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100 years of worship inside Ramco’s Lutheran Church celebrated

RAMCO’s St Paul’s Lutheran Church last Sunday celebrated 100 years since its first building was built in 1924. This original church was demolished in 1978 because a larger building was needed to house the congregation. Prior to having...

Christine Webster

03 Dec 2024

Community

Recollections of King Charles’ visit as Prince

THE visit by King Charles III and Queen Camilla to Australia last month reminded Riverland resident Yvonne Pietsch of the time when the monarch visited Renmark as a Prince. Mrs Pietsch recalled the day she, her husband Gilbert, and their daughters...

Christine Webster

26 Nov 2024

Community News

Ramco’s Lutheran Church celebrates 100 year milestone

THE Ramco community is celebrating the centenary of St Paul’s Lutheran Church with a Holy Communion service and lunch on Sunday. Descendants of the church’s first congregation members, some of the former pastors of the church, and past and...

Christine Webster

26 Nov 2024

Community

Time capsule retrieved ahead of Ramco Lutheran Church centenary celebrations

RAMCO St Paul’s Lutheran Church congregation members have retrieved a time capsule placed inside the wall of the current church containing items from when the original church was built in 1924. Roger Davies, Mark Doecke and Ron Simpfendorfer on...

Christine Webster

22 Nov 2024

Community

Jet skiing boosts local breast cancer awareness

A GROUP of 19 jet skiers from Victoria, Tasmania, NSW and the ACT recently took part in a nine-day River Murray marathon, from Albury, in NSW, through the Riverland and to Goolwa, to raise awareness about the importance of breast cancer screening...

Christine Webster

19 Nov 2024

Council

Mid Murray Council makes an assistance plea for local Corella control

MID Murray Council is seeking support from the Local Government Association (LGA) of SA to lobby the State Government to include corella control in its proposed Biodiversity Act. At its meeting in October, councillors authorised Mayor Simone Bailey...

Christine Webster

11 Nov 2024