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Tony Hopkins critiques camera club photos
18 May 12 | RENOWNED photographer Tony Hopkins, winner of various prestigious photograph competitions and this month’s guest judge for the Merredin Camera Club, was in attendance via Skype to critique its members’ photographs.
Merredin students learn about Kokoda Campaign
18 May 12 | AT THE start of term one, the year 10.1 English class at Merredin College began learning about the origins of World War I and World War II.
Federal budget reaps poor yield for WA farmers
18 May 12 | THE federal budget was announced last week with key areas sure to have an impact on the agricultural sector and the Wheatbelt region.
18 May 12 | News from the Merredin Community Resource Centre.
18 May 12 | MERREDIN Hospital now has a doctor ‘on the floor’ for 12 hours in its emergency departments and a further 12-hour ‘close call cover’, thanks to the state government’s Southern Inland Health Initiative (SIHI).
18 May 12 | THE Merredin Library hosted the launch of well-known local Julie Townrow’s book Golden Valley in the Tivoli Room on May 7.
Merredin Golf Club celebrates life members
18 May 12 | ABOUT 90 people attended a dinner to celebrate four new life memberships to the Merredin Golf Club on Saturday, May 5.
Merredin museum farewells valued volunteer
18 May 12 | MERREDIN Military Museum volunteer Leon Griffiths has retired after 18 years of notable assistance to the museum.
18 May 12 | VULNERABLE children in the Wheatbelt are waiting longer to be allocated a case worker at the same time the Barnett government ponders more public sector cutbacks, according to the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU).
Merredin Supa IGA picks up prestigious awards
18 May 12 | MERREDIN Supa IGA was presented with four awards at the IGA WA State Retailer of the Year Awards ceremony which was held on Friday, April 20, at the Burswood Entertainment Complex.
18 May 12 | A 41-YEAR-OLD woman appeared in Merredin Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, May 8, for sentencing after being found guilty of cruelty and breaching a court-imposed banning order.
18 May 12 | THE Wheatbelt Catchment Alliance (WCA) is calling for all levels of government to support a regional drainage plan to transform saline effected land and curtail the further spread of salinity.
Commodity prices force crop cutbacks
16 May 12 | WA’S biggest private grain grower John Nicoletti, from Merredin, will cut back his cropping program by about 10 to 20 per cent this year.
10 May 12 | MOTHER’S Day is widely becoming known as Pink Day among numerous sporting clubs in the Wheatbelt and nationally, in raising awareness for breast cancer.
10 May 12 | A USEFUL new resource for growers and spray operators will help them meet the technical requirements for a successful spraying program in the coming season.
10 May 12 | RESEARCH conducted by the WA No-Tillage Farmers Association (WANTFA) showed that early, dry seeding of wheat could help the crop out-compete weeds and boost yields, but only where pre-emergent herbicide application was effective.
10 May 12 | THE WA National Party was misleading regional voters by suggesting that Royalties for Regions projects would be in jeopardy unless it remained in government, Labor Leader Mark McGowan said on Monday.
10 May 12 | THE CBH Group’s 10-year above-rail agreement with Watco WA Rail officially began last Tuesday.
Shellie Morris to perform at Cummins Theatre
10 May 12 | NORTHERN Territory singer/songwriter Shellie Morris is working with Artback NT to deliver her national tour of Shellie’s Story which will hit Cummins Theatre this Thursday night.
10 May 12 | THE HBF Run for a Reason takes place on Sunday, May 27 and various people from Merredin have taken up the challenge.
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