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Mayor Karen Hyslop and hundreds of others attended Steve Gliese’s open garden in mid June just before his passing. The open garden raised $13,500 for the Oncology Unit at Stawell Hospital.

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Steve’s journey with cancer

The volunteers behind Stawell Uniting Church’s Pop-Up Shop — Peter Evans, Kay Evans, Noelene Castle, Elva Raggatt and Allison Rasche — have helped transform the seasonal event into one of Stawell’s most enduring community gatherings, raising more than $118,000 since it began in 2015.

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A place where people belong

Geoff Carr speaks in Stawell last year during a reading from his book Dickie Larsen’s Pumpkin & Other Stories, which continues to find new readers across Victoria.

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Carr’s stories find new readers

Annie Monaghan says volunteering introduced her to lifelong friends and helped transform Stawell from a place she once considered leaving into a town she cannot imagine living without.

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The long way home: Fifty years of friendship, service and community

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Joyce Dowsett has been posthumously recognised in today's King's Birthday Honours List.

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Joyce Dowsett OAM recognised posthumously in King’s Honours

Ararat, Pomonal and Stawell Men's shed gather to celebrate the Pumpkin Competition victors.

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Pumpkin Rivalry at Men’s Shed

Black and Ginger Wines Hadyn Black is vying for honours in the Young Gun of Wine Award.

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Black and Ginger Wines chasing young gun honours

Stawell Harness Racing Club volunteer Jeff Hargreaves with committee chair Angela Towers after Hargreaves received a Paul James Volunteer Service Award at the Trots Clubs Victoria awards night at Rich River Resort. Photo supplied.

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Surprise honour for Stawell harness stalwart

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Ron Davies, front left, celebrates his 90th birthday at Stawell Library with friends from the How’s It Going? men’s social group. Ron is pictured with, from left, back, Richard Dodds, Stephen Ware, Peter Seeary, Don Sturt and Robert de Clifford; and front, Geoffrey Wallace and Murray McPherson.

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Cheers to 90 years

Y-Zetts members at a recent gathering — front: Lyn Bibby, Di O’Donnell, Meg Blake and Jan West; back: Pam West, Helena Nicholson, Janine Sibson and Carolyn McDonald — with a reunion planned next month to mark more than 50 years of fundraising for Stawell Hospital.

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Y-Zetts mark half a century of giving

Carole Braizer, Lyn Healy and Louis Johnson raised a mug to celebrate last year’s Biggest Morning Tea in Stawell.

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Quilters stitch community spirit into cancer fundraiser

Monica Allan at home in her favourite chair — still sharp, and still telling stories as she approaches 100.

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Monica Allan’s century of stories

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