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Current Headlines
Updated ( 08/02/2010 ) |
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Adding punch to food bowl
THE push to turn the Ovens and King valleys into a food bowl will hit top gear this month, with Wangaratta Unlimited set to launch a marketing prospectus. ---> |
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HERITAGE HUNTERS
John Brown (left), Wally Mortimer (centre) and Jack Goodwin are on a mission. ---> |
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Surgeon helps neighbors in Timor Leste
Children with burns was the most common injury Wangaratta surgeon Frank Miller had to attend to during his recent two week visit to Dili in Timor Leste (East) on a trip sponsored by the Royal Australian College of Surgeons. ---> |
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Bikes playing a big part in tourism boom
WANGARATTA is becoming an increasingly popular destination for holiday tourists. ---> |
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Water study next month?
RESULTS of the long-awaited Ovens-Murmungee Aquifer Study are expected to be known next month. ---> |
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WHAT A CRACKER
Lightning lit up the sky in Wangaratta on Thursday night, with the accompanying thunder shaking the odd house, and causing cats and and dogs to to freak out. ---> |
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Senator here for aged care forum
PROBLEMS in aged care are many, with too few solutions of change to help those at the coalface - the nurses - and the facilities, which are suffering from a severe lack of funding. ---> |
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Bruck braces for tough year
BRUCK Textiles chief executive officer Alan Williamson is taking a “cautious” approach to 2010. ---> |
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Best green tea yield, quality
ITO EN Australia Green Tea is enjoying its best year since opening its North Wangaratta processing plant five years ago. ---> |
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Life changing love of music
A PASSION for music and teaching has brought Mel Taylor-Ryan back to Wangaratta almost two decades after she left. ---> |
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Stop umps abuse
NEW Wangaratta Umpires Board president Shane Downie has hit the ground running in his first year in the head position, declaring umpires are an integral part of the game and clubs need to start treating them with more respect. ---> |
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No track problems
THE Wangaratta Turf Club’s track problems look to be a thing of the past with club chief exceutive officer Malcolm Hart saying the surface was in superb condition for today’s mid-week meet and that the rain last week had added the finishing touches. ---> |
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Skipper leads charge
WHOROULY/Gapsted has done its best to avoid the battle for the final two remaining spots in the finals by producing a commanding batting display on day one of its clash with the Wangaratta Magpies on Saturday. ---> |
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