The inaugural Horsham Indoor Antique and Classic Motor Show run by Horsham Rotary Club comes to Horsham Secondary College’s assembly hall this weekend. Rotary Club past president Neville Thomas and current president Bill Williams are pictured with a 1932 Douglas Mastif, just one of the many antique motorcycles that will be on

Ararat v Stawell (Sunday)
Both sides will look to keep their finals hopes alive when they clash in this traditional derby on Sunday.
When the sides last met it was a six goal final term that won the game for the Warriors, only after very little separated the two teams all day. Ararat coach Scott Turner will be looking

Rupanyup and Kalkee
Depth and class will ensure that Kalkee continue their unbeaten run in season 2009 in the top-of-the-table clash with Rupanyup.
Kalkee's lesser lights Harry Young, Luke Byrne, Eddie Booker and Phil Streeter have rarely put a foot wrong this season and when combined with the likes of Steve Schultz,

Horsham owned and trained greyhound Boozeroo stamped herself as a star of the future by taking out the $72,500 group one Hawkins Media Laurels at Sandown Park last week.
Four-time group finalist Nova Surf started a raging $1.30 favourite on TAB, however Darren McDonald's exciting youngster couldn't match the early pace as

Stawell coach Maria Flood is confident her team can push league powerhouse Ararat all the way in this week’s Wimmera Netball Association match of the round.
And an upset win is very important according to Flood, as Stawell attempt to build some momentum and remain in the race for a top three position.
Sitting in

Popular country musician Paul Costa will perform at Horsham Sports and Community Club this Sunday.
Paul Costa is a rising star in country music circles and ever since his debut album Walkin' In These Shoes in 2004 has produced hit after hit.
He has produced fresh and exciting music that has seen Paul jump emphatically

The response to the Stawell Community Solar offer has stunned the Stawell Climate Action Group with 50 residents signing up to install solar electricity systems.
There has been some concern from participating households about the early rebate deadline sprung by the federal government. However the rebate applications of all 50

Getting the most out of team or staff members through ‘positive affirmation’ was a fundamental message to emerge from a Leadership Wimmera 2009 Graduates Network Dinner in Horsham.
Horsham-based government and community leader Terry Lewis used an opportunity as keynote speaker at the dinner to stress the benefits

Rupanyup mum Sheri Garton and 14-month-old son Frazer test out their new Serena leather recliner lift chair with the help of Action Aids managing director Bronson Young. Sheri won the prize, valued at almost $2000, in a competition run in The Weekly Advertiser over recent months. Sheri said she was making space in the lounge room at

A new music festival taking place near Ararat later this year is expected to attract more than 4000 visitors to the region.
The inaugural Blueprint Festival features more than 40 home grown artists performing over four days from September 18-21.
Headlining the festival are ARIA award winning Perth band The Panics, former

Australian football legend Ron Barassi chats with 3WM sports reporter David Berry during a visit to Horsham last week. The triple premiership coach was in the Wimmera as a guest of ACE Radio and took the time to chat to as many football fans as possible. The 73-year-old still has a great passion for the game he played and coached more

A confronting production looking at the 2006 Cole Inquiry into the AWB kickbacks scandal ended its regional tour in the heart of Victoria’s wheatbelt, delivering a final show at Horsham Town Hall on Thursday night . Performance company Version 1.0’s Deeply Offensive And Utterly Untrue took its name from a quote by former

Horsham United v Nhill
The match of the day and one only has to remember back to the first time these two met – when the Diggers won a 50 goal shoot out by a kick – just how big this game will be.
Both teams go into the match on the back of winning form, have no injuries to worry about and are looking to

Laharum v Harrow Balmoral
Confidence or lack of it will be Laharum’s biggest enemy when they slump to their third defeat in a row at the hands of an ever improving Harrow Balmoral. The Demon backline has for a number of years been seen as susceptible and they will face plenty of pressure this week trying to contain James

Junior tennis player and 2008 Sports Star of the Year award finalist Lachie King has returned from training with Tennis Victoria at the National Academy in Melbourne.
The National Academy caters to elite junior tennis players in Victoria and extended a rare opportunity to Lachie after his individual success at

The match of the round for Wimmera Netball Association is a toss up between Stawell versus Horsham Saints and Minyip Murtoa and Horsham.
The competition below stand out teams Ararat and Warrack Eagles is very close, with Nhill sitting third ahead of Stawell and the Saints.
Minyip Murtoa scored a four goal win over the

Sadako Sasaki was only two when the atom bomb was dropped on her home town of Hiroshima. Now a lively and feisty 12 year old, Sadako dreams of becoming her country’s greatest athlete.
Yet before her 13th birthday, Sadako learns that, like many other children of Hiroshima, she has leukaemia as a result of radiation from

Two pounds in the region have 11 animals in desperate need of a new home.
Northern Grampians Shire Council has five animals available for adoption.
1. Cat, grey and white male, desexed. Friendly cat available to adopt.
2. Cat, black-grey female. Friendly and ready to adopt.
3. Pomeranian male, friendly and

One of Australia’s leading authorities on sustainable agriculture will headline a list of presenters at several forums designed to explore the agricultural potential of the Wimmera Mallee Pipeline.
Former Chief of CSIRO Land and Water Dr John Williams will join key stakeholders, decision-makers and guests at the In The

Primary school children sampling salinity levels have seen first-hand the benefits of a piped water supply reaching the northern Wimmera and southern Mallee.
Youngsters involved in Wimmera Community Waterwatch Saltwatch sessions have recorded a dramatic change in salt levels in some areas of water across the northern part of

Grampians Tourism has welcomed two new industry based members to its board of local government, Parks Victoria and industry partners.
In welcoming Andrew Dyer and Aaron Davis, independent chairman Ross Hatton paid tribute to the pair’s committment to the industry.
“The skills, knowledge and background both

Western District Employment Access (WDEA) brings an extensive knowledge of the employment industry to the Wimmera and district and is excited about the prospect of working with job seekers and local businesses.
Set to open its doors Wimmera-wide on July 1, WDEA brings more than 20 years of successful employment experience

West Wimmera Health Service has won a gold award for its 2008 annual report, its second golden win in as many years.
The prestigious award, decided by the independent not-for-profit Australasian Reporting Awards, was presented at a ceremony in Melbourne.
“This is an outstanding result for WWHS and puts our

Horsham College students Tom Miatke, Emma Rissmann and Loucas Vettos are busy preparing for their starring roles in the new school production Leader Of The Pack but took time out of the busy rehearsal schedule on Tuesday to record commercials at MIXX FM to promote the show. Leader Of The Pack is a jukebox musical based on the life of

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