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Mildura/Sport - Heat rewarded for a big year

Vinnie — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:16:41 GMT

THE re-signing of Heat basketball grand final hero Kevin Smith for Season 2011 augers well for the Basketball in Schools program.Big Kevin has been instrumental in encouraging hundreds of district school students to consider basketball as one of their sports of choice during his time in Sunraysia.The Markwell’s Toyota-sponsored program is likely to be expanded next season and beyond now that Smith has committed himself to Mildura Heat for another year.And that sits well with dealer principal Rod...

Mildura/Sport - 'Pigeon' visit proves to be a big hit

Vinnie — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:12:36 GMT

By VINNIE RODIANYONE who knows and loves their cricket would have heard of Glenn McGrath.A legend of the sport, and rightly regarded as Australia’s greatest fast bowler of all time, McGrath enjoyed close to 13 years at the top of his game, playing in a golden period for Australian cricket.And while now retired, and focused on family life, ‘Ooh Ahh, Glenn McGrath’ is still a term thrown around by cricket die-hards, with the man himself still able to pull a big crowd.Visiting Sunraysia last week t...

Mildura/Sport - Garry hopes for winning form

Vinnie — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:07:01 GMT

By VINNIE RODIMILDURA’S Garry Whinney has been hard in training recently, busily preparing for the 2010 Australian Transplant Games.Set to be held in Canberra next month, the Games will see transplant recipients from each State come together to compete in more than 24 sporting and recreational events, with the onus on having a good time.Essentially a “celebration of life,” the event aims to unite transplant recipients, donor families, living donors, and those waiting for donors, with the idea th...

Mildura/Art & Entertainment - Grinspoon on a mission to thrill

Vinnie — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:03:43 GMT

By VINNIE RODITHEY are arguably the kings of Australian rock, with a career spanning 15 years, winning a number of accolades and awards in that time.For veteran rockers ‘Grinspoon,’ the last 15 years have included a number of ‘thrills,’ with the group’s latest album ‘Six Minutes to Midnight’ the latest.Debuting at number six on the Australian charts, and set for release in Japan, ‘Six Minutes to Midnight’ will be the focus when Grinspoon visit Mildura next week.Set to perform at The Setts Bar an...

Mildura/Community - Guardian angels of our community

Vinnie — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:00:17 GMT

By ALAN ERSKINEIT was just another day in paradise out at Nangiloc-Colignan. The group of off-road motorcycle trail riders were outside the Colignan store, waiting for the rest of the party to catch up before heading into Hattah-Kulkyne National Park.One of the young men reached out to pat the friendly fluffy-haired terrier that was wandering around... and got the shock of his life when a fish hook latched onto his finger.The hook had obviously been in the dog’s hair for a long time, and was fir...

Mildura/Community - The Valerie Eastwell mystery

Vinnie — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:56:42 GMT

By JANELLE LEE“FELLOW citizens, the war is over” was Australian Prime Minister Ben Chifley’s announcement to a relieved nation.It was August 15, 1945, sixty-five years ago last month, and following the total surrender of the Japanese, Australia was in party mode,Residents of Mildura and surrounding towns were no different. They were all set to join millions of Aussies in celebrating the end of five years of hostilities.It has been a long, arduous campaign – a war that began in Europe and ended i...

Mildura/Travel - It left us wanting Mawr

Vinnie — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:53:45 GMT

By DANNY O’NEILLTHERE could be few more spectacular settings for a B&B in Snowdonia National Park than that of Tyddyn Mawr farmhouse, nestling in lush fields beneath the Cader Idris Mountain.The view was so lovely that after each day’s outing we looked forward to relaxing on our little patio as swallows darted and lambs gambolled to an unseen cuckoo’s evening song as we looked up upon Cader Idris, or the “Chair of Idris”.Cader Idris is an 11-kilometre-long ridge, named for the giant wa...

Mildura/Community - Dynamic Delsa's determined drive

Vinnie — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:50:46 GMT

By GRANT MAYNARDDELSA Bury is typical of her generation – when she says she is going to do something, she does it!That goes for commitments to family and friends, as well as those made to herself.When the Mildura Weekly caught up with the plucky 73-year-old the week before last, she was in Mildura on her way from Trafalgar – the West Gippsland town that sits astride the Princes Highway and the main Gippsland railway line about 125 kilometres east of Melbourne – to Alice Springs.Delsa made ...

Mildura/Community - Justin, son of Naz

Vinnie — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:47:03 GMT

By ALAN ERSKINEOUT Red Cliffs way they call him ‘The Sausage King’, and with good reason... with customers coming from as far away as Elmore and Broken Hill just to buy his products.He has a passion for, and understanding of the meat industry that is second to none - and you wouldn’t expect anything less from the son of Mildura meat expert Naz Tassone.Meet Justin Tassone, a 33-year-old father of two who has just been rewarded for his quality products by the Australian Meat Industry Council at it...

Mildura/Community - Casino pair on the front foot

Vinnie — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:13:00 GMT

MELBOURNE’S John Haddad, a world authority on the casino industry, and Mildura entrepreneur Don Carrazza, moved this week to end any speculation about who is behind the Mildura Jewel proposal.Don Carrazza says his role is simple; He has given John Haddad an option on the preferred land for the Jewel – opposite the Grand Hotel.“The only interest I have is attracting a new visitor base to Mildura,” he said. “I have no intention of running, or helping to run, a Mildura casino.”John Haddad said from...