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Phil Kettle

Living life to its fullest

Having the talent, the fortitude, a desire to succeed, along with the will, strength and commitment to work toward your goals, are the ingredients for success.

22 Feb 2025

Community

Community effort is all about the heart

There wouldn’t be many of us that don’t know someone that hasn’t had heart issues or sadly may have had reasons to seek assistance with their own heart concerns. By Phil KettleWOULD you know what to do if someone you know or indeed if you...

16 Feb 2025

Community

Caring for all creatures, great and small

TAKING a pet to the vet, can sometimes be harder for the human, than it is for the animal. For many pet owners, their pets become such an integral part of their lives that most of the decisions they make revolve around what they can do...

09 Feb 2025

News

How Bill Sauer helped make Sunraysia great

The life and times of one of Mildura’s most recognisable faces, and voices. By Phil KettleREVERED educator and sporting commentator Bill Sauer may have left the Sunraysia district, but will not likely be ever forgotten by his legions of Mildur...

26 Jan 2025

Community

Driving change after surviving violence

ON January 26 in 2023, Conor Pall’s mother accepted on behalf of her son the Mildura Young Citizen of the Year Award. The award highlights the importance of young people leading local, grassroots initiatives to push for change. Mr Pall...

19 Jan 2025

Community

Her blood is Italian, but her heart is Australian

Petronella Cavallaro is a well-known local identity that has a passion for family, art and life. By Phil KettleLIKE many other Italian families, Petronella Cavallaro’s kin left Calabria out of need rather than from want. And like a lot of other...

12 Jan 2025

Community

Motorbikes, trains and planes: the Ian Crump story

THE Crump name is synonymous with motorcycle speedway. Phil Crump a legend of speedway, not only in Mildura and Australia but also internationally. Phil’s son Jason who followed his father into motorcycle speedway and went on to win...

05 Jan 2025

Lifestyle

Confidence is the expectation of a positive outcome

SUE Watson recognised from an early age, that some of life’s events impact on your health and wellbeing, whether the event happened to you or a loved one. “A traumatic event in your life can cause a variety of difficulties and may...

22 Dec 2024

Lifestyle

Writing without fear, editing without mercy

One of the region’s greatest journalist’s looks back and where he’s come from, and where he’s going. ALAN Erskine’s career as a journalist spanned about 50 years, beginning at the Sunraysia Daily as a cadet, where as he said he had...

15 Dec 2024

News

Living a busy life

THERE are very few times in life when you can walk away from meeting a person for the first time and be in total awe of them. At 91, Elwyn Frankel is such a person. While Elwyn may not have lived life in fast lane, she has and is still...

08 Dec 2024

Lifestyle

It’s all about having heart

TEN years ago this week, Graeme Tulloch was doing what he did as part of his normal day-to-day personal fitness routine, and that was to go for a bike ride. Little did he know then that it was going to be a life-changing ride that would...

01 Dec 2024

News

When life is about facing the music

FOR Rick Stephens, a life without music would be a life without emotion, something more and more relevant in today’s modern world where a lot of us don’t like to say what we feel. Instead, we go to music to help us through what we don’t understand...

24 Nov 2024