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Apr 30, 2021 Submitted photo Fire Chief Roy Bowers presents Josh Parker with the 2020 Junior Fireman of the Year award at the South Fork Volunteer Fire Department annual banquet. BRANDYWINE — More than 120 people attended the annual South Fork Volunteer Fire Department banquet held at the fire house April 24. President Jeff Bowers welcomed the crowd after an invocation by Marie Bowers Miller. Speakers included county forester Rosey Santerra and state Sen. “Bill” Hamilton. Since no banquet was held last year due to the pandemic, Fire Chief Roy Bowers announced last year’s and then thi...

Stuff Trevor Chappel and Brian McKechnie at a testimonial match at the Basin Reserve in 2001. Some of that is down to a growing maturity, expressed in part by developed sympathy for the main players, who have slowly shed their villain tags. NZ opener Bruce Edgar, whose unbeaten century was a barely-noticed footnote, said recently he felt for the Aussie skipper. “He was feeling a lot of pressure as captain and about his own performance.” In an excellent documentary two years ago, Chappell admitted to struggling to sleep and eat prior to the match. Then things got much worse. “The ki...

A plan for NRL players to jump the queue to receive the Covid-19 vaccine in a bid to ensure the 2021 season runs smoothly runs the risk of “opening a can of worms”, according to a leading health expert. Peter V’landys, the Australian Rugby League Commission chairman, will make a request to the federal government to prioritise his code’s players ahead of the vast majority of people in Australia. In comments reported by the Sydney Morning Herald...

Players must not jump vaccine queue: Australia union head Reuters 26/01/2021 (Reuters) - Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA) Chairman Greg Dyer said it would not be "morally defensible" for athletes to be given priority access to a COVID-19 vaccine ahead of higher risk groups. With Australia to begin its vaccine rollout in February, local media have reported Cricket Australia asked for the test squad to be vaccinated before they tour South Africa, which is battling a highly infectious variant of the virus. Australia are due to play three tests in South Africa in March, though no venues...

The game's commissioner Peter V'landys told The Sydney Morning Herald he will put forward a proposal for NRL players be vaccinated in the third phase of Australia's rollout. That would see star players get the sought-after jab before the vast majority of the population, prioritised alongside healthcare workers, aged care home staff, the elderly and other vulnerable people. "Emergency workers have got to get it first and the most vulnerable have got to get it first. Who is after that? Well, that's where we come in," V'landys told the Herald. "Under no circumstances are we going to jump t...