2 DECEMBER 2022
ISSUE 370
Candlelight concerts come to the Coast
News
New marine wildlife group to launch on Coast See page 8
Out&About
Leading entertainment discovery platform Fever will bring its critically acclaimed Candlelight Concerts series to the Central Coast this summer, with the first concert scheduled for January 19, 2023, at Avoca Beach Theatre. See page 8
Lakes Festival a huge success See page 13
Business
The two concerts will be illuminated by thousands of candles
Wyong Hospital palliative care unit gets $13.6M boost Planning is underway for a dedicated palliative care unit at Wyong Hospital – Elsie’s Retreat – following the NSW Government’s announcement of $13.6M towards the project. Construction timeframes will be confirmed as planning progresses and space for the 12-bed unit is refurbished and upgraded. The Wyong Hospital Elsie’s Retreat will be the second dedicated palliative care unit on the Central Coast, with the
other at Gosford Hospital which opened in April 202 1. Elsie’s Retreat is one of the ongoing projects of the Lions of Wyoming/ East Gosford Centennial which the “Orange Army” started more than 12 years ago to make good on a promise Oana McBride made to close friend and neighbour Elsie, who passed away from breast cancer while in a nursing home. Committee member of Elsie’s Retreat Project, Margaret Pearce, said there was a
definite need for a second palliative care unit because of the rapid growth in the north and that the Gosford unit was always full with a waiting list. “A huge thank you goes out to the community because the almost 10,000 people who signed our petitions was the push needed to get this unit,” she said. “As a Lions club we can only do so much but with the community behind us we can achieve a lot.” In the lead-up to the eventual
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opening of Wyong Elsie’s Retreat, Pearce is again calling on community support to help with a storage facility. “We’ve already got about 600 lovely blankets and rugs ready to go into the Wyong unit but we’ve got nowhere in the northern end of the coast to store them. “If someone could give me a smallish and very safe storage unit so they are closer at hand, ready to go into the Wyong unit, that would be a great help,” Pearce said.
Anyone who can help should phone Margaret Pearce on carers,” she said. “This is about providing a choice to Central Coast residents. “I know that many people prefer to be cared for at home, but unfortunately that isn’t always an option and this new dedicated unit will provide that higher level of care in a comfortable and welcoming environment. Continued page 3
EIS released for Super Battery at Munmorah See page 21
Sport
Tesch inducted into NSW Hall of Champions. See page 32
Puzzles page 18