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Wicks ressurected at Ghosts

Danny Wicks has fun with teammates during the Grafton Ghosts’ intra-club match at Frank McGuren Oval on Saturday.

THE club remained tight-lipped but the body language of the man himself told the full story.

$7000 eases pain of losing locks

Maclean High School students Alice Batcheldor, Phoebe Zietsch and Sarah King show off their new look after having their heads shaved. Other Maclean High students and staff also participated and the school raised $7000 for cancer research.

A SHAVE for a Cure fundraiser at Maclean set out with a modest aim of raising $500, but ended up with a grand total running into thousands.

 

Valley’s biggest losers weigh in

Joan Smyth and Barbara Beachman, from Nymboida, sign up for the Biggest Loser competition.

ALMOST 100 people from the Grafton area faced the scales at the Grafton Community Centre for the Clarence Valley Biggest Loser competition's initial weigh-in.

 

Police urge input at Yamba forum

THE NSW Police Northern Region Aboriginal Advisory Committee will outline objectives and take information on board at a meeting in Yamba on Wednesday.

 

Smoking carnage tackled

Dr Ray Jones.

THE statistics speak for themselves. Smoking is a major killer of Aboriginal people.

 

Grafton's rich history yields book

Terry Kass, author of the 150 Years of Grafton book for the Grafton sesquicentenary, at Schaeffer House.

WHEN historian Terry Kass started delving into Grafton's past, he never imagined he'd unearth a goldmine.

 

Check your trainer's fitness

Grafton personal trainer Craig Nipperess.

IF paying a personal trainer to help get your body in tip-top shape, it is well worthwhile to enquire about their qualifications.

 

Big W team aiming to be not so big

Craig Phelps, Sam Wilson, Matt O’Meally, Jason Fischer, Carly Wainwright and Brian Hall make up the Big W Bulge Busters team for Clarence Valley Biggest Loser.

SIX Big W colleagues are all determined to lose weight and win this year’s Clarence Valley Biggest Loser competition.

 

Couple killed in highway accident

A man and a woman died after this car was involved in a head-on collision 25 kilometres south of Woodburn.

TWO Lower Clarence teenagers were recovering in hospital last night after being involved in a horror Pacific Highway crash that left two people dead yesterday.

 

Heavy equipment out of Skinner St

Annie Dodd of the Alchemy Cafe stands in the middle of the South Grafton beautification work.

CLARENCE Valley Council site foreman Terry Day said the heavy equipment used for the Skinner Street upgrade would be out of the street in about a week.

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Bingle and Clarke end engagement

Bingle and Clarke end engagement

GLAMOUR couple Michael Clarke and Lara Bingle have officially terminated their engagement, ending days of speculation about their anticipated break-up.

 

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Japan arrests anti-whaling activist

Japan arrests anti-whaling activist

A NEW Zealand anti-whaling activist has been arrested in Japan after a harpoon ship he boarded in Antarctic waters last month docked in Tokyo, greeted by...

 

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