Mandy Bean

Two Blue Mountain College pupils have been selected to sit on the Clutha District's Youth Council.

Gore's Out of School Music Programme is back in class for the 2009 year.

The West Otago Community Board is to recommend to Clutha District Council (CDC) an application be made to the Ministry of Health for a 100 per cent subsidy to pay for installing a system to add fluoride to the Tapanui water supply.

Families in the district already struggling financially may now be faced with the cost of sending their children to school, a situation which is concerning the Gore Salvation Army.

Clinton teenager Spencer Bungard (15) has taken recycling to a whole new level.

A Gore teenager is one of only a handful of people nationwide to earn a Trinity College of London Exhibition Award for Achievement in speech and drama.

Of the 29 Otago pupils to receive Gold Duke of Edinburgh Awards recently, 12 of them were Blue Mountain College pupils.

With Christmas on its way, the Gore Salvation Army is gearing up for one of the most stressful times of the year for some families.

The Salvation Army food bank has been under pressure for much of the year with higher than usual demand.

The economy may be slowing, but families are staying put in the Gore district, with many schools in the area projecting no change or slight increases in their rolls for 2009.

East Gore School principal Wes Gentle said the numbers for next year ‘‘looked pretty good''.

Rabbits ate Te Tipua School's first vegetable garden last year, but this year pupils and teachers are determined that will not happen again.