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Be Inspired By Green Cleaning
If you’re after some practical tips or ‘life hacks’ surrounding eco-friendly cleaning, cooking or gardening, then The Ace Book Club book of the month for April is a must read.
The book is the accumulation of knowledge and trial and error by mother and daughter team Alisa and Cynthia Mayne.
“Mum and I actually wrote this ten years ago, and I think this might be the fifth updated edition now,” Alisa explained.
“We grew up self-sufficiently with mum and dad until I was seven, and I’ve been in the food industry, running businesses for 25 years, so we’ve combined our knowledge with lots of simple life tips – some are tried and tested and been around for ages, others are just new techniques to put into your house.

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Good Friday Tins at the Ready
Local volunteers and emergency services personnel are uniting in their fundraising efforts for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal.
After missing out on tin rattling last year, volunteers such as John Vandeven, Captain of Albury Civic Station for Fire and Rescue NSW are looking forward to hitting the streets with their fire trucks and connecting with their local communities.
“To see the people who have saved all year – numerous children that have got their piggy banks and loose change that they save all year, lots of people love to see us and it was so disheartening last year when we couldn’t do it due to COVID,” John said.

Social services prepare for influx
Local food banks and support services are bracing themselves for increased demand in April, now that government supports are being wound back.
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JobKeeper came to an end over the weekend and, from April, the coronavirus supplement is being removed from JobSeeker.
The JobSeeker payment will now roughly equate to $44 per day, which support services say is not enough.
"You can't live on that amount of money," says Peter Matthews, General Manager of Albury Wodonga Regional Foodshare.
"There's going to be pressures on household budgets and, inevitably, when there's pressures on household budgets most people will pay the rent, the mortgage, the power bills, and then food become discretionary."

How to Dine and Discover
If you’re a business in Albury and surrounds, here’s how to make the most of the NSW Dine and Discover vouchers.
Albury Business Connect General Manager Carrick Gill-Vallance says with several million dollars set to be spent in the region, it pays for businesses to register.
“As we know our region has been really hard done by with COVID and border closures, but there’s roughly $4 million bucks worth of money here (via Dine & Discover vouchers), so if you’re a business, that’s money that you can access by registering,” Carrick explained.

Reconnecting at the Races
Horse racing has been held at Dederang since 1865, but Saturday’s picnic races is perhaps the most keenly anticipated yet.
With COVID impacting sport and community events, President of Dederang Race Club Marcus Goonan says the Kiewa River Valley community is particularly looking forward to reconnecting.
“It’s really highlighted this year by the fact that the football season didn’t get off the ground and the cricket season has certainly been affected,” Marcus told Kylie and Kev.
“Sport is a really big thing in some of these smaller country communities. The Recreation Reserve supports seven different sporting clubs, which is really significant for a small town like ourselves for the community and connection.”

Albury Wodonga Health Starts Jab Program
The very first COVID-19 vaccinations were distributed by Albury Wodonga Health yesterday.
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Phase 1[a] frontline workers were some of the first to receive the Pfizer vaccine, including staff from the Emergency Department, COVID-19 testing clinic and Intensive Care Unit.
Among the first to receive a jab was Caroline Grealy, who is an Emergency Department Nurse Unit Manager and COVID Services worker.
“For me, there was no hesitation in rolling up my sleeve today. Being vaccinated is one of the greatest safeguards in the fight against COVID, and will help protect me, my loved ones, and my community,” she says.

More players needed across all age groups
As preseason kicks off, female clubs in the AFL North East Border competition are urging local girls and women to join up.
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After 2020 stopped the season in its tracks, clubs are working to build their teams back up to their full numbers again before the first round on Sunday, 11 April.
"Some clubs are experiencing slow numbers in particular age groups," says League Operations Manager Matthew Elliott.
"Clubs are definitely on the lookout for new players, and also welcoming back returning players as well."
There will be eight teams in the league this year, after the Wodonga Bulldogs was added to the fixture. They will be competing for the premiership flag against the Yarrawonga Pigeons, Alpine Lions (based in Whorouly), Lavington Panthers, Murray Felines (based in Rutherglen), Thurgoona Bulldogs, Wangaratta Rovers and Wodonga Raiders.

Qantas launches new route
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Qantas has confirmed they will be running regular services between the two cities in time for the ski season.
Albury City Mayor Kevin Mack has welcomed the announcement, particularly for tourist operators who missed out on the season last year.
“We’re very excited to be welcoming this new service from Qantas at a time when our tourism businesses are recovering from the effects of COVID-19," he says.
"Having this new direct link into the important Queensland market will put smiles on lots of faces."
He said it will not only be good for the Queensland snow bunnies, but will be great for north east and border residents who want to plan a warmer winter holiday.

'Babies of the Rose'
The Ace Radio Book Club has launched with a familiar voice heard on Kylie & Kev kicking off the celebrations with our first book of the month.
Social affairs commentator Justin Smith is a journalist and broadcaster, now turned author and has released his debut fiction novel, 'Babies of the Rose'.
Justin spoke with Kylie & Kev about the inspiration for the book.
“I’ve been very lucky in my life, and honoured, to speak with veterans of six wars or conflicts that Australia has been involved in and you pick up a story or two from each one,” Justin said.

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NRL Trial Game for Albury
19 February 2021 | 10:54am
NRL Trial Game for Albury
In a major coup for local rugby league fans, the Melbourne Storm and Newcastle Knights will play their one and only trial match at Albury Sports Ground next weekend.
After the Newcastle Knights deemed the travel risk too high under the current COVID environment to travel to Melbourne, Albury will become the beneficiary of the reschedule.
Storm CEO Justin Rodski says while it’s disappointing for their members and fans in Melbourne, it’s an opportunity to say thanks to the Albury community.
“It’s important that our players get the chance to prepare as best they can for the season ahead which is why we will travel to Albury for the trial,” Justin explained on melbournestorm.com.au

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Border Business Women Make up for Lost Time
Business Women Albury Wodonga are celebrating the return of face to face networking in style, with their next event on International Women’s Day 8 March.
Chair Desiree Georgiou says women in business have missed opportunities to network and collaborate in person due to the pandemic and border closures.
“We’ve been home for such a long time and to get back into the community on a business perspective is really fabulous for women, whether they are business owners, employees or start-ups,” Desiree said.
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“There’s been a lot of sad stories and also a lot of success stories, so it’s great to get everyone to collaborate together and get business back on track.”

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