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SECTIONSNEWS 3COMMUNITY – ANZAC DAY 4IN THE COMMUNITY 4 COMPETITIONS 4 POLICE BEAT 6MOTHER’S DAY GUIDE 11SCHOOL TALK 12FEELING GOOD FEATURE 12ARTS 16NOTICEBOARD 17CROSSWORD 17PROPERTY 18 TRADES AND SERVICES 20CLASSIFIEDS 23SPORT 23

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I have never picked up a rifl e to fi ght to defend my country in an armed confl ict but I imagine war to be like a cancer – eating up good people from the inside.War is also like a cancer in that almost everyone knows someone who has been affected by it. Whether it’s a relative who served in a war or a peacekeeping operation overseas, or defence force personnel we live near or play sport with, almost everyone in our community would know someone with military links.That is why it is important for Australians to pay respect to the men and women who have served our nation, whether it be in Europe, Asia, the Middle East or Papua New Guinea or those just starting careers in the military, each ANZAC Day.This edition of The Westerner features a number of stories about how local people and communities are honouring the spirit of fallen diggers both in their own back-yard and also abroad. You can also win some great First World War-themed books on page 17 of this paper.For a list of ANZAC Day services around the district and to read The Call, a poem about war written by Highvale poet Ray Wilson, visit www.thewesterner.com.au

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A decision from the Moreton Bay Region’s water provider to freeze prices from 1 July has been met

with some scepticism.Unitywater has announced there will

be no increase to its water and sewerage access fees in the next fi nancial year.

However, with local government elect-ions due next March some critics have called Unitywater’s move a political stunt.

Unitywater’s Chairman Jim Soorley said the organisation is “committed to keeping prices as low as possible for our custom-ers”. He said Unitywater had been working hard to drive costs down, in an effort to pass on savings to its customers.

Unitywater has saved around $38 million from its operating budget over the past three years, with those savings “now being passed to our customers”, he said.

“We have been able to make this decis-ion without compromising the quality and reliability of our services, or our invest-ment in essential infrastructure.”

While he welcomes the freeze on water prices, Chris Kelly, who is running to be the Division 8 councillor for Moreton Bay Regional Council at the next election, said Unitywater’s actions do not go far enough.

“This temporary price freeze will only last until after the next Council election, when prices will go back up again,” Mr

Kelly argues. “During that time Council will continue to collect hefty dividends like the $50 million of profi ts from water custom-ers that Council received last year.”

While Unitywater provides the Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast and Noosa councils with water and sewerage services, the Ratepayers Action Group (RAG) says Moreton residents would continue to pay “signifi cantly more” than people living in neighbouring council areas such as the Sunshine Coast and Brisbane.

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Mr Soorley said the price freeze only applies to the Unitywater component of customers’ bills, with the exception of trade waste, recycled water and some miscellaneous fees and charges, and does not apply to State Government charges for bulk water.

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A N Z A C D a yIn the community

Heather, pictured with her husband Kit, is an Australian dance expert and historian who hosts early colonial Australian dance events in Samford Village every two months.

My fascination with early colonial Australia began… in childhood when my parents took me to visit historic places in and around Sydney – the beautiful house at Elizabeth Bay, Governor Macquarie’s stable... and the convict-built Hyde Park Barracks.What I fi nd most interesting about English colonisation of Australia… In the late-1700s and early-1800s dancing was one of the most popular forms of recreation at all levels of society. Some of the defi ning elements in Australian colonial dance… are its very social nature and its obvious relevance to events and people of the time. An example of this is the dance ‘Botany Bay’, which was published in London in 1788, the year the colony was founded.It is important to keep this part of Australian heritage alive… as it gives us a richer cultural identity, a sense of who we are; it allows us to understand our forebears and fi nd a place within the many traditions which frame our community. Above all the dances are great fun and are still as relevant today as they were 200 years ago.The types of colonial dances offered at Samford… are country dances, said to be the most social and happy of all dance forms. They are related to bush dances – you don’t need a partner, just come along and dance.Something some people might not know about me... is that my great-grandparents came to Queensland in the 1860s and settled at Mapleton, giving the village its name after having fi rst travelled to Canada.When I was young the job I wanted to do when I grew up… was physiotherapy. I wanted to help people, which I now do through dance – dance is proven to be highly benefi cial in so many ways, both physically and psychologically.

The next Australian Colonial Dance is at the Farmers’ Hall, corner of Main Street and Cash Avenue North, Samford Village on 26 April from 2pm to 4pm. Musicians and dancers are welcome. For a schedule of dances visit www.colonialdance.com.au

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After three years of hard work, the Samford Avenue of Honour will be offi cially opened on ANZAC Day at

an event organisers predict will attract thousands of people.

One of the biggest memorial pathways of its type in the country, the 700m-long trail will provide a space for refl ection and remembrance.

The organisations behind the project – Samford RSL, Samford Lions Club, Rotary Club of Samford Valley and Moreton Bay Regional Council, as well as an arborist and an artist – put an emphasis on symbol-ism in the design.

Twenty hoop pines were planted to represent the 20 local men who served in either of the two World Wars or the Korean confl ict.

Eighty smaller trees were planted to

bring the total to 100, marking this year’s centenary of the Gallipoli landing – and the birth of the ANZAC legend.

Three benches inscribed with The Ode have been placed along the path, while a large memorial includes a cenotaph and pillars representing bayonets and swords as depicted on the Australian military’s rising sun hat badge.

Samford Avenue of Honour project co-ordinator Mark Orreal said the ANZAC ceremony at the memorial on Saturday next week would be a very proud moment.

“It’s a good time to refl ect and it’s a good area to refl ect,” he said. “We’ve got people coming from all over Australia for the opening… from Perth, north Queensland, country New South Wales, Newcastle.”

Another member of the Samford Avenue of Honour’s organising committee, Bill

Studley, said the centenary of ANZAC had captured people’s imagination.

“It (the Gallipoli battle) was when Australia stood up, stood to be counted, and they weren’t found wanting,” he said.

“All of a sudden Australia was a nation to be reckoned with. I think everyone can relate to the qualities of the ANZAC spirit, which are mateship, courage, larrikinism, nous, ingenuity.”

Family and friends of defence force personnel can purchase a bronze memor-ial plaque to be installed into the Samford Avenue of Honour path, with around one-third of a total of 204 sites still available.

A march will begin at 7.20am on 25 April near the soccer fi elds and move up the path to the memorial, where the ANZAC service will be held.

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Dawn of landmark war memorial

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A N Z A C D a yA N Z A C D a y

Teens to honour DiggersOne hundred years ago young Aust-

ralians their age headed overseas for what they thought would be the

adventure of a lifetime.This time next week three local teens

will travel to Turkey to retrace the footsteps of troops who fought and died in World War I.

Jack Hill of Ferny Hills and Lachlan McLean and Bailey Roth of Albany Creek are three of 70 Queensland high school students who will attend the ANZAC Day centenary commemorations at Gallipoli on 25 April, after winning the Queensland Premier’s ANZAC Prize.

Lachlan said visiting Gallipoli was “one of my bucket list places to go”.

“It’s obviously a very nice destination but also there is a meaning behind the place and the sentimental value for Australians, it’s very meaningful,” he said.

“I imagine that the families of the World War I veterans will be very emotional… and everyone in the defence force will be very emotional as well.”

Relatives of both Jack and Bailey served in World War I.

“My Great Great-Grandfather (George

Everett) was in World War I… and there’s heaps of other family members that have participated in not just World War I but World War II and other wars,” Bailey said.

“To be there for such a special land-mark (event), it’s such a great opportunity we’ve been offered.”

One of Jack’s descendents, Harold And-erson, was killed in action in France in January 1917, a few weeks shy of his 19th birthday. His nephew, air force navigator Leslie Dean Anderson, was shot down and killed in combat over Berlin in 1944 during World War II, at 20 years of age.

“With the research I’ve been doing about this relative, fi nding out about how young he was and that he was trained as a grocer’s assistant, for him to die in a war it really rammed home the type of confl ict it was,” Jack said.

As well as attending the dawn service at ANZAC Cove students will visit sites on the Western Front in Belgium and France such as the battlefi elds of Somme, Ypres, Messines, Fromelles and Bullecourt and the Australian War Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux, where the names of 11,000 missing Australian troops are recorded.

Jack Hill, Bailey Roth and Lachlan McLean will attend ANZAC Day

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Armed robbery, Albany Creek: Police are investigating the armed robbery of a pharmacy in Albany Creek on 8 April. Around 6.40pm a man armed with a knife entered the pharmacy on the corner of Keong Road and Old Northern Road and threatened two female shop assistants before making demands for cash. The shop assistants complied and the man fl ed the store with cash and prescription drugs. The man is described as being approximately 20-years-old, Caucasian in appearance with pale complexion. He was wearing a black hooded jumper, black sunglasses and was carrying a blue bag.

Fatal traffi c crash, Yugar: A woman died following a two-vehicle traffi c crash at Yugar on 1 April. Initial information suggests her sedan collided with a four-wheel drive on Mt Samson Road in wet conditions around 6am. The female driver of the sedan, aged in her 30s, died at the scene. The 55-year-old male driver of the four-wheel drive suffered minor injuries.

Drug and weapons arrest, Warner: Detectives from Taskforce Maxima seized drugs, cash and weapons after a search warrant was executed at an address at Yellow Button Close, Warner on 1 April. The search followed investigations into activities of the Bandidos Criminal Gang. Police allegedly seized approximately 1kg of Methyl-amphetamines, vials of steroids, a small amount of cannabis, a shotgun, a

rifl e, ammunition, fi reworks and $54,000 in cash. The drugs seized have a street value of approximately $650,000. A 42-year-old man was charged with posse-ssion of drugs, possession of proceeds of crime, unlawful possession of weapons and explosives, and possession of drug utensils.

Missing person, Mt Mee: Police are searching for a 56-year-old man who is missing from Mt Mee. Raymond Westrop was last seen at his home at Florence Lane, Mt Mee around 10pm on 8 April. He is described as being frail, with white hair and green eyes. He is possibly wearing navy blue shorts, a red and blue top, white running shoes with green tipped laces, a polar fl eece, and a camoufl age rain jacket. Concerns are held for his welfare as he is suffering from a medical condition. Around 120 State Emergency Service volunteers and police, including the Police Mounted Unit, have so far failed to locate him.

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Australian troops in World War I will be celebrated at the Samford Historical Museum on ANZAC Day.

‘Honour Our Heroes’ is the theme of displays at the museum on 25 April.

Bev Campbell from the Samford District Historical Museum Society said local women and girls supported the war effort through their own handiwork.

“The Museum Society will be remem-bering the role women played in providing and sending ‘comfort’ to ‘our boys’ to supplement their Army rations, such as socks, fruit cakes, biscuits, newspapers and more,” she said.

”For a gold coin donation, ladies and gentlemen can bring along their craftwork and join in on our ‘knitters and natters’.”

Ms Campbell said a “must see exhibit” at the museum relates to wars from World

War I to Vietnam, which is housed in the former Grovely Railway Station.

Museum visitors can trace their family’s military history with the help of historian Charlie Nolan, books on local history will be available for sale, and refreshments such as ANZAC biscuits, jams, pickles and cakes will be available.

Entry to the ANZAC Day event at the Samford Historical Museum on 25 April is free. The museum is at Station Street, Samford Village. Phone 3289 2743.

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The voices of two local singers will sound out at a site of monumental importance for Australian soldiers

who fought during World War I.Clear Mountain’s Luke Krause and Upper

Kedron’s James Higgins are members of the Voices of Birralee choir which will pro-vide choral services for ANZAC Commem-oration Services on the Western Front.

The Brisbane-based community choir, selected to travel to France following a nationwide search, will sing at a dawn service at the Australian National Memor-ial at Villers-Bretonneux and at a ceremony at the Digger Memorial at Bullecourt.

The journey to France will be particularly poignant for both choristers.

One of James’s relatives, Kilcoy police-man James Bradley, served with the light horse fi eld ambulance from 1914 to 1918, while three generations of Luke’s family have Australian military service.

“This is an extraordinary opportunity for us to play a role in what is a signifi cant event, not only for our nation, but also for France and other countries that have been affected by confl ict,” Luke said.

“It means a great deal to me personally to be a part of this choir, and to have the opportunity to use our music to enshrine

and honour the memory of those who have served.”

James, whose singing talent has taken him on tours of Canada and England, said ANZAC Day is “a day to remember those who fought, and why they fought”.

“It’s an honour to be invited to partici-pate in the commemorations,” he said.

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Senator Michael Ronaldson, said Villers-Bretonn-eux, the location of the main ANZAC Day service in France, is “a site of great importance in Australia’s history”.

“Some 2400 Australians became casualties in the fi ghting around Villers-Bretonneux in April 1918,” he said.

Luke believes ANZAC Day is a chance

for Australians “to give thanks for our own liberty and freedom”.

“It is an opportunity for us to refl ect upon the signifi cant loss and sorrow that war brings (and) to honour and express our gratitude to the thousands of Australians who have served, especially those who gave the ultimate sacrifi ce,” he said.

Samford Valley’s Rochelle Manderson, who is heading to France as Voices of Birralee’s tour manager, said some songs the 31-member choir would sing, such as Danny Boy, were from the World War I era.

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Clear Mountain’s Luke Krause and Upper Kedron’s James Higgins are members of a choir which will perform at ANZAC Commemoration Services on the Western Front.


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young men never returned home.A memorial to those Dayboro locals

who gave the supreme sacrifi ce in battle between 1914 and 1918 will be unveiled at Roderick Cruice Park on ANZAC Day.

The memorial consists of three columns each 1.8m high, made up of six triangular shaped black granite blocks, inscribed with details and a photo of the 15 soldiers.

Descendants of eight of the 15 soldiers still live in Dayboro. Dayboro War Memorial Association President Richard Hawkins believes the memorial gives families “a tangible link to their ancestors”.

Laceys Creek’s Greg Easlea, a relative of fallen diggers Charles and Robert Easlea, said the memorial would be “something quite important to remember them by”.

“It must have been very sad for the fam-ily to lose two sons in the war,” he said.

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Cot in Belgium and the other one, his name is on the wall at Villers-Bretonneux in France… where there are of thousands of names of people who perished (in WWI) but they didn’t have graves for them.”

The new memorial will be unveiled at Roderick Cruice Park, William Street on 25 April at 4.30am with a re-enactment by Dayboro Scouts dressed in WWI uniforms.

“Those 15 Scouts will then place a poppy on one of the 15 blocks with the name of one of the men killed in action,” Mr Hawkins explained.

The dawn service will be followed by a parade assembling at the Crown Hotel at 9.30am. A book about Dayboro’s fallen WWI soldiers, Dayboro Remembers, will also be launched on the day.

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ASamford Village health clinic is celebrating its fi rst birthday by hosting a special open day on Saturday 2 May, with free give-aways and reduced price treatments for one day only.

Radiance Clinic owner Jacqueline Smith says her staff are “excited to be celebrating our fi rst birthday”.

“This open day is to say ‘thank you’ to our clients who have supp-orted us over the past year,” Jacqueline said.

“Hopefully they will be able to get a free treatment and drag a girl-friend along for a bit of fun trying something new.

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Clients, friends and visitors are all welcome with great Open Day specials such as free brow sculpting, half price spray tans, free skin analysis and 30 per cent off Coolsculpting, to help you eliminate your stubborn fat. Come for a browse or book one of the special services.

Radiance Clinic went through a major re-brand after purchasing skin treatment specialists, Advanced Skin Solutions, a year ago.

Since them, owner Jacqueline has added new specialists, new equipment and new cosmeceutical lines of skin care to treat all challenges faced by men and women.

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Every actor wants their franchise, or to put it one better, every actor wants the Liam Neeson/Taken arrangement. The guarantee of a big box offi ce draw and a constant pay cheque are very enticing.

Sean Penn is a great actor but he’s never been a hit at the box offi ce. Oscars and critical acclaim are one thing, but big budget smash hit movies are another.

The Gunman is an attempt by Penn to enrich himself from the royalties of the box offi ce, while retaining his artistic and moral sensibilities.

The opening minutes set the fi lm up well and give the false impression it’s going to be good; broadcast footage of the Congo upon collapse, civilians caught up in the crossfi re, rebels and militia murdering anyone they can. The ground has been laid for a decent political thriller.

Penn plays ‘Jim’, an assassin taking out corrupt mining ministers who are exploiting the people and sucking the land dry.

Fast-forward to eight years later and Jim has returned to Congo to dig wells for impoverished communities – and atone for his past sins. Apparently you can murder as many Africans as you want, as long as you show up later on and help build schools and not murder anyone else.

Jim is soon being hunted by other assassins. Oh no, who can he trust? What is real? Where will it all end?

What begins as a John le Carre-esque story of international intrigue and geopolitics soon turns into a bad Rambo fi lm; lots of corpses, Penn surviving impossible physical trauma and every death defying escape more ridiculous than the last.

If you liked the Bourne fi lms, Taken and the new Bond fi lms with Daniel Craig you might enjoy The Gunman as it recycles a lot of their material. But as its own fi lm it’s non-existent, just a deriv-ative taking on other successful formulas.

There is one other aspect of The Gunman that is deserving of attention: Sean Penn’s body is impressive. I cannot deny that I was absolutely horrifi ed by and in awe of his arms and the veins that run underneath them, which are the size of fi re hoses. His pecs and abs converge to form a diamond of masculinity in the middle of his chest and all of this is simply terrifying considering the man is 54-years-old.

You tend to notice these things because Penn is half-naked throughout most the fi lm, a pure vanity project to remind people who good he looks, and to remind Hollywood that he’s ready for more action movies.

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The Urban Country Music Festival has expanded its horizons, with an even wider range of artists of varied

genres to take to the stage in May. But its country roots are not forgotten,

with favourite Lee Kernaghan returning for his eighth performance at the Caboolture festival. Also headlining the three-day event next month are Beccy Cole, Augie March, Sunny Cowgirls and British India.

Alternative rock band Cloud Control, which has grown to become one of Australia’s many successful musical exports, is another featured act.

Originally from the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, the four-piece group has supported international acts such as Arcade Fire and Vampire Weekend.

After living in the UK for a few years, building up a fan base in Europe, the band has returned home to Australia to produce its third album.

Speaking from his home in Sydney, Cloud Control drummer Ulrich Lenffer said he is looking forward to the eclectic line-up at the Urban Country Music Festival.

“I think that creates a crowd that is a bit more receptive… I’m really excited,” he said.

Forming in 2006, Cloud Control’s fi rst album Bliss Release was released in 2010 to critical acclaim and eventually won the Australian Music Prize. A second album, Dream Cave, was also met with praise.

Lenffer said Cloud Control’s new album

is coming along “pretty well”, with the band opting to forgo the pressures involved with the last release and ensuring they have more fun in the process of creating their third record.

“This time we set up a little studio. We just have a space, bought a bunch of gear, thought about actually trying to do it ourselves,” he said.

“It feels like you can just clock in and clock out whenever you want. You don’t have to worry about paying for rehearsal spaces and all that kind of stuff.

“What we decided, in the middle of

(making) Dream Cave, where you write the album is quite important, I think, just to your frame of mind, stylistically. Already the (new) stuff we’ve been producing is a bit more up-tempo, bit more fun.”

Dream Cave saw Cloud Control become more adventurous with the use of elect-ronic elements.

Lenffer said they have made it easier to create and experiment this time around with new gear purchased to “spark the imagination with a different palette”.

“But that said what actually makes it onto the album could come down to what we like the most, which could be a folk song,” he said.

The Urban Country Music Festival is on 1-3 May. Tickets start at $35 for adults and can be purchased from www.urbancountry.com.au

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First it was a classic Hans Christian Andersen tale, then it became an iconic animated fi lm.

Now the magical story of a young mer-maid has been adapted for a new family-friendly production by one of Brisbane’s longest running theatre companies.

Almost 180 years after it was fi rst published as a book and 26 years after Disney brought it to life on movie screens, The Little Mermaid Jnr. has re-surfaced at Brisbane Arts Theatre.

It’s the story of a mermaid, Ariel, who lives in a magical kingdom under the sea, yet longs to leave her watery home.

Blocking her path to the ocean’s surface is her father and sea witch Ursula, played by Bray Park’s Natalie Mead.

Mead “grew up” with The Little Mermaid movie, noting Ursula was on her “bucket list of roles I’ve always wanted to do”.

“It (the role) is a complete departure for

me because normally I don’t get cast as the evil person,” she said.

“This is the fi rst evil role that I’ve got to play – and I’m having so much fun.

“Because she (Ursula) is so iconic I have tried to play her as most people would remember (her) from the fi lm, but with my own added fl air.

“It’s very nice when the lights come up and people see me in my costume for the fi rst time. I get audible gasps.

“I have lots of kids come up to me and say, ‘You’re my favourite’ (character), which is lovely.”

The fi rst Disney show to be staged at the 78-year-old Brisbane Arts Theatre, the musical features songs from the fi lm such as “Under the Sea”, “Part of Your World” and “Kiss the Girl”, as well as three new tunes from the Broadway stage show.

Strathpine’s Nikhil Singh, Cashmere’s Micah Rustichelli and Bunya’s Siobhan

Smith also feature in The Little Mermaid Jnr., which runs at Brisbane Arts Theatre at Petrie Terrace until 30 May.

For tickets and show times phone 3369 2344 or visit www.artstheatre.com.au

Australian acts headlining music fest

Little Mermaid re-surfaces

The Westerner has TWO DOUBLE PASSES to the URBAN COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL at the Queensland State Equestrian Centre on 1-3 May to give away. TOTAL PRIZE VALUE IS $272.Enter to win at the ‘Competitions’ page at www.thewesterner.com.au Entries close 27 April.

Alternative rockers Cloud Control will perform at the Urban Country Music Festival at Caboolture on 2 May.

Nikhil Singh, Micah Rustichelli, Natalie Mead and Siobhan Smith feature in The Little Mermaid Jnr.


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NATIONAL SENIORS ALBANY CREEK: meets 2nd Friday of each month at Albany Creek Community Centre, Ernie St, Albany Creek at 5.30pm. Speakers, entertainment & interest groups inc. exercise, dining out, reading, craft, photography, movies, golf & more. Ph 3264 1509. www.nsaalbanycreek.org.auNORTH PINE POULTRY CLUB: All Breeds Show, Sale & Expo. Sunday 17 May at Main Pavilion, Dayboro Memorial Showground, Mt Mee Road, Dayboro. Rhode Island and Water Fowl feature, up and coming judges from the Feather Club Association of Queensland, and quality poultry for sale. Win a custom made Chook Tractor with equipment and your very own trio of Rhode Island Bantams. More details at www.northpinepoultryclub.comNORTH PINE POULTRY CLUB: Meetings and demonstrations 3rd Sat of every month from 9am-12pm. Next meeting: 18 April at Samford Community Centre. Ph 0419 842 250, like us on Facebook or visit www.northpinepoultryclub.comPINE RIVERS CATCHMENT ASSOCIATION: Activities relating to integrated catchment management. Meets 2nd Tuesday of month at Kumbartcho Sanctuary, 15 Bunya Pine Ct, Eatons Hill. Phone Graham 3264 5485.PINE RIVERS VIEW CLUB: meets 3rd Wed of month for lunch at Murrumba Downs Tavern, 10.30 for 11am. Interesting speaker. Outing 1st Wed of month. Ladies come and meet new friends. Vistors welcome. Ph Sandra 3425 2738 or Joy 3285 5989.PROBUS CLUB SAMFORD VALLEY: meets 3rd Thursday of each month, 10am at Samford Bowls Club. Guest speakers, monthly outings. Contact Val 3289 6443.SAMFORD AREA MENS’ SHED: meet every Tuesday at 9.30am for coffee and a chat, with guest speaker last Tuesday of the month, at Samford Showgrounds pavilion. Activities include woodworking, steelworking, gardening, photography, computers. Email: [email protected]. Ph 0487 232 328.

SAMFORD ART & CRAFT ASSOC: at the Slab Hut, John Scott Park, Main St, Samford. Wide selection of locally produced art and craft items. 10am-4pm, 7 days a week. New members welcome. Ph 3289 3113. www.theslabhut samfordartandcraft.com.au SAMFORD DISTRICT HISTORICAL & MUSEUM SOCIETY: Museum open Wed and Sun 10am-3pm, Station St, Samford Village. Local & family history, research & displays. Group visits & tours by appointment. Ph: 3289 2743, email [email protected]; web:. www.samfordmuseum.com.au.SAMFORD HASH: meets every Sunday at 5pm (summer) or 4pm (winter). One hour social walk or run followed by drinks & meal. All levels of fitness. www.samfordhash.blogspot.comSAMFORD RSL: A pension officer attends every Tuesday and Thursday 9am - 12pm at 6 Progress St, Samford Village. A JP is usually in attendance during those hours. Please call 3289 6928 for an appointment. Email to [email protected] re: our meetings and functions.SAMFORD VALLEY MARKETS: 2nd Saturday of month (excluding January), 7am-12pm, cnr Mt Samson Rd & Serendipity Drive, Samford. Fresh produce, arts & crafts, cakes inc. gluten free, plants, BBQ, morning teas, coffee. 40-50 stalls - new ones welcome. Ph Kate 0414 550 302.SAMFORD WRITERS GROUP: meets the 1st Thursday of month. First-time or experienced writers, all genres. New members welcome. Email essential. Phone Barbara Cook on 3289 3046 or email [email protected]. www.samfordwriters.orgWOODFORD & DISTRICT POULTRY CLUB: welcomes new members. Enquiries to Di Neale 5498 9788.ZONTA CLUB OF PINE RIVERS: improving the lives of women & children locally & globally. Dinner meetings 2nd Wed of each month (except January), 6.30pm at Eatons Hill Hotel. Dinner $25pp. Phone 0413 451 764 or 0417 615 405 or email [email protected]

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From the Australian War Memorial collection comes a touching illustrated history, 100 years on, of the 360,000 Australians who went to the First World War. Australians at the Great War 1914-1918 by Peter Burness portrays their contribution to the war effort.In The Last Chapter, Eleanor Collins tells a tale of historical fi ction set in World War I. In July 1916, in the closing hours of the Battle of Fromelles, two enemy soldiers – one German and one Australian – face each other in the trenches. The Westerner has one copy of Australians at the Great War 1914-1918 (Murdoch Books) and one copy of The Last Chapter (Partridge Books) to give away. For your chance to win nominate the book you would like and send your name and contact details to: ANZAC book competition, PO Box 5189, Brendale BC, 4500 or email [email protected], Attn: ANZAC Book competition. Entries close 27 April.


TRADES & SERVICES Ph 3205 9930on the job TRADES & SERVICESWhat services does your business offer? We specialise in mini bus transfers: airport and portside, weddings, sporting and entertain-ment venues, train station, local and city res-taurants, pubs, clubs, function centres, trans-port in and around Samford and surrounding suburbs, private charters. In reality any service that requires safely moving people from one point to another.

What sort of clients does your business provide services to? Local families, local businesses, business travellers, holiday travel-lers, anyone requiring safe, reliable transport.

Where do your clients come from? We proudly cover areas in the north west of Bris-bane: Ocean View, Dayboro, Mt Glorious, Sam-ford, Albany Creek, Bunya, Draper and Cash-mere, just to name a few. We regularly move people in and around these areas, as well as bringing travellers back home from other Bris-bane suburbs.

What do your customers most appreciate about your services? Being locally based and operated we are familiar with the area. It’s

great to see local people supporting local busi-nesses. It forms part of the community spirit.

Why is a business like yours so important? We provide a safe, reliable and friendly alterna-tive to more conventional transport. We have built great relationships with regular patrons that have come to trust us transporting them, their family and friends.

What was your company’s fi rst job? An air-port pick-up at 1.50am.

What is the most unique job your business has done? Taking a group of guys into the City for a night out, and upon my return to take them home having to wait with them in a gen-tleman’s club until they were ready to leave.

How did you make your fi rst dollar? A news-paper delivery run after school, and account collections on weekends.

How did you get into your current line of work? I was looking at running my own busi-ness and saw Samford Shuttles advertised.

Before your current job, what were your previous occupations? Conservation and

landcare worker, jewellery store manager, various sales and senior management roles predominantly within the paper and printing industries.

What is the best part of your job? Meeting local people, working from home, and provid-ing great service.

What advice would you give to someone who is considering entering your line of work? Have a patient easygoing manner and be prepared for early starts and late fi nishes.

If you didn’t work in your current job, what job would you like to do? I’ve always had an interest in health care, so I’d say it would be something in health care.

How do you spend your spare time? The business takes up a fair amount of my time however when I do have some free time I enjoy gardening, cooking, spending time with family, and tinkering in my shed.

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There is a good chance a local triathlete will represent Australia at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in three years time.

With an eye to the future, Triathlon Australia has announced a squad of emerging talents that could deliver medal glory on the glitter strip in 2018.

Of the 22-member squad, six athletes – Emma Jackson, Brittany Dutton, Kenji Nener, Matt Roberts, Gillian Backhouse and Sophie Malowiecki – are from the Pine Rivers Tri Sports Club.

Dutton, 17, said it “would mean a lot to me” to emulate the feats of training partner and fellow Warner resident Jackson and compete at the Commonwealth Games.

“When you put in a lot of hard hours of training every day of the week and can get the chance of competing in front of friends and family at such a big event, it’s something that only a few can experience,” Dutton said.

“Being such a big event like it is, it’s always in the back of my mind when I am training and I use it as a motivator.

“However, being younger than the others makes it a more tough long-term goal as I don’t have as much experience, but I am hopefully going to get more experience in the next year or two.”

Dutton said training alongside Jackson, an Olympian who won a bronze medal in the team event at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow last year, is “defi nitely a big motivator for me”.

“I know how hard she trains, how many hours she puts in day in and day out, and I know that is what it takes to be able to represent Australia at such a high level,” she said.

Triathlon Australia’s National Performance Director Bernard Savage is excited about the prospects of members of the Commonwealth Games Gold Squad racing on home soil.

“For our athletes to get the chance to make this team for 2018 and to race in front of their family and friends will be a once in a lifetime opportunity,” he said.

“We have some exciting talent in this Gold Squad, some of them who will be right in their prime and others who will be in a position to push for places on this team.”

Dutton, who has been doing triathlons since she was fi ve after following the path of older sisters Courtney and Maddison, has already won gold while wearing an Australian uniform, after her triumph at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China last August.

Backhouse, 23, who recently relocated to Brisbane from Armidale, is an ITU Triathlon World Cup winner and under-23 world championship silver medallist.

Nener, 21, originally from Western Australia but now living at Warner, has also competed in the under-23 world championship fi nal.

A former state hockey representative, 18-year-old Malowiecki competed for Australia at last year’s world junior championships in Canada, while Albany Creek resident Roberts secured the Australian Junior Triathlon Series Championship in Tasmania in February.

Roberts, 19, joins past winners Emma Jackson (2009) and Clear Mountain’s Sam Betten (2007) as an Australian Junior Triathlon Series champion.

Triathletes following golden path

Sophie Malowiecki, Gillian Backhouse, Matt Roberts, Emma Jackson and Brittany Dutton have been earmarked as potential Commonwealth Games representatives.

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