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<description><![CDATA["OUTSTANDING" community spirit was showcased at the Lake Boga Commercial Hotel last weekend, when $5269 was raised for local Country Fire Authority (CFA) volunteers. Publican Honey Richmond said the hotel was thrilled with the weekend's proceedings...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[SWAN Hill will burst at the seam next weekend when the annual Food and Wine Festival returns to the heart of the Murray. Known as one of the biggest food events in regional Victoria, the three-day event showcases Swan Hill's best producers, growers...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[RIVER Purtill's life was celebrated doing things he loved to do. There was a jumping castle, dunk tank, arts and craft and face painting. But, while there was one cheeky, "tough as nails" four-year-old missing, River enabled his friends to grab life...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[SWAN Hill Lawn Tennis Club senior singles club championship finals will be played this Saturday morning at 10am. Last Saturday morning saw three semi-finals played in what can only be described as ideal conditions. In the ladies draw, club stalwart...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[SWAN Hill municipality residents can chat to councillors over a coffee, beginning tomorrow. Coffee with a councillor sessions are returning this year, giving the community an informal chance to talk to councillors over a coffee, about their ideas...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[SWAN Hill Rural City Council will be among the first 40 councils across the state to transition to a four-bin recycling system from next year, but says it requires more detail to determine how the scheme will be implemented. The state government...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ZERO Waste Swan Hill founder Sarina Kelly has labelled the Victorian Government's four-bin recycling scheme as the "best news ever". "I think it's great, the state parliament held an inquiry into the waste and recycling issues last year and it's...]]></description>
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<title>Around the Churches: 28/2/20</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ANGLICAN BIG day tomorrow for those born in a leap year, a once every fourth year birthday. It has been a big week also in the Anglican Church in Swan Hill, beginning with the parish AGM last Sunday. Most positions on parish council have been filled...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[SOLAR farms in Wemen and Bannerton are being forced to reduce their output following "unprecedented" technical issues. Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) said an issue in the transmission fault line for solar farms in the west Murray zone...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[BASKETBALL RESULTS Rd 10 (February 3-6)OPEN COMPETITIONMenBrick layers 72 (L Gardner) def Raptors 62 (S Nitschke)Bulldogs 67 (T Gilbert) def Flyers 40 Moula Chooks 50 (A Foott) def Dad's Army 29 (A Roberts)OG Dogs 10 def Fil-Aus 0WomenEagles 98 (E...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ANGLICAN THE bushfire appeal has already received $600 in donations during our bucket collections each Sunday. Tomorrow's boot sale team has committed all the day's takings to significantly raise that total, so please support with your dollars...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Grants to improvee-wasteUP to $2 million in grants are available to local councils and industry to improve e-waste infrastructure across the state. This new round of funding will focus on building e-waste reprocessing capability and capacity, while...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Murray Downs Men'sFebruary 6 and 7 - McLardy McShane Legends Tour ProAmON Thursday and Friday, the Legends were in town, with the likes of Peter Senior, Terry Price, Michael Long, Lucien Tinkler, John Wade and Glenn Joyner. A fun and spectacular...]]></description>
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<title>Letters to the Editor: 14/2/20</title>
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<description><![CDATA[No easy decisions ON behalf of the stop our place committee, I would like to make the following comments:It was obvious by the attendance in the public gallery at the special council meeting on Tuesday, estimated 100 persons plus, that there is...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[THIRTEEN members of the Nyah Two Bays/Swan Hill Swimming Club have earned the right to compete at the Victorian Country All Junior Championships. The club had 51 swimmers head to Marybourough on February 1 for a qualifying event for the district...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[SWAN Hill trainer Nathan Hobson will be eyeing his third consecutive $14,500 Elders Swan Hill Balranald Cup tomorrow, with his lone runner Free Willy aiming to improve on his runner-up finish last year. The nine-year-old stable favourite impressed in...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[MY open letter in today's edition includes all the details for community consultation sessions we have planned for Our Place – the new tourism and cultural building being planned for Monash Drive in Swan Hill. There will be five sessions from...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[BURGLARYPOLICE are investigating an alleged burglary of a Chapman Street home in Swan Hill. The offence is alleged to have occurred between 10am and 4.35pm on February 6. GRAFFITIUNKNOWN offenders have covered a Swan Hill school sign in graffiti...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[NINETEEN AFL Central Murray products have made the Bendigo Pioneers first list cut ahead of the 2020 season. The final decision was made in the week following a series of trial matches across February 1 and 2. Nine players are listed in the under 18...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[NYAH Nyah West United Football Netball Club's 11th annual fishing competition went down without a hitch as 82 boats and more than 165 participants hit the Murray River last weekend. The overall winner across the two-day, three session catch and...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[WOORINEN'S Margaret Schintler is among the many opposed to the Our Place building planned for Swan Hill's historic Pioneer Settlement. Speaking to The Guardian ahead of a special council meeting on the Our Place building at the Swan Hill Town Hall...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[AN analysis of the municipality's aquatics needs has recommended the closure and demolition of the existing Swan Hill outdoor pool, in favour of a 25-metre pool constructed at the leisure centre. But, council says no decision has been made, with...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[At odds with factsI WAS disappointed to read in The Guardian (Monday, February 3, 2020) a number of assertions by the Member for Murray which could lead readers to a distorted and ill-informed misunderstanding of recent events at Balranald Shire...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[COMMUTERS using V/Line services on Friday spent extra hours on public transport as industrial action brought trains to a halt. Those travelling on the Echuca, Swan Hill and Bendigo lines were forced to travel on buses while Rail Tram and Bus Union...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[THE legacy of former Swan Hill-based Detective Senior Constable Robert Lane is remembered this week, whose tragic murder was the foundation of a support service for the families of police members who have paid the ultimate price for their service to...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[MEMBER for Northern Victoria and agriculture minister Jaclyn Symes says any changes to the 2020 duck season will be announced "in due course". Ms Symes fielded questions in parliament around the delay in announcing the season, with some MPs...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[MEMBER for Murray Plains Peter Walsh has questioned the decision to scrap a five per cent annual burn target in the wake of the bushfires. Mr Walsh raised the issue in parliament last Wednesday, first as part of a condolence motion for bushfire...]]></description>
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