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Ava Benny-MorrisonThe Sunday Telegraph Crime Reporter

Ava Benny-Morrison is a crime reporter for The Sunday Telegraph. She joined the team in September 2017 after covering crime and courts for several years in NSW and Queensland.

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Rewarding: Kirrily Myers (left), of Southern Cross K-12 school, with volunteer co-ordinators Jillian Eddington and Mandy Pratt, discuss ways to encourage students to take part in volunteer work. Picture: Ava Benny-Morrison

Students to fill volunteering void

THE volunteering void will soon be filled by local youth after the recent introduction of the NSW Premier’s Student Volunteering Awards in the region’s schools.

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Nominate kids for annual awards

YOU only have until Friday to get your nominations in for the annual Kids in Community awards.

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Grant ‘John’ Cadoret loves his nomadic existence, wandering the roads of Australia for the past 30 years. . Picture: Cathy Adams

Swagman passes through Bonalbo

A MODERN-DAY swagman who has been wandering Australia’s roads for over 30 years, living off only what he finds along the way, passed through Bonalbo last week.

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New director Cathy Gordon (front) with an inspirational group of women, the Lennox Head Headliners Chorus.

A capella group appoints director

THE Lennox Head Headliners Chorus has burst into the spotlight recently with the appointment of a new director.

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Be Be Bold owner Jane MacDonald (left) with assistant Cally Bennett and some of the Japanese-inspired fabrics that she sells. . Picture: Cathy Adams

Fabric maker inspired

WITH 25 years of quilting experience, Jane MacDonald knows what’s what when it comes to fabric and crafts and it shows.

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Dog trials competitor Robert Johnston with his working dog, Pattie, at the Bonalbo Show. . Picture: cathy adams

‘Pretty dogs’ muster at Bonalbo

THE ‘pretty dogs’ of the farming world showed off their discipline, skill and talent at the Bonalbo Showground yesterday as part of the 2010 Bonalbo show.

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Wouldn't wait: Pru and Ben Gray, of Ballina, with eight-day-old infant son Harvey in the family car where he was born beside the Pacific Highway near Newrybar while on the way to Mullumbimby District Hospital. . Picture: Jacklyn Wagner

Baby delivered next to highway

A BALLINA mother who gave birth to a baby boy on the side of the Pacific Highway last week has described it as ‘a pretty good experience’.

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New alcohol-free zones for Kyogle

LOCAL councils have re-established and introduced new alcohol-free zones in areas around the region in an attempt to target anti-social behaviour.

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Fun run: Dr Charlie Hew, Father Paul McDonald, Professor Zbys Klichand librarian Denise O’Brien train in the early hours of the morning in the hope of competing in the Gold Coast Marathon later this year. Picture: Jay Cronan

Lismore-based coffee running group

THEY don’t hold the answer to a bad joke but they are all involved in a Lismore-based running group that runs around 30km each Saturday morning.

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Ovarian cancer sufferer Mel Ensbey, left, and friend Katie Martin, from Alstonville, will host a charity bowls day on Sunday at the Alstonville bowling club. Picture: Cathy Adams

Bowls helps fund cancer treatment

AFTER 12 cycles of chemotherapy, 13 operations and six years of symptoms, Mel Ensbey is tired of ‘getting stuffed around’.

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