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Families enjoy races

Posted on December 27, 2017 by editor
Enjoying the Drouin Picnic Races on Boxing Day are (from left) Laura McCullough holding Cobie McCullough, Shane Herbert, Hamish McCullough, Sean McCullough and Carly McCullough holding Essie Giblin.

A family orientated crowd of just over 1000 people celebrated Boxing Day at the Drouin Picnic Races yesterday. Drouin Picnic Racing Club president Greg Cole said it was a “great day” with six races on offer. However, the crowd of…

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Rates hike hits pensioner

Posted on December 27, 2017 by editor
Willow Grove pensioner Barbara Needham says an increased rates notice, indicating that her property has jumped $40,000 in value, will put pressure on her financially.

A Willow Grove pensioner believes she will be eventually forced out of her home after receiving a supplementary rates notice indicating her property had increased in value by $40,000. Barbara Needham, 80, believes Baw Baw Shire Council issued the notice…

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Sewer upgrade complete

Posted on December 27, 2017 by editor
Drouin resident Kevin Ridges (right) congratulates Gippsland Water’s project engineer Gerard Hartigan on a job well done at the completion of a new $2.5 million sewer main installation near his home.

A new 1.2-kilometre sewer main has been completed in Drouin as part of Gippsland Water’s program to meet the town’s future population growth. The 450-millimetre diameter pipe will reduce the risk of possible future sewer spills in the Settlement Rd…

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Mick retires satisfied

Posted on December 27, 2017 by editor
Retiring chief executive officer at the Baw Baw Latrobe Local Learning and Employment Network Mick Murphy hands over his just completed – and last – annual report to his successor Lisa Price at the Trafalgar office last week.

Some people appear as if they are “made for their jobs” – it may even be that jobs appear to be made for them – but, whatever, educationalist Mick Murphy and his job as chief executive of the Baw Baw…

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St Paul’s claim bronze

Posted on December 27, 2017 by editor
The bronze medal winning St Paul’s under 20s girls basketball team are (back, from left) Jessica Zeldenryk, Dallas Loughridge, Makaela Zeldenryk, Georgia Koopmans, (front, from left) Samantha Labros, coach Bobby Cunningham, Stacie Myers, Myah Healey and Stephanie Bryce.

The St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School under 20s girls basketball team recently won bronze in division one at Basketball Australia’s 2017 Australian Schools Championships. This is the second consecutive year the St Paul’s girls team has finished amongst the medals. …

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Drouin bowl in heat

Posted on December 27, 2017 by editor
Drouin third Shirley Woodville bowls against Longwarry in the last round of WGBD midweek pennant before the Christmas break. 

It was a very hot, sticky Tuesday for all the bowlers with Drouin’s results proving it. Drouin had one convincing win and two losses for the last round before the Christmas break. Division one: Drouin 16/77 defeated Yallourn 0/46. M.…

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Gumbuya World opens

Posted on December 19, 2017 by editor
The main water slide at Gumbuya World has plenty of turns and drops for enthusiasts after they’ve climbed a 103-step stairway to the top.

The eight-metre high by 25-metre long pheasant is still there to welcome visitors as they approach. And there’s still the name Gumbuya, although with a slight tweaking to a new title – Gumbuya World rather than Gumbuya Park that it…

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Hannah gains top ATAR

Posted on December 19, 2017 by editor
St Paul’s principal Lisa Moloney congratulates the 2017 dux Hannah Robertson-Sas.

Students across West Gippsland celebrated the hard work that brought about strong results with the release of Australian Tertiary Admission Rank and study scores on Friday. St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School student Hannah Robertson-Sas of Glengarry topped the class with…

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New kinder for Warragul

Posted on December 19, 2017 by editor
Warragul Primary School principal Rosemary Allica and school council president Glenn Marriott look at the space they have to work with for development of a new early learning centre on the school site that will offer 66 kindergarten places by 2019.

  Warragul Primary School is finishing the school year on a high this week, celebrating a state government funding announcement to develop an early learning centre with 66 kindergarten places on the school site. The centre will fill a desperate…

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EDFL sign agreement

Posted on December 19, 2017 by editor
Warragul Industrials player River Ford breaks clear from his Catani opponent in the 2017 grand final of the Ellinbank and District Football League.  The EDFL has joined AFL Gippsland’s Regional Administration Centre.

The Ellinbank District Football League has joined AFL Gippsland’s Regional Administration Centre. EDFL general manager Ken Moore said while it had been a work in progress, a service agreement had been signed off last Tuesday. “It was always going to…

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