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Walk safely to school
Friday, 18th May, 2012
FORGET THE CAR: Navaeh Bates (3) with her grandmother Theresa Bottrell and Lenai King (2) with her mother Rochelle Bottrell walking to the Happy Day Preschool.
Today’s the day for the kids to take their parents by the hand and walk them to school.
“National Walk Safely to School Day” for primary school children has become a very popular event on school calendar.
The idea behind it is to promote regular walking, cut dependency of the car and teach road-crossing skills.
Chilly weather marks start of cold months
Tuesday, 15th May, 2012
RUG UP: Keanu Johnson (19 months) felt the cold yesterday but his parents made sure to rug him up.
After some warm weather last week, locals yesterday awoke to the second coldest day this month.
The Weather Channel’s Senior Meteorologist Dick Whittaker said after last week’s highest minimum temperature on record, Broken Hill had another chilly start to the day.
Mr Whittaker said yesterday’s minimum temperature was 4.3 degrees which was the second coldest day in May this year.
Suspended sentence
Tuesday, 15th May, 2012
A local woman charged with stealing almost $160,000 from a motel where she worked has received a lengthy suspended sentence.
Nicole Lea Robson (28) stole the money between April 2010 and May 2011 whilst employed as a receptionist at the Comfort Inn Hilltop Motel in Kaolin Street.
Ms Robson was charged in June last year with six counts of stealing property as a clerk.
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