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Collapse Issue 398 - 25 Jul 2016Issue 398 - 25 Jul 2016
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For sale: Bullion St car park
Six-storey 53-unit development proposed
Commercial fisher apprehended with illegal catch
Marine Rescue vessel capsizes
Landcare group presents woodcut petition
Kathy Smith granted extended leave
Shadow Minister calls for council elections
Council to appoint four senior managers
Council offers grants of up to $50,000
Bays Bush Care looks for new members
Community consulted on Koolewong boat ramp upgrade
Pet snake confiscated
Hotel plans attract 70 objections in town of 200
Resident forms action group
Group gathers flooding evidence
Motor Registry building sold for $1.3 million
Flats proposed for West St
Tiny homes project awaits start in Gosford
Bay to be built in front of Bays hall
Tribute to Tom Jackson
Gosford hearing for Crown Lands inquiry
Report for Coroner
Club holds Christmas in July for charity
Fundraising dinner for Killy Cares
Opal card deadline for pensioners
Peninsula records wet July
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Retain free access for rich and poor alike
One ugly secret after another
Chamber did not work with Council for Bullion St sale
Advertisement borders on delusion
Petrol prices: just plainly wrong
Focus on State and local elections
A stable and successful system
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Peninsula Village wins HR award
Village wins Chamber business awards
Battle of Pozieres remembered
Health service urges people to join Dry July campaign
Morning tea raised funds for Cancer Council
Program for parents of teenagers
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Local arts group launch first show
Two 'little free libraries' installed
Patonga artist exhibits in regional gallery
Three new craft workshops
Book illustrates nuances of life as an immigrant
Fashion show at Bays Hall
Gallery celebrates first birthday
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Students win Kokoda opportunity
School impresses at floorball championships
Cultural experiences
Umina participates in Olympics day
Umina campus celebrates 40 years
New retaining wall donated
Floorball team places third
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Woy Woy shatters Terrigal's rugby hopes
Junior floorball championships attract 200 players
Harrison Ryan to compete at Somersby
Triathlon club seeks new members
Surf club registration
Registrations open for junior touch football
Charity day raises $1055
Pelicans Fishing committee
Annual bridge trophy

Tribute to Tom Jackson

Wagstaffe resident Mr Tom Jackson died on Saturday, June 4, in Gosford Hospital.

Mr Jackson's death was caused by prolonged exposure to asbestos through his work as a builder.

Here is a tribute from Wagstaffe-Killcare Community Association member Ms Helen Menzies:

Tom lived at Wagstaffe for many years and was a stalwart member of the association for all of that time.

With his love of the environment and community, Tom greatly contributed to the well-being of community.

He was called on often to help with maintenance at Wagstaffe Hall but was also an important part of all other Association events including Bush Care, delivering Talking Turkey, Australia Day, Trash and Treasure and the Carving project.

Tom was bestowed with Life Membership of Wagstaffe-Killcare Community Association in 2009.

His friendliness, humour and gruff charm will be truly missed.

Tom was ever chivalrous.

He would tip his Greek fisherman's cap and, if you were lucky, let you plant a kiss on his soft grey beard.

But then you were never quite sure what would come next.

Talk "rubbish" (as defined by Tom) and you'd be put in your place.

Your best bet was to have his wife, Anne, on your side.

"Tommy," she would say sternly to her husband, and he would grin into his beard.

Tom married his wife Anne in 1954, and moved to their waterfront home at Wagstaffe in 1983.

Since then they've been as much a part of the fabric of the village as the jetties, the ferry, and the Waggy Store.

At holiday time, Tom and Anne's magical garden would be seething with some combination of their six children, 14 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren, and a variety of dogs.

"Damn dogs," Tom always said in the Ducks Crossing novels, where he appears in the guise of the General.

Whether he was Tommy to Anne, Dad to the kids, Tom-Pa to the grandkids, the General to generations of dogs who doted on him, or Mr Jackson who saw his soldierly stance and not the twinkle in his eye, his death mightily diminishes us all.





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