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Alice’s Valentine Queen turns 102

ENTHUSIASTIC: Jose Petrick doesn't hold back as she cuts her birthday cake. (PIC: PHIL WILLIAMS 534683_02)
Phil Williams

Alice Springs' Valentine Queen chalked up another amazing milestone today, Saturday, February 14. A literal living legend, the grand old […]

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