Education
Colac student is apprentice of the year
COLAC Trinity College student Jessica Perkins is Gordon TAFE’s school-based apprentice of the year for cookery.
Schoolies shaking bad reputation
LORNE police and businesses say the town’s annual Schoolies Week is starting to shake its troublesome reputation.
Band members returning to their roots
A COLAC school band will return to the scene of its first gig as a headline act.
Childcare costs might fall despite cuts
COLAC childcare costs might drop despite government funding cuts to care providers.
Shake-up for Colac foster care
COLAC foster care is set for a shake up after a besieged community services agency lost its approval to provide services in the city.
Pensioner helps young crime victims
A CASH-STRAPPED Colac pensioner has helped kindergarten children who were the victims of a cruel theft.
Art course changes life’s course
AN art course has changed the course of Nettie Hulme’s life.
Theft was nasty kindergarten surprise
THIEVES have struck a Colac kindergarten, stealing its Christmas fundraising proceeds in a burglary police described as a “low blow”.