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Radio station national finalist

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¶ COLLIE Community Radio 101.3fm is again a national finalist in the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) awards. The station has previously been in the final five for Outstanding Small Station, and sports presenter Shane Golding...

14 Sep 2024

Important to be nice

¶ ANNE Battista told her children it was nice to be important, but it was more important to be nice. She certainly lived her life that way, with her family and her church central to her being. Her parents, Mary and Emil Dzubiel, were married in St...

25 Jul 2024

Collie hockey legend passes away

¶ OBITUARY Joy Bailey (1939 - 2024) ¶ THE name of Collie’s Joyce Bailey is blazoned not just on the Collie Shire’s Wall of Champions at Roche Park, but also in Hockey WA’s Hall of Champions. She was also named in YMCC’s (her Perth club)...

18 Mar 2024

Fighting fires on the frontline

¶ WHAT motivates people in the hottest of weather to don a heavy protective suit and fight a fire? ¶ According to fire-fighting veteran Graeme Genev, protecting your own property is part of the motivation, but there is also the desire to lend...

09 Feb 2024

Dedicated community worker dies

¶ COLLIE lost a dedicated community worker when Margaret White died last Friday after a long and courageous battle with illness. ¶ Margaret will be remembered for her contribution to a range of community organisations throughout her long life...

18 Jan 2024

Party spirit lives on

¶ FOR the 69th time, Collie’s senior residents gathered last Thursday to enjoy the festive season together at the Cheerio Club’s Christmas party. ¶ Sixty volunteers decorated the hall at the Collie Mineworkers’ Institute, set out the tables...

20 Dec 2023

New home for radio station

¶ YEARS of planning culminated in the official opening of a new purpose-built Collie Community Radio station last Saturday. ¶ Community Bank Collie board chairman Jeff Riley unveiled the plaque declaring the building open. The opening was...

07 Dec 2023

A woman who weeds

¶ JAYNE Green didn’t set out to be a gardener, she had planned on being a physical education teacher, following her childhood interest in gymnastics. ¶ She even completed a degree in physical education at Otago University in her native New...

02 Nov 2023