All your local weather, funeral notices and much more in one place

Looking for local funeral notices, lotto, weather, events calendar, and other local news updates? It’s all here in one package.

Greg Wheadon's aerial shot of Minnie Water was this week's winner of the Daily Examiner cover image competition. Great shot Greg!

Good morning!

Are you feeling a little under the weather? If so, put your mind at ease and get yourself tested for Covid. It’s only a quick test.

WEATHER

Forecast: Mostly sunny. The chance of morning fog near the Queensland border. Slight (20%) chance of a shower. Light winds becoming easterly 15 to 20 km/h in the early afternoon then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 6 and 9 with daytime temperatures reaching the low 20s.

GRAFTON: 8-22

YAMBA: 12-19

MACLEAN: 9-21

COPMANHURST: 8-22

WOOLI: 11-19

BARYULGIL: 8-21

NYMBOIDA: 7-21

Having trouble logging in? This might help you get started … With any changes, there are always going to be some hurdles to overcome. Probably the biggest one for some subscribers is logging in. Read more

FUNERAL NOTICES

Helen Susan Gibbs 
Late of South Grafton, passed away peacefully on August 10, 2021 aged 70 years. As per Helen’s wishes, a private cremation has been held.

Enid Joy Williams 
Late of Grafton, passed away peacefully on August 13, 2021 aged 96 years. Due to current Covid restrictions, a private family service will be held at Christ Church Cathedral, Duke St, Grafton, on Friday, August 20 at 1pm. This service will be livestreamed on the Christ Church Cathedral Facebook page.

Jack Simpson
Late of Mareeba, passed away peacefully on August 14, 2021 aged 95 years. A private service to be held.

Ruth Ellis
Passed away peacefully on August 14, 2021 aged 83 years.

Athol ‘Butchy’ Seaham Boyle
Late of Iluka, passed away peacefully on August 15, 2021 aged 91 years. Athol was privately buried.

Era Margaret Fischer 
Late of Corakai, passed away peacefully on August 12, 2021 aged 89 years. A private service to be held.

Lindsay Robert Hay
Passed away peacefully on August 15, 2021 aged 68 years. In memory of Lindsay, consider a donation to Dementia Australia Research Foundation.

DIGITAL EDITIONS

Click here to read today’s Digital Edition of The Daily Examiner

Click here to read today’s Digital Edition of The Daily Telegraph

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

‘We’re just not sure’: Uncertainty over Covid trace time frame Clarence Valley Council boss Ashley Lindsay says it is difficult to determine how long Covid-19 had been in Yamba before it was detected through sewage testing.

Revealed: North Coast postcode vaccination rates Use our exclusive ‘heatmap’ to find out how your area compares to the rest of the North Coast for getting the jab.

Grafton CBD assault: Money dispute ends with a court conviction “The victim said words to the effect ‘I’m going to kill you, kill your children’,” the man’s solicitor told the Court.

List: The hottest lockdown questions answered With so many questions flying across Facebook since the regions were locked down on Saturday, much of the language still isn’t clear. We ask health authorities to give a clear answer.

Damo looking to the community for a miracle Loving Life FM103.1 station manager Damian Fisher will host a 12-hour live broadcast as part of an Australia-wide event.

PUZZLES & HOROSCOPES

Click here to play today’s puzzles

Click here to read your horoscope

ON THIS DAY

1942 World War II: Over 4,000 Canadian and British soldiers killed, wounded or captured raiding Dieppe, France.

1988 Iran and Iraq begin a ceasefire in their 8-year-old war.

1991 Conservative members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union attempt to depose Mikhail Gorbachev in a coup d‘état.

2010 Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait.

LOTTERIES

Oz Lotto

Draw: 1435

Winning Numbers: 35, 15, 44, 5, 18, 32, 38

Supps: 42, 16

Division 1: $11,002,697.57

Division 2: $242,586.35

Division 3: $4,305.55

Division 4: $396.40

Division 5: $51.80

Division 6: $26.75

Division 7: $17.30