10/03/2010 By Jane Ross
A 45 minute deluge of rain early on Sunday morning wreaked havoc in Inverloch.
Shops were flooded, roads were awash, the Inverloch Jazz Festival’s main day was cancelled and the library inundated.
South Gippsland Water’s managing director Steve Evans measured over 90mm in his Inverloch home rain gauge.
“It poured and poured and poured!”
The downpour started around 7am.
Scott Hughes and his helpers slos

10/03/2010 By Brad Lester
SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council has voted unanimously to reallocate $10,000 of its Planning and Building budget to develop a business case for the Port Welshpool Long Jetty.
The jetty was extensively damaged by fire in January, with a dropped cigarette butt believed to be the cause.
In last Wednesday’s council meeting Cr Mohya Davies spoke of the importance of the jetty to the region.
“I don’t really feel I need

10/03/2010 By Chris Brown
AN agricultural plane crashed while trying to land on a small airstrip at Mardan last Tuesday.
The pilot walked away uninjured, but the plane was destroyed.
CFA members were on hand to monitor a fuel leak as the plane lay at the bottom of a hill that acts as a runway.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau had been notified of the incident and was waiting for more information late last week.
It is unlikely

10/03/2010 By Matt Dunn
SOUTH Gippsland Water has played down fears raised by environmentalists that drinking water in Meeniyan, Dumbalk, Seaspray and Yarram could be laced with carcinogenic toxins caused by plantation trees.
South Gippsland Water is waiting on Tasmania’s Department of Health and Human Services to test waters in the St Helens region.
St Helens GP Dr Alison Bleany raised concerns on the ABC’s Australian Story about increased inc

10/03/2010 By Chris Brown
A DRAMATIC drop in student numbers at Leongatha Secondary College has been put down to changing demographics and greater competition.
A Star investigation has revealed there are 400 less students at Leongatha Secondary College this year than in 1999.
During the same period, Wonthaggi Secondary College grew by 230 students.
According to LSC, it is not the case that there is anything wrong with the education offere