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Collapse Issue 237 - 12 Apr 2010Issue 237 - 12 Apr 2010
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Electricity to go under Ettalong channel
Council may sue on investment losses
Grants for oval, foreshore and pool
Restaurants proposed for Empire Bay Dr
Human remains found
Council will determine electricity plan
Environmental review completed soon
Energy Australia criticised over community consultation
Pat named as State winner
Police seek witnesses
Times change
Walks planned in nearby bush
First annual meeting for Guides group
Pearl Beach opera raises $27,500
Volunteering information
Chamber welcomes supermarket design
Rainfall down 21 per cent
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DLEP comment period extended
Options available for bushland, says department
DLEP website misleading, says CEN
Freewater receives objections in 'hundreds'
Council delayed DLEP release
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Dawn service at Woy Woy
Service at Empire Bay
Plinth ceremony
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Post office store was home
Support better health services here
DLEP should be more realistic
Is draft plan local?
Unanswered Questions
DLEP ignores all the research
Dads' day out a success
No better than drug dealers?
Take dredged sand ashore
Natural beauty at risk
Vested interests
Council cuts reflect financial losses
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First aid volunteers wanted
Alliance considers protest action
Peninsula women form Lantern club
Relay ends with heavy rain
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Art for autism awareness
Disabled choirs to be formed
'Perfect behaviour' at rock concert
Jessica pursues her passion
Little Theatre performs one-act plays
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Three students in exhibition
Charity film night raises $2000
Vandals tag classrooms
Young leaders go to Sydney
Mufti day raises $500
Parent named as support worker
New buildings to be opened this year
Op shop to support religious education
New executive at Pretty Beach
New principal starts
Community readers wanted
Riding to school
Shave raises $4000
School suffers in door-knocking scam
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Umina hosted pairs final
Three play judo in Queensland
Roosters hold season launch
Strong trials wins for Roosters
Weather calms for Malibu contest
Ettalong records bowls pairs win
Bunnies field five sides
Rescue boats compete at Ocean Beach
Woy Woy hosts union finals
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School at Ettalong - smaller and simpler
Water slide at Ettalong
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Chance to win

Art for autism awareness

An Ettalong cafe will help mark International Autism Awareness month by hosting an exhibition of artworks by two women who were recently diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum.

Del's Let's Do Lunch located in the Rocks Arcade in Ettalong will host the Art 4 Autism exhibition this month to raise awareness about the autism spectrum disorders while showcasing autistic talents.

It is believed that in Australia, one in 160 people are on the autism spectrum.

For former North Avoca resident Ms Lisa Simone, her 2007 diagnosis was an "overwhelming relief".

For 39 years, she had been labeled "weird" and had tried to fix things about herself which were perceived as character flaws.

Ms Simone said the diagnosis also explained why she found her years at Terrigal High School so difficult, leaving school in Year 10.

Shortly after her diagnosis, Ms Simone was inspired to develop a series of cartoons which highlight the health, sensory, learning and social difficulties she experiences in day-to-day life.

The cartoons will form part of the Art 4 Autism exhibition, as well as a selection of Ms Simone's artwork which was produced before her diagnosis, and was the only way she could try and explain her claustrophobic and sometimes hallucinogenic world to others.

Ms Vicki McMellon will join Ms Simone in showcasing her art at the local cafe.

Ms McMellon is a formally-trained artist who was diagnosed with autism just last month.

Her four-year-old son was diagnosed in January last year, and as she and her husband started to learn more about autism, they noticed that she shared many of the same characteristics.

Ms McMellon's artwork shows her emotional landscape as she struggled to fit in, always acutely aware that she didn't.

The Art 4 Autism exhibition will run until the end of May.

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