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It’s been another busy week on the Prom Coast: Toora's police station has a new face, the Prom’s parkies take industrial action, the Yanakie weather station is back online, and Walkerville’s Joan Liley has been awarded an OAM for services to community and the environment. Read on for all the stories, or grab this week's full digital edition here.
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Quote of the week "I'm here, we’re open. Come and say hello!" — Leading Senior Constable Peggy Palling, Toora's new police officer.
NEWS
New police officer settles into Toora beat. After years sitting vacant, Toora's police station has a new face. Leading Senior Constable Peggy Palling has come to town with 15 years of rural policing experience and a simple mission: to get to know the community she serves. Read the full story →
Parks Vic rangers consider Prom closures in pay dispute. The Mount Oberon summit walk was on the cusp of closure over the King's Birthday weekend as Parks Victoria rangers escalated a long-running enterprise bargaining dispute. The AWU called off the move at the eleventh hour, but warns closures remain on the table. A local ranger spoke candidly to the Prom Coast News about what's at stake. Read more →
Community pressure drives action on highway hazard. After the Prom Coast News reported the dire state of the South Gippsland Highway north of Foster, community pressure and multiple urgent notifications led to repair works being completed on June 4. But experts suggest the "minor pavement patching" applied may not be the long-term fix the road needs. Read more →
Yanakie weather station back online. After nearly a year offline, live weather data is flowing again from the Yanakie weather station, thanks to funding from the Gardiner Foundation. The data is available now through Weather Underground, but don't sign up for any paid service just yet. Read more →
Foster flood overlay info session eases some fears, but questions remain. A community information session in Foster last week helped at least some residents make sense of the proposed new flood planning controls, with local Ros Griggs sharing a detailed and candid account of what she learned. Online reaction has been mixed. Written submissions remain open until 5pm Monday 6 July at southgippsland.vic.gov.au/C135. Read more →
COMMUNITY
It is a big Saturday in Toora this weekend. The Lions Club throws open the doors of its new Stanley Street den for an official grand opening on 20 June, with live music from Toora Primary School, violinist Claudine, Rob Teskey, Daz and Lucky Luxford and his mob. The Bowls Club is holding an open day, the Panton Store is celebrating its 17th birthday, and Sam's Patch will be offering tea and biscuits for knitters, sewers and crocheters. Quite the day out.
Elsewhere in community news, Walkerville's Joan Liley has been awarded an OAM in the King's Birthday Honours List for a lifetime of service to conservation, water management and community life, and she hopes it inspires other women to step up and have a go. Tarwin Lower's Flock Stock and Basil is back with a new Community Supported Agriculture model. And Insideout Clothing and Footwear in Foster is celebrating 20 years in business under Janine Best's stewardship.
Also this week: a Yanakie local is bringing OzFish to the Prom Coast for a community evening on sustainable fishing in Corner Inlet on Wednesday 24 June, and the Prom Coast News team enjoyed a beautiful World Saltmarsh Day visit to Bullock Island near Welshpool.
LIFESTYLE
A new exhibition of paintings and ceramics from Sarah Reark and Mary Henry opened at Stockyard Gallery in Foster on June 6 to a large crowd and plenty of red dots. It runs until June 29 and is well worth a visit. The South Gippsland Singers present Light-hearted and Lyrical at the Dakers Centre in Leongatha on June 21 at 2pm, with the South Gippsland Shire Brass Band as special guests. And retired cabinet maker Tony Hanegraaf from Croydon has become the first person ever to walk the full 146-kilometre Great Southern Rail Trail from Nyora to Yarram, a feat he completed mostly solo in ten days in March, covering 193 kilometres in total. Also: Daniele Chamley, 86-year-old French teacher, restaurateur, adventurer and all-round force of nature, gets the People of the Prom Coast treatment this week.
SPORT
The story of the round once again belongs to Brett Eddy, who slotted a set shot from fifty metres with the clock past the 24-minute mark in the final term to give Foster a one-point win over Yinnar in what coach Jake Best labelled a “stolen victory”. Fish Creek put 174 points on Stony Creek in the battle of the Creeks, MDU accounted for Thorpdale by 45 points, and Boolarra's fast start proved too much for Tarwin. In netball, Foster remain untouchable at the top of A Grade after a 74-35 demolition of Yinnar, while Fish Creek put 63 past Stony Creek. Also this week: Ben Cooper claimed the Foster Golf Club June Medal, the Foster Bowls Club enjoyed a perfect winter's day for their June Triples, and the South Coast Boardriders celebrated the end of another season with a presentation night and a historic first: a female club president in Sarah Causer.
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