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Huw Cushing | CHILDREN’S health will be better monitored at Portland District Health thanks to new equipment bought with a donation by local police. Nearly $23,000 was donated from the Portland Police Social Club for five new mobile paediatric vital sign monitors, two electronic thermometers and a pulse oximeter, used for measuring blood oxygen levels. The monitors measure temperature, blood pressure, blood oxygen and heart rate, and will be used predominantly for ear, nose and throat patients, of which there are roughly eight … Continue reading 0 Comments
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 … Continue reading 0 Comments
Spectator-Observer Partnership | DURING a recent well-publicised international sporting event, the Portland YMCA promoted fitness, especially among the very young, encouraging them to ‘Go for Gold’ and ‘Find the Champion within’. Colouring-in competitions were held in Observer Kids, with $300 of valuable sporting … Continue reading 0 Comments
Bill Meldrum | THE owner of the Dartmoor mill site, Carter Holt Harvey, has not ruled out the possibility of re-opening the site to generate timber-related economic activity. CHH Woodproducts Australia general manager Ian Tyson said late last week the company was waiting … Continue reading 0 Comments
Ross Moir | JUST before 6pm on Thursday, 9000 customers were plunged into darkness when a blackout cast a pall over the district for about 15 minutes. Powercor public relations manager Drew Douglas said the blackout was caused by equipment failure in a … Continue reading
Tiana Richardson | LESS than three weeks after a major clean up of the Point Danger area, rubbish has again been dumped in the area. On Thursday, a Portland Observer photographer captured images of general household waste, electrical equipment and even biological waste … Continue reading
Huw Cushing | FIFTY cartons of cigarettes valued at roughly $5000 were stolen from the burnt-out IGA Monday night as staff and owners try to rebuild. Portland police Sergeant Ray Hastings said the thieves broke-in through a window sometime between Monday night and … Continue reading
Emma-Jayne Schenk | IMAGINE for a moment you have barely anything at all. You live in a passed-down, rickety home with 10 family members squeezed inside because you can’t afford anything else. Imagine, in a split second, a tsunami wipes out this very … Continue reading
Scott Malcolm | HEYWOOD Football Netball Club has successfully attained a heart defibrillator thanks to a generous show of support from the community. “(The fundraiser) has gone well and truly ahead of what we expected … we’ve done very well; the club’s very … Continue reading
Ian Lewis | GOOD news for Casterton motorists and bulk fuel buyers – the Caltex depot in Casterton did not close at the end of the week. The facility will be operated by Caltex South East, which is owned by Caltex Australia, and … Continue reading
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