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A garden of trees commemorating Queen Elizabeth the Second’s Platinum Jubilee were unveiled in an intimate ceremony at Cannonvale State School last week.
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A Proserpine World War II veteran, Private Edward ‘Eddie’ Charles Lade, returned home to the sugarcane farming town after two years’ service in the Pacific Theatre of War, bringing with him something incredibly special.
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Images: Declan Durrant
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On Thursday last week St Catherine’s Catholic College students were recognised for their academic, sporting, cultural and community achievements at their annual Awards Ceremony.
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The school community gathered at Whitsunday Christian College for the school’s end of year celebration on Wednesday, November 16.
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Are you ready for Good Vibrations flowing from the speakers at ‘The Pub’? Because audiences are getting “the excitations” as Australia’s biggest and best Beach Boys experience is set to surf into Airlie Beach in a weeks’ time.
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Qui Nguyen coats his animated feature with world-building, transforming what is ostensibly a standard narrative into an exceptionally poignant, visually gorgeous, and thoroughly jubilant tale in a vibrant world. The writer-director has crafted a heartfelt and humorous ode to classic, pulp action-adventure comics of old with his 2022 animated film Strange World.
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The final four in this year’s Airlie Beach Darts’ Xmas Open earned their places on Sunday morning at Mika Airlie Beach, with the draw for the semi-final pairings to be carried out later in the week.
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Families who attend Airlie Swim School by Danielle went along to the third annual Swim Carnival last Sunday with over 60 children between the ages of four and 10 competing in a range of categories.
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First up was the Under 11 Proserpine Pitbulls vs South’s Sharks: It was set to be a tough match against the unbeaten South’s Sharks team on a balmy Saturday morning.Captain Zahra lost the toss and the Sharks opted to field first, knowing the day was only going to get hotter. The Proserpine side posted a 9/62 total at the end of 20 overs.
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The Cannonvale Cannons had a fantastic weekend of swimming with over 30 young swimmers competing at the Whitsunday Swim Carnival in Proserpine last Saturday.Also, six Cannons participated at the Hamilton Island Ocean Swim on Sunday and a couple of Cannons attended the swim clinic facilitated by Graeme Carroll.
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Tuesday afternoon at Airlie Beach Bowls Club saw Betty Whitehorn as skipper with Robin Brown at lead and Rhonda Lloyd take home the winners prizes to start the week.
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At Bowen Bowls Club’s Wednesday Social meet, Mary Ellen Pratten, Keith Kirk, and Lou Fordham defeated Paula Welsted, Tracy Roach, and Allen Williams to get the ball rolling.
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Twelve players enjoyed a game of Social Bowls on Wednesday at Proserpine Bowls Club, the last opportunity for the year before the greens were taken out for the annual renovations.
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Congratulations to the Wangaratta Men’s Bowls side which defeated Collinsville in the last round of the Local Pennant. Although a good win, Wangaratta were beaten by Bowen Bowls Club, who claimed the overall winners for 2022.
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Wednesday’s competition was a single stableford sponsored by Bowen Golf Club. Ladies’ winner, Claire Garrod, 36 points, and runner up on a countback, Leanne Swan, 35, while Men’s winner was Walter Maguire, 39 points, and runner up Brett Carlyon, 38 points.
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Tuesday’s competition at Proserpine Golf Club saw 18 players in a PGC Tuesday Stableford.
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A Stableford event was held along with the 4BBB Stableford trophy challenge for 2022.
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There was a good field of 30 players at Sunday’s Proserpine Veteran’s Golf meet, and there were some great scores, too.
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This week’s weekly competition was very close with all placings on 20 points at Whitsunday Green Golf Club.
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After months of investigation and scrutiny, the board of Mackay Base Hospital was sacked by the Queensland Government, following more than 100 claims of mistreatment by women who had been in its care.
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Mackay detectives have charged a local man with ten offences following investigations into two serious crashes last Sunday (November 20) at Mount Pleasant and Farleigh. Initial information indicates shortly after 6.30am on Sunday, two vehicles collided at the intersection of the Bruce Highway and Sams Road before one of the vehicles, a stolen white Toyota Landcruiser, left the scene.
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Travellers entering Mackay from the northwest may have noticed an unsightly addition to the Welcome to Mackay sign at the Ring Road roundabout at Glenella. Vandals had left their mark on the sign and local residents Shelley and Phil decided to do something about it.
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How long does it take in a new place before you can call yourself a local? I always thought this proposition made as much sense as ‘how long is a piece of string’, because I don’t think it’s something you can quantify with time. It’s a feeling.
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Dramatic scenes unfolded in West Mackay on Monday afternoon when a 24-year-old man was shot by police. The incident which occurred on Bridge Road in a premises near the Mackay Base Hospital escalated when a 24-year-old man allegedly advanced at officers with a firearm.
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