PUB’S NEW MANAGERS The community-owned Railway Hotel in Dingee has new publicans with former dairy farmer Mick Kerkman and wife Tabitha taking on management of the enterprise that re-opened last year. Mick has also been a truck driver and part of the support crew for singer Daryl Braithwaite when he performed at the Melbourne Cup and Neil Young on his concert tours. Mick, pictured with son Kody and Tabitha, said: “I had been working in a hotel in Lismore learning the ropes of pubs while looking around for an opportunity to run our own. We liked the Dingee pub because its owned by the community, it’s got character and is a great little country pub.”                                             LH PHOTO