Leach apologises as Hewett
“I unreservedly and sincerely apologise to Rebecca Hewett,” Mount Barker District Mayor David Leach said to the council during Monday night’s meeting.
Sport
Oar-some news for Goolwa Rowing Club
The Goolwa Rowing Club is hoping to move ahead with its plans to build a clubroom facility on Bristow Smith Reserve.
Sophia takes aim at Border Challenge
Sophia White was a latecomer to gymnastics, but in just three-and-a-half years the Murray Bridge teenager has already been selected to represent her state.
Storm contingent to represent SA Country at Nationals
Strathalbyn Storm’s basketball development program continues to deliver, with four of its players selected to represent SA Country at the upcoming Under 16 Nationals.
Great Southern’s inaugural mental health round
Great Southern Netball Association partnered with the Great Southern Football League last Saturday to stage a mental health awareness round across all grounds.
Rural
Honey, check this out
An avid gardener recently started a bee-rilliant new hobby, of beekeeping, to improve his crops, and has been reaping what he has sown. Goolwa’s Phil Sargent has planted about 200 native species with his brother on their Goolwa property over the...
Milang farmer’s hopes rained on due to unseasonably wet weather
A Milang farmer estimates the unseasonably wet summer has caused about 25 per cent of income loss for grain farmers in the region. His neighbour has recorded 150mm of rain since harvest started since the end of October, and as reported in this...
Advancing women in agriculture
When Currency Creek farmer Belle Baker was growing up, women weren’t always accepted as farmers. These days Ms Baker, with help from her partner Patrick O’Driscoll, is tailor-making courses to help women on the land fill gaps in their knowledge...
A healthy distance advised for livestock welfare
Hazards for livestock and the best methods to protect their health were the subject matters of a recent Milang Agricultural Bureau meeting. Many of the actions undertaken by governments in the early days of COVID parallel methods used by livestock...
