29 Jan 09 | Reducing your risk of blindness through Macular Degeneration can be simple.
All it takes is an eye test and a healthy lifestyle.
Macular Degeneration is the leading cause of blindness and severe vision loss in Australia, yet many people are simply not aware of the disease or risk reduction measures.
29 Jan 09 | Nuriootpa High School teacher and former first class cricketer John Nash has won the South Australian award for ‘Service to School Cricket’.
As a part of this acknowledgement Nash will receive an all-expenses paid trip to Melbourne on February 3, where he will be presented with his Cricket Australia award at the gala Allan Border Medal night.
29 Jan 09 | Queenslander Allan Davis claimed the Barossa stage win in the Tour Down Under last Friday.
Davis, from Team Quickstep, held off fellow Australia Graeme Brown (Team Rabobank) across the Angaston finish line, while Spain’s Jose Rojas (Team Caisse d’Epargne) claimed third place.
29 Jan 09 | It’s 3.30am and I’m voluntarily getting out of bed.
By 4am I am out the door.
I run over my mental checklist - bike, helmet, shoes, water bottles.
29 Jan 09 | Lana Farley of Kapunda will go bald for a cause in April... if she can raise $10,000 for cancer research.
The 23-year-old, originally from Kadina on the Yorke Peninsula, was a teenager when her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Her mother travelled to and from Adelaide for treatment, and now Lana wants to raise funds to support families going through the same thing.
29 Jan 09 | Jack Bobridge took some time to chill out on the couch on Monday.
He had certainly earned a break, having ridden more than 800 competitive kilometres in the previous eight days of the Tour Down Under.
29 Jan 09 | A Gawler woman has been named this year’s South Australian Citizen of the Year, in recognition of more than 20 years of caring for sick and orphaned animals.
21 Jan 09 | Top-placed Gawler Rangers under 14 baseball team stormed to a 15-3 thrashing of bottom team Goodwood Indians at Goodwood on Sunday.
21 Jan 09 | Youth volunteers, Amanda Stacey and Chantelle Stevens have had to postpone their trip to assist Kenyan children.
21 Jan 09 | The Barossa Council will consider relocating Tanunda’s Visitor Information Centre.
A proposal to consider a move to the site of the new Health and Fitness Centre at Magnolia Road, Tanunda, was presented to yesterday’s council meeting.
21 Jan 09 | The Barossa’s own professional golfer, Andy Johnson, has missed out on his bid to earn a card on the lucrative Asian Tour.
21 Jan 09 | Chris Isaak, Tina Arena and Lowrider are preparing for Barossa Under the Stars on Saturday, March 14.
21 Jan 09 | Barossa grape growers need to turn to internet technology to stay connected to their potential customers.
21 Jan 09 | Evanston Gardens teenager Jack Bobridge helped to push the pace on the first stage of the Tour Down Under.
15 Jan 09 | THREE Barossa and Light cricketers, Trent Burge, Boh Wall and Ben Parish were honoured for their performances at the 2009 Australian Country Cricket Championships.
15 Jan 09 | A Bill set up to protect the Kapunda childcare centre awaits approval by the state parliament.
The Early Childhood & Learning Centre, built in 2006 and located on the grounds of the Kapunda Health Service, was found in that same year to have breached a trust deed set up in 1877.
15 Jan 09 | Easter is here.
That’s according to staff at some Barossa supermarkets, which this month stocked Easter buns for customers.
Various supermarket chains have jumped onboard early, even though some Christmas foods are still available.
15 Jan 09 | The State Government wants to have more say in what happens at your local council.
Gail Gago, the State/Local Government Relations Minister, wants to look at increased council auditing, improved complaint resolution processes as well as a review of codes of conduct, training and education.
15 Jan 09 | Stephen Short had a break-out year in Superkart ranks in 2008.
In his first season with the Adelaide Superkart Club, Short won the ‘driver of the year’, Division Two ‘club champion’ and ‘rookie of the year’ awards.
15 Jan 09 | Only in his wildest dreams would an Evanston Garden’s teenager think he would get a chance to ride through the Adelaide Hills with cycling’s biggest name.
But Jack Bobridge’s dream became a reality on Monday
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