A new mobility van officially launched at Clutha Health First (CHF) on Monday is already being well used by rest-home residents, and other community groups are also being encouraged to take advantage of the new vehicle.
Clutha farmers are being invited on a winter mystery bus tour to visit properties where farmers have adopted unusual ways of maintaining profitability in tough times.
A combination of breast screening, brain development, living with cancer and even some lunchtime tai chi is on the agenda for next month's Clutha district community wellness programme.
Marilyn Sayers comes from a teaching background and this is expected to prove more than useful in her new role as marketing manager for Telford Rural Polytechnic.
They ate a cooked breakfast but the suffering of men and women with breast cancer was uppermost in the minds of those who gathered for a Pink Breakfast in Balclutha yesterday.
Milton's Presbyterian Church could shut its doors within two months - and may even be demolished - as the parish struggles to pay the rising costs of maintaining the 119-year-old building.
The doors have closed unexpectedly on a well- known Owaka eatery, leaving a sour taste in the mouths of its six staff and the town with one shop fewer for the growing number of tourists passing through.
The sun will come up today and Mosgiel will survive. That was the feeling on the streets of the town yesterday as people heard its largest employer was closing.
Two South Otago police officers were yesterday recognised for their contribution to the job after having amassed more than four decades of service between them.
Rating farmers on capital value was unfair, especially when they were being asked to put big money towards the new Awatea St stadium, two Clutha farmers told an Otago Regional Council hearing this week.