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Mallee farmer Sam Martin has started harvesting faba beans, with lentils, barley and wheat next in line as he prepares for what he says could be his biggest harvest yet.

Big season on the cards

A potentially record-breaking harvest is on the horizon for Mallee farmer Sam Martin, who has started bringing in crops on his property between Beulah and Brim. Mr Martin started

13 November, 2026

The patients at Hopetoun BNMH dress for a champagne breakfast on Melbourne Cup Day 1986. The revellers include Mrs Gregor, Dick Seipolt, Len Childlow and Nell Roberts.

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Flashback: November 13 1986

Pictured are Charles Rees (Dimboola RSL and Dimboola Memorial Secondary College), Debbie Clark (Dimboola Lions Club and Dimboola Bowling Club), Kaylene Pietsch (Dimboola Progress Association), Mandy Myers (Dimboola CWA), Shirl King (Dimboola A&P Society), Leanne Combrink (Dimboola Croquet Club), James Barry (Dimboola Sporting Club), Emma Bond (Dimboola Primary School), Nick Pietsch (Dimboola Golf Club) and Jennie Hauselberger (Dimboola Hockey Club). Branch manager Melissa Clarke presented the certificates. Wimmera Growers Association and Dimboola Rowing Club could not be represented at the meeting.

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Community Bank certifies support

Lowan candidates Kieran Butler and Sue Pavlovich following Monday's ballot draw, which determined the order in which candidates' names will appear on ballot papers. Photo credit: ROBIN WEBB

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Ballot positions confirmed

Yarriambiack Shire Council mayor Andrew McLean and Deputy mayor Karly Kirk following their appointments at the council's statutory meeting on November 11.

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McLean re-elected as mayor

Hindmarsh Shire Council mayor Ron Ismay has marked two decades of service to the community as a local councillor.

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20 years of service to community

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FLASHBACK: November 13 1986

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In Good Faith

Ladies from Hopetoun and surrounds came out in style last week to enjoy an Oaks Day Luncheon at the Mallee Bush Retreat Function Room at Lake Lascelles. Photo, LES GRAETZ

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Hopetoun Red Cross marks Oaks Day in style

Calisthenics College students will take to the stage on Sunday.

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Calisthenics students showcase their sport

Rainbow lived up to its colourful name last week with the local Melbourne Cup Day luncheon. Milly Roll, Katherine Durant, Catherine Saul, Lady of the Day, Tenille Gould and Ellen Robinson are dressed to impress, as were many others. LES GRAETZ

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Rainbow celebrates Cup Day with annual lunch

An astonishing individual $6000 donation was received this week in response to a callout for $180,000 to secure the St Andrew's Uniting Church in Jeparit for community use following its closure last month.

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Call for historical preservation

Registered nurse Zoey Friend demonstrates the new blood pressure monitor on fellow nurse Crystal Wemyss, while Auxiliary members Pat Hart, Linda Maher, Merrilyn Middleton, and Sandy Dalziel observe.

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Big season on the cards

Flashback: November 13 1986

Community Bank certifies support

Ballot positions confirmed

McLean re-elected as mayor

20 years of service to community

FLASHBACK: November 13 1986

In Good Faith

Hopetoun Red Cross marks Oaks Day in style

Calisthenics students showcase their sport

Rainbow celebrates Cup Day with annual lunch

Call for historical preservation

New monitors boost Stawell patient care

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