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Dragon boats race for charity
Above: Action during last Sunday’s Kids in Need dragon boat races at Jack Evans Boat Harbour, Tweed Heads. Hundreds of people lined the shore for the family fun event which raises money for the children’s charity. Photo Jeff ‘Cox’ Dawson
Fashions and fillies on the field
Left: Rhianon Durkin, 4, of Tweed Heads, enjoyed wearing a painted face at the Tweed River Festival lantern parade at Jack Evans Boat Harbour last Saturday night. Photo Jeff Dawson
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6 October 23, 2008 The Tweed Shire Echo
Above right: Thin Green Line manager, Theme Rains enjoys the races. The picturesque racecourse at Tygalgah near Murwillumbah was an even prettier picture on Monday afternoon with a fashions on the field event adding an extra splash of spring colour to the Tweed Tourism sponsored race day hosted by Tweed River Jockey Club. Photo Steve Senise Right: Eungella businessman Gerald Hart Attrill (aka Jessa O’ My Heart) cut a dapper figure in the bookies ring just before heading off to the fashion parade with a friend. Photo Luis Feliu
Bunnings of South Tweed Heads have created a peaceful oasis for troubled minds at Tweed Heads Hospital. More than 20 team members from Bunnings hit the hospital last week to create a new garden for Alzheimer and dementia patients. Tweed Heads Hospital CEO Trish Hogan, in one of her last duties at the hospital, opened the garden with the Bunnings team joining in the ceremony. Ms Hogan praised the kind thoughts and efforts of the hardware retailer, saying Alzheimer and dementia patients now had a peaceful refuge in which to relax devoid of the hospital corridors, which had been their only place to get some exercise. Bunnings donated the garden, Tweed Shire Council gave the mulch while Surfside Buses donated the bus stop sign. Ms Hogan was thrilled to see the garden completed and the community pitch in to give so generously to those in need of a little peace and quiet.
Hospital’s garden of tranquility
Tweed Heads Hospital chief executive officer Trish Hogan (centre) and Bunnings staff members Sammy Dunemann (left) and Mat Degroot try out the bench in the hospital’s new tropical garden for Alzheimer and dementia patients.
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