Emily Gladdis, Nhill Free Press & Kaniva Times

During the last week of Term 4 Nhill College had their Year 10s out on Work Experience. Students were placed in Adelaide, Bordertown, Kaniva, Nhill, Rainbow, Horsham, Bendigo, Ballarat and Melbourne.

‘Flight of Fancy’ essentially refers to an idea that is out of reach, impractical and implausible. So for the Kaniva Lions Club in late 2023 and early 2024, the idea of hosting a Debutante Ball was just that…A Flight of Fancy.

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At the recent GrainCorp awards, Nhill’s Ellie Murden was named Victoria’s Employee of the Year. GrainCorp praised Ellie for her outstanding performance as Site Manager, noting her dedication and ability to consistently exceed expectations ... Last harvest, Ellie helped the Nhill site break multiple records, including processing 19,000 tonnes in a single day.

The highly anticipated women’s hockey grand final between Kaniva Women and Yanac Women ended in a thrilling contest, showcasing the best of skill, determination, and teamwork. Both teams, who have had a strong season, met on the synthetic turf field in Dimboola for what would be an intense and closely contested game.

Another chapter was written for one of the Wimmera’s longest-running sporting dynasties with the Yanac Tigers winning their twenty-first premiership in the thirty-five seasons of the competition, defeating long-time rival, the Warrack Hoops. The Tigers started strongly, with Todd Alexander converting a penalty corner midway through the first quarter to put the reigning premiers in the lead, and in a worrying sign for the challengers, their key midfielder Tim Jorgensen left the field minutes later, struggling with a hamstring injury.

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The delightfully named inspector was responsible for keeping Nhill clean, which was a thankless and almost impossible task over four decades from the town’s establishment in 1880 ... It was not a job for the faint hearted so the obvious choice for the first Inspector of Nuisances in Nhill was the local policeman and for him it was handy pocket money as a part time job.

Pizza, positivity and passion were the order of the night at Little Guys Pizza ... Thirteen young women involved in Agriculture in a variety of roles spoke to a packed audience about their agricultural careers thus far. The night started off with guest speaker Kate Maddern, who has a long list of accolades...

What is happening at the gallery, well I will tell you. Our Paint a Skateboard Exhibition has opened. This exhibition has an absolute wow about it, so many different ways to make a deck look fantastic.