←Volume 28
![]( "Cinema review – One Chance")
![]( "Councillor keen to chase fluoride activist")
![]( "Anita returns from death with a new purpose")
![]( "Connecting local musos")
![]( "Cinema review – Adoration")
![]( "Finding hidden history among the paperbarks")
![]( "The Challenge of MMA – fighting men’s depression")
December 3, 2013
In this Issue:
Cinema review – One Chance
From when he was a child in a church choir, the only thing that chubby, daggy Paul has ever wanted to do is sing. He is blessed with a beautiful tenor voice, but in the grim Welsh town where he’s grown up it’s either the steelworks or a job selling car-phones.
Councillor keen to chase fluoride activist
Despite failing in her attempt to have Byron Shire water fluoridated, Cr Di Woods, who is also the new deputy chair of Rous Water, will support seeking legal costs from anti-fluoride activist Al Oshlack.
Anita returns from death with a new purpose
Anita Moorjani, a cancer survivor who had a near-death experience, released a book about it that hit the New York Times bestseller list. She will be a featured presenter at the Uplift Festival in December.
Connecting local musos
Fostering local and emerging talent from the grassroots is key for Falls Festival Byron Bay. Glenn Wright and Valley Lipcer have carefully put together the local programming, which will make up a large part of the feel and experience of the festival.
Cinema review – Adoration
Adoration is a Franco/Australian production, with a soupçon too much of the self-consciousness of Euro arthouse for my taste.
Finding hidden history among the paperbarks
My hiking companion is ahead of me, searching for the old drain which runs through the Cumbebin wetlands. We are in the ‘regrowth’: closely packed paperbark trees some fifty years old.
The Challenge of MMA – fighting men’s depression
Anthony Williams suffered from depression and anxiety for ten long years. He finally found something that was for him, better than any drugs. He discovered Mixed Martial Arts and decided to train with a professional academy.
