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Storm hammers valley
LUCKY ESCAPE: A resident was lucky to escape when this tree fell in Marysville (below). By KATH GANNAWAYMARYSVILLE was among the areas hardest hit when…
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Debutantes on the ball
MEMORABLE: Healesville Rotary Club orchestrated another memorable event for Healesville debutantes and their partners. Photo courtesy of Glen Mandl Photography, Lilydale. TWENTYFOUR young debutantes and…
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Art lifts SES fundraising raffle
FUND RAISING: Healesville artist Christine CafarellaPearce (centre) has donated a painting to Healesville SES deputy controller operations Geoff Stott and deputy controller administration Karen Picone.…
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Boy from the bush
HAPPY DAYS: Fred and Elaine Lay with sister Ina and Vic Bell.MAN OF HIS TIME: Fred Lay. By KATH GANNAWAYBorn: 4 October 1922 Died: 14…
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Ruby Cat purrs into prominence
RUBY’S GIRLS: Kate Lorey, Tess and Jacinta Birchall. By KATH GANNAWAYTIMES are a changing in Yarra Glen … and, as you might expect, dynamic mother…
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Juniors thrill the crowds at Woori
PREMIERS: UpweyTecoma’s Under 11s put up a brilliant fight against a hardplaying Wandin to claim the first flag of the day. By DOUG EVANSTHE Dandenong…
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Oakridge celebrates new arrivals
CHEERS: Oakridge visitor centre supervisor Fiona Hughes with a bottle of the recently released Oakridge 2001 Vintage Sparkling. WITH the arrival of spring, Oakridge is…
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Valley rifle club book triggers state praise
PASSION FOR HISTORY: By DION TEASDALEA HISTORICAL account of rifle clubs in the Yarra Valley has been praised by the State Government. The publication, Rifle…
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Flags fly proudly for Games
FLYING HIGH: Seymour MP Ben Hardman (centre) presented Healesville High School with a Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games flag earlier this month. Pictured with Mr Hardman…
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Net results
Section 8 Mixed: (From left) Xio Mai Lin, Philip Egglestone, Linley Wade, Mark Williams, Jesse Arundel, Ashley Frenken and Jan Taylor. HEALESVILLE Tennis Club was…
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Come up and see her…
THE Girl Who Couldn’t Quite made its stage debut at St Martins Theatre in London in 1947. It was holding up well some eight years…
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Games of survival
AMBASSADORS: Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Environment ambassador Rob Gell last week visited one of the games mascots, Karak Junior, at Healesville Sanctuary. By DION TEASDALETWO…