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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I am emailing with regard to ‘Lord of the Weeds’
- a national secondary schools competition. In 2006, due to previous success,
and the financial support offered, the Lord of the Weeds will offer a <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>total of $4700 in prize money to the winning schools</span></b>.
The competition has <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>accompanying teacher
resources</span></b>. This includes, lesson suggestions, proformas to guide
students to write the report, and the marking guide used to select the winners.
With the financial support offered by the Weed Management society of <st1:State
w:st="on">Victoria</st1:State>, in 2006, the competition will be offering additional
prize money to a selected school and student in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Victoria</st1:State></st1:place>. For this reason, we would like to
encourage more schools in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Victoria</st1:place></st1:State>
to become involved in this competition. Please be aware, for Victorian schools
the closing date for registration to the competition has been extended to the 7<sup>th</sup>
of June. (The closing date for the reports is the 1<sup>st</sup> of August).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>It is worth noting, in 2005, the winning report for senior
secondary division of this competition came from a Victorian school. This student
was nominated and then won, the Victorian Weedbusters Educational award. To
view previous winning reports, the rules and resources for teachers please go
to: <a href="http://www.weeds.crc.org.au/for_schools/index.html"
title="http://www.weeds.crc.org.au/for_schools/index.html">www.weeds.crc.org.au/for_schools/index.html</a>
and follow links to <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>‘Lord of the
Weeds’ competition</span></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Kind Regards,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Susanna Greig<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Educational Officer</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>CRC for Australian Weed Management</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>School of Rural Science and Agriculture<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Agronomy and Soil Science building<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><font size=3
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">New
England</st1:PlaceName></span></font></st1:place><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Armidale 2351<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Australia</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>ph: 02 67 732809<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>fax: 02 67 733238<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>email: </span></font><a
href="mailto:susanna.greig@une.edu.au"><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial'>susanna.greig@une.edu.au</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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