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Baby boom confirms growth

Midwife and mum Candice Purvis and midwife Kelly Hopkins with Declan Dougan, Sophie Purvis and Beau Keane who are part
of the West Gippsland Hospital baby boom that is confirming growth in Baw Baw Shire. Photograph: JAMIE LAFRANTZ

Statistics prove it, the State Government has identified it and Baw Baw Shire is trying to deal with it. But…

Parkland up for grabs

Residents in Blackwood Crt, Boronia St and Forrest St will lobby Baw Baw Shire to save a park area adjacent to Bellbird Park in
Drouin from being sold in a sell off of council owned land.

Another parkland is up for grabs in Drouin and residents are not happy. Only months after residents in the Settlers…

Erica seeks kinder kids

Dee Powell, a key organiser of the kindergarten
upgrade, with her son Logan.

Wanted: children for the Erica pre-school and kindergarten. The kinder has just completed its latest upgrade, but it has a…

Julian weaves funds

Julian Lieshout
with some of the loom
bands he has made
and the basket he
takes with him everywhere
trying to raise
funds for a sick family
friend.

Nine-year-old Jindivick boy Julian Lieshout wanted to raise some money for a sick family friend by selling loom bands to…

SportMore Sport

Huge ladder gap

The going under foot was heavy
at Longwarry on Saturday but
it didn’t stop the Crows’ Semir
Zijai, pictured breaking clear
from Ellinbank’s Brett Masterson,
steering through one of his seven
goals. Zijai has booted 51 goals
for the year to lead the EDFL’s
eastern division goalkickers’ list.
Photograph: JAMIE LAFRANTZ

The gap between the top three and the rest in the Ellinbank and district football league eastern division was there…

Warrior win

The under 14 girls winning Warriors, from left back row, coach Danny
Murnane, Makaela Zeldenryk, Georgia Caddy, Abby Brice and Caitlin Farr.
In the front row are mascot Kye Murnane, Abbey Commadeur, Kianah Conroy,
Tiarni Fallon and Shanara Notman.

The Warragul Warrior Under 14 Girls won the grand final against Moe this past weekend by just three points. Throughout…

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Mandy Thomas of Driffield receives a bag to load up with from Ygn CFA member Melinda Kemp at the door

Book fair committee member Michael O'Toole from Ygn CFA

Madi McDonald who was managing the children books area with Jaimie Pompei (Ygn) and Alex Hopkins (Traf)

Lorraine Roberts from Wunghnu with Warragul grandchildren Dean and Jye Roberts

At the sale table, Brad Wiemann (Ygn CFA), Peter Nelson (Darnum-Ell CFA), Connor Wyatt (Ygn CFA) and Steven Pompei (Ygn CFA)

Darnum family Helen Sibley with Tom (12), Kamryn (6) and Brandon (9)

John Greenwood (Yarragon) and son Orson who got a Harry Potter book

Stuart Kelsey, Justin Hill at back

Mitchell Diston

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Duffy, Axford, Salter and Ferguson (from left)

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Tom Bastin, Cameron Bannister, Laurelee Stray (Assistant), Cooper Dunn, William Harris, Logan Powell, Tracey Price (Teacher) and Jacob McNamara

Dee Powell and son Logan Powell

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Jaxon McNamara (baby) Jacob McNamara with chicken on knee and mum at back Linda Sinclare

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Bree Robinson (WD)

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Presented with awards at the agm are Betty Irwin (10 years at Wgl. 30 total), Maxine Christensen (30 years) and Laurel Willrath (30 years).

Committee members are vice president Diane Moyes, secretary Helen Langres, president Shirley Grove and treasurer Isabel Ough.

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Darcy Lewis - Gulls

Darcy Lewis - Gulls and Oscar Bateman - Warriors

Lachlan Clarke - Warriors and Stewart Bedford - Gulls.

Connor Graham - Gulls and Oscar Bateman - Warriors

Cameron Hall - Warriors

Olivia Donders - Gulls

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Connor Gardner - Gulls

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