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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 been steadily accumulating parts from sources all over the south-west and South Australia. He was at last weekend’s swap meet at South Coast Raceway hoping to find more to add to his burgeoning collection, and to show off a 1935 [...] 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, [...] 0 Comments
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 [...] 0 Comments
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 [...] 0 Comments
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Rex Martinich | Residents rally to save cuts PENSHURST residents have rallied in support of their community bus service which they stand to lose by the end of the year when its funding will be cut by the State Government. The community bus [...]
Rex Martinich | HAMILTON, Penshurst, Coleraine, Casterton and Mount Gambier will lose their State Government funded community bus that connects the towns on the first day of 2012. The Penshurst to Hamilton as well as the Hamilton to Mt Gambier via Coleraine and [...]
Mark Robinson | CLAY TARGET SHOOTING HAMILTON Clay Target Club honoured a club legend at the weekend holding its inaugural Harry Vaughan Memorial Shoot. The first event was recognised as one of the most prestigious occasions on the local clay target shooting calendar, [...]
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