Congratulations to Byron Shire Council for making inroads to save our aged care facility from closure. Cr Swivel and Mayor Lyon in particular. A facility this community paid for over 30 years ago which included, back then, large donations from Council and individuals.
A facility needed even more today with our ageing population .
A facility the residents love, with a brave 95-year-old lady still leading the protest by just refusing to leave. Such special courage. We should all be very proud of her and her gallant team.
Proud also of the likes of Mandy Nolan and Catherine Cusack from different sides of politics. Two really fantastic caring people. Both there, working together, in comforting these terrified, frail people, the day after this cruel eviction notice was delivered. No warning. Such dreadful treatment. Another to be proud of is Maree Eddings – there for her distressed dad, and to become the tireless leader to save the village. Proud of our past chairs of Feros Care, totally united against the actions of the present board. Still unable to produce for us any future plan. Just smokescreens and mirrors re government regulations.
We need the whole community to get on side now. For we, one day, will grow old and require care. Feros Care is a charity.
George Feros with a bell and money box devoted 20 years on our streets, collecting money for this aged care facility. He was a proud and charitable Freemason. We owe it to him to save his passion and his dream that he created. We owe it to all who have served in the name of Feros Care. We must discover a new board.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
