SERGEANT Brett Wood’s closest friends remember him as a mischievous youngster, a loyal mate and on top of everything else, a true blue hero. The 32-year-old soldier was completing his third deployment to Afghanistan last week when he was tragically killed in action, leaving behind a loving wife and family. He also leaves behind a [...]
GROWING up on a dairy farm at West Creek near Wonthaggi, Don Paproth knew one thing – farming was not for him. He went to Wonthaggi High School and chose a teaching career. He retired at the end of March after 43 years in education and is devoting his energies to trying to improve tertiary [...]
SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council has unveiled a host of exciting projects for the region in its 2011-12 draft budget. Enhancing Korumburra’s town centre, furthering the Korumburra Children’s Hub, looking for more industrial land in Leongatha and pushing for the extension of the Great Southern Rail Trail to Yarram are among the new initiatives. The projects [...]
A NEW list of priority projects for South Gippsland Shire Council will be put to politicians by council leaders in a bid for funding. Council mayor Cr Warren Raabe and CEO Tim Tamlin will meet state and federal MPs over the next week, calling for their support of major projects that will create jobs and [...]
SOUTH Gippsland has just experienced its lowest road toll on record for a five year period. But that is not good enough. RoadSafe South Gippsland wants no-one to die on the region’s roads. Thirty-one people were killed on roads in South Gippsland and Bass Coast shires between 2006 and 2010. RoadSafe South Gippsland executive officer [...]
AN EXCITING week at Korumburra Primary School ended on a sad note on Friday morning with a fire gutting out the canteen. Early Friday around 5.30am, security motion detectors were triggered in the school canteen. Police and security officers arrived expecting a robbery, but came across the fire. Quickly they notified the CFA, who responded [...]
A SCHOOLYARD emergency was blown out of proportion on a social media website last week, with students falsely reporting a teacher was shot. Korumburra Secondary College was thrown into lockdown last Monday week (May 16) after a student became upset, smashed two windows and ignored staff instructions. School leaders contacted police and secured the students [...]
YEARS of hard work have culminated in an announcement Wonthaggi will have an entirely new golf facility for the town. Club president Darren Green announced details exclusively to The Star last week. The club accepted a new agreement with developer Buildev under a fortnight ago which will see 15 hectares of the club handed over, [...]
THE future of the Inverloch Jazz Festival was never under threat. That was the word of incoming president Bob Pritchard, after the festival’s annual general meeting on Sunday resulted in the election of a full committee. While the previous president and secretary were resigning after 10 years in their respective roles, Mr Pritchard was always [...]
POLICE deputy commissioner Ken Lay has no desire to head the force. The former South Gippslander has instead thrown his support behind chief commissioner Simon Overland and believes an investigation into police management will only improve Victoria Police for the community’s benefit. Deputy commissioner Lay was the guest speaker at a Bass Coast Community Foundation [...]