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The Ministry of Health publishes a list of vaccination centres where you can get the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. TNP FILE PHOTO
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I am sort of a healthcare professional. Or at least used to be.
I was a medic in the navy during my national service and used to vaccinate shiploads of servicemen. That was hundreds of pricks. I mean the injections. The jabs were mostly for tetanus, rubella and hepatitis.
I became rather proficient with a syringe. I had good reviews.
So I am more accustomed to giving injections than getting one.
This little chimp lived quietly on our bed for over a decade. It was the first gift our son bought for us. One day, my wife was making the bed when she was interrupted by a phone call, so she asked me to finish. The quarantine had been such a drag that I decided to try to cheer her up by hiding Socky under some pillows with just his head showing. Not only did it make her chuckle, but it also made me feel better too.
I kept it up for about a week but eventually ran out of hiding places. Still wanting to keep her grinning, I realized I had to get creative. And that is how this daily sock monkey melodrama started. There are a ton on Instagram.
Caddo 911 dispatch records show it happened at 8:43 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28, on Mansfield Road.
One person was shot in a store. The other four were outside when they were shot.
Authorities on the scene described their wounds as life-threatening.
Police say they are looking for a white Ford car.
They now have 11 units on the scene between Murray and Corbitt streets.
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The cast of Shenanigan s Wake sharing a tipple on-stage. Photo / Reuben Janes
What an interesting character! Daryl Peebles, script writer of the play currently in rehearsal at Repertory Theatre, Shenanigan s Wake is a man of many parts.
Apart from Shenanigan s Wake he s written two other shows: Aussie Rules , written in collaboration with musical director Fran Armstrong, and Barbecue , which debates whether the barbecue is in fact a social leveller or not, and several other plays.
Daryl Peebles has been involved in theatre for more than 40 years, during which time he s received awards for his play scripts and performed as a comedian and magician.