IT’S a parade like no other and arguably the best part of the Mirboo North Arty Gras weekend. With just about everyone involved, the conga line of community members that snaked its way through Mirboo North’s main thoroughfare on Saturday was something to see. Mirboo North is a town that oozes ‘community’, from the smallest [...]
WIZARD of OZ director Peter McAlpine said the girl chosen to play Dorothy, Olivia Winchcombe, was new to the theatre. But the 12 year old has boundless talent. “We had call backs for Dorothy, but she just had something. She was the first to audition and the first name I wrote down,” Peter said. “We [...]
A LONG hot summer and strategic marketing helped South Gippsland Shire Council record an 11 per cent increase in visitors to visitor information centres at Korumburra and Foster. Centre staff assisted 20,508 people with visitor information and accommodation bookings from Christmas Day until the end of April. Local tourism operators are happy with the figures [...]
LEONGATHA Primary School could be millions of dollars better off if the State Government signs up to the National Plan for School Improvement, principal Rob Higgins believes. The funding plan comes in light of the 2010 Gonski education review, which advocated for higher school funding. Prime Minister Julia Gillard has given the states until June [...]
TWO university students are making another step from pupil to teacher at Korumburra Primary School. Deakin University students Justin Baido and Rachael McGrath are both taking on student teacher roles at the school over a couple of weeks as part of their course. Rachael grew up in Leongatha and is in her third year of [...]
HASSETT Street Kindergartens outdoor play area has undergone a makeover with the addition of a roadway that meanders its way throughout the yard. Children have been having a ball using the pathway for different adventures including walking stilts, wheelie cars, hobby horses, running races and dump trucks. ‘The track is multipurpose’ said kindergarten teacher Jodie [...]
CHIEF Officer for the CFA Ewan Ferguson has presented Pound Creek Rural Fire Brigade’s Alan Price with a National Medal. The presentation was made on Saturday, April 20 at Pound Creek’s annual dinner at the fire station attended by more than 100 people. It is the second time Pound Creek has had the honour of [...]
SOUTH Gippsland’s leaders of tomorrow converged on Korumburra last week to hone their skills. Tuesday saw students from 18 different primary schools in the region attend a conference while Wednesday 100 students from eight different secondary schools joined in the fun. These conferences are run by Grip Leadership and take students through fun ways to [...]
I DON’T know where to start this story. The usual rule is that an introduction should be 25 words or less, with pretty much everything encapsulated in that tight and punchy summation. But this is a story I’ve lived and one that has immeasurably changed me. It’s not something that is easy to whittle down. [...]
THE Dumbalk Relay for Life, held last weekend, will raise more than $32,000 for cancer research. One of the organisers, Walter Aitch, said the event, the seventh Relay in South Gippsland had been a great success, with 20 teams and a total of 385 people registering. About 140 of those did so on the weekend. [...]