The Society of St Vincent de Paul is active in every community in Galway city and county and is available, on a strictly confidential basis, to anyone feeling they need help for any reason, according to Seamus McManus, SVP Galway Area President.
Investigators are working to identify the driver responsible for hitting a pedestrian and leaving the crash scene at the intersection of Highway 9 and Mill St.
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Proserpine police pressed charges over several drug and alcohol related incidents in the past week, including a man who acted aggressively towards Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics.
The paramedics were attending the 44 year old’s home to check on him because of his level of intoxication.
The Cannonvale man was arrested and charged with public nuisance following the incident on Mill Street, about 5.30pm on May 23 and will face court at a later date.
Also charged with public nuisance during the week was a 27-year-old Proserpine woman who threw a beer over a 49-year-old man during an argument about 7.45pm on May 21 at the Prince of Wales Hotel.
in 19 8, bob hope went from joking about all the beautiful girls who went along on his tours to entertain u.s. troops to the realities of what those troops go through. which of all the girls have you taken abroad has had the highest rating on the applause meter? that would be order that guess that. we had ann-margret and raquel welch and jill st. john and i d do it again for my country. bob, you know, you ve had a lot of fun on these tours, it s a great time but you also go into a lot of these hospitals and a lot of those kids in there, the ones you talked to and you entertain and joke around with are kids you probably know, found out later never came back. that s true. what are some of the poignant moments? there was one down, espritos santos, 1944, south pacific, a kid getting a blood transfusion. i said how does that raspberry taste? he said he was pretty food.