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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16 CHRISTMAS lights bike ride hosted by Corry Cycles and Tri-Activ8: add tinsel, baubles, stars and lights. Mandatory bike (and rider) dress-up as well as stops for ice-cream, prizes for best dressed. Average pace will be 23km/h. Free event, starts 6.30pm. Meet at Corry Cycles, Corner of Gordon and Milton St, Mackay. HOLIDAY STEAM club for children aged five to seven: explore the fascinating world of science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics. Imagine, invent, discover and create with challenging and entertaining hands-on activities. Free event, 9.30-10.15am, Gordon White Library. Book via Eventbrite.
abc s julie foudy takes a look at the controversy. i haven t played since high school. this is so exciting! reporter: it takes more than a quick serve or even olympic credentials to make this team. at pleasant middle school drug testing is mandatory and not just for sports, for any school activity. it is violating your rights. like, that s a big deal. reporter: when alexis keeter was told she needed a drug test to join the scrapbooking club, her parents said no way. they took the school in milford, pennsylvania, to court. i mean, that was hard. it was difficult not being able to play with some of the girls i had been playing with for years. reporter: alexis and her younger sister megan were forced to sit out all activities. even if it meant the girls not being able to play sports? right, even if it meant they had to sacrifice their sports and clubs that they loved so much. i get that it s easy to pee in a cup, but giving up your constitutional rights just