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Pakenham Gazette

27/08/2008
Lead Stories
IT'S cool to be back at school ... Kooweerup youngster Andrea Suica returned to Kooweerup Primary Sc
>>> For the full story, turn to Page 5. 21874 ...  (27/08/2008)

Noise on barrier
IT’S time for action. That’s the message from members of the Beaconsfield in Casey Residents Action ...  (27/08/2008)

Sophie eyes an idol
ALL eyes will be on a Maryknoll singer as she takes centre stage for the sixth series of Australian ...  (27/08/2008)

War veteran turns 90
WORLD War II veteran Hautrie ‘Harry’ Crick, who will turn 90 on Tuesday 2 September, will celebrate ...  (27/08/2008)

Hunt for mankini streaker
SO, WHO was the lad in the barely there Green Mankini last week? It was a question that many Gazette...  (27/08/2008)

Two-deck parks
PAKENHAM’S car parking woes may soon be solved, with plans for two-deck parks in the town’s central ...  (27/08/2008)

Seal of approval
BUNYIP’S Mary Street is likely to be sealed, but George Street is not, following a survey of affecte...  (27/08/2008)

Silver screen moves closer
LIGHTS, camera, action! Hollywood could soon be on its way to Pakenham, with Cardinia Shire chief ex...  (27/08/2008)

190km/h on bypass
AN ENDEAVOUR Hills man faces charges in relation to exceeding 190km/h on the Pakenham Bypass. Police...  (27/08/2008)

Set for big brands
HARVEY Norman and JB Hi-Fi are just some of the big brands that could soon be coming to Pakenham. Ca...  (27/08/2008)

Goon love is man-tastic- Nar Nar Goon Primary School students will have no problem finding lov
IF you’re a woman in search of love, then head down to Nar Nar Goon. The mural town is officially th...  (27/08/2008)

Christian school
CHAIRO Christian School students have welcomed new additions to their school. The students have been...  (27/08/2008)

Aldi to open doors
DISCOUNT supermarket Aldi will soon open its doors in Pakenham. Aldi spokesperson Kate Gittings has ...  (27/08/2008)

Roly takes stock after 44 years
PAKENHAM stock and station agent Roly Hewson has retired, after 44 years with the firm Alex Scott an...  (27/08/2008)

Use it or lose it
CARDINIA Shire Councillor Bill Pearson is pleading with residents to make the most of the Garfield P...  (27/08/2008)

Blue ribbon for trauma care
POLICE officers will lend a hand at the drive-through at McDonalds in Pakenham next month as part of...  (27/08/2008)

Storm of protest
NETBALL Victoria chief executive Susan Crow has crushed Gippsland Storm’s survival hopes once again....  (27/08/2008)

‘No surrender’ for Gippy girls
GIPPSLAND Storm is not going to meekly surrender – no matter how much Netball Victoria officials mus...  (27/08/2008)

All Other Stories
A little help from his friends
THE Bunyip community is rallying behind a young boy who is facing the toughest battle of his short l...  (27/08/2008)

Working on black spots
SOME of Cardinia’s black spots will soon be upgraded. The Federal Government will spend $464,000 to ...  (27/08/2008)

Home
Berwick’s Rob Hastings was a typical child. He dreamed of playing sport at the elite level, and spen...  (27/08/2008)

Parking, roads the hot issues
PARKING, roads and community engagement are some areas the Cardinia Shire Council needs to improve, ...  (27/08/2008)

IT theft
THIEVES stole two computers and a microwave valued at $3200 from an Emerald business. They forced en...  (27/08/2008)

School aerobics team makes its mark
EIGHT girls from the aerobics team of the Pakenham Consolidated School will compete at the national ...  (27/08/2008)

Boss takes industry focus
CREATING jobs and developing Pakenham as a major industrial and retail destination. That was the foc...  (27/08/2008)

Bank nets $620,000 ...and still counting
BEACONSFIELD’S District Community Bank steering committee has notched up $620,000 in pledges, but th...  (27/08/2008)

Survey ahead
THE Tooradin Community Bank branch committee will be sending out surveys across the Cardinia Casey r...  (27/08/2008)

Back from the Track on a high
LORRAINE Devine has been floating on cloud nine since she returned from Papua New Guinea last month,...  (27/08/2008)

Hills hands of help
FOUR women from the hills are offering a brighter future for the people of poverty-stricken Uganda i...  (27/08/2008)

Council on board for Nightrider
PAKENHAM’S night owls may soon have a hassle-free ride to the city, with the Cardinia Shire Council ...  (27/08/2008)

Anyone for tennis?
WORK will soon begin on a state-of-the-art tennis centre in Pakenham. A car park and drainage will b...  (27/08/2008)

Welcome cash for wildlife care
CARERS at the Maryknoll Wildlife Shelter will receive a $5000 grant to help injured and orphaned ani...  (27/08/2008)

Remembering the Monster Petition- The first people to sign the 2008 Monster Petition at Emeral
THE 2008 Monster Petition was launched in the hills last week to commemorate 100 years of women’s ri...  (27/08/2008)

Old crocs get a new look
WHEN Barry Willmott trucked a 1952 Austin A40 Sports from Adelaide to Dandenong, his first thought w...  (27/08/2008)

Club blossoms in just a decade
WHEN Meryl Waterhouse started the Pakenham Garden Club 10 years ago, she never dreamt it would ever ...  (27/08/2008)

For and against
READERS may recall that on Wednesday 14 May I wrote about my feelings from attending the dawn servic...  (27/08/2008)

Riding roughshod over our farmers
ENVIRONMENTAL arguments seem not to be a problem for the government if and when it decides to build ...  (27/08/2008)

A bright future
I HAD the pleasure of attending the Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) Cardinia branch 22nd annual d...  (27/08/2008)

Bumper bar stolen from car
THIEVES stole a front bumper bar from a car in Pakenham last week. They also stole front driving lig...  (27/08/2008)

Youth to build imaginary town
THE Cardinia Shire Council has announced the appointment of its artistic director for a visual image...  (27/08/2008)

Two charged over cannabis
POLICE charged two Cockatoo men last week for cultivating cannabis. Police charged a 40- year-old ma...  (27/08/2008)

Scout hike to mark 100 years
CARDINIA District Scouts followed in the footsteps of leaders from the early 1900s to celebrate 100 ...  (27/08/2008)

Million-dollar gem
GEMCO Players have plenty to sing about with its Emerald base set for a million-dollar boost. A 150-...  (27/08/2008)

Gold all round!
BASKETBALL, mini hockey and obstacle climbing were some of the events that pre-schoolers at Pakenham...  (27/08/2008)

Car sprayed
VANDALS sprayed a car with black spray paint in Gembrook last week. Police said offenders sprayed th...  (27/08/2008)

Pot bad luck
RAIDERS threw pot plants and other items from a display home into a swimming pool in Pakenham last w...  (27/08/2008)

Town makes it multicultural
IT WAS a multicultural day at Nar Nar Goon Primary School on Wednesday, as students celebrated the B...  (27/08/2008)

House damaged
ATTACKERS smashed windows of a house under construction in Egret Way, Pakenham, last week. Police sa...  (27/08/2008)

Gut-busting effort to wipe weeds
STUDENTS in the hills will be busting their guts as they weed gardens, parks and reserves next week....  (27/08/2008)

Smarter hi-fi
...  (27/08/2008)

Casey-Cardinia elimination final
during Saturday’s elimination final and the dejected Doveton players trudge off Toomuc Reserve i...  (27/08/2008)

MPNFL other leagues
PEARCEDALE crashed out of the 2008 Nepean league premiership race, going down by 76 points to F...  (27/08/2008)

Hallinan hangs up boots
TOM Hallinan’s decision to hang up his well-worn boots after Saturday’s elimination final loss to Ha...  (27/08/2008)

Casey Cardinia senior qualifying final
THE suspicion that there was daylight between the top two and the rest in the Casey Cardinia ...  (27/08/2008)

Magpies storm home
NARRE Warren shook off the effects of a lethargic third term and booted seven last-quarter goals to ...  (27/08/2008)

Fight mars Cranbourne win
AN UGLY brawl soured Cranbourne’s comfortable 49-point win over Doveton in Saturday’s elimination fi...  (27/08/2008)

Casey-Cardinia second semi-final preview
ROUND two of the main event in the 2008 Casey Cardinia Football League will take place at the Edwin ...  (27/08/2008)

Casey-Cardinia first semi-final preview
HAMPTON Park has to be rated a serious chance of winning its second final and progressing to a preli...  (27/08/2008)

Leaders set to pinch top award
YOU probably don’t need to go past the top three sides to find the winner of the 2008 MPNFL Casey C...  (27/08/2008)

Just who
‘SEX and drugs and rock-and-roll’-that’s what the song says, but what has that got to do with footba...  (27/08/2008)

Last minute goal sinks Scorpions
COBURG’s goal in the dying minutes on Saturday has knocked the Casey Scorpions out of the VFL’s top ...  (27/08/2008)

Casey Cardinia netball preview
THE heat will be on between ROC and Tooradin this weekend, with plenty of spice expected between the...  (27/08/2008)

EDFL preliminary final preview
THE stakes could not be any higher for Nar Nar Goon and Lang Lang this week in the EDFL preliminary...  (27/08/2008)

Homes go on show
MEMBERS of the Drouin Lions Club will host a garden and home show expo at Lardner Park, Warragul, in...  (27/08/2008)

Da Capo concert
THE Da Capo Singers will host Da Capo After Dark next month. The concert, on 13 September, will feat...  (27/08/2008)

Lasting contribution
YANNATHAN farmer John Coleman was awarded the trophy for the Cardinia branch of the Victorian Farmer...  (27/08/2008)

By Jim Mynard
OFFICER winemaker Benny D’Angelo has a passion for wine, and a long list of awards means he makes go...  (27/08/2008)

Rock Ruckus hits hotel
ROCK band Ruckus will hit the Nar Nar Goon Hotel this Saturday night. The band’s repertoire features...  (27/08/2008)

Showjumper looks to London
DAYS after his tumultuous Olympic debut in Hong Kong, Tonimbuk showjumper Matt Williams has set his ...  (27/08/2008)

Chantal brings
PAKENHAM-raised kayaker Chantal Meek capped a 15-year career in competitive paddling with an Olympic...  (27/08/2008)

Draw ends story of the Storm
GIPPSLAND Storm fell agonisingly short of a fairytale ending at the State Netball and Hockey Centre ...  (27/08/2008)

Pie winner has mates aplenty
GEMBROOK-Cockatoo Football Club needs no excuse to toast its captain Craig Clarke, but the Brookers ...  (27/08/2008)

Club on
LANG Lang will host Australia’s richest coursing event this weekend, with some of the country’s prem...  (27/08/2008)

Netballer to speak
AUSTRALIAN netball glamour girl Sharelle McMahon is taking time out of her hectic training schedule ...  (27/08/2008)

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