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							<title>Touchdown Ballina!</title>
							<description><![CDATA[FORMER Ballina man Steven Andrews always wanted to fly a Hercules into Ballina Airport, and last Saturday he did just that!

Flying Officer Andrews, a for...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Bootcampers take on Kokoda Challenge</title>
							<description><![CDATA[BREAKERS Bootcamp is heading for the Gold Coast hinterland this weekend to participate in a Kokoda Challenge.

The event is a major fundraiser for the Kokod...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Tennis ace honoured</title>
							<description><![CDATA[JOHN WHITTY'S 20-year involvement with the Ballina Tennis Club has been honoured with life membership.

John joined the club in 1988, moving to the coast...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Equestrian centre needs a boost after EI outbreak</title>
							<description><![CDATA[KIM HERWIG loves nothing more than watching kids and their families 'have a ball' on their horses at the Ballina and District Equestrian Centre.

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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Fund-raiser will assist Olympic-bound Lachlan</title>
							<description><![CDATA[A BENEFIT concert by the Big Con Band for Alstonville High School student Lachlan McLennan, who will perform with the Beijing Olympic Orchestra during the Gam...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Lyla&apos;s result best yet</title>
							<description><![CDATA[SUNNY skies and clean 1m surf at Lennox beachies blessed this year's Rusty Gromfest. 

Record crowds watched as the best junior surfers from Australia and...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Ballina Seagulls to hold premierships reunion</title>
							<description><![CDATA[BIG hits, great tries and epic victories will be re-enacted when Ballina Seagulls rugby league grand final winners hold a reunion during the clash against arch...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Ballina pilgrimage</title>
							<description><![CDATA[ADAM Sullivan encourages Ballina Shire locals to give a warm welcome to 227 pilgrims who will be staying in Ballina until Monday before heading to Sydney for Wo...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>NAIDOC &apos;getting better&apos;</title>
							<description><![CDATA[THE wider community is recognising NAIDOC Week and what it means to Aboriginal people, says Bundjalung Elder Aunty Bertha Kapeen.

"It's getting better. Balli...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Ballina man is awarded Innovator of the Year</title>
							<description><![CDATA[AN idea that could reduce the amount of plastic going into landfill has won Ballina man Bill Howells the Country Energy Northern Rivers Innovator of the Year Aw...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Permo-Drive is still afloat</title>
							<description><![CDATA[PERMO-DRIVE is not sunk yet.

Shareholders met in Ballina on Monday and refused to support a move by its directors to voluntarily wind-up the company.

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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Draft plans for Coastal Reserve on exhibition</title>
							<description><![CDATA[THE draft Precinct Plans for the Ballina Coastal Reserve have been placed on public exhibition.

The Precinct Plans form part of the Ballina Coastal Reserve P...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Privatisation could cost 30 council jobs</title>
							<description><![CDATA[PHIL O'DONOGHUE reckons his job, and those of 29 other Ballina Shire Council workers, could be at risk if a State Government inquiry recommends privatisation of...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Select the best, league says</title>
							<description><![CDATA[DENIS Magnay doesn't think Australia will ever have its best boxing team competing at the Olympic or Commonwealth Games unless Boxing Australia allows Australia...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Rising stars get a $500 kick along</title>
							<description><![CDATA[TWO local rising football were among a group of six from the North Coast who were last week received a McDonald's Northern NSW Football Scholarship.

Danielle...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Soccer team awakes from slumber</title>
							<description><![CDATA[THE Ballina Premier division soccer team awoke from their mid-year hibernation with an impressive 3-1 win over Lismore Thistles at Saunders Oval.

The Seahors...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>South Tweed Koalas too strong for Ballina</title>
							<description><![CDATA[THE Elders Ballina Seagulls first-grade rugby league team was beaten 38-26 by the South Tweed Koalas in Round 12 of the Retravision Northern League 2008 premier...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Give Rip Curl a chance</title>
							<description><![CDATA[LENNOX Head businessman, Gene Torchia, can only see the benefits of having a professional surfing event at Lennox Point, like the one surf company Rip Curl has...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Giant sale of books</title>
							<description><![CDATA[THE Friends of Ballina Shire Libraries have way too many children's books and they want help to get rid of a few hundred.

The volunteer group has been collec...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Firm&apos;s deadline looms</title>
							<description><![CDATA[BALLINA and Australia are set to lose out on selling to the world a fuel-saving idea as start-up company Permo-Drive looks likely to fold on Monday.

The comp...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Lions opt out of market deal</title>
							<description><![CDATA[THE management of the Sunday Missingham markets in Ballina is up for grabs to not-for-profit organisations after the Ballina East Lions Club knocked back a tend...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Lookout&apos;s name to go to consultation</title>
							<description><![CDATA[BALLINA Shire Council last week agreed to examine the options to rename the lookout between Shelly and Lighthouse beaches in recognition of aviator Sir Charles...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Meninga, Coote guests at Men of League event</title>
							<description><![CDATA[RUGBY league legends Mal Meninga and Ron Coote will be the guest speakers when the Men of League Foundation holds a charity dinner at the Ballina Bowling and Re...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>&apos;Who&apos;s Who&apos; lines up for bowls singles</title>
							<description><![CDATA[SOME of the top names in bowls will be rolling up for the annual $8500 Ballina Wintersun Invitational Singles to be played on the weekend of July 19 and 20 at t...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Red Devils were just far too hot</title>
							<description><![CDATA[THE Elders Ballina Seagulls first-grade rugby league team was beaten 66-4 by the Byron Bay Red Devils in Round 11 of the Retravision Northern League 2008 premie...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Seahorses held to draw by Workers</title>
							<description><![CDATA[THE Ballina Seahorses premier division soccer team managed a nil-all draw against Lismore Workers last Saturday at the Workers' home ground. 

The Workers out...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>More jobs predicted</title>
							<description><![CDATA[BALLINA is now competing with Lismore as a major regional centre on the North Coast, with an expected 1134 jobs to be created in the next two years, but the shi...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>The boys help out</title>
							<description><![CDATA[BALLINA Rugby League Football Club and Rainbow Dragons Abreast, the Far North Coast dragon boat club, will team up for a Breast Cancer Awareness Day at the Seag...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Students&apos; starring role</title>
							<description><![CDATA[STUDENTS from Teven-Tintenbar Public School have been specially selected to feature in a DVD designed to inspire teachers and school communities around Australi...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Politicians seeking Permo-Drive help</title>
							<description><![CDATA[LOCAL politicians have come to the support of Ballina-based company Permo-Drive which recently announced it would cease operations on July 7 unless the company...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Council rejects expansion plan</title>
							<description><![CDATA[SEVENTH-DAY Adventist Aged Care (NNSW) is disappointed with the recent decision by Ballina Shire Council to reject the $10 million, 52-unit expansion of the Als...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Dancers will set the pace for 18-hour walk</title>
							<description><![CDATA[IT will be dancing that will officially launch an event that is all about walking.

This year's Ballina Relay for Life, to be held on the weekend of November...]]></description>
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							<title>Sharks show dominance in local soccer derby</title>
							<description><![CDATA[THE Lennox Sharks premier soccer team made fish fingers of the Ballina Seahorses last Saturday at Saunders Oval with an emphatic 3-0 victory.
 
The highly ant...]]></description>
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							<title>Mullum Giants too strong in all grades</title>
							<description><![CDATA[THE Elders Ballina Seagulls first-grade rugby league team was beaten 36-8 by the Mullumbimby Giants in round 10 of the Retravision Northern League 2008 premiers...]]></description>
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							<title>Retiring golf pro played with best</title>
							<description><![CDATA[WHEN retiring Ballina Golf Club professional Trevor Russell took a call from fellow pro Brian Smith late in 1975, a club legend was born.

Toowoomba pro Brian...]]></description>
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							<title>Ballina&apos;s league rep game record honoured</title>
							<description><![CDATA[THE home of the Ballina Seagulls, Kingsford Smith Park, has seen some tough rugby league battles over the years.

On Sunday, as part of the celebrations of th...]]></description>
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							<title>Helping their mate</title>
							<description><![CDATA[THE Anzac spirit of mateship is shining through the Ballina RSL Club staff.

Club staff have organised a fundraising garage sale and family bowls day to be he...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>A school shed for blokes?</title>
							<description><![CDATA[SOUTHERN Cross School K-12 at East Ballina wants to open up the doors of a shed to the public   well, with a focus on blokes.

The 20m-by-9m shed in the schoo...]]></description>
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							<title>Catherine&apos;s haiku is up with the world&apos;s best</title>
							<description><![CDATA[CATHERINE Blackburn doesn't see herself as a poet, but the judging panel for the 2008 World Children's Haiku Contest does.

The 13-year-old Southern Cross Sch...]]></description>
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							<title>Paradise FM turns 7, and you can join in</title>
							<description><![CDATA[BALLINA'S only non-profit community radio station, Paradise FM, turns 7 this month and, to celebrate, the station has launched its new supporters' club, Club Pa...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Meal centre overcomes finance battle</title>
							<description><![CDATA[GEORGE Young didn't miss the opportunity to take a pot shot at the State Government last Friday when he presided at the opening of Ballina Meals on Wheels' new...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Boy bowlers third in NSW</title>
							<description><![CDATA[THE Southern Cross School K-12 lawn bowls team recently finished third in the State in the NSW Combined High Schools State knockout.

The team, made up of Nic...]]></description>
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							<title>Golf club marks its centenary</title>
							<description><![CDATA[IN a little over two weeks, Ballina Golf Club will be in the full swing of week-long centenary celebrations.

The centenary week, starting on Monday, June 30,...]]></description>
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							<title>They&apos;re State champs</title>
							<description><![CDATA[THE Ballina under-17s won the State Netball Championships Division 2 at Kellyville over a three-day competition on the long weekend.
 
Ballina has fought hard...]]></description>
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							<title>Ballina draws with Rovers</title>
							<description><![CDATA[BALLINA Premier soccer team came away with mixed feelings after a 1-all draw with Richmond Rovers in Lismore last Saturday night.
 
Rovers are the current min...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Animals in need of shelter</title>
							<description><![CDATA[ROBYN MOSTYN said the time has come for Ballina Shire to have an animal shelter, and it's a desperate need.

The secretary of Ballina-based Northern Rivers An...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Many hands help build new coast guard tower</title>
							<description><![CDATA[JUST a tick over 400 pairs of hands last Sunday helped the Ballina flotilla of the Australian Volunteer Coast Guard build a new tower.

The hands joined along...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Students of human rights</title>
							<description><![CDATA[SOUTHERN Cross School K-12 Year 11 students Aurora Newton and Kirsten Earl are not quite sure exactly what they will get out of a human rights conference they w...]]></description>
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							<title>Honour for surf lifesaving role</title>
							<description><![CDATA[LENNOX Head's John Beasley has been awarded the Order of Australia Medal in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours List.

Mr Beasley, 70, received his award for...]]></description>
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							<title>Plans afoot for surf reserve</title>
							<description><![CDATA[THE Lennox National Surfing Reserve Association, which was instrumental in having Lennox Point and surrounding areas declared a surfing reserve earlier this yea...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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