If we don't do more to protect and preserve for future generations that which we can no longer create, then who will?
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This is a perpetual quandary faced by environmentalists, heritage supporters and even local history buffs who are keen to see the broader social and sporting achievements from within our community acknowledged for generations to come.
While the record breaking, national and world title winning competitors tend to dominate newspaper headlines, a lot of the vastly under rated work carried out by an army of others can too easily go unnoticed and unheralded.
I'm not talking about celebrating the elite athletes and their achievements in this instance as much as I am the people who stood behind them.
That's why it's important we don't let opportunities to pay tribute to those who could too easily slip under the radar pass us by.
The story of George Daniel and Sailor's Guide is just one of many that could too easily fade into distant memory like the age old clippings from the Addy that serve to remind us of what has been and might never be again.
While Sailor's Guide was a mighty champion, and George Daniel possessed an uncanny ability to win races in a variety of formats, as a community we've since dropped the ball.
We need to do more, and without assigning blame to anyone or to any organisation, the responsibility for this rests with more of us.
And that's why last month's Bendigo Stadium opening of the Sports Star Hall of Fame tribute wall is so important.
Since 1965, the Bendigo community has acknowledged and celebrated the sporting achievements of local athletes who continue to excel at a state, national and international level through the auspices of the Bendigo Sports Star awards.
The list of Sports Star winners is as long as it is exhilarating. World, national and state champions join Olympic and Commonwealth Games competitors who have served their city, their region, their state and their country to the best of their ability.
The awards are the longest running community sporting awards in Australia, and were borne out of a commitment to recognise the talent that exists within the region.
Sports Star has united the local business, media and sporting community in a way that is unique, and the awards continue to grow and prosper as more talent is unearthed, and more great moments and achievements are recognised.
The awards have matured and expanded to include the prestigious Cyril Michelsen trust fund, named in honour of this newspaper's greatest editor.
There's also the Maxine Crouch trust fund, which pays homage to the woman who did so much for female sports and sports administration before her untimely passing.
The Hall of Fame is an opportunity to look back and reflect on others and their lifetime of achievement and service to sport and to the community.
The Faith Leech Achievement Award highlights the extraordinary dedication to sport of an individual whose example continues to inspire us all.
As advocates for diversity, inclusiveness and building connections through sport, the Sports Star committee recently launched the Community Minded award, which recognizes and celebrates a sporting group making a positive impact on the community and who generates outcomes with a long-term benefit.
There will be many worthy contenders, and that's something we should all be proud of.
Finally this week, sometimes life throws us all a curve ball, and we never quite know why.
The sudden loss of a loved one or a close friend is always difficult to bear and can be hard to reconcile.
People blessed with strong religious beliefs can sometimes be more accepting of these situations, finding comfort and reassurance in their faith in times of deep despair and sorrow.
But there are also those who just cannot comprehend how or why some things occur when they do, and who only have questions when we all want answers.
Regardless, it's a great reminder to all of us to live life, and to live it well.
Our time together - with our family and our friends, is finite, and it's how we spend that time, and who we spend it with that matters most.
Our friends and family help us ride all life's ups and downs, and we try to repay the favour when the need or opportunity arises.
Invest time in yourself - because no one else will if you don't.
Make time for yourself - because no one else will if you don't.