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THANK YOU: Georgia is donating funds to local charity Heart Hub.
Georgia's paying it forward COLLIE woman Georgia Moloney is paying it forward through a fundraiser at the Collie Italian Club tomorrow night. She was offered a fundraiser to help with ongoing expenses resulting from severe injuries after she was struck down by a vehicle outside the Crown Hotel in 2020. Police said the efforts of two 19-yearold bystanders helped save her life before emergency services including police and ambulance officers worked together to deal with the scene. Georgia was airlifted to Perth and admitted to the Royal Perth Hospital intensive care ward in a critical condition. The Collie community rallied to support Georgia and her family, with a fundraising appeal which raised a considerable sum. When offered a fundraiser by the Italian Club recently, Georgia decid-
ed to donate the funds to local charity Heart Hub as a thank you to the Collie community for all the support she has received over the past couple of years. “Heart Hub benefits people who have suffered from road trauma, that’s why I chose that group,” she said “They are already doing great work in our community.” The event will be the first of this year’s Friday night meals at the Italian Club. Georgia has chosen chicken parmigiana with chips and salad as the menu, with a sweet to follow. The cost is $20, with profits to Heart Hub, plus $1 from each can of Emu Export sold. Group and individual bookings are essential, and can be made through Colleen De Angelis on 0409 370 022, or at cmdeangelis@hotmail.com The bar opens at 5.30pm, with the meal starting at 6pm.
DRIVERS have been urged to exercise caution with wet weather having impacted road conditions in recent weeks. Collie Senior Sergeant Michelle Cornwall said the message is “to drive safe to the conditions at the time”. “If it’s heavy rain, the visibility is poor,
drop your speed or pull over for a little bit,” Sgt Cornwall advised. Sgt Cornwall said tyre wear is another factor that can contribute to accidents, with it important to be proactive when it comes to car maintenance. “Check your tyres,” she said. “Make sure that there’s actually some grip on them, as there have been some accidents where the tyres have been really low.” Sgt Cornwall additionally pointed to the importance of being courteous on the roads. “Don’t be in a hurry,” she said. “Maybe plan your journey better, leave a little bit earlier, so that you’re not in a rush.” There have also been a number of RBTs set up around town recently as part of continued efforts to ensure road safety. Sgt Cornwall said police are aiming to test 80 drivers per day, and have been further increasing this number on long weekends. “We’re very happy that most of them, probably a good 95 or more percent, are negative,” she said. “We’ve only had a few that we’ve charged with drink driving. Most days we don’t get any drink drivers.”
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COLLIE-Cardiff RSL president Gary Benton used his ANZAC Day address to urge Australians not to take democracy for granted. He said those Australians who died in war did so to preserve democracy and world peace. “We have had to deal with restrictions placed upon us by COVID, and deal with those saying it was a hoax and peddling mistruths with untested and unproven technology,” he said. “We should not allow those with extreme views to gain a foothold which would undermine our democracy. There are countries in the world which have completely dismantled any trace of democracy, where people are trying to set themselves up to be permanent heads of state, like in Ukraine and Southeast Asia. “The USA is still grappling with the results of a presidential election from three years ago. “We recently changed our government without so much as throwing a punch. This is something we should never take for granted.”
Timed parking on the agenda Continued from front page Cr Michelle Smith, who seconded the motion, said business owners should be consulted as they had firsthand knowledge of parking problems. “As the owner of a Forrest Street business for 20 years, I would like to have been consulted,” she said. “Like other business owners, I know about the problems, I would see them on a daily basis, and even those owners who only call in once a week to check up on their business know as well, as it is often impossible to get a parking spot.” Cr Smith said she had complained in the past about parking problems, but noone had listened to her. “I have ideas about parking, but no-one asked me,” she said. “There are opportunities to provide more parking if some of the small gardens, islands and footpaths are removed from around the Margaretta Wilson Centre, for instance. “There is too much cement and attempts to make things look pretty, and they don’t work.” Included in the successful motion were proposals to designate a taxi-only parking bay on Forrest Street, close to the front of the Boulevard Shopping Centre, and to liaise with private landowners to provide taxi-only parking bays close to the entrances to the town’s two supermarkets. Other proposals included a review of alternative locations, and for Australian Standard-compliant disabled bays to be located close to the entrance to the two local pharmacies.
