PAINTING the outdoors – Students from Years 9 and 10 art classes at Port Macquarie High School have entered the NSW Parliament Plein Air Prize after a painting workshop on Town Beach on Friday. Pictured here, from left, are students Jack Cornish and Patricia Asuncion with workshop tutor Leanne Prussing, Port Macquarie MP Leslie Williams, Michael Marom from Telstra, who are sponsoring the prize, and school art teacher Karen Noble. Full story, page 9.