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Silva’s dreams dashed
MAJOR league dreams for Adam Silva have been dashed for the moment, with Major League Baseball powerhouse New York Yankees releasing the young slugger.
Silva,...
Scorpions get the point
By JARROD POTTER
LAST quarter score-line flattery didn’t hide a dark-and-dreary day for Casey Scorpions in its VFL season opener.
Spraying their way through a wet-and-wild...
Girls are back in the game
By JARROD POTTER
BACK in the elite ranks for 2015, former Berwick WFC duo Ellie Blackburn and Katie Loynes will get their chance to run...
Blind soldier led the way
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A YOUNG soldier robbed of sight, taste and smell during the last days of the World War I is today remembered by...
On the trail of grandfather’s memory
By BRIDGET SCOTT
CAROLE-Ann Kerford shared a special bond with her late grandfather - she was the first person he really opened up to following...
View from the other trench
By CASEY NEILL
BERWICK man Peter Neumann serves as a reminder of the other side of war.
His grandfather Arthur fought for Germany during World War...
Family destroyed by battle
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD
IN LESS than a year the Great War claimed the lives of both the Kent brothers.
The first of the Narre Warren siblings...
Uniform is badge of honour
By CASEY NEILL
THE World War I uniform in the Dandenong Cranbourne RSL foyer it more than just clothing.
It belonged to Corporal Victor Royston Smith,...
Invincible soldier shot
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD
BEFORE he was shot dead on the front lines, Corporal ‘Yank’ McClure wrote to his parents back home about his seeming invulnerability.
The...
Pensions for families of the fallen
NEWSPAPERS were key to the recruiting effort in Victoria during World War I.
The frontlines in Turkey and Europe needed a continual supply of new...
Golfers fire in first round of match play
CARDINIA BEACONHILLS GOLF
THE first round of the Brian Balcombe Match Play event was played on Saturday at Cardinia Beaconhills with the top eight qualifiers...
Ex-Cavs make fiercest rivals
By JARROD POTTER
FAMILIAR faces came back to haunt the Cavaliers in the Division 1 men’s 75-87 loss to Southern Peninsula.
The ghosts of Casey line-ups...