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INCREASE TREE FINE ‘HURT’
A TRIBUTE TO COMMUNITY COUPLE JOHN & PAM WARD
SURFING IN SIBERIA / JONATHAN KING’S CORONATION DIARY
SEEN... HEARD... ABSURD... / HOT PROPERTY / THE WAY WE WERE
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INSIDE: Meet film maker Spencer Frost whose latest project
involved surfing the icy waters of the Kamchatka Peninsula
between Siberia and Alaska (p8); Avalon historian Dr
Jonathan King recounts his wild Coronation camp-out
(p14); Dr Sophie Scamps talks about her first 12 months
as Mackellar MP (p18); Canopy Keepers want higher fines
for the illegal removal of trees (p22); and we pay tribute to
Elanora community couple John and Pam Ward (p36).
COVER: Headland Light / Sharon Green
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also this month
Editorial 3
Pittwater Local News & Features 8-33
Seen... Heard... Absurd... 26
Briefs & Community News 28-33
Life Story: John & Pam Ward 36-38
Art 40
Hot Property 41
Health & Wellbeing; Hair & Beauty 42-47
Money & Law 48-51
Trades & Services/Classifieds 52-55
The Way We Were 56
Crossword 57
Food & Tasty Morsels 58-60
Gardening 62-64
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