COMMUNITY NEWS Sari Hyytinen CCIN Editor’s Column
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BIO: OWNER/EDITOR of CCIN. Sari was born and raised in Tully. After she completed a Bachelor of Social Work in Townsville she moved to Sydney for ten years. Whilst in Sydney she worked in Youth homelessness at Youth Off The Streets and completed writing courses with the Sydney Writers Centre. Sari returned to FNQ and with the assistance of her father started CCIN. Ten weeks after starting CCIN she was involved in a very serious car accident; sustaining life-threatening injuries. She unable to work for a number of months and her family helped her through this period. When she was well enough she returned to running the Newspaper while continuing to overcome her injuries; coping with a traumatic brain injury. She has been lucky to have supportive staff and a supportive community as she continues to go through a difficult time.
have relied on the Advocate for their local news its closure would be sad. Here at CCIN we feel exited that Newscorp has now passed the torch on to us. We are a grassroots locally based media company and we will continue to report on local news for our area and will return to a printed copy with our local news being investigated by locally based reporters. We look forward to passing on the exciting news of the official date of going back to print once it has been confirmed. We also plan on extending our coverage to support more towns in the Wet Tropics area of FNQ. The Wet Tropics deserves strong locally based coverage to ensure that they have a voice. Rural areas and city areas have completely different needs. Every area in I am sure you have all heard that Newscorp have reduced their publications the Wet Tropics has its own unique ecological, biological and scenic landscape in rural areas across Australia. For the Cassowary Coast community this has resulted in the Innisfail Advocate no longer being printed, nor will it be online. attributes, and every area deserves to have their story told and to have their The Advocate started in 1906 and for those members of the community that voices heard.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR For goodness sake, when will the bitching stop?
mune systems and the indigenous community.
SACK the last council, get rid of Gott, we get a new council and Mayor and social media starts to attack him.
Ingrid McCarthy
The mayor and deputy have a walk through the town with the Chamber of Commerce, reviewing the town and looking for what they need to do to make it better. So the business owners are telling council what they need. Blow me down, out come the key board warriors attacking the Council and telling them they have it all wrong. Come on guys, settle down, let Council get on with the job and leave them be. It wasn’t just the keyboards warriors who voted them it, it was all of the region and let them do their job. If you are still unhappy in 4 years’ time, vote them out, but until then let them get on with it. M. Smith Innisfail
Please remember to be COVID safe. RESTRICTIONS have lifted and it’s about time. But please can we all be mindful and respectful. Practice good hand hygiene, cover up when you cough, keep a respectful distance, 1.5 metres and download the app. You may feel you are healthy but the most at risk are the elderly, those with compromised im-
Just because the restrictions are eased does not mean we can relax all precautions. I for one with an ageing mother who is not in the best health need to remain healthy for fear of passing it onto her and her fellow residents. Please be COVID safe. Innisfail
Come on Broncs COME on Tom Flegler. Give ‘em hell tonight. Let’s see the Broncos dust up the chooks. REMEMBER roses are red, violets and blue, the chooks are soft, aint that true. Bluey Babinda
Well done CCIN THOUGHT I should take the time to email and thank everyone at the CCIN for producing a great newspaper every week. Packed full of local stories as well as photos, I would be lost without my local newspaper. Oh, and thanks to Maria in Innisfail for covering all the news. She bobs up everywhere. So glad she is covering the news in the town. The only thing that would be better than the newspaper today is when you eventually come back as a printed paper. I do miss the paper in my hands, but well done, I read it on line every week. Martha G
We are going back to a printed edition in the coming weeks. Please see my column at the top of this page.
Loading zones are for commercial vehicles not cars WHEN will council start to book motorists who park in loading zones in Innisfail. Loading zones are for commercial vehicles NOT cars, and I cannot get commercial parking when delivering to businesses in Innisfail If council enforced the regulations my life would be easier, and safer. Come on council, book a few and word will get around and people will start obeying the parking regs. Unhappy truckie Mission Beach
Slow Down and Cassowary aware PLEASE slow down on the El’Arish Mission Beach Road. Cassowaries regularly cross and we cannot afford any more deaths of our beautiful cassowaries. Tourists love seeing these majestic birds, they are worth millions to the economy of the region. Lets slow down and protect the cassowaries.
Innisfail. LT Editor’s Reply:
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The views and comments made in letters to the editor are not necessarily the views and opinions of this paper. The Cassowary Coast Independent News reserves the right to cut content deemed as inappropriate, or not publish letters. Send your letters to: editor@ccin.com.au or text: 0473 350 465 Page 6 Cassowary Coast Independent News, Thursday, June 4, 2020
