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  • Kelly judged a top wool classer

    MAROONA’s Kelly Gellie has been recognised by her peers as one of Australia’s best wool classers.
    At the recent Sydney Royal Easter Show, Ms Gellie won first prize in the AWEX/TAFE National Graduate Wool Classer competition, beating entrants from across the country.
    The win is even more remarkable considering Ms Gellie has only held her wool classing certificate since July 2023.
    Kerrin Gellie, father-in-law to Kelly, has also been recognised by AWEX for 50 years as a wool classer with a framed certificate marking his service.

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  • Wilf gets the gold

    By Ellen Anderson. THE Masters Swimming Australia Long Course State Championships took place at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre in Albert Park on last Sunday. Among the remarkable competitors was Ararat’s own Wilfred Dickeson. The former Richmond footballer has in recent years rekindled his passion for swimming, and as he nears 81 he’s still […]

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  • Residents invited to discuss crime

    ARARAT residents will have an opportunity to raise key law and order issues with police at a special forum next Thursday.
    The Northern Grampians Neighbourhood Policing Forum will explore topics including current crime trends in Ararat, crime prevention, family violence, road policing, drugs and drug related crime.
    The Ararat forum will be from 9.30am to 12.30pm on Thursday, April 18 at the Ararat Town Hall.
    To register please email [email protected].

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  • Service recognised

    BILL Jones is no stranger to Ararat.
    For a lifetime, Bill has been working towards the betterment of his local community and this week was recognised for service with an Australia Day Award.

    William Richard Jones OAM was this morning named as one of the recipients of Australia Day Awards from the office of the Governor General.
    Mr Jones was recognised as a “significant contributor” to the Ararat community through a variety of organisations including his stint as President of East Grampians Health Service, Freemasons Victoria and Ararat Rural City Council where he did two terms as Mayor.

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  • Obituary for Kingsley Moore Spalding 22-9-1924 to 26-12-2023

    You would be hard pressed to find a member of the Ararat community who didn’t know Kingsley Spalding. Kingsley – or Kinga as he was known to closest – was an unassuming man who achieved great things. Kingsley died on the 26th December at the Ararat Hospital. He had just experienced his 99th Christmas and […]

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  • Major disruption to mobile services

    TELSTRA customers could face disruptions in Ararat from tomorrow (Monday) as the telco undertakes an upgrade of its transmission facilities.
    Telstra advises that as part of its program to improve 4G and 5G capacity, the planned works will require a series of temporary outages or reduction in mobile coverage.
    Telstra advises there will be no mobile coverage from its central Ararat site from Monday the 4th of December to Friday the 8th of December.
    The mobile network will not be impacted on the weekend of the 9th and 10th of December but there will be further disruptions on Monday the 11th of December as Telstra completes its integration and call testing.

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