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Rising star 2020 was a difficult year for sport, with virtually every competition postponed and training session under restriction. But some young athletes, like 13-year-old Stanthorpe boy Jacob Kent, have seen extraordinary success amid the chaos. In October last year, following a months-long Covid-induced break, Jacob competed at the Queensland All Schools Championships. He received a bronze medal in Under 14 Discus, also competing in Javelin and Triple Jump events. “We thought that was it,” said Jacob’s mum Sonia Kent. “We were then contacted early this year to be informed that he had qualified for the Queensland team to participate at Nationals in April 2021.” More on page 10
Cheques flow The Stanthorpe RSL Services Club hosted its annual Sponsorship Night on Wednesday 28 April, giving more than $76,000 back to local community groups. The event, which was supposed to be held in 2020, was very well-attended with 60 guests from 37 organisations. See who got the cheques on page 4
Young ambassador announced Stanthorpe Rotary Club will sponsor Karma O’Reilly in the 2020 Apple and Grape Young Ambassador competition, joining Amy Colyer who became the first
Young Ambassador for the 2022 festival early last month. Apple and Grape President Russell Wantling said Karma was the second
entrant in the competition with more sponsors and entrants being sought. Story page 3
Health ‘swamped’ Experts say Queensland’s public hospitals are a “ticking time bomb”, as patient numbers at Stanthorpe medical practices surge. Australian Medical Association (AMA) Queensland member and Australian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) spokesperson Dr Kim Hansen said the current situation
is the worst emergency doctors had seen. “There’s been a surge in patients this year most hospitals are seeing record numbers and they just don’t have the staff or beds to cope,” said Dr Hansen. “The system was already at full capacity and now it’s swamped.”
Dr Hansen said emergency departments are “the canary in the coalmine”, bearing the burden when other parts of the health system are over capacity. “Emergency doctors and nurses are happy to work hard to see all the patients but they can’t do it well if they have to practice ‘waiting
room medicine’,” she said. “It’s awful, like putting a Band Aid on a stab wound.” For all the details, turn to page 3
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