Plastic  realisation

Plastic realisation

Takeaway coffee cups seemed like one of the biggest challenges for the City of Canning chief executive Arthur Kyron after taking on a challenge to collect single use plastic for two weeks. The CEO Plastic Challenge was developed by a Canning staff member and Mr Kyron...
Out with old, in with new

Out with old, in with new

A new $8.4 million sports hall at Southern River College will officially hold its grand opening next year with a ceremony that will celebrate someone significant in Gosnells. The old gym at the school has served its purpose for 43 years and had been partially...
Arabian nights image takes first place for youth

Arabian nights image takes first place for youth

With more than 1500 entries for the Perth Royal Show’s 34th National Photography Competition this year Lesmurdie resident Sam Markham was awarded first prize in the youth category for his photograph Arabian Luminosity. Mr Markham has been interested in photography...
Olympic hopeful to go overseas for training

Olympic hopeful to go overseas for training

Eighteen-year-old Gosnells Police and Community Youth Centre (PCYC) judo champion Jordan Boxell was officially ranked as number one in Australia in the junior men’s under 66kg division. Not long after winning a silver medal in junior men’s (ages 18 to 21) and then a...
Young artist with bright future

Young artist with bright future

A Southern River College year 11 student is off to Melbourne where she will be acknowledged in the Young Australian Art Awards for her artworks The Frog on the Lilypad and My Scream. With a number of accolades accumulated over the years Taya Parfitt was also named...