ONE of Victoria’s premier showcases of craftsmanship will have a double Portland influence this year.

LETTERS exchanged between the former Portland District Health board and the Health Department have cast serious doubts on the government agency’s claims that the board opposed the implementation of a report that would revolutionise the way the health service would recruit doctors.

PORTLAND brothers Daniel and Luke Storer have plenty to celebrate this week after claiming first and second spot at the Murray Bridge Speedway’s wingless sprints meeting on Saturday night.

WESTERN District Health Service (WDHS) surgeons and its theatre team have worked hard in recent weeks to ensure delayed appointments were rescheduled as quickly as possible.

REGISTRATIONS will open today at 11:00am exclusively to senior Victorians for 10,000 travel vouchers with the resumption of the popular Seniors Travel Voucher Scheme.

MANY sites around the Southern Grampians Shire testify strongly to past volcanic activity and last Wednesday, Council voted to adopt the Greater Hamilton Volcanic Trail Masterplan to take advantage of both the tourism and local recreational possibilities the locations offer.

TWO locals were arrested yesterday morning in relation to a burnt car that was found in Cavendish.

LAST week, around 15 local schools and community groups ventured outside to help clean up the Southern Grampians for Clean Up Australia Day.

FORMER Hamilton local, George Levett has spent the last two weeks on the frontline of the flood disasters in Queensland and New South Wales.

AFTER closing the doors for the final time earlier this year, Café Catalpa owners, Colin, Heather, and Michael Hilsdon donated the final day takings to the Western District Health Service (WDHS) MRI for U&I Appeal.