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West Australian
29-05-2025
- General
- West Australian
Geraldton Diocese launches $1m restoration project to save historic Hawes churches from serious decay
A major restoration project has been launched by the Catholic Diocese of Geraldton to preserve two significant historical landmarks designed and built by renowned architect and priest, Monsignor John Cyril Hawes. San Spirito Chapel in Utakarra, built in 1936, and Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church in Mullewa, built in 1927, are iconic Mid West landmarks that stand as remarkable expressions of Monsignor Hawes' architectural and theological vision and legacy. Both buildings are currently in a state of deterioration, requiring urgent repairs to address issues such as rising damp, rotting timber, and crumbling stonework. Spearheaded by Monsignor Hawes Heritage Inc, the Our Lady of Mt Carmel Precinct Project was established to develop a comprehensive conservation strategy. Initial works — including painting and waterproofing — were completed in 2024 on the dome and façade at the church at a cost of $37,000. The full restoration of the church is expected to total about $1 million, with a recent $30,000 donation already allocated toward new boundary fencing. Meanwhile, MHHI has been placed on a reserve list for a Heritage Council of Western Australia grant to assist with $181,000 in urgent external repairs for San Spirito Chapel. San Spirito Chapel also holds deep historical and cultural significance. It is the final resting place of Archdeacon Adolphe Joseph Lecaille and features a commemorative plaque dedicated to Monsignor Hawes. Artistic elements — such as Wilfred Priestner's wrought ironwork and a ceiling mural painted by Italian migrant artist Dan Mazotti — underscore the need for careful and extensive conservation. MHHI is now calling on the the generosity of the local community to contribute time, resources, and fundraising efforts to help safeguard these treasured Mid West landmarks. Father Robert Cross, director of heritage and chancellor of the Diocese of Geraldton, and chair of MHHI, addressed the community in the organisation's first 2025 newsletter. 'Age creeps up on us all — as it is on Hawes' buildings. Some of these buildings are now over 100 years old, and like ourselves require a lot of maintenance,' he said. 'Initial steps have been taken to develop a comprehensive and prioritised conservation works plan with the assistance of an architect. 'As local farmers await the opening rains of the 2025 season, perhaps they might consider doing what many of their parents and grandparents once did to help build and support these extraordinary churches . . . put in a few acres of wheat for the church, or come up with fundraising ideas, and more importantly, volunteer to conduct them.' 'Together we can do it.'
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Aesthetics nurse was 'stockpiling' medications, court hears
An aesthetics nurse was ordering such quantities of prescription-only medications it suggested she was stockpiling them, a court has heard. Nichola Hawes, 49, is on trial for alleged fraud and selling or supplying medicines, including drugs for weight loss and Botox, without proper prescriptions. She runs Nichola Hawes Aesthetic Clinic on Groomsport Road in Bangor, County Down, and faces 31 charges, including fraud by false representation. Giving evidence at at Downpatrick Crown Court on Thursday, Department of Health (DoH) pharmacist Aaron McKendry said: "The quantity may have indicated that it was not solely for the person it was prescribed for." Mr McKendry that said while the clinic could have held medicines for specific patients or clients to be given to them during treatment, the way they had been ordered and the quantities found "suggested that they were for stock". Mr McKendry said that a month before a box of medications had been delivered to Ms Hawes' client Jordan Cairns, he had been doing routine checks on private prescriptions at a specific pharmacy when he noticed an unusual amount of B12 prescriptions had been ordered by Ms Hawes. Further inquiries at another pharmacy established that medications being ordered by Ms Hawes were being delivered to her clinic rather than to the patient, while a search of Ms Hawes' clinic uncovered boxes of medications without labels. He explained that under the Human Medicines Act and associated regulations, a prescription-only medication should have a patient's name on it, who and when it was ordered by, and the dispensing pharmacist. Many of the medicines found at Ms Hawes' clinic had no such labelling and while some of them did, Mr McKendry explained that under the Human Medicines Act it was only doctors and dentists who are allowed to keep a stock of medicines, not prescribing nurses. The trial continues.
BBC News
13-02-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Nichola Hawes trial: Aesthetics nurse was 'stockpiling' medications, court hears
An aesthetics nurse was ordering such quantities of prescription-only medications it suggested she was stockpiling them, a court has Hawes, 49, is on trial for alleged fraud and selling or supplying medicines, including drugs for weight loss and Botox, without proper runs Nichola Hawes Aesthetic Clinic on Groomsport Road in Bangor, County Down, and faces 31 charges, including fraud by false evidence at at Downpatrick Crown Court on Thursday, Department of Health (DoH) pharmacist Aaron McKendry said: "The quantity may have indicated that it was not solely for the person it was prescribed for." Mr McKendry that said while the clinic could have held medicines for specific patients or clients to be given to them during treatment, the way they had been ordered and the quantities found "suggested that they were for stock".Mr McKendry said that a month before a box of medications had been delivered to Ms Hawes' client Jordan Cairns, he had been doing routine checks on private prescriptions at a specific pharmacy when he noticed an unusual amount of B12 prescriptions had been ordered by Ms inquiries at another pharmacy established that medications being ordered by Ms Hawes were being delivered to her clinic rather than to the patient, while a search of Ms Hawes' clinic uncovered boxes of medications without explained that under the Human Medicines Act and associated regulations, a prescription-only medication should have a patient's name on it, who and when it was ordered by, and the dispensing of the medicines found at Ms Hawes' clinic had no such labelling and while some of them did, Mr McKendry explained that under the Human Medicines Act it was only doctors and dentists who are allowed to keep a stock of medicines, not prescribing trial continues.
Yahoo
04-02-2025
- Yahoo
Missing Kanawha County teen could be in Morgantown area
ST. ALBANS, (WBOY) — A 15-year-old from St. Albans, West Virginia has been reported missing and could be traveling to Morgantown. Isaiah Kurtis Hawes, 15, was last seen wearing a black hooded jacket, dark gray sweatpants and brown/tan Air Jordan shoes, according to the St. Albans Police Department. UPDATE: Missing Morgantown woman found Hawes' mother told 12 News that he left school and is believed to have purchased a bus ticket to Morgantown. The following photos were provided by Hawes's mother and shared with 12 News by officers. Anyone with information should call the St. Albans Police Department at (304)-727-2251 and contact local law enforcement. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
