A Colac youth housing officer wants state and federal governments to introduce child protection workers into schools to help prevent homelessness.Time for Youth housing support worker Teresa Robertson helps Colac and district youths aged between 15 and 25 stay off the streets.“My core business is to keep youths out of the homelessness service sector,” Ms [...]

Timboon college students have finished in the top 10 per cent at a national mathematics problem solving competition.Timboon P-12 College maths teacher Lynn McDonald said Year Eight students finished in the top 111 schools at the Australasian Maths Olympiad.Ms McDonald said the Year Eight students had to complete five problem solving activities for the Olympiad.“I [...]

A Colac district teenager who enters her dog in jumping contests for fun has finished second in a state competition.Alvie’s Tearnu Graham and her dog Dusty contested a Victorian dog jump competition at the Geelong Show. Tearnu and Dusty finished second in the state final of their section of the dog jump competition.Tearnu, 17, said [...]

More than 20 Colac and district secondary college students are among about 1200 students across Australia who will receive a leadership award. Eight Colac and district schools have nominated 24 students for the Australian Defence Force’s Long Tan Leadership and Teamwork award.The awards, named after the Battle of Long Tan, recognise values such as determination, [...]

Colac’s Ben Cardinal has received Scouts Australia’s highest award, the Queen’s Scout.Ben, 18, received his award from the Governor and Chief Scout of Victoria Professor David de Kretser.“It’s an achievement. It’s good to be the first one in 27 years to get it in the Colac region,” he said.Ben, the son of Carolyn and Cliff [...]

Organisers of Camperdown’s Corefest will introduce a new laser show at Friday night’s concert.The dance room at Corefest will house the new laser effects and a DJ will play popular dance music as an alternative for the younger Colac and district revellers.Corangamite Shire Council’s cultural development officer Catherine O’Flynn said the dance room would have [...]

A Colac district school has received acknowledgment for reducing waste.Apollo Bay P-12 College has received Waste Wise Certification through Barwon Regional Waste Management Group.The school’s sustainable schools co-ordinator for the Aussie Vic Program Peter Geekie said waste-minimisation practices were “an integral part” of the school’s operations.“Environmental education is a part of our curriculum and is [...]

A Colac Year 12 student needs Colac and district residents’ help to fund an overseas aid trip later this year.Trinity College’s Sophie Hampshire has raised about half of the $2000 she will need to cover her costs when she goes to Samoa at the end of the year.Sophie, 17, said her trip to Samoa was [...]

Helping a secondary school student raise money to attend a science forum has paid off for Colac’s Shaylah Black, 10.Shaylah won first prize in a raffle raising money to help Colac Secondary College student Sean Richardson, 17, attend the National Youth Science Forum next January.Colac West Rotary Club is sponsoring Sean’s trip to the Canberra [...]

Melbourne rock band The Getaway Plan will headline Camperdown’s Corefest 08.Corangamite Shire Council cultural development officer Catherine O’Flynn said The Getaway Plan won a vote by the shire’s young people to play at this year’s gig.“Out of more than 300 votes, The Getaway Plan won by 28 votes,” Ms O’Flynn said.“The Galvatrons came second,” she [...]