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Upper Yarra Mail

17/02/2009
Lead Stories
Spines of steel
THE Steels Creek community came together on Saturday morning with mixed emotions. Their hub of commu...  (17/02/2009)

Threat hits home
UPPER YARRA residents were given a blunt reality check on Thursday night. At an emotion-charged meet...  (17/02/2009)

Foreign firemen join fire fight
AN INTERNATIONAL and interstate contingent of firefighters will continue to fight the blaze threaten...  (17/02/2009)

Trolley collector injured
HEALESVILLE supermarket trolley collector Michael Morrisey was fighting for his life on Sunday night...  (17/02/2009)

Healesville alert easing
AS THE smoke clears over the town of Healesville many tired eyes look to the blue sky above. For th...  (17/02/2009)

Good Friday for victims
THOUSANDS of shoppers ditched their usual shopping habits to support those affected by the bushfires...  (17/02/2009)

Brumby gets the message
CHUM Creek teenager Kelly Winter is just one of many young people who had their first terrifying exp...  (17/02/2009)

Tales of survival
A WEEK on, and it’s devastating to drive down Steels Creek Road and see the landscape reduced to ash...  (17/02/2009)

Crash claims gentle helper
GARETH Jones-Roberts junior died on Black Saturday doing what he always did- helping others. As his ...  (17/02/2009)

Just the clothes on her back
ISSUES like the Yarra Glen doctor and the bypass couldn’t be any further from community crusader Do...  (17/02/2009)

All Other Stories
Asbestos threat in fire clean-up
ASBESTOS is a further potential danger for Yarra Ranges residents returning to their properties in t...  (17/02/2009)

First thought for children’s safety
GLEN Johnston and partner Kate Richardson’s first thoughts after the bushfire roared through Narbeth...  (17/02/2009)

Wineries take a hit
WINERIES and vineyard managers are still assessing damage from the bushfires that ravaged Victoria o...  (17/02/2009)

Defiance saved their lives
“TRAPPED with no escape.” Kinglake’s Melanie Powell still comprehends the moment that, in reality, s...  (17/02/2009)

Shire in the thick of it
YARRA Range Shire council last week turned its chambers into a bushfire control centre. A Metropolit...  (17/02/2009)

Years of experience not enough
DESPITE Graeme Wilkinson’s years of experience with the Country Fire Authority, nothing could prepar...  (17/02/2009)

Wildlife comforts- One of the thousands of kangaroos injured in the bushfires. 27157 Picture:
COLDSRTREAM’S Carolyn Rodgers is calling for help to make life more comfortable for wildlife injured...  (17/02/2009)

Family’s loss
TAIS Soubra is picking up the pieces of her shattered life. She was left with just a bikini and beac...  (17/02/2009)

Run rate rewarded
BORONIA Cricket Club raised more than $1800 for the Red Cross Bushfire Appeal with a flood of runs a...  (17/02/2009)

Cunningham signs with Knox
KNOX Raiders SEABL women’s squad has shored up its chances for a finals berth this season with the s...  (17/02/2009)

Big changes to sports ground
KNOX councillors have given the green light to a $5 million Gilbert Park overhaul. They endorsed a l...  (17/02/2009)

Rundle Rumbles
WITH country week looming Danny Rundle awoke making 109 in The Basin’s score of 272 against Upper F...  (17/02/2009)

Teams picked for country week
FTGDCA 2009 Country Week squads Division 2 Player Club Ben Stallworthy Johnson Park Stephen Bowen ...  (17/02/2009)

A “Welsh” victory
FINE conditions, free-running fairways and a course rating of 67 led to some splendid golf at Emer...  (17/02/2009)

Hewitt cracks his maiden century
IT’S been slim pickings for Upwey-Tecoma’s under-17 XI this campaign but captain and opening batsman...  (17/02/2009)

Got the message
Yarra Glen has always been a close-knit town, but a couple of text messages to friends and family ha...  (17/02/2009)

Many hands for warm work
IT’S hard to believe right now, but winter will come. In Warburton a group of craftspeople have call...  (17/02/2009)

House of learning
THE Upper Yarra Community House, like TAFE or university, also offers qualifications that are nation...  (17/02/2009)

Hobby to business
TERRY Smith has been building and servicing trailers for more than 45 years. The Healesville residen...  (17/02/2009)

Home lost, game goes on
STEELS Creek Tennis Club member Rob Fellon was dealt a pretty nasty backhander last week, but on Sat...  (17/02/2009)

Traditional rivals turn on thriller
THE YVCA under-18s took on a traditional rival, the FTGDCA, at Knox Gardens in a game that was of a...  (17/02/2009)

Chased by fires
FOR Julie Bell, hell came out of a clear blue sky with the sound of “one thousand lions roaring”. ...  (17/02/2009)

‘Utter devastation’
“WORSE than I could ever imagine.” Marysville’s Jenny Pullen struggles to find words to describe the...  (17/02/2009)

Grim journey through ashes
AS THE white four-wheel-drive drove through the main street of Marysville last Monday, its occupants...  (17/02/2009)

Resilience
“WE are the second chimney on the left up Old Kinglake Road.” Rob Fallon had just come off the tenni...  (17/02/2009)

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