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  Cherry’s writing dream comes true

  For aspiring authors out there, who think it is too late to write their great Australian novel, take inspiration from Cherry Morgan, who has just had her first book published at the age of 78. A resident of East Grampians Health Service’s 70 Lowe Street, Cherry is quite overwhelmed by the fact that her murder […]

  By Craig Wilson13 August 2023
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  Disability champion farewelled

  IT would be hard if not impossible to find someone who has done more for people with disabilities that Deborah Verdon.
  Throughout the region, Deb is known as a fearless warrior defending the rights of and fighting for better outcomes for people with disabilities.
  But after almost 23 years as the Executive Officer of Grampians disAbility Advocacy, the time has come to move on.
  This week, colleagues and friends gathered at Ararat RSL to mark the retirement of Deb Verdon.
  She told the Ararat Advocate it had been an amazing job which can deliver positive results and change lives.

  By Craig Wilson25 July 2023