Project switch The councillors will discuss whether to forgo the previously approved Railway Road Footpath Project in Collinsville, funded through Works for Queensland, and use the $400,000 elsewhere. It was recommended the funding instead be used to irrigate the Collinsville Showground Oval, complete the missing footpath/pedestrian footbridge link along Scottville Rd and complete street beautification on Stanley St. Agenda documents state community consultation showed the Railway Road project was not considered a high priority for Collinsville residents. It was recommended the councillors use the funding for the alternative projects, rather than the Railway Road Footpath Project.
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 Cr Simpson addressed the meeting, saying the Hydeaway Bay community had been holding ceremonies at the site since 2009 and had offered to pay for the memorial. I know it s easy to read the report and say it s only 1.5km, Cr Simpson said. I ve been told they ll continue to have Anzac service at Hydeaway Bay regardless of whether council allows to put the structure out there. The town doesn t get a real lot of services provided from council. Division 6 councillor Mike Brunker disagreed, saying the importance of war memorials meant you did not have them willy nilly all over the place .
PAGET SHOOTING: Iced-up gunman s violent robbery An iced-up gunman shot a former jail mate during a violent daylight robbery over a car he took on a dangerous joy ride from Paget to West Mackay. After an 11th hour guilty plea, Jayden Nicholas Finney was jailed for 5.5 years, but can apply for his freedom in eight months. The then-teen father pulled a sawn-off shotgun on Jeremy May, who he had been in jail with and who was also his mother s friend, while the pair were using drugs at a secluded spot on Connors Rd on September 17, 2018. Jayden Nicholas Finney pleaded guilty to armed robbery with violence after shooting a man at Paget in September 2017.
Proserpine Guardian on January 15, 1981:
Planned excavation of the cliff face at Shute Harbour This will push the levelled area back, making room for 300 parking bays and a ledge area below the upper road on which to position fuel tanks for servicing boats.
Vietnamese to arrive on Sunday Two Vietnamese refugee families will arrive for settlement in the district this week. A meeting recently led to the formation of PRAC, the Proserpine Refugee Committee, which would meet the families and settle them in a house. Both families were quite well educated and spoke English well.
New Uniting Church Minister Pastor Boyd Matthews arrived as the new Minister with his wife Elizabeth.
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Wild weather has eased in the Whitsundays after flood waters rose across the region on Saturday.
Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Michael Paech said showers were hanging around the Whitsundays today but heavier falls were not expected.
Rainfall of about 10-40mm was more likely in the area, he said.
“We’ve had a lot of intense weather and we are on an easing trend,” Mr Paech said.
“We’re looking at showers today, but we shouldn’t see the rainfall figures we’ve seen the last few days.
“The more intense rainfall has headed further north of Townsville towards Cairns.”