By KATH GANNAWAY
WARBURTON Primary School’s oldest former student and the youngest Preppie took top honours at the school’s Springfest this year.
Dick Leith, 91, and five-year-old Torah Balding cut a special cake celebrating 140 years of state school education in the town.
The festival is also a major fund-raiser for the school, and an opportunity to show what the school offers families, open the school to the wider community and community groups … and have fun.
Faces in the crowd included Casey MP Tony Smith and Eildon MP Cindy McLeish and comedian and puppeteer, Sammi J who added his special brand of fun to the auction.
School principal Damian Marley travelled through time to show how a headmaster of the 1870s might look, and donned his favourite bell bottoms to represent a 1970s principal.
“All round, it was a very successful day,” Mr Marley said. “The rain held off, we had bigger numbers than last year, lots of great stalls and a great selection of food and activities.”
