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Candidates converge on Cooroy
October 16, 2013 IN THIS ISSUE
Xmas feature Page 21-23
Local Real Estate Pages 30-31
Sporting News Pages 34-35
Dining ................... 20 Xmas Feature ... 21-23 Joe Jurisevic, Ptor Gjestland, Gay Trevithick, Tony Wellington, Jess Glasgow, Brian Hayes, Allan Bonsall, Bob Jarvis, Adam Presnell, Peter McGregor, Janene Maxwell-Jones, Sandy Bolton, Darlene Gower, Frank Pardon, Bob Abbott
Pomona ............. 24-26 Health ............... 27-29 Real Estate ....... 30-31
THERE was a huge turnout for the ‘Meet the Candidates’ night on Tuesday, October 8 at the Cooroy Memorial Hall, proof that there’s a strong community interest in knowing who our choices are when we line up at the ballot box on November 9 to vote in a new Noosa Mayor and our six council representatives. There were several familiar faces with an already proven council track record including Bob Abbot, Tony Wellington, Bob Jarvis and Frank Pardon, and many newbies amongst the 15 candidates on the night who have put their hand up to stand for the new Noosa Council. Each candidate was given a short time to introduce him or herself before taking questions from members of the 250-strong audience. Although each candidate comes from a different background and work environment with individual associated skills relating to these differences, the overriding message from all of them was their passion to protect our
environment, our lifestyle and culture and our tourism industry. All were enthusiastic about building on our Shire’s current strengths to ensure a fiscally stable, diverse and ecologically aware region that listens to the community. Mayor hopefuls, Noel Playford and Patricia Petersen were also in attendance. President of the Cooroy Chamber of Commerce, Danielle Taylor, said she was more than pleased at the level of interest from within our community. “Cooroy has always been well respected and represented in local council, and we are more than hopeful this good rapport will continue after the coming election. Voting is compulsory. Information regarding postal votes can be found on http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/2013LG.aspx?id=10425 (See page 2 for local vothing booth locations.
Trades & Services ...........32-33 Next edition: November 6 Booking deadline: October 24 Copy deadline: October 28