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Street art brightens breezeway
THE breezeway linking Barkly Street with the K-Hub car park has taken on a bright new look.
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.
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.
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.
Ben is top of his class
YOUNG farmer Ben Hartwich has been voted top of the class by his peers, winning a prestigious award at Sydney’s Royal Easter Show.
23-year-old Ben was named National Merino Sheep Young Judge Champion, beating entries from all other states and New Zealand.
Farmers market coming in spring
THE Ararat region will soon be home to a farmers market, with council finalising plans with the Pomonal community to host the new monthly event.
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 […]
Ararat man ‘floored’ by $100,000 payday
AN Ararat man is looking forward to relaxing into his retirement after scoring $100,000 in a recent Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw. The man won the guaranteed 1st prize of $100,000 in Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw 10597, drawn on Wednesday 22 June 2022. The life-enhancing entry of two random numbers was purchased at Ararat’s […]