THE Tarwin Lower Red Cross branch has been busy in recent times, the latest fundraising event being a fashion show held at the Venus Bay Community Centre. The event was held to raise funds for a village in The Philippines. The branch has a total of 32 men and women and raises money for Melbourne’s […]
MARGARET Fox’s treatment for myeloma began when she was expecting a grandson from her youngest son Trevor and his wife Natasha. When the time came for his birth, the Leongatha woman said she vowed to live long enough to see Corey go off to school. When she was first diagnosed in August 2005, Ms Fox […]
LEONGATHA children and teenagers could be among the community groups to benefit from donations from the Bald Hills Wind Farm. Wind farm project manager Matthew Croome said the wind farm would consider contributing funds towards a new skate park for Leongatha. Members of the Leongatha Skate Park Youth Committee last Wednesday told South Gippsland Shire […]
LIBRARIES and kindergartens around South Gippsland celebrated National Simultaneous Storytime last Wednesday, with readings of Ursula Dubosarsky’s picture book Too Many Elephants in This House concurrently at 11am. Special guest readers included staff and councillors from South Gippsland and Bass Coast shire councils. Dubosarsky’s book, illustrated by Andrew Joyner, was an honour book in the […]
PEOPLE significant in the lives of children at Fish Creek and District Primary School were invited to a VIP Day last Tuesday (May 20). Parents, grandparents and family friends were among the throng to make paper hats and take part in a Mad Hatters Parade to tie in with Fish Creek’s Tea Cosy Festival. The […]
THE Strzelecki Ranges Earthquake Monitoring Program has now moved into construction phase. The project, which developed following the powerful Moe earthquake (magnitude 5.4) in June 2012, has just started drilling five shallow instrument bores across the Strzelecki region. The bores will house the subsurface seismometers enabling scientists from the Australian Geophysical Observing System (AGOS) at […]
BALD Hills Wind Farm should pay more council rates than proposed to reduce the community’s rates burden and benefit South Gippsland, an opponent has claimed. The Star has been told South Gippsland Shire Council will miss out on a chance to secure more money in the face of tough financial times and a prospective general […]
FLOWERS, fashion, photography, designer cakes, stunning venues and everything you could possibly want for your big day was on show at the Memorial Hall in Leongatha on Sunday for the 14th annual Great Southern Star Wedding Expo. Hundreds flocked to Leongatha for the event, including engaged couples, family and friends from all round South Gippsland, […]
IN strikingly similar circumstances to last year, Meeniyan’s pennant golf team has claimed the Division One title for the second year running after defeating hot favourites Lang Lang on the 19th hole after teams were locked at 3-3. The win of the final grouping by Meeniyan’s Brett McKnight on the 19th hole gave this club […]
CHELSEA Moscript, who returned home from a cricket tour of Japan last Monday, May 12, describes it as “a great experience”. Chelsea, a Koonwarra Leongatha RSL cricketer journeyed to Japan for an eight day cricket tour with fellow Leongatha and district women cricketers Rachel Brown (Koonwarra/Leongatha RSL), Hannah Keily (Inverloch), Holly Forsyth (Wonthaggi Miners) and […]