Whyalla

Wednesday, March 19

Centacare’s executive director Leanne Haddad

Stepping up for the community

The hard work never stops at Centacare. As the community services arm of the Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide, making a difference to South Australian lives is an all-year round effort.

Titanic effort for students to sing

Sitting on a bus for a 12-hour round trip might not be everyone’s idea of fun, but for a group of musically-minded students from Whyalla it is a small inconvenience for them to be part of the prestigious annual Catholic Schools Music Festival.

Grace Smallacombe and Damien Judd (right) with Prince Charles and Sanjeev Gupta at the reception. In the background are Queensland Governor Paul de Jersey and Jay Ambro, chief investment officer with GFG Alliance.

Grace’s encounter with royalty

Samaritan College Year 8 student Grace Smallacombe will have plenty of exciting news to tell her friends when she gets back to school next term after a face-to-face meeting with His Royal Highness Prince of Wales last Friday.