01/02/2012 A LEONGATHA doctor cheated death after escaping a traffic collision caused by a pothole last Tuesday. Dr Corina Budileanu’s vehicle was sideswiped by a milk tanker at high speed after she hit a pothole on the Bass Highway. Police said her vehicle bounced out of the pothole and into the truck between Cross Road and [. . . ]

01/02/2012 YANAKIE beef farmer Bruce Lester has decided to call it quits after almost 50 years in the industry. Mr Lester has been a big player in the trade for quite some time, and the fact was obvious as he strolled around his property last Friday. A huge crowd attended his clearing sale, with plenty seeking [. . . ]

01/02/2012 Killop College students whom they helped sponsor on an unusual Schoolies Week. Many students mark the end of their secondary education by joining with their fellow students to relax and enjoy a well earned break. For many this means getting together with thousands of others for [. . . ]

01/02/2012 PIPI collecting was the outstanding issue at the Tarwin Lower Venus Bay Association annual general meeting on Saturday. Committee member Beverley Walker presented findings from recent research into the situation and called for tougher regulations. “The current harvesting of pipis on the Venus Bay beaches is unsustainable and rules need to be put in place,” [. . . ]

01/02/2012 VICTORIA will face a “horror budget” this financial year, Bass MLA Ken Smith revealed recently. The State Government will be forced to further restrain spending to “try and get the budget under control”, after discovering hidden expenses Mr Smith blamed directly on the previous Labor government. “They put us in a difficult financial position so [. . . ]

01/02/2012 SOUTH Gippsland Indigenous Health Service is not only the first, but the sole aboriginal corporation in South Gippsland and Bass Coast. A project of the Ramahyuck District Aboriginal Corporation, the centre is primarily focused on aboriginal youth, maintaining a partnership with the Department of Justice, but hopes to offer other services in the future. To [. . . ]

31/01/2012 Gippsland Pride’s Under 16 girls team has taken out the state title. The girls celebrate here after being presented with their shield. Chelsea Moscript (Koonwarra/Leongatha RSL) led the girls onslaught, taking 3/13 and hitting 15 runs to earn the player of the match title. The talented all rounder was also the winner of the Under [. . . ]

31/01/2012 20 tournament. The A Grade Division 2 ladder leaders defeated the other 15 A Grade sides to claim the games shortest form title. Some late hitting from OMK’s James Paterson threatened to take the game away from the Island, as he hit two balls large over mid wicket. [. . . ]

31/01/2012 A LEONGATHA bred heifer has received the highest price at International Dairy Week. Rob Calder’s Wandilla Goldwyn Amelie IV earned $28,000 when it went under the hammer at the Semex Spectacular Sale. “It’s really the feather in our cap,” Mr Calder said. “And to get that price at Dairy Week makes the whole dairy world [. . . ]

19/01/2012 Race done: Wes Weir of Wonthaggi took time out from operating Ezyas Car Wash in Wonthaggi to race.   MUD cooled the summer heat at the Dalyston Four-Wheel-Drive Mud Drags on Sunday. More than 2000 filled the Dalyston Recreation Reserve, the biggest crowd ever seen at the event, lured by idyllic weather, mud and machines [. . . ]