Ricky hops to Bulldog kennel and other top stories.

• Ricky hops to Bulldog kennel

  Wodonga has lured North Albury forward Ricky Whitehead to the John Flower Oval. HOPPING CAMPS: Ricky Whitehead, who kicked eight goals against Wangaratta in round six, has switched from North Albury to Wodonga.WODONGA has lured North Albury forward Ricky Whitehead to the John Flower Oval.Whitehead has strong links to the Bulldogs with his father, Paul, a former player and his uncle, Bob, lining up at centre half-forward in the club’s 1967 and 1969 premierships.A former Horsham lea..

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• Inaugural tournament a hit

  

  IT has been a long time coming but, after more than 80 years, the Albury Croquet Club has held its first Golf Croquet tournament ON COURT: Albury Croquet Club's Helen Collins and Kaye Moffat play the course during the club's inaugural Golf Croquet tournament at the weekend. Picture: JAMES WILTSHIREIT has been a long time coming but, after more than 80 years, the Albury Croquet Club has held its first Golf Croquet tournament.Albury treasurer, and one of the tournament organisers, H..

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• Reminiscent spectators join new fans

  

  More than 700 people visited the Thurgoona Community Centre to see displays from the Albury Wodonga Lego Users Group. TALENTED: Celeste Dakos, 8, shows off Morro, a Ninjago dragon she built with her father, Grant, vice president of the Albury Wodonga Lego Users Group. She has been collecting Lego for two years. Pictures: JAMES WILTSHIREThere was plenty of reminiscing happening over the weekend at the Albury Wodonga Lego Users Group’s first independent event.WOWED: Chelsea Winckle,..

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• Albury man stunned by good deed, plans to pay it foward

  

  Tyson Crawley left shocked after stranger pays for fuel bill and urges him to pay it forward AN ALBURY man touched by the kindness of a stranger plans to repay his generosity by helping others.Tyson Crawley filled up his car with petrol at the Coles service station on the corner of Guinea and David streets on Friday morning.But a problem with his bank cards meant he couldn’t pay the $109 bill and he started to become stressed. A stranger – later identified as Newcastle North Stars..

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• Lepaio wins Bandits prize

  BATHURST’S Haylee Lepaio was able to walk away from her year with the Albury-Wodonga Lady Bandits as the team’s most valuable player. BATHURST’S Haylee Lepaio might not have enjoyed the share of success she hoped for in her South East Australia Basketball League (SEABL) season but she was able to walk away from her year with the Albury-Wodonga Lady Bandits as the team’s most valuable player.Lady Bandits finished the season with three wins from 22 games in a rebuilding season for t..

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• Surgery required after injury in a back yard

  

  Man pulled from trench at North Albury home A MAN has badly injured his leg during an accident in a North Albury backyard. Emergency services were called to the house on Bellevue Road on Saturday morning.The man had fallen, or had dirt collapse, into a two metre trench at the rear. He was pulled from the trench and his leg will require surgery.Albury and Border Rescue Squad deputy captain Paul Marshall warned that recent rainfall had made the ground in some areas unstable.

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• State of the nation | Sunday, September 25, 2016

  

  Your morning news snapshot from around regional Australia and beyond. State of the nation► HUNTER: A century ago, the foundation stone of the Wilson Memorial Community Hospital at Murrurundi was laid. It was a big occasion for the community, who had worked hard over many years to raise the funds to build a public hospital. More here.► WAGGA WAGGA: Two more cars have been destroyed after being set ablaze by vandals on Saturday morning. More here.► KATHERINE: YOUNG overseas backpack..

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• 'Pay it forward' taken to whole new level after stranger pays for man's ...

  

  After paying for Tyson Crawley's hundred-dollar petrol purchase, the stranger wrote down something on the receipt and handed it, folded, to Crawley. Although Tyson Crawley (left) didn't get the mystery do-gooder's full name, he did manage to take his picture. Photo: Supplied Has a total stranger ever shouted you a coffee? It's rare, but it happens.On the border between Victoria and New South Wales, however, the 'pay it forward' movement has been taken to a whole new level.Tyson Cr..

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• Hazelwood's likely end a win: WATCH

  

  Climate health group welcomes the news Hazelwood Power Station is likely to close Six years ago at La Trobe University’s Wodonga campus, a cake shaped like the Hazelwood Power Station was devoured by 60 people calling for the closure of the coal-fired plant.Now, supporters of that day have welcomed the news their objective then has come to fruition.Fairfax Mediarevealed on Saturday it was likely the Latrobe Valley plan would close as early as April next year, after a decision was ..

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• Yates appointed Magpies' coach

  

  Honoured Yates ready to rise to challenge of coaching The Rock-Yerong Creek. MAGPIES' MAN: New The Rock-Yerong Creek coach Tom Yates at Victoria Park on Saturday. Picture: Les SmithThe Rock-Yerong Creek’s Tom Yates won’t shy away from the challenge, or the expectation, of leading his home club back to premiership contention. The talented midfielder said it’s an honour to be handed the reins as coach even as the Magpies enter a potentially crucial transition period.On the same nigh..

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