Time to honour our nurses
KNOW someone in nursing who deserves an award for their hard work?
Darling Downs residents are being called on to nominate someone in the medical...
News in Brief
Capitals call
THE Southern Downs Regional Council has made a bid for Warwick and Stanthorpe to be considered “regional capitals“.
SDRC has provided a submission detailing...
Bush to battle
By SONJA KOREMANS
TENS of thousands of people will march though major cities on Anzac Day but there is nothing more enduring than the legend...
Disaster was a success
By SONJA KOREMANS
THESE young adventurers may well be the police officers, ambos and firies of the future.
They are among a group of...
Trek lasts a lifetime
By SONJA KOREMANS
THEIRS was an unusual first date.
A Warwick couple’s evening stroll to get to know one another after meeting at a...
Gone but not forgotten
By SONJA KOREMANS
THE centenary of the Anzac legend will be commemorated with great pride by these three young local descendants of World War I...
Peace prize win
By SONJA KOREMANS
A WAR veteran from Warwick has won the distinguished national 2015 RSL Anzac Peace Prize.
Fred Hyde, a 2015 Member of the Order...
Girls on show
By JOYCE MARSH (WOODENBONG CORRESPONDENT)
AMY Kearney has been named Miss Woodenbong Showgirl in the newly returned competition held at the show on...
Field day for punters
IT was blue skies, a strong contingent of local horses to cheer on, and eager punters at Warwick’s RSL Memorial Club Race Day Allman...
Name popped on poppies
ANZAC Day commemorations began early in Warwick this week with residents paying tribute to World War I veterans during an exhibition in the lead-up...
Soldiers settled on the land
By ROBERT MACMAURICE
SOLDIER settlements were seen as one of many ways to repatriate soldiers back from service in World War I.
The Pikedale (Amiens), Stanthorpe...
Treating their broken minds
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH
IT’S been more than 80 years since the Kyoomba Sanatorium last treated returned World War I soldiers and this year the Stanthorpe...
Tips for healthier holiday celebrations
With the holidays just around the corner, the Alcohol and Drug Foundation is sharing some simple tips for healthier celebrations.
“We want everyone...
