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Leading way for community

Quambatook resident Chelle Espagne is one of the many volunteers that keep the community ticking. Picture: Supplied
Peter Bannan

IT is more efficient to ask Chelle Espagne what community groups she’s not involved with in Quambatook. Her involvement in the Mallee wheat belt town is extensive. But, Ms Espagne shares the sentiment of many a country person. “I didn’t put my hand up – I got roped into it,” she said. But what began […]

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