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Butcher shop suffers fire setback

Butcher Phillip Smith surveys the fire damage to his shop.

BURLEIGH butcher Phillip Smith had his first date for the Gold Coast Mail's Butcher Wants a Wife in the midst of cleaning his butchery this week.

Larger than life and CancerFREE

Cancer Council Queensland volunteers and cancer survivors released 980 rose petals on Burleigh Beach to remember the number of people who die from cancer on the Gold Coast every year.

GOLD Coast cancer survivor Roger Large joined a group of Cancer Council Queensland volunteers to release almost 1000 rose petals at Burleigh Beach last week.

 

Fish fans celebrate the board

Organiser Grant Newby is looking forward to talking surfboards at the fourth annual Currumbin Fish Fry event.

FISH will be frying this weekend at Currumbin Alley.

 

Burleigh store makes BRW list

Burleigh business Hip Pocket Workwear has been named the 35th fastest growing franchise by BWR.

HIP Pocket Workwear should be called pocket rocket workwear.

 

Mat makes beach enjoyable for all

Residents try the beach matting at the Southport Broadwater Parklands.

A GOLD Coast City Council initiative will allow more people to get to the water’s edge at Southport Broadwater Parklands.

 

Students mad about science

Year 12 Miami students Alisha Andre and Tyler Halcrow are looking forward to new science facilities.

OLD-fashioned bunsen burners and gauze mats will soon be a thing of the past for Miami State High School.

 

Bank investing in Tugun community

Customer relations manager Allan Merlehan with Tess Clifford and Fredrick the frog.

CURRUMBIN Wildlife Sanctuary critters helped the Tugun Community Bank celebrate its seventh birthday last week.

 

Bush Samaritan rejects hero tag

Di Selby.

AN ELDERLY woman fighting for her life in the Gold Coast Hospital today owes a huge debt of gratitude to modest country heroes, Tony and Di Selby.

 

Fanning out of Quiksilver Pro

Mick Fanning

REIGNING world champion Mick Fanning has been eliminated from the season-opening Quiksilver Pro men's world surfing tour event after an upset loss to Kai Otton.
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Nicquel’s living the dream in NZ

Palm Beach jet setter Nicquel Rhoden is having the time of her life in New Zealand.

TWO weeks into her “dream job” and Nicquel Rhoden has already been rock jumping, capsized in water rapids and swam with dolphins.

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National News

PM rejects hospital job loss claims

PM rejects hospital job loss claims

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has rejected claims that up to 20,000 people will lose their jobs under the Federal Government's planned health reforms.

 

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World News

Sailor missing after Chile quake

Sailor missing after Chile quake

AN Australian sailor missing off the coast of earthquake-ravaged Chile was on board a yacht whose captain has previously sailed without a radio.

 

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