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Cairns’ Spencer Trifecta
They're known as the Spencer Trifecta, Spencer 1, 2 and 3 or simply as Spencer. Some might even call them the Three Amigos! Regardless, Spencer Irvin, Spencer Grey and Spencer Hancock are all nurses within Cairns...
Big man has big heart
HENRY Williams is a big man and he has a big heart to match – so big that he is gearing up for his second Mount Franklin Cardiac Challenge. He is one of the founding members of the Wuchopperen Health Service Cardiac...
Cairns link to bike win
IT was ironic that Paul Rosman's visit to see his ailing mother in Cairns, resulted in him winning a motorcycle raffle that benefits health services. Mr Rosman, an airline pilot living in Victoria, bought two lots of...
Jasmyne’s a heart hero
Sixteen years ago, a baby girl was born at Cairns Base Hospital. We'd like to say she was healthy, but she wasn't. Baby Jasmyne Stead was born with a rare heart malformation – Ebstein's anomoly. What it means...
Building a better future
RACHEL and James Fennell might be in the building industry, but this week they helped build a better future for cancer patients in the Far North. The couple, owners of Urban Properties, handed over a cheque for $20,000 to...
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Don’t be a hero – get checked
“I’m 52 and I’ve got prostate cancer and I’m finished.” They might be blunt words from Adriano Bortolanza but he sure makes a point. He and his family are passionate about detection,...
Harley prize stuns winner
“REALLY? Really?” “Yes, really Paul Rosman, you've won the Harley-Davidson.” It took a couple of phone calls on Saturday night for Wayne Leonard to convince the Victorian man he had won...
If you go into the woods …
IF you go down to the woods on Sunday, you're sure of a big surprise. If you go down to the woods on Sunday, you'd better go in disguise. For Sunday's the day the teddy bears have their picnic. The...
Cairns couple’s weekend away
WHO would have thought that spending two days around a bunch of motorbike enthusiasts, would equate to a couple's weekend away? For Jack and Michelle Emeleus, that's exactly what it is – and the annual Wayne...
Top surgery technology for Cairns
Orthopaedic trauma patients in the Far North are the first in Queensland to undergo surgery via state-of-the-art computer guided technology. The Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation bought the $398,000 technology for...
Chain gang for Cairns premmies
PREMATURE babies in the Far North might not be able to talk yet, but we are sure that if they could, they would say a big thank you to the Cairns community which gave so generously at the chain gang challenge...
New drill is latest technology
The latest technology in surgical drill at Cairns Hospital has been bought through the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation. At a cost of just over $58,000, the Midas Rex Drill is more efficient and precise then...
Big outcome for big auction
Saturday's big auction will provide a big donation to help a big cause in Far North Queensland. The no-reserve land auction at Millhouse Estate Edmonton, resulted in the 800sq m block being sold to a local woman and a...
Big excitement for big cause
Excitement is building in the Far North about the region’s first known No-Reserve Charity Land Auction. To be held on Saturday, May 14 from 9.30am on the 800sq m block, auctioneer Lance Richards is excited about the...
Muster all in the family
It’s all in the family for the Nielson family and their participation in Wayne Leonard’s Motorcycle Muster. Dad Geoff, daughters Kylie and Beck and Kylie’s partner Darren Tabone have all taken part in...
Big reason to give
James Fennell had his whole life ahead of him – successful business, happy and healthy family of four kids, beautiful wife. Six years ago, persistent abdominal pain, lethargy and rapid weight loss led to tests and a...
Big cause has big aims
FUNDS from a No-Reserve Charity Auction will be earmarked for a special prostate cancer scanner attached to Cairns Hospital. Cairns Hospital urologist Dr Stefan Antoniou said the prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA)...
Big blocks, big life, big cause
Big blocks, big life, big cause. A no-reserve land auction with a percentage going to support men’s cancer in the Far North, is believed to be the first of its kind in the region. Urban Properties’ Rachel...
Trish is “doing her bit”
By day, she is a mild mannered administration clerk, mother and grandmother. But one weekend a year, every year, Trish Sexton turns into a passionate motorist – and no she doesn’t make an annual pilgrimage to...
Loss inspires fundraising
THIS time it’s personal. Taking part in the Wayne Leonard’s Motorcycle Muster is personal this year for Steve Cutuli, who lost his brother to organ failure aged 39 last year. Mr Cutuli, a teacher, will be...