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  Thanks Schwabbie!

  IAN ‘Schwabbie’ Schwab has been doing the rural mail run to Ararat’s east for longer than most people can remember. For 20 years, Schwabbie has been delivering mail and packages to Ballyrogan, Buangor, Denicull Creek, Dobie, Langi Logan, Middle Creek, Mount Cole and Warrak. Schwabbie recently decided to call it a day, much to the […]

  By Craig Wilson3 July 2022
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  Kebab van takings stolen

  OZY Kokcu has lived in the Ararat community for 20 years.
  Many of us know him from his taxi driving days, and now from his kebab van which he runs from the Gum San carpark each week from Wednesday through to Sunday.
  Between Wednesday and Saturday of last week, a person or persons took the van’s takings from Mr Kokcu’s car, which totalled $4,000.

  By Craig Wilson3 July 2022
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  Lions benefit from pub raffle

  MONEY raised from the weekly raffle at Lake Bolac’s historic pub will be put to good use by the Willaura Lions Club.
  Publicans Bernie and Jason Parr donated the proceeds of the raffle – $1240.00 – to Willaura Lions during their meeting at the pub in early June.

  By Craig Wilson3 July 2022
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  Darren is a true Monopoly enthusiast

  LOCAL man Darren Lester is the proud owner of 130 sets of the much-loved board game, Monopoly.
  Mr Lester, who works at the prison when he is not chasing down rare Monopoly sets, has been collecting the game boards for the past four years.
  “Star Wars was one of my first sets,” he said of the collection, which also includes several sets of the standard board game.

  By Craig Wilson3 July 2022