Volunteers thanked for their help during fires
About 80 volunteers from Yarloop and Cookernup enjoyed a dinner at the Cookernup Hall on Thursday as a thank you for their compassion and help during the Waroona-Yarloop bushfire at the start of the year.
Yarloop Community Resource Centre manager Julie-Ann McMiles and helpers had organised a scrumptious roast dinner and special treats to acknowledge their contribution.
![Cookernup fire brigade volunteer Ron Lawrence has a chat with Murray-Wellington MLA Murray Cowper and Yarloop Bowling and Recreation Club president Ron Sackville.](https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/B88331904Z/B88331904Z.1_20161216134520_000%2BGQCPUJQ2.1-0.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3)
Murray-Wellington MLA Murray Cowper addressed the guests and said 2016 has been a trying year.
“I believe the Anzac spirit surfaced on this fateful night,” he said.
![Harvey shire chief bushfire control officer Phil Penny meets up with Kim Beere.](https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/B88331904Z/B88331904Z.1_20161216134520_000%2BGQCPUJQ5.1-0.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3)
![Harvey shire chief bushfire control officer Phil Penny meets up with Kim Beere.](https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/B88331904Z/B88331904Z.1_20161216134520_000%2BGQCPUJQ5.1-0.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3)
![Bill and Carol Parkinson catch up with Alan Poultney.](https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/B88331904Z/B88331904Z.1_20161216134520_000%2BGQCPUJQF.1-0.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3)
The night was also supported by Alcoa and not-for-profit organisation Givit whose state manager Anna Presser donated decorations and Margaret River chocolates as special treats.
![Yarloop and Cookernup community association president Kerry Argent thanks Yarloop Community Resource Centre manager Julie-Ann McMiles for her tireless work.](https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/B88331904Z/B88331904Z.1_20161216134520_000%2BGQCPUJQC.1-0.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3)
![Bill and Carol Parkinson catch up with Alan Poultney.](https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/B88331904Z/B88331904Z.1_20161216134520_000%2BGQCPUJQF.1-0.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3)
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