WARRACKNABEAL Bowling Club welcomed a number of special guests recently to celebrate the club’s milestone 60th, anniversary. Guests included director Maureen Connolly, BVOR Edith Kuchel, Yarriambiack Shire mayor Jean Wise, president Doreen Taylor, NWDLBA secretary Isobel Davison and a number of respected past members. The clubs extensive history was read out by Dulcie Peters, past [...]
FOR Galaquil’s Brad and Susan Martin, the high water levels in Yarriambiack Creek presented a challenge when it came to getting eldest son William, eight, to the school bus each day. With water flowing two-thirds of the way around the family’s farm “Mincarlie” at about gumboot depth, the family’s wet weather access road was even [...]
WARRACKNABEAL Secondary College students welcomed a new leadership team with induction of 2010-11 school captains, Riley Richardson and Nakita Langman and vice captains, Maddison Peters and Colby Bryce. The new positions were announced at a school assembly on Tuesday with outgoing captains, Shelby Landt and Mark Moloney making an inspirational speech and wishing the new [...]
WARRACKNABEAL Secondary College students welcomed a new leadership team with induction of 2010-11 school captains, Riley Richardson and Nakita Langman and vice captains, Maddison Peters and Colby Bryce. The new positions were announced at a school assembly on Tuesday with outgoing captains, Shelby Landt and Mark Moloney making an inspirational speech and wishing the new [...]
WARRACKNABEAL Secondary College students welcomed a new leadership team with induction of 2010-11 school captains, Riley Richardson and Nakita Langman and vice captains, Maddison Peters and Colby Bryce. The new positions were announced at a school assembly on Tuesday with outgoing captains, Shelby Landt and Mark Moloney making an inspirational speech and wishing the new [...]
A YOUNG family were lucky to escape, after fireengulfed their Molyneaux-st home yesterday morning. Two WarracknabealUrban Fire Brigade units attended the house fire at 6.45am at thehome occupied by Chris Haebich, Debbie Lee and two other occupantsincluding an infant child. The WarracknabealHerald understands Mr Haebich raised the alarm after discoveringfire burning around the homes wood [...]
STATE Government has reached an agreement withlicenced ground chemical sprayers to combat what could be the worstlocust plague to hit Victoria in 75 years. Farmers are beingurged to be extra vigilant with Department of Primary Industriesstaff yesterday confirming locust hatchings on a farm at Werrimull,about 70 kilometres west of Mildura. State controller forlocusts, Russell McMurray, [...]
WITH the district abuzz with talk of rain, creek flow and unusual weather situations, discussion has turned to concern of the prospect of floods as the Yarriambiack Creek continues to rise. Flooding along Yarriambiack and Dunmunkle Creeks is directly related to flooding in the Wimmera River, with Yarriambiack Creek being a distributary of the Wimmera [...]
WARRACKNABEAL and district community membersare invited to visit the Warracknabeal Herald office on Friday for anoffice tour and barbecue lunch in celebration of the newspaper’s125th anniversary. Managing editor DavidWard said: “We are delighted to achieve this milestone”. “This amount oflongevity is not overly common in any business, let alone a communitynewspaper,” he said. “The WarracknabealHerald [...]