• THE 1990 Bonlac Charity Golf Day raised the large sum of $2,000 for donation to South Gippsland Hospital. The accompanying photograph showed Bonlac Toora factory Manager Rod Pattinson handing an outsize cheque to Hospital Board President Ethel Smallwood and Hospital Manager Chris Flynn.
• AN AFTERNOON tea was put on by the Shire of South Gippsland to thank its Meals-on-Wheels volunteers and to pay tribute to service coordinator Mary Lillis for 10 years of exemplary volunteering, which enables the cost of the service to be kept low. Several municipalities throughout Victoria are cutting their Meals-on-Wheels service because of the cost involved in having a paid supervisor and petrol reimbursements to volunteer drivers. Mrs. Lillis was pictured with a bevy of ladies at the afternoon tea and also while being given a congratulatory hug by Shire Secretary Rod Lomax.
• LISA Richards has received the opportunity to spend two weeks in America competing in athletics meetings following her performances in the 1500 metres and the high jump events at the All-High Athletics Carnival in 1989.
• RAINFALL recorded at Foster Post Office for February totaled 29.6 millimetres.
• SMALL scale duffing of sheep and cattle has been reported to Foster Police. S/C Malcolm Heywood of Foster Police warns people to keep a close eye on stock and conduct regular head counts.
• FOSTER Horticultural Society’s flower show held at Foster War memorial Arts Centre Hall last Friday contained a brilliant display of cut flowers, floral art and pot plants. Named section winners included Lorraine Johnson, Joyce Hurst, Lorraine Prain, Arie Bos, Rosslyn McPherson and Lorna Smart. Although the judges commented that the show was equal to nay of the floral exhibitions they see in Melbourne, Club president Terry Josephs said she was disappointed that more people had not been able to attend.
• CHILDREN from Fish Creek Primary School participated in a water safety and survival program at Shallow Inlet last week with members from the Royal Life Saving Society.
• THE annual hills car rally attracted sharp criticism for failing to advertise the event and its associated road closures beforehand in The Mirror, for lack of safety and long delays in re-opening closed roads.
• AN ADVERTISEMENT for the Care Australia ‘Care for Africa’ Famine Appeal prompted, “If you’re sick and tired of famine appeals, imagine how they feel in Africa!”
• VACANT town blocks were advertised for sale by Davis & Linton Real Estate at $25,000 in Foster, $47,500 in Waratah Bay and $12,000 at both Toora and Welshpool.
• THE South Gippsland Junior Cricket season concluded on a high note with Welshpool taking out the title over Dumbalk although they went into the match as the underdogs. Darren Lee and Jason Le Blanc each scored half centuries for Welshpool, and Jason later took four quick wickets. Welshpool Captain Stephen Grylls was pictured holding the trophy with his father and team coach David Grylls.
• THE highlight of this Saturday’s races at Stony Creek will be the Birch, Ross and Barlow Stony Creek Cup, with $17,000 winner’s prize and $1,000 worth of trophies. The program also includes a Knights of Leongatha Maiden, a State Bank Class 2, the Bill Fuller memorial Flying Trophy and the first Gippsland heat of the Sandown Sprint Series.