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Just because it is very cute.
►The pink ribbon is synonymous with supporting those affected by breast or gynaecological cancers.
Buy one and show your support in the Highlands this Pink Ribbon Day on October 21.
Ribbons can be bought from Bowral Coles or Mittagong Marketplace.
► The Mittagong Lions Junior Rugby League club will celebrate the end of the season on October 21.
The presentation will be held at Mittagong RSL.
Each age group will receive awards to praise the players who showed outstanding play across the season.
► Podiatrist Alexandra Viles is stepping toward a new wellness practice, one foot at a time.
After eight years in the industry, the Bowral woman has branched out on her own and opened a podiatry clinic in Bowral Street.
SoHi Podiatry is situated in a newly renovated and brightly decorated three-bedroom house, and will eventually offer a range of health care services for Highlanders.
► Jacob Birta competed at the NSW PSSA Athletics Championships on October 19.
The NSWPSSA Athletics carnival is a selective competition that starts at the local level and progresses to state representation.
The 9 year old from Wollondilly Anglican College competed in the 100m sprint, and was first primary school student from the college to represent the school at state level.
► Find an early Christmas present or gift for yourself at an annual fete.
The St Jude’s Spring Fair presents the opportunity for Highlanders to purchase items such as jams and cakes, good used clothing, books and DVDs, jewellery, handmade craft items and plants.
► Driving through Sutton Forest, you would have noticed an impressive white stable building with a bright red door standing proudly among paddocks and gardens.
This is the Sutton Farm Equestrian Centre and, after a year of renovations, its doors will be opened to the public.
► 2787 nominations were received, which were tallied into the most popular businesses in each category. An independent judge then visit businesses and judged them on their presentation, products and services, value of products and service.
Find out who were the winners of the 2016 Southern Highlands Local Business Awards.
► We have pulled together some more pics from October 2007 for this week’s Throwback Thursday.
TRAFFIC: All Southern Highlands roads are open and clear.
TRAINS: Commuters can expect a good service on the Southern Highlands today.
WEATHER: A partly cloudy day with a slight (20%) chance of a shower in the morning and early afternoon, light winds becoming NE 20 to 30 km/h in the morning then tending N 15 to 20 km/h in the late evening and a daytime maximum temperature of 17 can be expected in the Highlands today.
Here's a look at what the local weather is doing right now:
7.00AM: Good morning and welcome to the Southern Highlands Rise and Shine. Over the next few hours we will be bringing you as much information as possible from across the Southern Highlands and nationally.
Weather, road conditions, breaking news, we will have it all - and we'd love to have your help! If there's anything happening in your part of the world, drop us a line! Email jackie.meyers@fairfaxmedia.com.au
State of the nation
Need a national news snapshot first thing - well, we have you covered.
► ROSEWHITE: Breanna Johnson had a simple assignment at school. Research a part of the brain and present it to the class. She asked her nurse mother Margot for help, and the 15-year-old chose to focus on the temporal lobe. That was in April this year. Days later her healthy 51-year old father Steven, from Rosewhite near Myrtleford, would be diagnosed with stage four brain cancer in the temporal lobe after going to hospital following a car accident. More here.
► RIVERINA: Farmers and gun-owners have backed calls to legalise a cheap, rapid-fire shotgun. The Abbott government banned the seven-shot Adler A110 in 2015, amid concerns it could be modified to fire 11 rounds without reloading. Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull on Monday extended the ban until states and territories hash out how to classify the contentious firearm and what sort of permit a gun-owner would require. More here.
► BELLBIRD: It was a homemade “firearm” which he hoped would be enough to scare a poor Coalfields service station attendant to hand over some cash. It wasn’t and it didn’t. More here.
► HEATHCOTE: The former coach of a central Victorian club in shock after as its star forward fights for his life following a suspected ‘flakka’ overdose has said illicit drugs have “become the norm” in Australian rule football – from the AFL to local football leagues. More here.
► HARVEY: One of three farmers dropped by Brownes Dairy at the end of last month has been forced to tip his grade one milk out because no one wants it. More here.
► ST MARYS: A couple who have cared for their son for 30 years are pleading for accelerated access to the National Disability Insurance Scheme. More here.
► MACKSVILLE: When she was a baby Kymberlee Blair was fighting for her life, her small body wracked with the fevers and pain of double pneumonia and swine flu. More here.
► WODONGA: When 16-year-old Alexia Brown requested Hamish and Andy attend her year 10 formal, she didn’t expect to get a “yes” back. But on air Monday afternoon, the radio personalities announced Catholic College Wodonga would be the first stop in their band’s tour. More here.
► PORT MACQUARIE: There is a common belief among those who work in healthcare or emergency sectors that a full moon can create a hectic night for employees. More here.
National news
► Australia is missing out on key events aimed at improving gender diversity due to the lack of policy initiatives designed to get women into public and private sector leadership positions, says the chief executive of Business Events Sydney, Lyn Lewis-Smith. More here.
► The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spent an estimated $215,000 or more sending nearly two dozen senior bureaucrats from Canberra to Paris to attend an inhouse talkfest about ways to save money. More here.
► More than one in four Australian workers feel financially stressed and find it difficult to make ends meet, a national study has found. More here.
► The RSL NSW has nearly $350 million in cash and liquid assets held across hundreds of sub-branches, much of which critics say is not being properly used to help needy veterans. More here.
National weather radar
International news
► LONDON: The British government is counting on Australia's taste for British beer and cider to boost its Brexit trade plan – and is planning an ad blitz to whet our appetites. More here.
► BANGKOK: Thai authorities say they have uncovered a plot to explode bombs in Bangkok where millions of Thais are mourning the death last week of long-reigning King Bhumibol Adulyadej. More here.
► GERMANY: Four police officers have been injured, one critically, after they were shot at during a raid on a home in southern Germany. More here.
On this day
The faces of Australia: Simone O’Brien
At the start of the year Horsham’s Simone O’Brien set herself a pretty typical goal – to tackle the Melbourne marathon. But O’Brien is not your typical woman.
Four years ago she was violently attacked, and now dedicates her time to starting a public conversation about domestic violence. Read more here.