In a celebration, she proudly displayed letters of congratulations from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth upon her 100th birthday and from His Majesty King Charles for her 105th and 106th birthdays.
Jean attributes her long life to “keeping good health.”
“Once retired I kept myself busy gardening.”
She is Yarrawonga’s oldest resident and is destined to become the town’s oldest ever when she turns 107.
Walk to raise Myeloma Awareness
Echuca-Moama Community Radio has launched its campaign for ‘My Greatest Walk’, a charity event that raises money for myeloma research in Australia.
The walk will be held this Sunday at 10am.
It will start from the radio station’s office and go to East Echuca Recreational Reserve.
The path is roughly 730 metres.
Myeloma is a type of blood cancer that develops from plasma in the bone marrow.
There is currently no cure, but there are treatments that drastically slow down the disease’s spread.
The campaign comes after a former presenter at EMFM lost his battle with myeloma recently.
“We have a couple of staff members and past presenters who have myeloma; unfortunately, one of our own recently passed away due to complications from the disease,” John Vincent, the sponsorship volunteer at EMFM, said.
The ‘My Greatest Walk’ initiative is Australia-wide, with 22 walks on March 3.
If you wish to participate in the walk or donate, you can register at the EMFM website.
Free hearing tests
There will be free hearing tests coming to Cobram courtesy of Hearing Australia.
The tests will be conducted at Woolworths Cobram, 54-58 Punt Rd today, and are part of Hearing Australia’s Hearing the Nation tour.
Further tests will be available tomorrow at the Tocumwal Library.
The tests will take 15 minutes and be conducted in specially equipped hearing buses.
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