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FREEMASONS HELPING TO FUND WIMMERA CANCER CENTRE
Wimmera Health Care Group has received two grants from the Freemasons Foundation of Victoria for the Wimmera Cancer Centre. Secretary of Freemasons Wimmera Lodge, John McTaggart said they applied on…
Kids in the house
KIDS in the House is the highlight of JDRF’s advocacy program, where over 100 kids from all over Australia with Type 1 Diabetes visit Parliament House in Canberra to remind…
Frightening speeding data concern at schools
A RECENT recording of traffic speed data at the Anderson Street school crossing opposite the Warracknabeal Primary School has revealed a worrying trend with some drivers recorded at 50kph over…
Show, Shine, Swap and win at Birchip coming up
A small club of motoring enthusiasts located in the Mallee will host an extensive range of rare, unusual and eye catching motoring memorabilia this Sunday at Birchip in their inaugural…
Lily swims up a storm
WARRACKNABEAL’S Lily Eldridge has once again shown her swimming strength in the Victorian Country Short Course Championships held in Wangarratta on the weekend. While the weekend did not go entirely…
An upside down end to a holiday for caravaners
AN elderly Delacombe couple from near Ballarat, were on the last leg of a holiday trip, which ended up quite badly last Thursday morning. The couple had nearly completed a…
Fundraising for a worthy cause
ON Sunday August 19, one local resident’s idea will become a reality when the first Combating Cancer, Cancer Council Market Day Fundraiser is held at the Warracknabeal Community Centre at…
Rumble strips,Now you see them, now you don’t
MONTHS after controversial rumble strips that were haphazardly ‘dumped’ by contractors on the Borung Highway from Dimboola to Warracknabeal in the west and then from Warracknabeal, toward Litchfi eld and Donald…
Drivers show off skills at second Rainbow Desert Enduro
CHANGING weather conditions challenged the drivers at the second Hindmarsh Shire Rainbow Desert Enduro over the weekend. The race was the third round of the CAMS BFGoodrich Australian Off Road…
Schools between ‘rock and hard place’ with only 30 percent of building funded
THE Nationals Member for Lowan Emma Kealy and Leader of The Nationals, Peter Walsh have launched a petition calling on the Andrews state government to commit urgently needed funds to…