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WEATHER

Forecast: Cloudy. The chance of fog in the early morning, mainly inland. Medium (60%) chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. Light winds. Overnight temperatures falling to between 9 and 12 with daytime temperatures reaching between 17 and 20.

GRAFTON: 7-19

YAMBA: 8-10

MACLEAN: 9-18

COPMANHURST: 7-19

WOOLI: 9-18

BARYULGIL: 8-17

NYMBOIDA: 6-17

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FUNERAL NOTICES

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.

Evelyn ‘Evie’ Jessie McPhee
Late of Dougherty Villa Grafton, passed away on July 29, 2021 aged 87 years. A private service has been held as per Evie’s wishes.

DIGITAL EDITIONS

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

VIDEO: Police reveal further details of highway incident A man is in critical condition following the incident on the Big River Way on Friday evening.

TAFE guard surrounded in teenage group assault Police are using CCTV footage of incident last week to identify and interview people over alleged incident.

Revealed: Second-life plans begin for Grafton’s old jail It has sat stagnant for more than a year after the opening of the new jail at Lavadia, but plans have emerged for the site’s redevelopment. Take a look at the first steps here.

Where does the Coffs/Clarence rank in vaccinations? With residents in regional NSW due to get those Pfizer doses back, statistics show how keen Coffs and Grafton residents are to roll up their sleeves.

PUZZLES & HOROSCOPES

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LOCAL EVENTS

Tuesday, August 10

Tuning in to Kids
Yamba Community Centre @ 10am

Wednesday, August 11 

Poker
Club Iluka @ 6.30pm

Thursday, August 12 

Innquizitive Trivia
Maclean Bowling Club @ 7.30pm

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

Paul Kelly (sold out)
Yamba Bowling Club @ 7pm

Jock Barnes live
Sanctus Brewing Co @ 5pm

Sunday, August 15

Harwood Bream Round
Harwood @ 7am

Monday, August 16 

Musical Bingo
The Lawrence Tavern @ 6pm

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ON THIS DAY

1898 Rudolf Diesel of Germany obtains patent #608,845 for his internal combustion engine, later known as the diesel engine.

1942 Mahatma Gandhi and 50 others arrested in Bombay after passing of a “quit India” motion and campaign by the All-India Congress.

1945 US drops second atomic bomb “Fat Man” on Nagasaki, Japan, destroying part of the city.

1965 Singapore separates from the Federation of Malaysia and gains its independence.

2020 Disputed Belarusian presidential election sees long time dictator Alexander Lukashenko officially win 80% of the votes but unofficially lose 60-70% of the votes to main opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. Sparks widespread protests in Belarus and international condemnation.

LOTTERIES

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Division 3: $694.00

Division 4: $20.30

Division 5: $11.90

Division 6: $7.15

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