LOCAL PROFILE: PAULA FOWLER
An Anglesea Angel
By Jenna Crawford
Paula Fowler has been a resident of Anglesea for 40 years, moving from Colac when her mother and father (Marion and Noel Russell) purchased the Anglesea General Store, which was more commonly known then as Maid Marion's. Paula finished her year six at Anglesea Primary School, then went on to Grovedale College, where she embraced opportunities to learn both technical subjects and academic ones.
As a 12-year-old, she often helped out at Maid Marion's, thus developing her abilities in customer service and relations … values she still holds dear today. Her early career saw Paula working as a customer service officer in the Rates Department for Barwon Water in Geelong, where she developed a sophisticated computer system for the issuing of rates notices. Prior to her time at Barwon Water, she had also worked in the Rates Department at the City of South Barwon. Both roles required a keen
Anglesea local Paula Fowler is a great support to many in the community.
attention-to-detail and a high level of customer service, offering help and advice to a mixed variety of customers.
They have three beautiful children and could not think of a better place to raise a growing family, than Anglesea.
She left her job at Barwon Water to start a family with her husband, Darryl.
The community aspect of caring and giving is paramount to Paula, and played a large part in their decision to stay in our small coastal village. When the Russell family initially moved to Anglesea, they became very involved in the Anglesea Football and Netball Club in voluntary capacities. Paula and her sister played junior netball, whilst her brother played football. Paula’s two sons became involved in cricket and football, and her husband was soon coaching the junior cricket teams. Following in her parents’ footsteps, Paula has spent much time volunteering in the football and netball realms. She felt it was time to give back to the community and volunteered to fulfil many different roles over the years at the Anglesea Football and Netball Club. She played netball, coached netball, umpired netball and spent time on the committee.
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