Norm Smith will look to continue his fantastic personal season at the Murray Mallee region finals across the weekend. Picture: Shane Fleming

https://www.theguardian.com.au/bowls/best-of-the-best-at-bowls-regionals

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Swan Hill Association of Independent Retirees secretary Lindsay McRae believes not many retirees locally would be affected by this week's announced changes.

https://www.theguardian.com.au/news257/few-hit-in-super-switch

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Members of the Swan Hill Parkinson's Peer Support Group Julie and Russell Wardle, Darryl Roberts and John Dacey are gearing up for A Walk in The Park, which will raise much-needed funds for Parkinson's disease.

https://www.theguardian.com.au/community/support-groups-big-strides

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Woorinen women's co-coach Jason Murphy, centre, with players Carlee Hazlett, Brydi Lewis, Gaby Sanford and Casey Unger. Picture: Nathan Spicer

https://www.theguardian.com.au/football/tigers-leap-into-new-territory

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Russell Summers, centre, was joined by Private Sam Taditch, Sergeant David Logan and Corporal Dahle Jobling to help rack up some kilometres near the end of his March On challenge. Picture: Phoebe Doyle

https://www.theguardian.com.au/news257/veterans-march-mission-exceeded

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News A PUSH by a local committee to upgrade the Bidgee Haven Hostel to a 30-bed facility looks set to fail, according to Balranald Shire Council administrator Michael Colreavy. While there is a strong community desire to proceed with the proposal due to the need for more beds for dementia sufferers, Mr Colreavy told The Guardian the financial plan for the upgrade doesn't bode well for its success.

https://www.theguardian.com.au/news257/doubts-on-hostel-expansion-bid

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Swan Hill Little Athletics held its final run for the season last Sunday. Picture: Steve Colombo

https://www.theguardian.com.au/news257/page/season-of-success-for-swan-hill-little-athletics

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Netball Wet conditions made ball handling for both the Pies and the Eagles. Picture: Erin Scaresbrook THERE was nothing to separate Lake Boga and the Mallee Eagles on Saturday, with the super-competitive match ending in a tie. While the start was slow because of the unfavourable weather conditions, the Eagles found themselves in the lead by five at the first break. There was only two goals in the match at half-time, with the Eagles just ahead.

https://www.theguardian.com.au/netball/page/tie-leaves-top-four-netball-battle-tight

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The Robertson Brothers will be bringing the good old days back to the Swan Hill Town Hall on August 18 with their 1960s variety television show.

https://www.theguardian.com.au/news/page/tv-variety-showcomes-to-stage

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Isabella Gilchrist, St Mary MacKillop College principal Michelle Haeusler and Georgia Craig-Neal with their Premier's VCE Awards.

https://www.theguardian.com.au/education/page/st-mary-mackillop-college-study-stars-get-top-marks

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Sea Lake RSL manager Nel Isherwood said Sea Lake was fortunate to be hosting the Changed Forever Legacies of Conflict exhibition which will run until August 28.

https://www.theguardian.com.au/news/page/compelling-exhibition-highlights-impact-of-war

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Farming and Environment Water storages remain high ahead of the approaching irrigation season. Picture: Meagan Verstappen FULL water storages combined with a 50 per cent chance of another La Nina in 2022-23 are driving management strategies in the River Murray System for the year ahead, according to the MDBA's 2022-23 annual operating outlook. Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) river management executive director Andrew Reynolds said southern Basin storages were at an unusually high level heading into the irrigation season and it was likely that wet conditions and high flows would persist for at least the next few months.

https://www.theguardian.com.au/farming-and-environment/page/high-flows-wet-outlookdrive-water-strategies

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Cohuna midfielder Jarrod Findlay handballs under pressure during the Kangas 15-point win over Woorinen on Saturday afternoon. Picture: Erin Scaresbrook

https://www.theguardian.com.au/football/page/kangas-hop-past-tigers

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News Murray River Council Mayor Chris Bilkey. A "CYNICAL, financial sleight-of-hand" is how Murray River Council Mayor Chris Bilkey has described the determination by the NSW Government that local Rural Fire Service mobile assets are the property of councils. This long-standing dispute for many NSW councils over the accounting treatment of the assets came to a head after the Auditor-General's 2021 Report on Local Government, released in June this year.

https://www.theguardian.com.au/news/page/anger-over-firefighting-assets-sleight-of-hand

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Education IT'S often said that it takes a village to raise a child and dozens of organisations and agencies helped set up Swan Hill's Flexible Learning Options (FLO) campus. Swan Hill Rural City Council youth support officer Kane Sparks said there were numerous conversations about young people at risk who were falling through the gaps and weren't suited to mainstream education.

https://www.theguardian.com.au/education/page/village-to-raise-a-child

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