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3 weeks ago | 
latrobevalleyexpress.com.au | Erika Allen |Daniel Pedersen
By ERIKA ALLENIN March 2020, healthcare systems had to adapt rapidly as the first wave of COVID cases arrived. Hospitals, including Central Gippsland Health (CGH), introduced temperature checks at entrances and mask policies to manage the crisis. Staff took on heavier workloads to meet testing demands, while telehealth expanded rapidly. Concerns over patient care, particularly for the elderly, also grew as restrictions limited in-person visits.
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1 month ago | 
latrobevalleyexpress.com.au | Erika Allen |Daniel Pedersen
By ERIKA ALLENONCE a timber town, always a timber town – people say Heyfield’s timber history is a source of pride. In Heyfield, this pride goes beyond the passionate people who work in the industry or have family ties to it. It’s visible throughout the community, reflected in landmarks and traditions that honour its timber heritage. One example is the Victorian Timber Workers Memorial, which was established in December 2015.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
theaquilareport.com | Erika Allen
Forgiveness is a difficult doctrine, both to understand and to practice. There will, unfortunately, be situations in all our lives that will require us to extend extraordinary forgiveness to another person. And when those times come, the Lord will be near to help us process our pain and grief, and his Spirit will gently and faithfully get us to a place where we can forgive.
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Sep 7, 2024 | 
crossway.org | Erika Allen
Understanding ForgivenessThe biblical concept of forgiveness is so rich and multifaceted that there are a million aspects of the doctrine we could spend years pondering and trying to fully understand. Likewise, if we are talking about forgiveness as it relates to one person forgiving another person, the spectrum on which the need for forgiveness falls is vast.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
latrobevalleyexpress.com.au | Erika Allen |Daniel Pedersen
By ERIKA ALLENLATROBE City South Ward councillor Melissa Ferguson has announced she won’t be running for re-election. Cr Ferguson took to social media to notify the community, saying, “I have made this decision after much consideration and reflection on my time serving as your councillor”. Part of Cr Ferguson’s reflection highlighted the “difficult arbitration process” that resulted in a one-month suspension from duty throughout June and part of July this year.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
latrobevalleyexpress.com.au | Erika Allen |Daniel Pedersen
By ERIKA ALLENPOPULAR local tourist destination Loch Sport’s newest home is defying conventionality and challenging what a house can be. It’s built like LEGO blocks from three shipping containers and takes eight to 12 weeks to assemble. Turning the humble shipping container into houses is not a new building solution. The rise of the Tiny House – the #tinyhouse has 3.7 million posts on Instagram – was perhaps the blueprint for shipping container houses.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
latrobevalleyexpress.com.au | Erika Allen |Daniel Pedersen
By ERIKA ALLENANY of the three sites presented as options for where Latrobe City Council builds a permanent public toilet can be built in Churchill would be “suitable”, Margaret Guthrie, president of the Churchill & District Community Association (CDCA), told the council last week. For the second month, Churchill’s lack of an accessible public toilet was discussed at a Latrobe City Council meeting.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
latrobevalleyexpress.com.au | Erika Allen |Daniel Pedersen
By ERIKA ALLENFORMER Member for Morwell, Russell Northe lost an application for leave recently to appeal against his 21-month prison sentence. Northe was sentenced last October for falsifying documents and setting up fake expenses while serving in public office. Lawyers on behalf of Northe attended Victoria’s Court of Appeal to argue the sentence of imprisonment was “excessive”. However, the appeal was refused.
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Jun 18, 2024 | 
latrobevalleyexpress.com.au | Erika Allen |Daniel Pedersen
ATHLETICSBy ERIKA ALLENQuestion: What are your legs? Answer: Steel springs. Q: What are they going to do? A: Hurl me down the track. Q: How fast? A: Like a Leopard. JAMES Denton, a 15-year-old sprinter and the nation’s freshest Under 16 Men’s 400-metre champion, may just embody this saying. The Warragul wunderkind has trained and represented the Moe Little Athletics Club since taking up athletics eight years ago.
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
latrobevalleyexpress.com.au | Erika Allen |Daniel Pedersen
By ERIKA ALLENSOME of Gippsland’s forestry workers displaced by the state government’s forced closure of the native forest industry have had their redundancy payments frozen. Jeff Coster is one such local who has yet to receive $198,000 in compensation. Mr Coster envisaged that life after logging would look like retirement.
