By Colleen Boyanton Trends of Naracoorte opened its doors in October of 2004, formerly Katchors Fashion, the store was completely revamped and brought into the 21st Century.  Colleen and husband Phillip have developed the store in the past 18 years, with wonderful staff, Sandi Lawrence and Rosalie Jackson running the store and helping with buying of stock for the next seasons. Phillip past away in October of 2022 and Colleen, with the help of Rosalie carried on the business.  The business was on the market to sell for quite a while but has now been sold.  It has been purchased by Leah Davenport.  Rosalie retired in December of 2022, but returned to help Colleen and Leah with the transition of the ownership of the business. The store is a main stay in the main street and Trends customers will be looked after with the same attention and care that has […]

By Wayne Hawthorne “Get your affairs in order to ensure you are best positioned” was sound advice from Peter Westley when he spoke to Naracoorte Mens Probus Club recently. Further advice was that passed on to him as a young Lawyer, preparing for a large Federal Court case was, “Get your facts right and the law will look after itself. “If your facts are wrong, you go nowhere”. Some interesting cases were described by Peter, including property purchase disputes, a stabbing, and a brief phone call and encounter at 2am over the Heywood murder”. Whether crime pays or not was also discussed following one local drug acquittal and another prosecution. He also explained how in civil litigation, you do not win many friends. An example was after some success in the Coonawarra Wine Region Boundary Dispute, a number of the parties at the time took the proceedings personally and blamed […]

By John Mossop, PCAF Committee Member, Coordinator of the JSN Exhibition The official Opening of the Penola Coonawarra Arts Festival was held at Penola High School on Thursday evening, 18 May 2023. The John Shaw Neilson Acquisitive Art Prize has been highly anticipated again this year and continues to attract a wide range of entries from within this region and beyond. Artists work in a two dimensional medium, and the annual competition has firmly made its mark on the artists’ calendar. The Acquisitive Art Prize is open to all emerging and established artists from throughout Australia and must be inspired by the works of famous Penola poet John Shaw Neilson. This event was created 30 years ago and has been growing in reputation every year. The major prize of $12,000 is again generously sponsored by The Balnaves Foundation. As in past years, the Lois Hodge Local Art Prize is open […]