HAMILTON Rotary president Noel Howard welcomed 30 members, nine partners and five guests to celebrate the club’s milestone of 50 years since Hamilton North Rotary Club was chartered in 1974.

“THERE’S probably not many other sports similar to it – I think golf would be one, though; we don’t think on our feet like hockey or footy or AFL or anything like that. You play a shot and then you’ve got downtime. You switch on, switch off, and you try to have processes in order to do that successfully.”

BACK again for 2024 is the Glenthompson Art Show with some of the best creativity from the region on display at the War Memorial Hall on McLennan St. Gala Opening Night is this Friday, November 1 at 6-9pm with drinks and canapes on offer and winners announced.

THE woman who led a successful grassroots campaign to become the first independent member for the north-east Victorian electorate of Indi was in Yulecart last week to inspire a similar movement for Wannon in 2025.

THE Barker family added to its harness racing legacy, as Stacey trained her first winner on Friday at Maryborough.

MORE than 60 past and present residents and students of the Yulecart School came together to celebrate 100 years since the construction of the charming bluestone Hall.

MACARTHUR continues to make statements in the Hamilton and District Cricket Association A grade competition after the Demons thrashed Pigeon Ponds on Saturday to continue the climb up the premiership ladder after round three of the 2024-25 season.

A GROUP of Wannon electorate runners including Wannon MP, Dan Tehan, arrived in Terang recently finishing their charity run that started in Adelaide earlier this month.

SINGER, Emmanuel Kelly has hit the big time snagging the opening gig in support of global supergroup Coldplay when they kick off the Australian and New Zealand leg of their world tour this week.

THE 2024 Sportswoman of the Year awards night held extra significance, as Tricia Schiller and Emily Iredell won the senior and junior awards on Monday night.