The 1974 Echuca Gift is almost over as Brian Ehlert (left) is about to abreast th4 tape ahead of J.E. King (right) and M.P. Burns (second from left). Ehlert ran the smart time of 12.2 from his mark of 5.75m
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Riverine Herald
50 years ago December 1974
Mildura PMG draftsman, Brian Ehlert, became only the third person to win the Echuca Gift twice since it was first staged in 1906 when he produced a paralysing burst to breast the tape ahead of his five opponents in the 1974 final.
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Ehlert, 30, first won the Gift in 1966 and has since had a number of other successes including the Sebastapol Gift, a 400m at Maryborough and a second placing in the Bendigo Gift.
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An appeal for cash or lightweight clothing to assist the people of Darwin who lost all or most of their possessions and were made homeless by Cyclone Tracey has been opened by the Echuca branch of Red Cross.
An appeal centre has been opened at Staw’s Store in Hare St, Echuca, and the president of the Murray Valley regional of Red Cross, Mrs Harry Fraser said this morning there has already been a good response to the effort.
Mrs Fraser expressed appreciation to Mr W. Stokes for making the store available and said members of the local Red Cross branch have volunteered to staff the centre, but other helpers will be welcome.
25 years ago December 1999
At only 16 years of age, Michael Walker is already making his presence felt in the world of lawn bowls.
Michael has been selected for the Victorian under 19 lawn bowls side which will compete in two tests against South Australia and NSW in January.
Michael Walker has been selected for the Victorian under 19 lawn bowls team.
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Riverine Herald
Michael will skip the fours and the triples, and was one of only two youths selected for both the South Australian and NSW tests.
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Residents and traders of Tongala are fed up and disappointed with the continuing vandalism within the town.
Several businesses have been targeted by the vandals, but locals are remaining positive in the fight against the vandals.
The Tongala and District Community Advisory Group is concerned that the vandalism problem is getting out of hand.
CAG president Murray Ross said that CAG is donating money to the Tongala Traders to help with the installation of surveillance cameras throughout the town’s business district.
10 years ago December 2014
While most teenage girls choose to play netball, basketball, tennis or soccer, Echuca’s Abbey Moss takes part in rodeos.
It’s a dangerous sport with risk involved, but that doesn’t deter the 17-year-old Echuca College student.
Seventeen-year-old Abbey Moss is making a name for herself in barrel racing in the Australian Professional Rodeo and Australian Barrel Horse associations.
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Jayme Lowndes
A dramatic fall during a competition two years ago set her back a notch, but since then, Moss has been making waves in the Australian Professional Rodeo and Australian Barrel Horse associations.
‘‘He (her horse) slipped going around a barrel, and he fell on top of me,’’ she said.
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Echuca paramedic Ian Wines felt there was ‘‘a big sense of relief for all of us’’ when one of the longest industrial campaigns in Victorian history came to an end on Saturday.
After more than two years of negotiations, the agreement includes a $3000 sign-on bonus and a 6 per cent pay increase from Wednesday, followed by a further 3 per cent increases in July and then again in July 2016.
‘‘It has been a long process and a very stressful one,’’ Mr Wines said.
