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Community rallies to save op shop

By Mel JaunayA passionate group of local people have rallied to save the Cambrai op shop, after the organisation previously running it withdrew its operation from the town. Not content to let the important community hub go by the wayside, a group of...

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Family home for Christmas

By Mel JaunayChristmas this year looks very different for Wes and Jasmine Nembach of Freeling. Known in their street for their delightful Christmas light displays, this time of year is usually filled with activity and anticipation as they prepare to...

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End of an era for Carl’s beloved Jags

By Mel JaunayAs the lights were switched off in the showrooms of The Carl Lindner Collection of Classic Jaguars at Tanunda last Thursday afternoon, so too did an era come to a close. The collection, which has delighted motoring enthusiasts for six...

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Cricket

‘GREY’ ASHES AT TANUNDA

Tanunda Recreation Park played host to an international cricket match on Friday, with Australia taking on England in the Third One Day International Veterans Cricket Australia Grey Ashes series. Australia clinched the Ashes 8/170 to England’s 6/169...

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11 Dec 2024

Map dressed in his Christmas best

By Mel JaunayMap the Miner is no longer, Kapunda has welcomed Santa Map for another year!Thanks to a joint effort by Kapunda MFS and CFS, Map was dressed in his Christmas outfit on December 4, heralding the start of the festive season.“Normally it’s...

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11 Dec 2024

Three Well Known Australians exhibition visits Mount Pleasant

By Mel JaunayA unique exhibition which has been touring Australia for more than four decades is currently on display at Mount Pleasant Library - one that encourages every viewer to add their own contribution to its vast supporting compendia.‘Three...

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Getting down and dirty for history’s sake

It may be the beginning of summer, but there was plenty of mud to be found at Light Pass last week, as a ‘pugging workshop’ took place at historic Rechner Cottage. The cottage is gradually being conserved by a passionate group of descendants of GJ...

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Ekkia excels on the airwaves

By Mel JaunayPeople volunteer for many different reasons, and for young volunteers, one of those reasons is to gain valuable exposure and experience in a field of work that interests them. Twenty-four-year-old Ekkia Evans of Greenock had an “inkling”...

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Marne Saunders health ‘poor’ says new report card

By Mel JaunayThe Marne Saunders Catchment has been given an overall grading of ‘D - poor’, in terms of water quality, biodiversity, and ecosystem health, according to a new report card released last week by the Murraylands and Riverland Landscape...

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Arabella’s art to promote Premier’s Reading Challenge

By Mel Jaunay It was an exciting week for 19-year-old Arabella Alsop of Nuriootpa last week, as she learned her digital drawing was one of two winning artworks which will feature on promotional material for the Premier’s Reading Challenge in 2025...

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26 Nov 2024

Sandy Creek church marks 120 year milestone

Reflecting on his 60 years of involvement with Sandy Creek Uniting Church, John shared some of his memories with The Leader

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20 Nov 2024

Special Promotion

70 years of mateship

If walls and trucks could talk at the Greenock CFS station, 70 years of stories would be enough to fill many pages. But at the crux of it all is an ethos of service and mateship, where volunteers support one another through thick and thin. “Storms...

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