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Huw Cushing | NEW radiology equipment valued at $600,000 has been donated to Portland District Health from a local estate. The bequest from the Andrew Jack Charitable Trust announced yesterday will upgrade existing equipment and introduce new digital X-ray equipment. An existing orthopantomogram (OPG) machine, used for dental x-rays, will be upgraded to include cone-beam computerised tomography (CT) scans to give three dimensional digital images of the jaw for dentists. Chief radiographer Robin Parry said it is the only machine of its kind … Continue reading 0 Comments
Huw Cushing | THE PROPOSAL to create a fly-in fly-out hub in the Green Triangle Region is one step closer after 611 potential employees and 44 businesses expressed interest in the project. The initiative to create a fly-in fly-out (FIFO) hub in Mt … Continue reading 0 Comments
Danielle Grindlay | HAMILTON youth could teach adults a thing or two about how to party, with a crowd of about 450 at the Hamilton Battle of the Bands proving you don’t need drugs and alcohol to get your groove on. The crowd, … Continue reading 0 Comments
Steve Robertson | LIKE Frankenstein’s monster, with parts from here, there and everywhere, very old cars and trucks get a new lease on life in the backyard shed of Portland welder and collector Eric Pearce. For more than 10 years, Mr Pearce has … Continue reading 0 Comments
Tiana Richardson | TOMORROW the Tyrendarra Show will celebrate its 95th annual show and another year of community unity. Over the decades, the show has displayed the talents of not only the Tyrendarra community locals, but also the skills of residents from Narrawong, … Continue reading
Peter Morganti | Clark and Beriman again THE union of trainer Allan Clark and apprentice jockey Jackie Beriman came to the fore again with locally owned 4yo gelding Gem of Kingston winning his maiden at Penola last Thursday. Daniel places in Adelaide RON … Continue reading
Rex Martinich | THE Penshurst community bus service has won a last-minute reprieve from this Saturday’s scheduled cancellation, but the Hamilton to Mt Gambier bus service has not been so lucky. Nationals Member for Western Victoria, David O’Brien, is claiming credit for saving … Continue reading
Rex Martinich | TWO State Upper House MPs have criticised Transport Minister Terry Mulder for axing community bus services in the Hamilton area. Labor Members for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney and Jaala Pulford, used their time in Parliament last week to claim the … Continue reading
Ross Moir | ONE of Portland’s newest community organisations, the Portland Men’s Shed, has been boosted by a kind donation. Many of the organisation’s members spend a bit of time at the city’s timber sales outlets, but when Portland Men’s Shed chairman Geoff … Continue reading
Emma-Jayne Schenk | IT WAS a night of rip-roaring fun when the inaugural Balmoral Rodeo hit the town on Saturday. The rodeo attracted more than 1000 eager attendees who came to see a lively show down between the top bucking bulls and riders … Continue reading
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