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It’s Thursday and Powerball is worth $80m tonight? What would you do if you won the lot? I’d work on my golf game. Every day.

WEATHER

Forecast: Mostly sunny. The chance of fog in the north early this morning. Slight (20%) chance of a shower. Light winds becoming north-westerly 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the early afternoon. Daytime maximum temperatures in the low to mid 20s.

GRAFTON: 9-26

YAMBA: 13-24

MACLEAN: 11-24

COPMANHURST: 9-26

WOOLI: 9-25

BARYULGIL: 10-25

NYMBOIDA: 8-24

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FUNERAL NOTICES

Olive Jean Webb (Philpott)

Formerly of Iluka, late of Dougherty Villa. Passed away peacefully on August 9 aged 92 years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend Olive’s funeral service to be held at Christ Church Cathedral, Duke St Grafton on Tuesday August 17 2021 commencing at 11am.

David Briggs

Late of Fortis Creek, passed away August 3 aged 71 years. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend his funeral service to be held at Pullen Chapel, 3-7 Prince St, Grafton on Friday August 6 commencing at 10am

Warren ‘Wazza’ John Hambly
Late of Lanitza, formerly of the Central Coast, passed away at home after a courageous battle with cancer, on August 4, 2021 aged 82 years. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend a farewell service for Warren, to be held at the Salvation Army Citadel, Oliver St, Grafton, on Thursday, August 12 at 11am.

Wendy Patricia Webber
Formerly of Sydney, late of Grafton, passed away on August 3, 2021 aged 82 years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend Wendy’s funeral service to be held at Christ Church Cathedral, Duke St, Grafton, on Friday, August 13 at 11am.

DIGITAL EDITIONS

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Brent Livermore speaks of Australian hockey outlook for the future after thrilling Olympic final Olympic hockey final reminds former captain of the lows and highs of the sport as he looks to the next generation of Australian hockey, and how his 2004 gold might not be his last Olympic dream

‘Ring of steel’ around Sydney would make people feel safer: Janelle Saffin One local politician says there is no easy answer to stopping people from leaving Sydney, while another says penalties need to be at least 10 times tougher.

AFL North Coast announces finals changes due to Covid restrictions Some of the region’s biggest winter sporting competitions have announced changes as Covid restrictions tighten in neighbouring areas

PUZZLES & HOROSCOPES

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LOCAL EVENTS

Friday, August 13

Yamba Library Book Club
Yamba Library @ 1.30pm

APL Poker
Maclean Bowling Club @ 6pm

Cocktails and Candles Workshop
Wynyabbie House, Palmers Island @ 6pm

Saturday, August 14

Get Whipped Live
Pacific Hotel Yamba @ 9.30pm

Sunday, August 15

Harwood Bream Round
Harwood @ 7am

Monday, August 16 

Musical Bingo
The Lawrence Tavern @ 6pm

Parent Cafe presents: Caring Through Covid-19
New School of Arts Grafton @ 10am

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ON THIS DAY

1851 American inventor Isaac Singer patents the sewing machine

1908Henry Ford‘s company builds the first Model T car

1981 IBM introduces its first Personal Computer (PC & PC-DOS version 1.0)

LOTTERIES

Wednesday Lotto

Draw: 4103

Winning Numbers: 20, 6, 33, 36, 38, 2

Supps: 14, 11

Division 1: $1,000,000

Division 2: $3,215.95

Division 3: $522.70

Division 4: $28.70

Division 5: $14.35

Division 6: $10.65