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6 LOCAL NEWSThursday August 20, 2015

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Environmental Warriors

The students of 4/5A and Mrs Anderson have been busy saving the planet. Science is a priority at Murwillumbah Public this year and 4/5A have been studying a unit called Friends or Foes. This unit provides opportunities for students to explore the special relationships between plants and animals. These lessons led to the students setting up a small market garden where they continue to sell their fresh herbs to staff and community members.

Friends or Foes required students to investigate the pollination process and the link between the bees and butterflies with global food production. They discovered that the world bee population is in sharp decline. 4/5A have planted specific vines and plants, with the cooperation of the Tweed Shire Council nursery, to attract butterflies. They have even written to the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, in support of his initiative to restore the habitats of both bees and butterflies whose health is essential to our food supply.

Also this term, students have been learning about plants and animals in a fun and scientific approach to learning through their participation in an on-line program run by the Wetlands Environmental Education Centre. Wet & Wild is a research challenge for Stage 3 students, which integrates technology, research skills, HSIE and Science. Students are challenged to find the names of 12 organisms using mixed sets of clues over three weeks. Over 160 individual classes across NSW participated in this challenge and 4/5A were one of only 11 who achieved a perfect score.

Congratulations to Mrs Anderson and her class of environmental warriors. Keep up the good work!

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A FREE seminar to be held next week in Cabarita hopes to educate parents about the realities of drug use by young people in the community and the impact it can have on their children.

The seminar, organised by the Cabarita Youth Service and scheduled to be held at the Cabarita Sports Club starting at 6pm on Monday 31 August, will focus on how to recognise signs of drug and alcohol use and its impact on youth mental health.

One of the main speakers on the night will be Kat Fermanis from the Family Centre in Tweed Heads who said they are hoping this is the start of a regular quarterly series of events.

The seminar is all about arming parents with information about what to watch out for, how to communicate with their kids on the subject and how to fi nd help if they need it, said Ms Fermanis.

Its all about noticing changes in behaviour, looking out for things like insomnia, anxiety, changes in eating habits, aggressive behaviour, changes in school performance or social habits.

There have been a number of suicides in this area in the past few years with more in Pottsville and Murwillumbah so we want to do whatever we can to open up lines of communication and create an environment where young people feel safe.

Youth Worker Chris Hitchcock said parents are the key to the entire process and need to understand they are not alone.

Parents often know more than they are willing to admit but they will fi nd when they come forward that there is a whole network set up to support them, said Mr Hitchcock.

The overall goal and reason for having the youth service here is to give young people an outlet and access to older mentors they trust who can provide them with some guidance, but that also extends to parents.

It really all comes down to parents making the call and seeking out help, there is a great capacity for support and assistance

in our community and theres no stigma attached to seeking out information.

The evening will also feature speakers from other services including Intra and HeadSpace, practical advice for parents on how to effectively communicate and engage with their children around drugs and alcohol.

Youth Service committee member Mark Howlett said it is important to provide a safe and secure place where young people can discuss such issues.

This is not just a parental or a police matter, it is an opportunity to showcase what this service can achieve in terms of providing support for everyone in our community, said Mr Howlett.

It is natural for young people to push boundaries and experiment, we were all young once so we should understand, but its never a reason to write someone off and its important for the community to provide a space where they can get information and they know they wont be judged.

Ms Fermanis said the emergence of crystal meth or ice in the community has increased the sense of urgency over educating parents.

This is something that has only really emerged in the past two years so statistics havent really caught up but there is no doubt it is having a real effect on our young people, said Ms Fermanis.

We have plenty of evidence that it is as cheap and easy to get as pot and what is most concerning is that its not something most parents have any experience with from their own youth and just dont know how to cope with.

Some people might think theres a stigma attached to attending a seminar like this, as if everyone there will just assume your kids are on drugs, but its all just about arming yourself with the information you need.

For more information about the seminar look up the Cabarita Youth Service on Facebook.

Free youth drug seminar for parents at Cabarita

Mark Howlett, Kat Fermanis and Chris Hitchcock

Ray White Rural Murwillumbah recognised in national awards

OUR LOCAL real estate agency has again se-cured a signifi cant recognition at the National Ray White Awards ceremony. Ray White Rural Murwillumbah took out third place in Overall Sales in the Rural offi ce of the year category attended by 82 offi ces from across the coun-try at the Gold Coast during the Ray White Connect Conference weekend. Principal Brad Franks and Jared Hodge opened the agency which is part of the Ray White GC Network in 2012, which caters to the entire Tweed Valley. It is great that we are from a small town of Murwillumbah and the Tweed Valley and come up against larger min-ing based towns, that would have achieved massive results in the past and we have out-sold them this time around The Agencys Staff were singled out for special praise at the awards with Tom Carroll, Belinda Franks, Brad Franks and Ben Tribolet named Top Achiever with Premier Awards 2015. Tom Carroll also received the award for Excellence in Marketing and 3rd place in Customer satis-faction in the Group. The offi ce also received Top Offi ce for Customer Satisfaction. This is a real point of diff erence in the town as no other offi ce can off er such service; said Mr Franks. I am absolutely stoked to have Tom, Belinda and Ben perform so well on a national basis and it is a real testament to all their hard work that they have put in all year, I am also excited to have Kimberly Barwick and Stewart Baericke on board now already achieving out-standing results and hope for another great year of service and sales Mr Franks said their position in the Tweed Val-ley is enhanced by their affi liation with the

Gold Coast South Network of the organisa-tion. It is great to be a part of the Ray White GC South Network, allowing us to be a One Stop Shop for all Real estate Needs from Sell-ing Business, asset Management, to helping

secure that home with a mobile Mortgage Broker, Steve McLean and Mark Harrison from Loan Market. Our offi ces in our network are Palm Beach, Burleigh Waters, Coolangatta/Tweed Heads, Kingscliff /Casuarina and a re-

cent addition of Cabarita Beach/Pottsville,bringing the Beach to the Bush. We also dealin Asset Management through our LivingHere Offi ces and Commercial Sales and Leas-ing.

Our collection of awards from Sunday night! Four Premier Agents in the one offi ce Tom Carroll, Brad Franks, Ben Tribolet and Belinda Franks. 3rd Offi ce nationally for sales for Australia for Rural. Excellence in Marketing Tom Carroll. 3rd Customer Satisfaction (Tom Carroll) and No. 1 Offi ce nationally for Customer Satisfaction.

Awards held in conjunction with Ray White Connect Conference on the Gold Coast

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19 Yarrabee Terrace ............Saturday 8.50am to 9.35amTyalgum

32 Yellowood Road .........Saturday 11.30am to 12.30pmUki

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