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Subscriber only A documentary that documented the process of assited dying for a 90-year old Ballina woman will have a special screening next week.
Laura s Choice is a documentary about Laura Henkel, a 90-year old Ballina resident who travelled to Europe to end her life. The film chronicles her three-year journey the last three years of her life. Mrs Henkel did not suffer a terminal illness, but she wanted to be in control of her own life and demanded a dignified death . Â Â She travelled to Europe with her daughter and granddaughter, both filmmakers. Their trip culminated in Laura s passing at a clinic in Basel, Switzerland, on December 19, 2019.
On November 25 the school held a Diwali day hosted by Kalpesh of K’Z Dance She said: “I got an email rather than a letter telling me of the news. I thought it was a scam trying to persuade me I had been given an MBE - so I was about to delete it. But I mentioned it to my admin officer who told me to stop, which was really lucky! It was a hair s breadth from being lost, I just couldn t believe it was real. “It feels a little like imposter syndrome. This is a tribute not to me but to the amazing network around me - you can’t provide great education alone. In Africa we have the saying that it takes a village to raise a child. That s the case here - you need a community behind you to make a real difference at any school.