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Rotary Club makes eight grand gesture

Donations for Toolamba Primary School are already flowing, with Mooroopna Rotary Club offering $8000 for teacher resources. The school and kindergarten burnt to the ground last Wednesday, only two days after school began for the year. Teachers are desperate for school supplies which were lost in... Full Story

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Any one of teams could take pennant honours home

Making the Goulburn Valley District Ladies Bowls Association finals is nothing new to Kyabram, but its path to this year's post-season has definitely been different. A win over then bottom side East Shepparton in round 16 was the impetus for a late charge that ultimately netted Kyabram fourth... Full Story

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What became of these kids? Dick Ashby, Numurkah About two months ago, before Christmas, I saw a short TV program _ I believe it was on the ABC _ about Burmese villagers who had been affected and overwhelmed by the recent floods. Apparently it was secretly filmed and showed the destruction and... Full Story

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No water for platypus

Furious landowners along the Broken Creek at Youarang have demanded more environmental flows to ensure the survival of platypus along the waterway. Residents living along the Broken, about 50 km north east of Shepparton, say not enough is being done to restore environmental flows to the creek,... Full Story

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Travel bug bites

Maybe the suitcases aren't yet packed, but a travel destination is surely being considered by those who attended the annual travel expo at Shepparton's Goulburn Valley Hotel last weekend. With about 1000 people at the event, expo co-ordinator Vivienne Erikson said it was a raging success for... Full Story

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