Local heroes

Legacy in bracelets

14/Oct/2008

Yvonne Kirkbride and Miles Henderson with a ‘Scotty K’ bracelet.

KAILIS jeweller Miles Henderson has paid tribute to a close friend who tragically lost his life to skin cancer at the age of 27. more »

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Headmaster recognised

14/Oct/2008

Reverend Andrew Syme.www.communitypix.com.au d295053

SCOTCH headmaster Reverend Andrew Syme has won a Fellowship from the Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL). more »

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An award won by dedication

14/Oct/2008

June Reberio with one of her clients.|www.communitypix.com.au d285492

IN her 30 years working with Nulsen Haven in Victoria Park, June Reberio has seen many positive changes in the ways people with mental disabilities are treated and cared for. more »

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Navy’s elite dive into series

14/Oct/2008

A FREMANTLE production company has gone where no camera crew has gone before to film a four-part series about the Royal Australian Navy’s elite clearance diver branch. more »

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Two win Curtin medal

14/Oct/2008

Jeanette Hacket (centre) with John Curtin Medal winners Joan Winch and Helen Dullard. www.communitypix.com.au d285217

HILLS Community Support Group chief executive officer Helen Dullard and Nyungar elder Joan Winch were awarded the 2008 John Curtin Medal at Curtin University of Technology last week. more »

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ARMADALE resident Glenn Mitton, along with a team from Edith Cowan University’s School of Computer and Information Science, has beaten teams from other WA universities to win the 2008 Ethical Hacking University Challenge this month. more »

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‘Outside the box’ did not stop her

14/Oct/2008

SOUTH Fremantle resident Pearl Summer (65) has been blind since birth and has trouble hearing, but her disability has not stopped her from gaining a psychology degree from Murdoch University. more »

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Brittany has a taste for the catwalk

14/Oct/2008

A CHANCE meeting with a modelling agent in a café two years ago set Brittany Nicholas (14) on the road to stardom after she was named the overall winner of the 2008 Model West Quest. more »

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World his oyster

14/Oct/2008

LEEMING screenwriter and director John V. Soto is not your typical filmmaker. He speaks proudly about moving away from “typical” Australian movies to produce films he believes will appeal to a global audience while maintaining an Australian essence. more »

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