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United in battle
Mates of Harrison Dawson shaved their heads last Sunday to raise money for a cure for multiple myeloma after Harrison’s mum Dee was diagnosed with the disease. (Rob Maccoll)
Six months ago Dee Dawson was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer that forms in white blood cells called plasma cells which help fight infections. In multiple myeloma cancerous plasma cells build up in bone marrow where blood cells are made and crowd out healthy blood cells. Dee has spent the past three weeks in hospital having a stem cell transplant (bone marrow transplant) to slow the cancerous plasma cells. Her treatment included intense chemotherapy which caused her hair to fall out so she decided to shave off the rest. A week ago when Dee’s son Harrison finished shaving his mum’s head he said, “Mum, you’re not doing this alone“. Last Sunday Harrison and about 30 of his mates came together on Noosa River foreshore for a public hair shave and to raise money for Myeloma Australia to find a cure for the cancer. Continued page 2
Wave of change Mr Fisher said design options were to be presented to members last weekend with a decision on plans to be made at a special general meeting. “Over the past 18 months we’ve had a building working group,“ he said. “A team of professional people that are lifesavers have been looking at plans after dealing with nine or ten various independent consultants. We’ve had a dilapidation report on the building, we’ve had building inspectors, we’ve had structural engineers, electrical, fire, We’ve been right through the building to ascertain what condition the building is in. There’s quite a few op-
tions available. We’ve also kept Noosa Council informed, we’ve kept Hastings Street Association informed, we’ve kept Tourism Noosa informed as to our major plans so that we try to dispel rumours.“ Mr Fisher said there were no plans to the rumour they would include a function centre on the roof. “We do want to go up another level, but it will be a training area for members and areas for members and maybe administration. It will not be a function centre like you think a function centre would be,“ he said.
“The rest of the redevelopment if approved by the members is to have training area, members area up top, extend the car park so if they come on patrol they can park underneath.“ The meeting also heard about recent competition successes from individual life savers, junior surf club’s Andrea Baker presented an update on nipper activities and was introduced to nipper captains and SLSQ president Gerard O’Brien, who was recently elected into his second term as president, delivered and overview of Queensland surf life saving. Continued page 4
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Noosa Heads Surf Club looks set for a revamp with plans to likely include another level on top of its existing two and extra car parking underneath after club president Ross Fisher announced at a sponsors’ breakfast last Friday that plans on its renovation project began 18 months ago. “This surf club is probably the oldest building on Hastings Street. It’s like 60 years old,“ Mr FIsher said. “It’s got a lot of history. It looks fantastic, but above the ceiling and below the floor it’s not so good. It’s at its end of life so things need to be attended to.“