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Pakenham Gazette

16/05/2007
Lead Stories
Games fish have a $50,000 catch
CASEY Council will consider spending $50,000 to restore three ceremonial aquatic sculptures used du...  (16/05/2007)

Goon on song!
THEY came, they saw and they conquered Nar Nar Goon. Triple M’s breakfast team The Cage finally rol...  (16/05/2007)

Pair helps German POWs break free of payout anomaly
TWO of the district’s most respected senior citizens have played a vital role in winning a battle to...  (16/05/2007)

Hear today…
A BIRTHDAY morning tea in Pakenham helped Australian Hearing celebrate 60 years of service on Monday...  (16/05/2007)

In a word it’s Daics
FORMER Collingwood champion Peter Daicos visited Nar Nar Goon Primary School last Thursday for the s...  (16/05/2007)

Arm broken in bar attack
A MAN had his arm broken when attacked with a metal bar near Thomas Street, Pakenham, in the early ...  (16/05/2007)

Umps lift Nyora ban
UMPIRES will continue officiating senior Ellinbank and District Football League (EDFL) games involvi...  (16/05/2007)

Green philosophy a pet project
THE environmental sustainability award was one of the most difficult to decide according to judges, ...  (16/05/2007)

Song gets top score
NAR NAR GOON’S own ‘suburban song’ got the thumbs up from the people who mattered most. The much-hyp...  (16/05/2007)

Friendly banter on the airwaves
TRIPLE M’s Nar Nar Goon experience has been enjoyable for all involved, but two local business propr...  (16/05/2007)

Woman clocked 50km/h over limit
PAKENHAM Police say thay have caught a 29-year-old Berwick woman travelling at more than 90 kilometr...  (16/05/2007)

Aircraft over weight says crash report
A LIGHT plane that crashed at Clyde North, killing two people, was overweight and not balanced for a...  (16/05/2007)

Life of serendipity among the lavender
TOURISM finalist Serendipity Lavender Farm is much more than the name suggests. As well as being an ...  (16/05/2007)

Cardinia rates up 7pc
RATES will rise in Cardinia Shire by an average of seven per cent per property this year. The $50 mu...  (16/05/2007)

Drink driving charge
POLICE say a Pakenham woman recorded a blood-alcohol reading almost four-times the legal limit when ...  (16/05/2007)

All Other Stories
Election budget’s family boost
FAMILIES and the elderly will be the big winners from the Federal Budget, according to local Liberal...  (16/05/2007)

Police alert as thieves go on car crime spree
POLICE are urging residents to take more responsibility for their own security and property after an...  (16/05/2007)

Trek recalls
THREE Kooweerup men recently returned from a gruelling 10-day trip to the Kokoda Trail, the site of ...  (16/05/2007)

Sailing dream turns to nightmare
FROM the time he was a small boy, Berwick’s Colin Tidball thought of no career other than going to s...  (16/05/2007)

Council looks at DIY building
CASEY Council will investigate the feasibility of starting its own building company. The council for...  (16/05/2007)

Unique business taste
THE Grayn Restaurant has taken out the Food and Wine category of the 2007 Cardinia Business Awards. ...  (16/05/2007)

Good news in Budget for Jimmy
TRACEY Webber almost burst into tears last Wednesday when she discovered that Aldurazyme, a life sav...  (16/05/2007)

Stars for children
WINDERMERE Child and Family Services will hold an inaugural 20Futures Gala night at Sofitel Melbourn...  (16/05/2007)

140 hear Cancer
THE Inner Wheel Club of Narre Warren celebrated the 10th annual International Women’s Day Dinner at ...  (16/05/2007)

Victoria from slab huts to mansions
ARCHITECTURAL historian and archaeologist Dr Kerry Jordan explained the development of Victoria’s ol...  (16/05/2007)

Residents urged to speak up
COCKATOO residents have been urged to have their say on a new blueprint for their town’s development...  (16/05/2007)

Police close party
AN 18th birthday party spiralled out of control in the early hours of Sunday morning when a brawl br...  (16/05/2007)

No chapel bliss
A REVIVED bid to create a rural wedding haven has again been quashed by civic leaders. Cardinia coun...  (16/05/2007)

Red Cross honour
BERWICK-Upper Beaconsfield Red Cross Branch member Jenny Coventry has received the Australian Red Cr...  (16/05/2007)

Match jaw break probe
POLICE are investigating an incident that occurred during the final quarter of a senior Ellinbank an...  (16/05/2007)

Lend a hand, urges brigade
PAKENHAM CFA desperately needs donations to finish building a state-of-the-art fire truck it started...  (16/05/2007)

Casey ponders CFA funding
CASEY Council will consider buying a group support vehicle for the Country Fire Authority (CFA). Dur...  (16/05/2007)

Hanging out with leaders
NAR Nar Goon Primary School’s 2007 leadership group happily received their badges on Monday 30 April...  (16/05/2007)

New principal feels at home
NICOLE Bottriel has been at Bayles Regional Primary School only for a month, yet the new principal a...  (16/05/2007)

Bid for satellite
PAKENHAM fire fighters are keen to have a presence on both sides of town. Concerned that the rapid s...  (16/05/2007)

There’s plenty of room at the Inn
MULTIPLE Sclerosis sufferer Karen Henwood wants others who suffer in the area to know that help is a...  (16/05/2007)

Pat’s a true yarn-spinner
GEMBROOK’S Pat Wallace is spinning up a storm – and sheep and goats had better watch their fleece. ...  (16/05/2007)

Peter loves
UPPER Beaconsfield car enthusiast Peter Deering is from the old school. Mr Deering, who is in his 6...  (16/05/2007)

It’s story time
STORY time sessions will be held in libraries in the City of Casey to celebrate National Families We...  (16/05/2007)

Salvos in need of knockers
PAKENHAM’S Salvation Army is calling for doorknockers for this month’s Red Shield Appeal. In recent...  (16/05/2007)

Soccer set to rule
I HAVE been expressing concern for a decade now that soccer and perhaps other games such as rugby wi...  (16/05/2007)

Ode to poor Kristy Harty
JOHNNY Dirny died in about 1750 on a far-flung battlefield. Who was Johnny Dirny? I recall many year...  (16/05/2007)

Shedding light on village plan
IAN Chisholm in his letter to the editor, Gazette Wednesday 9 May, could have raised a pertinent poi...  (16/05/2007)

Old Digger discovers the Anzac spirit
ANZAC Day this year evoked special memories for Pakenham Upper’s Ken Bathurst and his father Alan. T...  (16/05/2007)

RSL keeps control of memorial
CASEY councillors came out in support of the RSL when Four Oaks Ward councillor Rob Wilson moved to...  (16/05/2007)

Perfect picnic in the park
BERWICK Brae Retirement Village residents celebrated Easter with a picnic in Wilson Botanic Park. Be...  (16/05/2007)

Linings a welcome addition
MATHS is turning into an addiction at Pakenham Consolidated School. In a development that may surpri...  (16/05/2007)

Schools encouraged into chaplaincy
RIVER Gum Ward councillor Wayne Smith has praised the chaplaincy program in schools. He told a Casey...  (16/05/2007)

District icon to stay in Tooradin
TIDEMASTER Tours, now a district icon, will remain at Tooradin. New owners Glen and Eileen O’Gorman ...  (16/05/2007)

Seniors hit the waves
RADIO for seniors will be aired on 97.7FM at noon on Mondays. Senior citizens have designed and will...  (16/05/2007)

Casey-Cardinia league round 3
HAMPTON Park coach Jason Chapple demanded respect for his side after Saturday’s dominant 45-point wi...  (16/05/2007)

Junior series cancelled
CASEY Cardinia League under 18 stars will not get the chance to prove themselves the best in the MPN...  (16/05/2007)

MPNFL other leagues
FRANKSTON YCW shot to the top of the Peninsula League ladder after touching up reigning premiers Che...  (16/05/2007)

Sharp Magpies thrill the fans
NARRE WARREN hammered home Berwick’s inadequacies in almost every area of its game with a 111-point ...  (16/05/2007)

Cranbourne has a field day
CRANBOURNE swamped Beaconsfield after half time at Casey Fields on Saturday to record a season-defin...  (16/05/2007)

Eagles wilt after good start
BEACONSFIELD seniors took on Cranbourne in perfect football conditions at the immaculate Casey Field...  (16/05/2007)

Casey-Cardinia preview round 4
NARRE WARREN will enter this week’s match of the day against Hampton Park as favourites on the stren...  (16/05/2007)

Superules
BEACONSFIELD third division superules side lost their second game for 2007 when Murrumbeena won by 1...  (16/05/2007)

Officers’ aim astray
IN A very competitive match Officer under 16s had their fair share of the ball but tended to kick po...  (16/05/2007)

Brookers fail their third test
A LACKLUSTRE third quarter proved to be the main difference for Gembrook-Cockatoo at the weekend aga...  (16/05/2007)

Slow start costs young Brookers
GEMBROOK-Cockatoo’s under 16s got off to a slow start again yesterday, and it cost them the game. A ...  (16/05/2007)

Stingrays chase national spots
DANDENONG Stingrays had a bye on the weekend to allow the first round of Under 18 national selection...  (16/05/2007)

Injury takes its toll
THE Emerald Football Club travelled to Belgrave to play in dusty, sandy conditions. SENIORS It w...  (16/05/2007)

Great day for Berwick
BERWICK had a fantastic day out last week against Narre Warren with all grades coming away with stro...  (16/05/2007)

Seniors soar as juniors struggle
BEACONSFIELD Netball Club’s under age teams had a tough time against what were strong Cranbourne lin...  (16/05/2007)

Tooradin too good
THE Tooradin A-grade squad was depleted this week by injuries to Shona Wells and Michelle Barnes. L...  (16/05/2007)

Pakenham wrecked by ROC
PAKENHAM A grade was keen to start well and did so, applying great pressure to ROC across the entire...  (16/05/2007)

Good old Sheepy forever!
IT ALMOST upstaged the football at HAMPTON PARK on Saturday. As the players walked off at half-time ...  (16/05/2007)

They’re killing our game!
I TURN AFL footy off these days more than I turn it on. That’s pretty sad considering I’ve spent mos...  (16/05/2007)

WGLFL preview round 6
Garfield has been champing at the bit to make its mark on the WGLFL since the two-division competiti...  (16/05/2007)

Contenders set to glow
THE West Gippsland Latrobe Football League has been dominated by Maffra Football Club for four years...  (16/05/2007)

WGLFL review round five
GARFIELD made another telling statement with a crushing 104-point victory over Moe. The Stars put th...  (16/05/2007)

Brookers unsettled in first quarter
THE margins between a loss and a win are reducing each week and Gembrook Cockatoo Netball Club’s B –...  (16/05/2007)

Garfield notches up a big one
GARFIELD Netball Club’s A grade team’s first quarter against Moe was the highest scoring for the tea...  (16/05/2007)

Drouin shares the honours
Drouin came out on top in three of its six matches against tough opposition with Leongatha full of f...  (16/05/2007)

Disappointing loss for Goon
NAR NAR Goon A Grade netball team had a disappointing loss this week to a desperate and improved Ni...  (16/05/2007)

Cora Lynn begins strongly
CORA Lynn’s A-Grade netball team started off strongly keeping up with Kooweeerup in the first quarte...  (16/05/2007)

EDFL review round 5
BUNYIP’S good form continued after it recorded a 72-point victory over Ellinbank. It wasn’t all sm...  (16/05/2007)

Blues in the black
AFTER three highly competitive quarters, Catani seniors finished the better to grind out a solid win...  (16/05/2007)

EDFL preview round six
Two blockbuster matches highlight round six. The first will see the vastly improved Poowong play ho...  (16/05/2007)

EDFL match of the day – round 5
AFTER disappointing recently in big matches, Longwarry answered its critics in the best possible way...  (16/05/2007)

Pakenham set to join soccer revolution
PAKENHAM looks set to become the latest area to embrace the countrywide soccer boom. Renowned tennis...  (16/05/2007)

Laing’s jumpers loom large
CRANBOURNE trainer Robbie Laing signalled his intention to be a serious contender for the big prize...  (16/05/2007)

Amber’s driving a work of art
NAR Nar Goon racing car star Amber Anderson introduced a new tactic in round two of the 2007 aPorsc...  (16/05/2007)

Baw Baw turns on the style
BAW Baw fared extremely well in round three in Hockey Victoria’s 2007 Winter Competition as the seve...  (16/05/2007)

Ackaoui triumphs on Lakes course
EMIL Ackaoui’s 45 points was the best score returned when Beaconhills members played a stableford co...  (16/05/2007)

Ford wins in a countback
THE Ladies Stroke Competition at Berwick Montuna on Saturday 28 April was won on a countback by Loui...  (16/05/2007)

Pakenham hosts foundation event
THE Stableford and “Foundation for Young Australia” qualifier was played at Pakenham last Saturday w...  (16/05/2007)

Traralgon too strong
TRARALGON edged out Moe in a close tussle in the Women’s Golf West Gippsland Pennant at Drouin on 7 ...  (16/05/2007)

Mouser, Simons hit +13
DARREN Mouser and Tony Simons won the first round of the 4 Ball Championship at Garfield Golf Club o...  (16/05/2007)

Warriors show fighting spirit
The sixth round saw a welcome return to the court for the Pakenham Warriors Men’s team while it was ...  (16/05/2007)

Officer salutes its best
...  (16/05/2007)

Berwick and District Tennis Association
THE battle for ladder supremecy at the top of the BDTA winter section one and section two tables ho...  (16/05/2007)

Maryknoll on top
MARYKNOLL finished the weekend on top of the West Gippsland Ladies Mid-Week Tennis ladder after edgi...  (16/05/2007)

Nar Nar Goon awards players
NAR Nar Goon-Maryknoll Cricket Club wound up another successful season at its recent presentation of...  (16/05/2007)

Prizes for racegoers, too
Patrons attending this Thursday’s Warragul harness racing meeting will have a chance to share in clo...  (16/05/2007)

Piranhas present awards
The Cardinia Piranhas Swim Club held its presentation night at Castello’s Hotel Pakenham on 23 April...  (16/05/2007)

Kooweerup rewards its stars
...  (16/05/2007)

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