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GREEN WITH ENVY: Run-off at Green Lake, near Horsham, on the weekend has lifted hopes that the once-popular recreational waterway can be brought back to life with a floodwater allocation.

Posted by Weekly Advertiser in Community on 08 Sep 2010 at 04:51 am

A group of Horsham district landowners has used a snap visit to the Wimmera by Victorian political leaders to lobby for floodwater for near-empty lakes south-east of Horsham. The group appealed to Premier John Brumby to step in and direct authorities in charge of water-sharing arrangements to ‘seize the opportunity’ to combine flood mitigation with recreational development. It also put its case to coalition leaders Ted Baillieu and Peter Ryan who were also in the Wimmera early this week to assess the impact of flood. The group believes GWMWater and Wimmera Catchment Management Authority boards could easily resolve Horsham district flood issues during the next week by agreeing to direct water into Pine, Green or Dock lakes. Russell Peucker said flooding represented a potential windfall for all and failure to take advantage of the circumstance would reflect poorly on people making decisions. “We’ve been inundated at Laharum and for GWMWater and Wimmera CMA boards to not take advantage of the situation would be an act of sheer bloody mindedness,” he said. “We have the ability to mitigate flooding by running water from Huddlestons Weir into Taylors or Pine Lake. We can also take water from Burnt Creek at Dunns Corner at East Wonwondah, stop Burnt Creek water going into Horsham...
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GREEN WITH ENVY: Run-off at Green Lake, near Horsham, on the weekend has lifted hopes that the once-popular recreational waterway can be brought back to life with a floodwater allocation.

Wimmera Uniting Care chief executive Wendy Middleton, left, and Grampians Community Health’s Marianne Hendron enjoy the thought of life on the road when shown the mobile centre by project coordinator Justin Amor.

From left, Horsham North Renewal Manager Dave Tepper, Horsham mayor Cr Michael Ryan, Horsham Rural City chief executive Kerryn Shade and employment and learning coordinator Dave Terry make sure there’s plenty of food to go around.

GOODBYE TOWN HALL, HELLO SCHOOL: Horsham Rockers members Marg and John Finn celebrate the move to Horsham College senior site hall on Dimboola Road.

ON THE MOVE: Horsham North renewal manager Dave Tepper is moving from Horsham Community Action Centre to Salvation Army offices on the opposite side of Kalkee Road.

VISITOR: Horsham Rotarian Bob Mackley, left, with Danish exchange student Jonas Lotz.

CUTTING REMARKS: Horsham’s Bill Morrison was threatened with being banned from entry back into Australia after visiting his daughter overseas in the 1980s.

WHAT A FEELING: Member for Ripon Joe Helper congratulates Swan Hill Bus Lines’ Leigh Makepeace on the new St Arnaud to Stawell trial bus service.

Marnoo couple Charlie and Joy Newall look through a Second World War flight log book with Jenny Bouda, left, and Ian Heads. The immaculately kept record, handwritten by their pilot father George Heads shortly before his death in 1944, was one of only a few links the siblings had to their father, before the chance encounter with Mr Newall.

BRIDGING GAPS: Wimmera Uniting Care chief executive Wendy Middleton, left, chats with poverty educator Nairn Walker at the workshop on Tuesday.

LACE OUT: Wimmera Uniting Care’s Rod Stanford, left, receives part of the footwear donation from The Athlete’s Foot Horsham owner Paul Tudorovic.

Country singer John Canning entertains guests at Karkana.

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Come-and-try fly day

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The annual October festival is a finalist in the Prime Super Community Group of the Year category.

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Lake Bolac and District Historical Society is celebrating a major win in the 2010 Victorian Community History Awards.

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Rockers from across Victoria will gather in Horsham next month for an annual two-day Horsham rock ‘n’ roll festival.

Horsham Rockers, who have organised the event at Horsham Town Hall for the last 16 years, will shift camp to Horsham Colle...

Call for community grant applications

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Ararat Rural City Council has called for applications for its next round of community grants after allocating $33,209 to community groups across the municipality.

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on 18/08/2010 at 06:02 PM

Haven dog breeder Tiffany Evans will be showing nine-month-old Samoyed pup Nova this weekend as more than 90 breeds go on display at Horsham Wimmera Kennel Club’s annual all-breed championship at the rear of Horsham Showgrounds. Judging beg...

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Horsham Community Action Centre will close at the end of the month with the building set to resume as a family residence.

Staff had 60 days to find a new home for the centre when the owner of the Kalkee Road building ended the lease but a ...

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The Rotary Club of Horsham has welcomed it latest exchange student, Jonas Lotz from Roskilde, Denmark.

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