.00pm, 7.30pm.</p><p>10.10am, 12.00pm, 7.25pm.10.10am, 12.00pm, 7.30pm.</p><p>(MA 15+) 89 mins9.50am, 12.45pm.</p><p>5.05pm, 9.30pm.5.35pm.</p><p>(M) 112 mins2.05pm, 4.15pm.</p><p>2.05pm, 4.15pm, 9.30pm.2.05pm, 4.15pm.</p><p>(M) 132 mins10.05am, 2.10pm, 7.20pm.</p><p>11.45am, 4.35pm, 7.00pm.11.45am, 4.55pm, 7.20pm.</p><p>(M) 130 mins11.40am, 4.55pm, 7.30pm.</p><p>10.05am, 2.10pm, 6.55pm.10.05am, 2.15pm, 7.30pm.</p><p>(PG) 98 mins9.50am.</p><p>9.50am.</p><p>THURS, MON, TUES, WED:FRI, SAT:SUN:</p><p>THURS, MON, TUES, WED:FRI, SAT:SUN:</p><p>THURS, MON, TUES, WED:FRI, SAT:SUN:</p><p>THURS, MON, TUES, WED:FRI, SAT:SUN:</p><p>THURS, MON, TUES, WED:FRI, SAT:SUN:</p><p>THURS, MON, TUES, WED:FRI, SAT:SUN:</p><p>THURS, MON, TUES, WED:FRI, SAT:SUN:</p><p>THURS, MON, TUES, WED:FRI, SAT:SUN:</p><p>THURS, MON, TUES, WED:FRI, SAT:SUN:</p><p>FRI, SAT:SUN:</p><p>COMING SOON</p><p>May 30: The Great Gatsby (M Drama/Romance).June 5: MOVIE MARATHON - Fast &amp; Furious 5(M Action/Crime) and Fast &amp; Furious 6 (M Action/Crime).</p><p>Success behind dancing masks</p><p>LEONGATHA Rotarians have every reason to smile be-hind their masks after their charity fundraiser on Saturday night raised more than $20,000.</p><p>The Leongatha Rotary Masquerade Charity Fundraiser Party at Le-ongathas Mesley Hall was well supported by local sponsors consist-ing of businesses and individuals.</p><p>Funds were raised by auctions on the night, a raffl e and ticket sales.</p><p>More than 190 people attended and danced the night away to local band Company Xposed.</p><p>Winners of the $2000 cash were Lou Leggett and her mother Cece-lia Johnson.</p><p>The fi rst raffl e prize of a framed mask generously donated by artist Mandy K Design of Edithvale was won by Jeanette Draper.</p><p>Funds raised will go towards sponsoring youth programs and other local projects.</p><p>Fun night: Rotarian</p><p> Harry </p><p>and Cecelia Johnson.</p><p>Offi cial duo: Leongatha </p><p>Rotary </p><p>Club president Nick Dudley</p><p> and </p><p> Anna Patterson.</p><p>Dressed up: Leanne Taranto and Shauna </p><p>Delaney.</p><p>Batman theme: R</p><p>otarian Paul and M</p><p>arg Beck.</p><p>Good friends: Barb Byatt and Jeanette Draper. Hello, hello: Marj Pearso</p><p>n and Robyn and Rotarian</p><p> Lindsay </p><p>Moore.</p><p>Dancing duo: Julie and Rotar-ian Jeremy Curtis.</p></li><li><p> THE STAR, Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - PAGE 3 </p><p>LEO7</p><p>3500</p><p>58</p><p>14 TILSON COURT, INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, LEONGATHA</p><p>TRANSPORT PTY LTDTRANSPORT PTY LTD</p><p>ON-FARM FUEL DELIVERYON-FARM FUEL DELIVERY</p><p>WE SELL &amp; RECOMMEND</p><p>QUALITY SHELL FUEL</p><p>5662 47355662 4735</p><p> AH 0407 715 128</p><p>LEONGATHA PHARMACY ON DUTY</p><p>Nagels PharmacyOPEN</p><p>SUNDAY 10am - 1pm</p><p>SMI8</p><p>3029</p><p>9</p><p>15 BILLSON STREET,</p><p>WONTHAGGI, 3995</p><p>PHONE 5672 3798</p><p>MOTORCYCLES &amp; POWER EQUIPMENTCnr Allison and South Gippsland Hwy, LEONGATHAL.M.C.T. 2714 Ph 5662 2028</p><p>LARGEST RANGE IN GIPPSLAND</p><p>MS 170MS 170</p><p>$299$299MS 181MS 181</p><p>$399$399</p><p>MS 441MS 441</p><p>MS 660MS 660 FREE BAR</p><p>CHAIN &amp;</p><p>SPROCKETON 441, 461, 660</p><p>MS 461MS 461 76.5cc with 20 bar 76.5cc with 20 bar</p><p> 70.7cc with 20 bar 70.7cc with 20 bar</p><p> 91.6ccwith 25 bar 91.6ccwith 25 bar</p><p> 16 bar, SAVE $100 16 bar, SAVE $100</p><p>FREE chainsaw case valued at $7014 bar, SAVE $170</p><p>FREE chainsaw case valued at $7014 bar, SAVE $170</p><p>THIS AUTUMN CLEAN UP WITH STIHL</p><p>Kea Camper6 Berth Ford Transit Deluxe 2007. 145,000klmFord Transit T430, 2.4 ltr intercooled turbo diesel, 6 speed manual, powersteering. 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Front: Sophie McCabe, Kayla Campbell and Nikita Giardina. Back: Eve Cornell, Lucy Edmonson, Miranda Rowe, Katrina McCabe, Mia Renouf and Casey Pocklington. Check out The Stars full sports coverage, starting from the back page.</p><p>By Matt Dunn </p><p>LEONGATHA Medi-cal Groups Dr Gra-ham Toohill believes marijuana is a di-saster that could be leading local users down a path toward psychosis, depres-sion, dementia and addiction. </p><p>Its a mind altering drug and it has real dan-gers for anyone who is prone to mental instabil-ity. It triggers psychosis in people who have never had it before, he said. </p><p>Then, its a very de-pressive drug if you use it a lot, as well as being a very addictive drug too. Its not seen as that by the community, but it is. </p><p>Theres a group of people who can smoke it and not suffer any bad effects, but there are also a lot of people who suf-fer these adverse effects, which are not easily re-versed.</p><p>Dr Toohill said he was disturbed by a recent ar-ticle in Medicine Today, Cannabis and mental health, which found re-cent clinical and epide-miological research has demonstrated a range of adverse psychological ef-fects of cannabis use.</p><p>There is strong epide-miological evidence that regular cannabis use can contribute to the onset of psychosis, particularly in young people who are predisposed to develop-ing mental illness, found the authors, Dr Matthew Large, a medical superin-tendent of mental health services at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, and Dr Olav Nielssen, a Sydney psychiatrist. </p><p>Dr Toohill said the ar-ticle raised the spectre of cognitive impairment for users. </p><p>Were having an epidemic of Alzheimers Disease and other de-mentias. Marijuana use is going to increase that dementia burden on our community, he said. </p><p>Its a disaster.Dr Large and Dr Niels-</p><p>sen found cannabis intoxi-cation causes impairment in concentration and in other domains of intellec-tual function, and recent use of cannabis doubles the risk of having a fatal motor vehicle accident.</p><p>Ongoing cannabis use is associated with poor academic achieve-ment in high school years. The most disturbing evi-dence has come from a well-designed prospec-tive birth cohort study, which found that can-nabis use in adolescence </p><p>Doctors dope warning</p><p>RETIRING police Sergeant Jim Baum said there had been a dramatic rise in illegal drug use in South Gippsland in recent time. </p><p>The 37 year career cop said while heroin had always been an issue, the prevalence of ice (crystal methamphetamine) was one of the more worrying trends in the region.</p><p>Last week The Star revealed a number of overdoses in South Gippsland had seen patients fl own to Melbourne for treatment emergency treatment. One local party resulted in three overdoses. </p><p>When youve got GHB (gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid) and ice thats a really worrying trend and one all the local communities should be concerned about, he said. New research shows the rate of ambulance callouts per one million people puts regional Victorias rates above Melbournes for a range of drug-related problems, including cannabis, antidepressants and opioids during the 2011-2012 fi nancial year.Dr Patrick Griffi ths, from Anex Australia a non profi t health organisation dedicated to drug education believes next years call out fi gures will be dramatically higher. </p><p>Ice warning</p><p>is associated with below expected performance in measures of intelligence in mid-adulthood, the doc-tors wrote. </p><p>The Medicine To-day article referenced a Swedish study of mili-tary conscripts that found cannabis users had up to a six-fold increase in risk of developing schizo-phrenia in the next 15 years. </p><p>Moreover, about one-third of people who de-velop schizophrenia have a history of signifi cant cannabis use, and the onset of illness is about three years earlier than that for nonusers.</p><p>Depression and anxi-ety were also listed in the article as adverse side ef-fects to marijuana use. </p><p>Dr Toohill said he was angered by calls to lega-lise the drug. </p><p>That is foolishness in the extreme. The more we study it the more we see patients with prob-lems. We dont want to legalise it, we want to educate people that its a disaster, he said. </p><p>Ive seen people who have had depression from it, Ive seen people who have had psychosis from it, Ive seen addiction dif-fi culties associated with it and Ive seen people who just dont function well because of it.</p></li><li><p>PAGE 4 - THE STAR, Tuesday, May 21, 2013</p><p>FORECASTFORECASTWEATHERWEATHER</p><p>LEONGATHALEONGATHA6 Day6 Day6 Day6 Day</p><p>SUNWED FRI SATMAY 21 MAY 23 MAY 26MAY 25MAY 22</p><p>8 16 6 16Clearing showersClearing showers Possible showerPossible shower Possible showerPossible showerPossible showerPossible showerLate showersLate showers</p><p>8 15 9 15</p><p>MAY 24THUR</p><p>8 157 15Possible showerPossible shower</p><p>TUES</p><p>*$300 is paid as a factory cashback for Solahart solar water heaters (with a capacity of 220 litres and above excluding Heat Pumps) and all Solahart solar power systems. 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Horn Street, and Nerrena Road, Leongatha</p><p>RSVP: Wednesday 22 May ann@sgbcllen.org.au</p><p>Enquiries: 5662 5500</p><p>By Jane Ross</p><p>TERMINAL illness can be a confronting and diffi cult time for patients and their loved ones.</p><p>There is no hospice in South Gippsland where people can go to be cared for in their fi nal months, weeks and days, but there is a ser-vice that offers succour and com-fort to those who want it.</p><p>South Gippsland Palliative Care Service is part of a region-wide consortium which includes 50 volunteers who provide support both before and after a loved one has died.</p><p>One of those volunteers is Cathy Matthews of Leongatha.</p><p>She has faced vicissitudes and challenges on her own life journey and, after retiring from her role as a social worker and counsellor, a friend suggested she volunteer with the palliative care team.</p><p>Feeling her experiences had given her a deeper understanding of and empathy with her fellow hu-man beings, Cathy decided to give it a try. She now regards her pal-liative care volunteering as an im-mense privilege.</p><p>Its about having a heart.While last week was Volunteers </p><p>Week, this is Palliative Care Week.She stressed she is part of the </p><p>team of professionals who provide care to the terminally ill and her role can vary.</p><p>Sometimes she just sits quietly with the patient or reads to them. She might do a light hand massage or listen as the patient tells their story; with privacy and confi dent..</p></li></ul>