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• Sian devotes herself to global community

  TEWANTIN'S Sian White recently was awarded the John Curtin Medal for almost a life-long dedication to helping others.The John Curtin Medal is the highest non-academic award given each year by Curtin University to people who have made a significant contribution in their chosen field in Australia or internationally and who have exhibited John Curtin's qualities of vision, leadership and community service.At just 29, Sian was recognised for her tireless dedication to supporting others less fortunat..

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• Distracted Sunshine Coast drivers do dumb deeds in traffic | Sunshine Coast Daily

  

  IT DOESN'T matter if drivers are chewing down takeaway food, reaching back to discipline their kids or putting on last-minute make-up, police are on the look-out for people distracted behind the wheel.Sunshine Coast Road Policing Unit officer-in-charge Shane Panoho said mobile phone use was also a problem for the region's drivers, despite a slight decrease in the number of offences.There were 1539 mobile phone infringements on the Coast between January 1 and November 9, which was lower than the ..

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• Tributes for 'gentle giant' Kyle Baumann after tragedy

  

  THE waterhole at Kiamba where a young man drowned on Sunday is popular with locals looking to cool off.It is also notoriously dangerous after heavy rain.Normally, the small creek which feeds the hole is a gentle stream which flows over and around large rocks, cascading down a series of small waterholes on its way to Wappa Dam.On Sunday, when 20-year-old Kyle Baumann drowned, it was swollen by rain and thousands of litres of water was pouring over the small waterfall above the hole.The pool of wa..

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• Thundercats set to roar at championship decider

  

  SPEED BOATS: Alexandra Headland is set to become Thundercats central this weekend as thrill-seeking pilots and co-pilots go head-to-head for a shot at the Queensland Thundercat Surf Cross Series title.The championship round will showcase the nation's best inflatable catamaran crews in a high-octane, full-throttle battle for supremacy."The crews are itching to get back to the Sunshine Coast and they've all been working hard tweaking the boats to make sure they're ready to take on the unpredictabl..

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• Muslims welcome but not Islam, says Sunshine Coast group | Sunshine Coast Daily

  

  SUNSHINE Coast Safe Communities Inc's Ron Hutchins says while there is room for Muslims on the Sunshine Coast, there is no place for Islam."Australian Muslims are welcome in our community. However, Islam is totally incompatible with western democracy and freedoms," Mr Hutchins said.He said ideally, Muslims would remain on the Coast, peacefully worshipping, while rejecting the violent passages in the Koran and "encouraging their children to integrate with mainstream society"."If people wish to li..

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• Brothers awarded young achievers amongCoast'hoo's hoo'

  BROTHERS, band mates and now the Coast's newest Young Achievers.Tim and Sam Aitken haven't had a bad 2015.They took out the Young Achiever of the Year award last night at the Schultz, Toomey, O'Brien Lawyers Young Achievers Awards 2015 at Kawana Surf Club. Having scooped up the March monthly award for Music Achievement, the brothers were crowned the winners of the annual prize, which snagged them $5000 in cash and a $10,000 media advertising package for their Caloundra City Private School."They ..

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• FATAL CONFRONTATION: 'It just happened so quick'

  

  COOLUM police officer Constable Jason Jupp had just started his shift when he was called to a possible stabbing.Within minutes the officer, who was seven months into his policing career, had seen his first fatal confrontation.He saw his partner Senior Constable Evan Condon shoot Anthony William Young as he came forward with a machete."It just happened so quick," Const Jupp said."By the time the last round had been fired it was then I realised what had happened."He said it had set the standard fo..

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• Paraglider receives multi-trauma injuries at Rainbow Beach

  A SUNSHINE Coast man was airlifted by RACQ CareFlight Rescue following a paragliding accident at Rainbow Beach on Monday afternoon. The man in his ...

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• Van parks test out 24-hour info touch-screen 'kiosks'

  

  A TOUCH-SCREEN directory of local attractions being installed at caravan parks around the Sunshine Coast is offering local businesses the chance to advertise through a new medium.If the technology takes off, businesses could soon bid farewell to the time-honoured tradition of producing paper pamphlets to spruik their services to the Coast's visitors.Instead, businesses can load their offerings through the medium, which will provide a 24-hour information point for visitors on everything from Suns..

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• Tips to make your schoolies on theCoaststress-free

  

  SCHOOLIES Week will soon be here.This is an exciting time for school leavers and a nervous time for parents.While schoolies on the Sunshine Coast is a much more relaxed and laid-back time, the Gold Coast is a completely different scene with plans under way to cater for about 25,000 school leavers.Most school leavers would by now have high expectations for their Schoolies Week following a one to two- year build-up to the event.The downside of schoolies is well covered in the media every year;.How..

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