Tatts win
A blind Geelong West pensioner plans to spend a $400,000 lottery win on his children and a “new pair of shoes” for his wife, according to his daughter.
“Dad’s really happy to have won TattsLotto but he’s gone very quiet,” she said after he won division-one on Saturday night.
Sunnies swiped
A fashion-conscious thief has police on her trail after stealing designer sunglasses worth hundreds of dollars from a Geelong store.
Police have released an image of a woman they want to question over the theft of the display sunglasses from a Malop St shop around 6pm on 20 June.
Jobs agenda
Planning process for a futuristic $320 sustainable farm proposed for Avalon will be high on the agenda at Geelong’s next council meeting, according to Mayor Darryn Lyons.
He said council would consider “fast-tracking” the 1000-job proposal by handing planning responsibility to minister Matthew Guy.
School promise
A $5 million building project would rejuvenate Whittington Primary School under a Labor state government, opposition leader Daniel Andrews has announced.
Mr Andrews also promised the local contractors would carry out the work on rebuilding the “great local school”.
