Murder trial
A Norlane man will stand trial for the alleged stabbing murder of Waurn Ponds mother Raichele Galea at a Corio unit in 2017.
Travis Wills, 22, pleaded not guilty in Geelong Magistrates Court this week to Ms Galea’s murder and other charges including attempted robbery.
Storages falling
Geelong’s water storages have fallen to 36.8 per cent of capacity despite recording 23mm of rain in the seven days to Tuesday.
Barwon Water measured consumption of more than 623 million litres over the same time, with the storages losing 1.1 per cent of their holdings across the seven days.
Charity convoy
Local truckers and bikies will gather at Avalon Airport this weekend travelling in a convoy around Geelong for charity.
Organisers said proceeds from the local leg of Camp Quality Convoy Victoria on Sunday would benefit the families of children with cancer.
Danger show
Cats star Patrick Dangerfield will host an online video series on children’s love of Australian Rules football and toy cars.
Promoters said four-part You Tube series AFL Players Garage would put the Geelong champion alongside other players including Alex Rance and Ben Brown as they conducted various challenges and activities for the players and young participants.
Nominations call
City Hall is seeking nominations for a 2019 Geelong Youth Awards.
The City said nominations for people aged 12 to 25 were open with various categories at geelongaustralia.com.au/youthawards until 17 May.
Social students
Grade six students will work on “social change” under a program earmarked for Northern Bay College campuses.
Kids Thrive, an “arts and community development organisation”, this week released invitations to a 30 April information evening about how participants could “work alongside our newest generation of volunteers and philanthropists”.
‘Giant’ night
A “giant” charity dinner next week will raise money for research into sudden infant death syndrome and an organisation providing disabled people with sailing experiences.
Rotary Club of Geelong East said tickets to the 13 April event at Royal Geelong Yacht Club were still available at trybooking.com/438373.
Female boss
Geelong Bank has appointed its first female chief executive officer since opening in 1974.
The bank, previously trading as Ford Cooperative Credit Society, said acting general manager Vivien Allan would replace Peter Vecoli, who had retired after more than 30 years’ service.
