Edition 17th december 2014 v3 by Glasshouse Country & Maleny News

Glasshouse Country News WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 17 - 2014. VOLUME 29-32

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hen I write my column for the final edition of the year – it is always with mixed feelings. I know I need to focus on acknowledging another great year and thanking everyone who has contributed to making that happen, then the school kid in me feels like it is ‘break up day’ and soon I will be free to live a life not restricted by deadlines for the next few weeks and then I become very distracted!! So I am channelling my ‘very mature self’ feelings and want to focus on saying thanks to all the wonderful people that are part of my life as an editor that makes the role so enjoyable and rewarding. A big part of this is obviously because of Brownie (who does an amazing job of doing all of the things that I am not so great at) and making us a strong management team for the paper. To all of our staff who take great pride in their jobs and the paper and like being part of the team that brings this great community newspaper out each week (except for the next three weeks when we are all taking a break).

Everyone who advertises with the paper – without your support through your advertising dollars so many of the stories we bring each week would not be able to be included. Thanks also to the many locals who contribute your diverse stories, reports, letters, photos, ideas, and updates about what is going in our community. And of course you the readers, for embracing what we do, loving the read and encouraging us by letting us know you like what we do. The team all receive plenty of kind words when we are out on the job, we get plenty of emails of thanks, cards or notes are dropped into the letterbox, and it is lovely to walking into the office and finding a jar of jam or honey, a couple of pineapples or a plate of homemade biscuits that someone has dropped in as a thank you! So before I get distracted and start googling ‘Things to Do in Tasmania’ again I just want to say thanks for appreciating, supporting, contributing to and generally being a part of what is becoming an endangered species – a ‘local independently owned real community newspaper’. Regards,

What's Happening December

18 Thursday

Maleny Library will have Christmas story telling and craft from 9.30am – 10.30am for two to six-year-olds, the session is free and no bookings are required. The Library is located at 1 Bunya Street, Maleny.

19 - 25 Friday – Thursday

The Christmas Tree Festival is on at the Maleny Uniting Church again this year. The trees are decorated to the theme ‘Christmas songs and carols’, and there will be lots to lift the spirit and catch your imagination. The Festival times are 4.00pm – 9.00pm on Friday, Saturday and Monday, from 12.00noon – 4.00pm on Sunday, then 4.00pm – 7.00pm on Tuesday and Wednesday followed by Christmas Eve Service and Christmas Day Service at 8.00am. The church is located at 1284 Maleny-Landsborough Road, Maleny.

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Local news.................................3-13 Community news......................14-20 I Give a Moo for Mooloolah.............22 Business news...............................24 You said it................................26-27 School news..................................27 Monthly Money..............................30 Kids & Parenting.......................32-33 Elected reps..................................34 Gems of the Hinterland...................35 Health, Beauty & Wellbeing............36

Living...........................................37 Dine in / Take out......................38-39 Happenings..............................40-41 Christmas messages..................42-49 Gardening.....................................50 Home & living...............................51 Real estate....................................52 Trades.....................................53-58 Sports news..................................59 Classifieds................................60-61 Fun page.......................................63

Samantha, Giles and Kerri with Kynen enjoying the Christmas Lights at the Petty’s house on Lindeman Road, Beerwah

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Towerless NBN for Maleny Hinterlands group will hold an information day at the Community Centre Kiosk from 10.00am to 3.00pm, the kiosk is located in Maple Street, Maleny.

20 Saturday

If the kids haven’t had a chance to catch up with Santa yet then head down to the Beerwah Marketplace, where Santa will be making a special visit with his helper between 10.00am – 2.00pm. The Marketplace is located in Peachester Road, Beerwah.

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New Year’s Eve at Club Glass House, meals will be served between 6.00pm and 8.00pm and then you will be able to dance in the New Year with Night Shift. Bookings are advisable, call the club on 5436 5000. Club Glass House is located at 10 Coonowrin Road, Glass House Mountains.

19 Friday

Carols at Twilight 2014 at the Maleny RSL, the Maleny Singers are once again teaming up with the Nambour Salvation Army Band to present Carols at Twilight. The program includes a lovely selection of well-known carols as well as some you may not have heard before. Entry is free and the evening’s festivities will commence at 6.45pm. Refreshments are available at the bar and there is plenty of seating inside, so don’t worry about the weather.

31 Wednesday

New Year’s Eve at Beerwah RSL theme this year is ‘Hillbillies’ and on the night they will be serving a buffet, there will be live entertainment and competitions. The night kicks off at 7.00pm, tickets for the night are $40.00, and bookings are essential, phone 5494 0289. The club is located at 27 Beerwah Parade, Beerwah.

January

20 Saturday

A ‘Pop Up Market’ will be held at the Beerwah CWA Hall in Simpson Street, Beerwah from 10.00am – 3.00pm. The market is a celebration of all things handmade, there will be jewellery, toys, home accessories, kid’s clothing, and greeting cards, so head along for some last minute Christmas gifts.

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Coochin Creek Coop welcomes new Chairman very pleased to be able to hand over the reins to someone as competent and knowledgeable as Peter,” said Robert. “I know the future of the Coop is in very good hands … and I’ll still be there to do my bit as well.” Robert’s pedigree Peter Boyle congratulates as part of the Coop Robert Frizzo goes way back. His grandfather, Emidio Gabrielli was part of the founding process of the Coop back in 1936. Robert’s father Adriano Frizzo was a Director for many years. New Chairman Peter has a similar family connection, with his father Ron Boyle being a long-serving Board Director. Peter is a macadamia nut and lychee farmer from Beerwah, and is well respected within the industry. He is considered one of the region’s most innovative growers. “Peter is a very good choice for Chairman,” said Errol. “He is young, has good ideas, is confident and knows the local horticultural industry well.”

They say that all good things must come to an end and after 19 years as the Chairman of the Coochin Creek Fruitgrowers Cooperative, Robert Frizzo has decided to pass the baton onto some new blood. At last November’s AGM, Robert announced his intention to step back from being the Chairman – a position he has held since 1995 – and at the last Directors meeting, Peter Boyle was installed as the new Chairman. According to Errol Graham, General Manager of the Coop, Robert has been a strong guiding influence as Chairman. “Robert has been a very dedicated Board member and has given loyal service to the Coop for many, many years,” he said. “We are lucky to have had a stable and productive Board, and Robert’s leadership has played a large part in their success.” At the Coop’s recent Christmas function at Club Glass House, Robert was presented with a commemorative shield and a rather large cake. But Robert says that his involvement in the Coop will still remain as strong as ever, as he continues as a Board Director and will sit as Vice-Chairman. “I have really enjoyed my time and service as Chairman. I was lucky to have taken over from Quinto Porfiri all those years ago, and now I’m

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100 reasons to celebrate Mooloolah resident Eileen Martin recently celebrated the grand milestone of 100 years of age and has many tales to share during her wonderful life's century.

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Notable milestones include being born in the year World War 1 was declared, and helping out during World War II, wrapping dynamite explosives at Deer Park in Victoria. "Women had to do a lot of the male jobs while the men joined the war effort," Eileen recalls. "The dynamite was packaged in individual concrete bunkers except of course when electrical storms threatened." Eileen is one of eight children, with three surviving sisters, all aged between 90 and 97. "In my early 20s my older sister Thelma (now passed), who was an excellent dressmaker, often copied the styles from the movie stars of the day for me to wear to go dancing. "My sisters and I also appeared as extras in the making of the movie Pharlap which we loved. It brings Pet backGifts many & memories Toys of a bygone era," Eileen said. Eileen was born in Victoria and met the love of her life Edwin in 1943, having five children, four of whom are still surviving. Wayne has passed, Merle resides in Mooloolah, John is in outback Western Australia, Lew is in New Zealand and Bob lives and cares for Eileen at their Mooloolah acreage. There are now 14 grand children and 26 great grand children, most of whom flew in from all

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Rack off, hairy legs This time of year is peak season for Funnel Web spiders, where the onset of heat and rain trigger a breeding response. Michael Ellwood from North Maleny found this large spider (pictured) on his front lawn after it appeared from a hole beside a tree stump. Dr Robert Raven, Queensland Museum’s Senior Curator (Arachnids) confirmed it to be a female Funnel Web – a Darling Downs or Toowoomba Funnel Web, to be correct. Funnel Web spiders are commonly found across the Blackall Ranges and foothills, and so it’s a good idea to be aware of them at this time of the year. Other Maleny-ites have also recently reported sightings and encounters. David Harbutt from Cloudwalk Estate, related how they had a near miss. “The wife found it in the kitchen at about 6.00am. She almost stood on it,” he said. Jane Caldwell, also from North Maleny told of a closer encounter. “My husband got bitten by one the other week. Sure are heaps about and they are very aggressive,” she said. Luckily for Jane’s husband it all went well … “It was a trip to Maleny hospital then an ambulance trip to Nambour hospital. All good now,” she said. Being Australia’s most deadly spider, it’s an interesting fact that their toxin only affects primates (that is, monkeys and man) and they are harmless to other animals, such as cats and

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dogs. Their normal prey is vegetarian millipedes. The male spiders were thought to be much deadlier than the females, but recent research has found them both to be just as lethal as each other. Females generally don’t come out of their burrows unless disturbed by digging or flooding. On these summer nights, male spiders wander searching for a female. Then at dawn, males seek moist dark shelter under logs, in holes and amongst clumps of leaves. Funnel Webs are attracted to water and may be found in swimming pools. They are able to survive underwater for a couple of days. Contrary to popular belief, Funnel Webs cannot jump or leap and cannot climb smooth vertical surfaces, but they can and do climb rough walls or wood. Funnel webs can be mistakenly identified as other large spiders – like mouse spiders, trapdoor spiders and wolf spiders. So best to leave them all well alone. Although there have been 14 deaths from Funnel Web spider bites, there have been none since 1980 when an anti-venom was developed. To read a great factsheet on Funnel Web spiders, go to www.qm.qld.gov.au/Learning+Resources/ Resources# and do a search for ‘funnel web’.

By Lea Parkes Beerburrum’s Adrienne Heppel has married a lot of people, well as a marriage celebrant that’s what she does, and for Adrienne each ceremony she performs is special. However one recent wedding touched her just that little bit more. Held on the beach at Coolum just as the sun was rising she had the privilege of marrying Glass House Mountains local Neville Field to Cathy Condron the former co-ordinator at BADYAC (next to the Beerwah Skate Park). The reason that this particular couple’s ceremony was so special, was because Adrienne, along with the members of the ‘Glasshouse Country Festival Committee of 2012’, were all in the room when they met over the meeting table. It may not have been the most romantic setting, but both being talented artists they immediately had something in common, and the rest as they say is history. I am sure everyone that knows them will be wishing them well in their life together.

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Beerwah artist De Greer-Yindimincarlie is set to launch a solo exhibition at the Caloundra Regional Art Gallery which runs from December 17 through to January 25 entitled ‘Aspects of Me’. The expansive exhibition will showcase the range of artistic mediums that De employs to express her creativity, and features painting, film, music, textile design, an augmented reality piece and products featuring indigenous designs, as well as exhibition workshops and floor talks. The exhibition will showcase a number of De’s work including a textile section, which features clothing printed with her paintings, recycled material mats of indigenous designs, over 15 original paintings and even a distinctively individualised coffin. A number of multimedia displays incorporate her work at the exhibition, including a documentary featurette that discusses her latest album (her sixth album and third solo offering) as well as a documentary on the unique Bunya Guitar. One of the more innovative technological displays will be an augmented reality paddle. Gallery visitors can download an app that when the device is held over it, the paddle will explain the story behind the indigenous piece. De believes this is the first time this technology has been used for Indigenous artwork in Australia. As a fulltime commercial artist, De strives to spread her creative life over a number of industries. Seeking to apply her artistic resources to a diversity of creative outlets, she consistently

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Steve Lee from Glasshouse Mountains Taxi Service is the person everyone wants to have in their back pocket. And quite rightly so. Steve recently won the Queensland Carers Great Service Award (Sunshine Coast Region) for his dedicated service, not only to the general public, but for his dedicated service to assisting family carers of the disabled and physically challenged. Steve won the award out of 11 nominations in the category and his award nominator, Pamela Watson of Maleny, could not be more humble or grateful for Steve's assistance. Pamela's husband Lucky, who is ex Air Force service personnel, needed help on three occasions and Steve offered his services on each occasion, sometimes under challenging situations. "He did everything without asking. I thought he deserved some recognition for the effort he made beyond the call. He's a really top bloke," she said. Pamela also deserves accolades, being Lucky's carer for five years, and now that he resides in Embracia in Glasshouse Country in Beerwah, Pamela volunteers her time in the facility's cafe. Steve said he was very surprised about the award, saying he would have done the same for anyone. "It is a great feeling, but I just try to do for everyone what they deserve and that is to be helpful to everyone," he said.

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Landsborough author, Jennifer Crane, has released the second children’s fiction novel in the Opal Dreaming series titled ‘Opal Dreaming - The Marble Horses’. The story is set in Ancient Athens and follows from ‘The Bronze Horses’, which is set on the Eurasian Steppes. The Opal Dreaming series traces the evolution of horses and riding from the Bronze Age to the modern Olympics, through the dreams of a 13-year-old Australian girl, Erin. Jennifer is an experienced horse rider and competitor. “Horses and horse riding have played a pivotal role in our own cultural advancement. “Many horse management and riding methods used centuries ago are still used today,” she said. “So my stories aim to meld the historical and modern to provide an understanding of equestrian knowledge in an entertaining format that children can relate to, and if they are riders themselves, use.” Jennifer’s first published work was ‘Spillover: A Memoir’ about the death of her horse to Hendra Virus in 2006. She has also had a number of her children’s short stories published and received minor awards for her writing. Jennifer is currently studying a Master of Letters in Creative Writing and Literature through Central Queensland University. Jennifer’s daughter, Jaclyn Crane, who is studying graphic design at Sunshine Coast University, has designed the cover artwork

Jaclyn Crane with her author mum Jennifer Crane for both ‘The Bronze Horses’ and ‘The Marble Horses’. Jaclyn recently won a highly competitive national student design award for an imaginary issue of the esteemed design industry publication, DG Magazine. The Opal Dreaming series books are available from Books of Buderim and Rosetta Books Maleny, Australian Writers Rock Eumundi Markets, direct from Jennifer and from Morris Publishing Australia at www. morrispublishingaustralia.com If you contact Jennifer directly to purchase the books for Christmas she is offering a special price of $10.00 each or both for $20.00. She can be contacted via email jencc@bigpond.com.au

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Captain to future politician? After graduating from Year 12 many students choose to take some time out and relax, this is not the case for Courtney Sinclair one of the 2014 school captains, at Glasshouse Country Christian College. Since finishing school Courtney has travelled to Canberra and met with Prime Minster Tony Abbott, and the speaker Bronwyn Bishop. Courtney, from Elimbah, was given the opportunity to address MPs in Parliament House after running second in the national ‘My First Speech Competition’. Federal member for Longman Wyatt Roy said he was delighted by her success, but not surprised. In July, the 17-year-old attended Mr Roy’s Longman Youth Leadership Forum – a two-day self-development workshop. Courtney has since become one of the program’s inaugural ambassadors. “I knew Courtney had leadership potential from the moment I met her,” Mr Roy said. “She has a real desire and drive to make a difference in the world. “I congratulate her on a terrific speech, which was well-researched and full of passion.” Imagining herself as Longman’s next MP, Courtney opened her three-minute video entry with a reference to the electorate’s roots and gender politics. “Politics are as much the concern of women as men,” she said. “There can be no true democracy where only one sex is directly represented in parliament.” “These words are that of Irene Longman, after whom my electorate was named. Irene was the first female member for the parliament of Queensland who was elected in 1929,” Courtney said. Courtney went on to cover key local issues such as sustainable development, unemployment, education and mental health. Promoted by House of Representatives Speaker Bronwyn Bishop, the My First Speech Competition was in its third year and open to all Year 10-12 students. We might just see Courtney back on the GCNews Elected Reps pages in the future? Prime Minister Tony Abbott congratulates Courtney Sinclair

15 years of Shedding the Light

Shed the Light Inc. is run entirely by volunteers in shops in Maleny and Kenilworth, and is managed by a committee in Australia and their non government organisation team (NGO) in Nepal. Funds are raised through two retail stores – the Nepali Shop, Maleny and the Kenilworth Op Shop where donated goods and imported Nepalese products are sold. Assistance is given to the poor and needy in both Australia and Nepal. The charity was originally established by Sunshine Coast woman Suzanne Kupiack after having travelled to Nepal in 2000 and witnessing the widespread poverty. Wanting to help impoverished children, as well as the elderly, she founded the organisation in 2001. Starting with a donation collection of clothing, shoes and school items to send to a remote Nepalese village, the charity evolved into the community op shop in Kenilworth. From here the generosity of community donations meant a children’s home was able to be established in Kathmandu. Shed the Light wishes to thank all their members, supporters and volunteers over the past 15 years. It has been a long and fulfilling journey for many people; not only the children and elderly that they have assisted, but also for those who have been rewarded through their involvement with Shed the Light’s children’s home and handicrafts workshop. This year has been a challenging year with the passing of Suzanne Kupiack and the move to a new and more accessible location. The older children are now leaving the home to move onto further education and/ or employment and provide a shining example of the worthiness of the organisation as they have also become actively involved in community projects. Currently, another 18 youngsters have now been taken in, and settled into their new home and school. Fourteen sewing trainee ladies are working within the Nepal Women Empowerment project to continue to make bags and clothing to send to Australia. They make items to sell to the two shops as well as wholesale to other outlets. If you are interested in becoming involved either as a volunteer or member, please call into one of our shops or email: shedthelightinc@gmail.com. www.gcnews.com.au

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Koala food trees flourishing Almost 12 months ago, the Glasshouse Mountains Advancement Network (GMAN) received a grant for just over $7,000 from the ‘Everyone’s Environment’ program, to plant koala food trees on a property at Glass House Mountains. And looking at the paddock full of hundreds of healthy saplings, the State Government’s money has been well spent, according to local state member Andrew Powell when he revisited the site recently. “It is wonderful to see community groups like GMAN making the most of funding through the ‘Everyone’s Environment’ grant program by establishing practical projects that will greatly benefit our environmental landscape and local wildlife,” said Andrew. “My visit with GMAN showed the amazing progress that has been made with their Koala Tree Project which is focused on providing an ongoing supply of fodder for koalas in care. “Well done to Gwen, Yvonne, Peter and the team on their commitment to delivering the best outcomes for the Glass House Mountains environment.” With the help of local volunteers, and students from Unity College who did the original planting, the 30cm high tube stock are now flourishing, towering to be over two metres tall. Yvonne Schnick, Gwen Malcolm and Peter Kluver from GMAN, show Minister for the Environment Andrew Powell how well the koala food tree saplings have grown

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Pat Fuller, who founded the market in 2007 and still runs it, thinks that shopping at a Farmers’ market gives us one of the best opportunities to source the freshest and healthiest produce around. At this market, the vegetables have been in the ground only hours before sale, the fruit is in season, the animals are raised using sustainable techniques, and are slaughtered humanely. Most of the ingredients for the value-added products too will have been sourced and made locally. Regular stalls include seasonal fruit and vegetables, organic meats, eggs, vegetable and herb seedlings, mulch hay, flowers and a great range of value added products – jams, preserves, honey, cakes (delicious chocolate and some gluten free), pies (baked at the market), bread, honey and so much more. One of the success stories of the market is Ben Johnston who was born and raised in Flaxton. He left the range 14 years ago only to return to his roots again to invest in his big vision – Mapleton Falls Farm. The 18-acre farm is in close proximity to the national park and has the perfect growing environment for vegetables and fruit. Deep rich red soil, aspect and sunlight, and water from the property’s dams allow Ben to grow organic food of the highest quality. Beans, beetroot, carrots, corn, tomatoes, kale, silverbeet, onions and garlic are just a few of the vegetables being harvested from the first market gardens. Ben is very proud of the first season’s harvest. “It is locally grown, organic and we only sell what we grow,” he said. Mapleton Falls Farm will be at the Blackall Range Growers’ Market this Saturday, December 20. Start the day with a market café breakfast, (vegetarian available) and a locally blended coffee. The market is just five minutes from Maleny and is well sign posted on the day with plenty of free parking. It’s safe for children to play in the grounds, and there’s a friendly community atmosphere with live music. The market is held every 3rd Saturday of the month in all weather. Ben Johnson, Mapleton Falls Farm, proud of this week's veggie box

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Be rewarded for buying locally this Christmas By Trevor Taylor The Rotary Club of Glasshouse Mountains has organised a prize draw to reward those that shop local. There are over 50 businesses in all six Hinterland towns, Mooloolah, Landsborough, Beerwah, Glass house, Peachester and Beerburrum will be giving out free tickets to go into the massive prize draw. We believeiIf we don't buy locally there will be no shops left in our area, there will be little or no employment in our area, and the convenience of shopping locally will be gone forever! Do we want that? Please think about it, when you are looking to buy something, please give our local shops the chance to help you, everyone will enjoy the experience!! Until Christmas, as well as feeling good about shopping locally, you will also have the pleasure of being in the draw for a free raffle, with prizes being donated by Australia Zoo (family passes, and a Tiger Experience) and a beautiful painting donated by Mrs Cameron, painted by Brian Allison. Look for the flyer in the window of the local shop you are in, and please ask the person serving you if they are participating in the Promotion.

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Local filmmakers receive funding By Sonia Clark

The Maleny Film Co-operative has just received funding through the Sunshine Coast Council’s Regional Arts Development Funding (RADF) scheme which supports artists and arts and cultural activities in local communities. The co-operative, which consists of six local filmmakers, received the funds towards the initial research and development of producing three short films about Dementia under the working title of ‘Dementia Around Us’. Cr Jenny McKay who holds the Community Programs Portfolio says, “the funding benefits many creative projects while also enriching the arts industry on the Sunshine Coast.” The Maleny Film Co-operative provides a creative and supportive network for its members, and has previously received financial assistance from the Maleny Film Society, Sunshine Coast Council and the Gambling Fund to develop projects and purchase professional equipment. Past projects have included films highlighting local stories with archival footage, documentaries, short and feature films, as well as films about the environment. Three of the co-operative’s filmmakers, Christine Elcoate, Jill Morris, and Jess Begun received assistance to produce the scripts. Each of the five minute films will be based on the personal insights and experiences of the filmmakers. Jill and Christine will look at dementia from the carer’s perspective using the poignancy of drama rather than documentary. Fluctuations in the condition are the most challenging part for most carers and sufferers, and this will be explored in Jill’s script along with the message that when dementia patients are treated with loving care, respect and patience, they can live very happily. Jess’s script will focus on a friend who cares for her mother and through incorporating art and music will examine the positive role that the creative arts can play. Dementia is clearly an important story as local communities are collectively ageing and a number of friends and community members of the filmmakers are personally affected by dementia. No doubt the films will be supportive to those touched by dementia and the outcomes developed from these scripts will be well received throughout the local community.

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Help Jake fulfil his boxing dreams

Jake Molloy (14) is an up and coming young boxer from Landsborough and winner of a National Golden Gloves championship last August. Recently he attended two regional development camps put together by Boxing Australia and the Australian Institute of Sport. During these camps he was recognised as having real potential by the national development coach, according to Jake’s trainer, former World Champion Brett ‘Handful’ Smith from Handful Boxing Club at Landsborough. “They were so impressed that Jake has been invited to a high performance camp run by Boxing Australia's head coach Kevin Smith aimed at junior and youth athletes who have the ability to possibly represent Australia at next year’s Junior/Youth Games held in Russia,” said Brett. “This trip is self-funded and we are asking big hearted locals to help raise some funds for the opportunity of a lifetime for Jake. “To help Jake on his way, we are holding raffles at the Landsborough Hotel between 1.00pm - 2.00pm on Saturday, December 13 and 20 and January 3, 10, 17, with fantastic prizes being donated by Beerwah Meats and the Landsborough Hotel. “Jake will be there to meet people, so come on down and meet a future champion.” If you would like to support a local Landsborough lad make his sporting dreams come true, get along to the Landsborough Hotel and buy some raffle tickets. Any sponsors wishing to help Jake can contact Brett on 0427 665 769.

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Is your gardening being interrupted by discomfort? After serving Beerwah over the past 5 years, one thing I’ve learned is this region loves gardening! Another thing I’ve learned is that gardening can be extremely stressful on your spine. People often ask “how did my spine get this way? I didn’t do anything to hurt it!” While trauma or accidents are a common cause of spinal subluxation, by far the most common cause is an accumulation of the stresses we put on our spines each day. When that accumulation reaches a level that the body can no longer adapt to, we get a symptom. There are usually warning signs along the way, such as stiffness in the morning or a minor niggle that seems to go away once you get moving. But if these warning signs are ignored, guess what happens? A major breakdown … massive back pain … days off from work … missing out on things you enjoy because it hurts too much … relationship stress because people in pain are quite grumpy.

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Voice coaching lessons for men

Community News Great solution to the call of nature By Greg Brown When the fella’s of the Glasshouse Country Men’s Shed were offered their own permanent workshop at Glasshouse Country Care, out on Peachester Road, they were really pleased to have their own purpose built facility. They could immediately see many positive opportunities. Having a building away from the main Glasshouse Country Care facilities and administration centre, meant that they could be as noisy as they liked, and it wouldn’t impact on anyone else. However, the one downside would be that ‘quickly nipping to the loo’ would take the blokes a bit of time to walk over to the main buildings. So one of the group’s members Peter Kluver, came up with an excellent idea of getting a ‘thunderbox’ right next to the shed. The next job on Peter’s to-do list was to make contact with the Clivus Multrum company (they make waterless composting toilets). He was pleased to find out that the company would happily support them with a new ‘khazi’ free of charge. All the blokes had to do was to set it up. Not only did the good people from Clivus Multrum give them the ‘long drop’, they also gave them the raised outhouse to go with it.

So, after much engineering discussion and many plans drawn up for ramp access to the ‘lav’, all is going well with the completed ‘privy’ having been installed, christened and functioning perfectly. It must be a comfort for the blokes to know that the ‘dash to the dunny’ is a thing of the past. Clivus Multrum (www clivusmultrum.com.au) is a family owned Australian company providing environmentally smart and cost-effective, waterless and chemical-free composting toilets for domestic and commercial use.

The Sunshine Statesmen Barbershop chorus will once again present free voice training sessions for men in the unique barbershop four-part A cappella style. The sessions will be conducted by a professional coach but will be free of charge over the six week period. These will be held at the Buderim Uniting Church Hall at 1 Gloucester Road on Wednesday nights commencing with a no obligation come and see introductory night from 7.00pm to 9.00pm on February 11. The ability to read music is not essential and CD's are being used for some of the training process. If, after the training, you are impressed with barbershop and feel you would like to sing with us, we are very happy to help you toward full membership. We would like to get an idea of numbers so if possible please book with Bob Rutter 0405 119 019 or Paul Minnis on 0411 520 310 so that you can satisfy that long held dream and express your creative abilities. And your wife said you couldn't sing!

Debutante ball funds for Chappy At the annual Glasshouse Country Chaplaincy Christmas Breakfast Rev Craig Moody presented a cheque amounting to $4,000 raised by the Anglican Debutante Ball Committee. This brings the amount raised by them for Chaplaincy in the 20 years of its operation, to $39,000. Rev Craig with John Innes, Pam Innes, inaugural member of the Chaplaincy Committee and member of the Deb Ball Committee, and Beerwah High School Chaplain Mike Turner

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Toastmasters celebrate

By Lea Parkes For a number of years the Glasshouse Country Toastmasters, who hold their regular meetings at Church on the Rise, decided to collect items for local families in need this Christmas instead of doing a Secret Santa for members.

President Dell Parminter presents Pastor Rod Jobe with the Christmas Hamper At their final meeting for the year they presented Church on the Rise’s Pastor Rod Jobe with a hamper of goodies for distribution by the Church. Also on the day, their Club President Dell Parminter, was made to feel very special as the group also celebrated her 75th birthday. Dell and her birthday cake with the very festive Renate Bunell

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Contributed by Ann Husband Morris House is now closed until January 12. BADYAC at Beerwah will be closed from December 25 to December 31, except for December 29 when they will be open from 10.00am – 12.00noon for anyone needing emergency relief. I would like to sincerely thank all our volunteers for their amazing work during 2014. Ross, for tax help, Sabine and Tina for counselling, Dave and Aiden from Parklands Bakery, Sunshine Coast Council for supporting us in 2014, Ted and Eunice for donations to our pantry, and all our regular volunteers who have worked hard to help our clients. We wish everyone a safe and happy Christmas and New Year and look forward to seeing you in 2015.

Raffle winners

Raffle results for the Calvary Lutheran Ladies Fellowship Glasshouse Christmas raffle drawn on December 5 were 1st prize Mark, purple ticket A52 (slow cooker); 2nd prize Kerrie, green ticket B (block of knives); 3rd prize Greg, blue ticket F85 (sandwich press). Thank you to all who supported this raffle.

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USC to host all day Q&A

The University of the Sunshine Coast will expand its annual Options Q&A event to a fullday format on Friday, December 19, in response to demand from prospective students. Eight hundred people attended the 2013 Options evening, including school leavers, family members and mature-aged students. USC Admissions and Recruitment Coordinator Cindy O’Connell encouraged people to drop in to the USC Sippy Downs campus any time between 9.00am and 5.00pm on December 19 to get one-on-one advice about enrolling to study in 2015. Campus tours also will be held at 12.00noon and 4.00pm. “USC staff will be available to chat about QTAC preferences, study programs, the admissions process, fees and scholarships,” said Cindy. Guests will be welcomed at a marquee on the grassed area outside Building C and directed by student ambassadors to their area of interest in buildings across campus. Seminars on ‘surviving the first year of uni’ will be held in that building’s Lecture Theatre 7. “Just before Christmas is an important time for prospective students making decisions about next year, with OP scores for Year 12s out on 20 December,” Ms O’Connell said. “The Options Q&A event will help people reconfirm their study choices, get the finer details, or gain inspiration to study at USC next year. “University staff will also be available on Monday 22 December, Tuesday 23 December and Wednesday 24 (days and dates don’t match)December for further queries.” To register, go to www.usc.edu.au/options

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Beerwah Marketplace and Beerwah Village … the place to be Now that Beerwah Village is open, there are plenty of local choices available for all your Christmas shopping needs. Make the centre your one stop shopping experience with everything you need right here in Beerwah including Woolworths, IGA, Target, Specsavers, The Coffee Club and Bargain Max. The family butchers at Beerwah Meats have your Christmas ham, barbecue and festive season meats covered, so drop in and let their family look after yours. Beerwah Cellars have all your festive wine and beer needs taken care of – check out their great Christmas specials. Why not book in for a relaxing massage at The Healthy Guru after all the running around, or you could even book in for a post-Christmas detox? Enjoy a great locally roasted ‘Natural Bean’ cuppa and cake at Mrs Browns Cafe or feed the family at Smokey’s Char Grilled Burger Bar with mouth watering burgers. Dominos Pizza provide an easy meal option for

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Festive Pets

By Lea Parkes

Thanks to everyone that sent us in your ‘Festive Pets’ photos, we received almost 50 different photos. The rest of them have been placed on our Facebook page, definitely worth a look! The winner (randomly drawn from all the entries was Twiggy the horse). GCNews will now be sending a $100.00 cheque to Sunshine Coast Animal Refuge, thanks to those that entered.

Milo, Bazil and Patch

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Milly Fagan Millie (Guinea Pig), Kera (Dog), Bella (Chook)

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Do your kids have ongoing physical or emotional issues? Are they just not thriving as well as you would like? Now is a great time to make use of the school holiday break and really address any ongoing health issues your child may have. As a highly qualified health practitioner, Kaz and the team at Soulqi have the knowledge and skills to assess and effectively treat a wide range of childhood issues from newborns with colic to toddlers with digestive issues, sleep disturbances and other childhood issues like tonsillitis, coughs and colds. Behavioural problems and teenage issues can also be addressed. Kaz tailors all treatments specifically to the individual needs of your child by using shonishin tools (Japanese paediatric acupuncture), acupuncture, cupping and herbs and supplements. Mitchell Ward (pictured) is a 13-year-old from Maleny who has been getting treatment for chronic sinus. After an initial intensive series of weekly treatments, Mitchell now comes in for a monthly top up treatment and his condition has dramatically improved. Kaz takes time to build up trust and no acupuncture needles are used until the child is completely comfortable. The clinic will be open until Christmas and then Monday, December 29 and Tuesday, December 30 from 7.00am until 3.00pm. The Clinic will then reopen on January 5. Healthcare rebates are available with children’s treatments $30.00 for 30 minutes.

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Beerwah’s first charity fun run event On Sunday, December 7 the Beerwah 5000 was held. It was a 5k run / walk and kids 2k family run, with over 300 participants in total, with the beautiful weather, fantastic atmosphere, and community support, it was a massive success. The event was organised by founders of the ‘Free’ Glasshouse Mountains Running & MTB Group, Matt and Monique Montague. Matt said it all began by them wanting to do something special for one of their runners who is currently suffering from cancer, and to celebrate her love of running. From the event they raised $5,000 for ‘The Forgotten cancers Project’. This is a Cancer Council project that focuses on rare cancers, the people who suffer from these have a lower chance of survival as so little is known about their diseases.

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“While the storms leading up to it may have scared a few people off, everyone who participated from the elite runners to the casual walkers, said it was a fantastic course and the atmosphere was amazing,” Matt said. “We were fortunate to have Melanie Panayiotiou, a Commonwealth Games Marathon Runner, and vet from Australia Zoo, to support our first event. She’s been really supportive throughout the organising of the race and even arranged for the Zoo to be part of it too. “We were totally overwhelmed by all the local sponsors who didn’t hesitate to support this event, and everyone is already talking about next year, when we plan to include a few longer distances to choose from. “Our aim is to host this every year raising money for different causes,” he said. The biggest team challenge was won by Team RMA (Running Mums Australia) with over 38 runners, who kindly donated their winnings to ‘The Forgotten Cancers Project’. “A big thank you must go to Stephen Pitt and his family from Hinterland Sports who were one of Beerwah 5000 main sponsors, and also to Maxine from Attention Traffic Services who spent countless hours preparing for road closure / detours all from the goodness of her heart, and to everyone who ran, supported, volunteered, and helped make this event a huge success,” Matt said.

Contributed by Deb Ives The Beerwah CWA would like to express their sincere thanks to many, all that contributed to the success of our Christmas Twilight Markets. Firstly to Linda at The Landsborough School of Arts Memorial Hall for housing us for the second year running, to Westpac Beerwah, Bargain Max, Beerwah IGA, Sue Black Exclusive Hair Studio, and Beerwah Hotel for all of their support. A special thank you to all of Santa's helpers (you know who you are!) and to Ilia from Beerwah Photographics for taking our photos. The winning raffle tickets were drawn on the night. Winning tickets were Edith ticket 54A black club, Shirley ticket 70E blue club, and C. Dobbs ticket 58E blue club. Lastly, to all of the wonderful local community who braved the rain and came to shop! Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas from us all at the Beerwah CWA.

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Landsborough Masonic Lodge, winning tickets for the 2014 Christmas Charity Raffle drawn on Sunday, December 14, by the Landsborough Masonic Lodge are: 1st prize: ticket # 0209 G. O'Conor, 2nd prize: ticket # 0370 A. Bremner and 3rd prize: ticket # 0382 T. Dixon. Please contact 5438 7756 to receive the prizes.

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I give a moo for mooloolah Give it a go and keep the heart of Mooloolah beating Christmas family show

Mooloolah State School and community came together on December 9 for a fantastic Christmas family show. The Christmas concert was a story of time travel across time and cultures, to explore the meaning of Christmas in different contexts; and the overwhelming message, still so relevant today, was a wish and hope for peace and love. Numerous raffle prizes were drawn throughout the night, all made possible by the generous support of the Mooloolah business community. A very big thank you goes to Mooloolah Valley Pharmacy, White’s IGA, Mooloolah Computers, Mooloolah Beauty Spot, Mooloolah Hair Studio, Mooloolah Valley Real Estate, Mooloolah Meats, Mooloolah Valley Hair, BP Mooloolah, Mooloolah Valley Mechanical, Bellingham Maze, Beerwah Hotel, Beefy’s Pies, Schultz Toomey O’Brien, Maximise Health & Fitness, Ginger Factory, Australia Zoo, Mooloolah Valley Newsagency,

Generous support

At the recent Mooloolah State School Christmas Concert there was a special presentation made by Ruth Zerner of Mooloolah Valley Pharmacy. For the third consecutive year she presented two sponsorship packages to the Scripture Union Summer Splash leadership camp at Mudjimba in December. This year’s very excited successful applicants were Mary Pettingill and Emerald Stewart. Both girls are extremely thankful to Ruth for this wonderful opportunity to attend this camp, and

Mooloolah Valley Post Office and Mooloolah Valley Mitre 10. The Mooloolah Valley Lions generously provided their barbecue trailer and volunteers who cooked and served a happy, hungry crowd, and the school sends a very big thank you to these wonderful people. The Mooloolah State School P&C executive and helpers, and Chappy Mark and Jen Brennan (tuckshop convener), worked long and hard behind the scenes to prepare for and to support the evening, with working bees, food preparation and serving, prize-raising, and so much more! Mooloolah State School sends a big thank you to all these people for their generous ongoing support at this and all events throughout the year. The Christmas concert and year’s end culminated in a brilliant fireworks display that lit up the skies over the school oval and reflected all the joy in the upturned faces of the children. What a great celebration of a great year.

Mooloolah State School Chaplaincy Committee also expresses great appreciation to Ruth and the Mooloolah Valley Pharmacy for their ongoing generous support of this event Emerald, Chappy Mark and the school’s and Mary chaplaincy program.

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Mooloolah Masonic Lodge, which has met at the Caloundra Freemasons Centre for over a decade now, still maintains close connections with its original location in Mooloolah Township. On December 8 the Lodge made its annual bursary presentation to final year students at the Awards Night in the assembly hall at Mooloolah State School. The Mooloolah Lodge secretary, Doug Wells said “seeing the grade 6 students were heading off to high school next year, we made the decision to include them in the bursaries because we did not want them missing out.” Kiara Chapman and Amelia Foster each received $250.00 as a reward for being the most promising and most improved Year 6 and 7 students, respectively. In his congratulatory speech to Kiara and Amelia, the immediate Past Master Andy Williams said the Lodge had been making bursary presentations for over 15 years, longer than he had been a member of Mooloolah Lodge.

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What's new at Maleny Hotel Maleny Hotel regulars may have noticed some changes and new faces recently, including new head chef Sonia Allen. Sonia has been working tirelessly with the manager Tric, who is coordinating some major refurbishments to the pub including outside decks to provide open air dining, along with live music and all day dining on weekends. The dynamic duo hopes to make the Maleny Hotel a ‘destination dining experience’ and a second home for all the hungry and social fun loving locals. Sonia might be new to the hotel, but she definitely isn’t new to Maleny. She mastered the fine art of Thai cuisine under the famous Paul Blane at the Tamarind and has also worked at the UpFront Club. With 17 years working in the industry, Sonia plans to draw from her fast-paced club experience, and complement that with aspects of fine dining to create a modern eating experience. Sonia said that she likes to work closely with her

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team of chefs to produce a consistent quality product. “It’s important to me that we are proud of the food we are creating and what we are trying to accomplish here. “Keeping up-to-date with the freshest ingredients, in particular seafood, and having regular contacts with suppliers is critical to getting it right for the customer.” Sonia really enjoys the laid back vibe of Maleny and the passion which locals have for their local hang outs, while giving diners the experience of fresh, quality food at affordable prices. She also loves the interaction she has with the locals, enjoying the chance to see smiling happy faces. “I just love it when people pop their head in to the kitchen and say “hi Sonny, what’s good today?”, or better still “that meal was awesome.” And while the Hotel’s menu has seen some changes, you can be guaranteed that your favourites will always be there as well, such as dino nuggets for kids.

And don’t forget to check out the ‘chefs recommendations’ which change daily on a wonderful chalkboard art display by a talented local artist. So for a relaxing meal and a great night out, the Maleny Hotel has it all for locals and visitors alike.

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Chamber encouraging shop local first

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Name: Julie Fisher Name of Business: Collins Booksellers Milestone Achieved: Opening of new store Date of Opening: November 8, 2014 What took you on the path to open the business? Having seen an ad in the newspaper for a franchise business for sale in Caloundra, local Landsborough resident Julie felt it was a great opportunity that she would dearly love to take on. Having previously worked in the food service industry for many years, the business was totally off her previous career track, though Julie and her family had always passionately loved reading. Julie hadn’t necessarily been looking to change professions, however after 25 years in her previous industry; she was open to taking on new and interesting challenges in her life. With the encouragement of her husband ‘to go for it’, and realising that the business would provide a great shared interest for Julie and her family- the opportunity eventuated so Julie jumped in with both feet and embraced the exciting new challenge of owning and operating a Collins Bookseller. Why are you setting up this business? The Bookshop provided a great opportunity to work together as a family. Julie, her husband David, and their four children will all work at the shop along with Julie’s mum Del and locally based staff. Providing a great way to keep the family together and build on existing bonds, the business lets Julie spend time with her family on a daily basis, where previously work commitments would have meant missing out on that closeness. What process has been involved? To start any business from the ground up always takes a great deal of courage and effort. To take on a new career path is a big challenge but one that Julie has been more than willing to take on. The bookshop side of business is all new to Julie; however given her previous extensive experience in purchasing, merchandising, sales and customer services, the new business has been one that Julie has easily adapted to. Along with familiarising herself with a series of new systems, Julie has had to learn and adapt to a whole new set of business skills. Rising to the challenge, Julie welcomes the opportunity to learn new skills and she has always encouraged her own children to be fearless and self sufficient. Wanting to be a good role model as a parent, Julie is keen to show that with grit and determination people can do anything - and she is keen to be proof of that for both herself and her family.

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Glasshouse Country Chamber of Commerce held their Christmas drinks for the year at the Beerwah RSL. President Ken Bannister of Kwerky Café shared the exciting news with Beerwah business members that from Monday, Simpson Street would have Christmas Banners on the light poles. Councillor Rick Baberowski was thanked as council have provided the Chamber with $5,000.00 for this project, and Bruce and Kerry Allen from ATL Graphix were congratulated on the speed with which they have been able to produce the banners. “With the total transformation of Simpson Street finally being complete, it is great to be able to help create a festive feel in the business precinct,” Ken said. On the night the final winners were drawn for their ‘Shop Local First Campaign’ which has been underway for the past three months. These lucky winners had purchased items at Beerwah Hair and Beauty, Hinterland Body and Soul, Beerwah RSL and Total Microsystems. Congratulations to the winners. The $50.00 vouchers went to Karen Harris and Donna Strong, $100.00 voucher went to Murray Wood, the $250.00 went to Fran Staley and Annette Pendlebury, Faith Priestly won the $500.00 and Donna Haslam took out the $1,000.00. The vouchers are valid to be spent in participating Chamber of Commerce members businesses.

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Recently Shannon and Jen from Hinterland Body & Soul and Annette from My Travel Treasures organised a catch up for ‘fun and festivities’ for their customers after work and just in time for Christmas. Shannon and Annette put their heads together to treat their customers to 10% off gifts and homewares, as well as mini makeovers, lash and brow treatments, microdermabrasion and product demonstrations. Throw in a few drinks and nibbles and lucky door prizes, and all the ladies enjoyed themselves. Word is that everyone enjoyed themselves so much that they might run something similar earlier next year!

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You Said It Send your letter to email: editorial@gcnews.com.au fax: 5438 7446 post: PO Box, 99, Beerwah, 4519

How stupid

I completely agree with Leonie Hall regarding Smiley's having to close for what I believe will be a Donut King. As far as I’m concerned another fast food place is not wanted as we have enough fast food outlets now. I also feel angry that the lovely ladies from Mrs Brown's cafe have to move. How stupid to make them move one door up from the new coffee shop up the other end now. We will all miss Smiley's jewellers, especially Tania and Julie, her wonderful co-worker. Both ladies have worked very hard over the years and it’s just so sad to see them both having to leave. I wish them well in life after the jewellery shop. Hopefully one day Smiley's will re-open close by. Thank you Tania and Julie for jobs well done. Carmel Beerwah

Holiday time

With the long summer holidays about to begin, I am writing in hope that parents and children all have a wonderful time with less stress than usual and lots of happy days. Those of us without young children should also be able to enjoy this time. One way for this to occur is for those of us using the roads, even quiet suburban ones, to be able to do so without the constant fear of having to avoid children playing there. Very little ones on bikes, even bigger ones with bikes and scooters have little or no sense of danger and may not always be highly visible to drivers. So please, parents, if the children want to ride bikes or scooters, set safe places for them to do so and monitor their behaviours. For all our sakes. Name supplied Beerwah

Supa thanks to IGA

The Glass House Mountains P&C would like to thank IGA Beerwah for their generous donation of a cheque for $1,000.00 presented to us on Wednesday, November 26. We have had some parents, caregivers and staff members who have been striving to improve the educational outcomes for our students by providing a cooler environment in which to learn. This wonderful donation will help us achieve this goal even quicker! Our tuckshop convenor loves to shop locally at all the IGA’s in the area and is always looking

to grab specials when suitable for the school tuckshop. We would also like to thank any Beerwah IGA customer’s who support our school through the IGA loyalty rewards program. Thank you once again. Judy Keays Outgoing Glass House Mountains P&C President

Re: IGA Community Chest

Beerwah IGA would like to remind locals that if members of the community would like to support the Community Chest recipients they can do so through the recently launched ‘MyIGA’ Card. Customers can earn loyalty points for shopping with them then choose to redeem points on future grocery shops or donate some or all of these points to one of the Beerwah IGA’s chosen Community Groups. Cards are available in store and are activated when you go through the register. So if you would like to support the good work of our local recipients call in a pick up a card and go online to register it.

Thanks

As the year comes to a close we would like to thank you and the GCNews staff for putting together a quality local paper. We all look forward to receiving it each week to help keep us up to speed with all the views and news that concerns the region. And there is heaps of it, NBN Co towers, Stocklands / Pumicestone Passage development, the new Beerwah shopping precinct...the place has woken up lately! So, seasons best wishes to you all and keep up the good work. Peter Gawith Peachester Editor’s note Thanks Peter the GCNews team appreciate your comments, while we are looking forward to our three week break, we will be back with plenty of enthusiasm for our first edition for 2015, on January 14.

Buy locally this Christmas

The Rotary Club of Glasshouse Mountains has organised a promotion to encourage locals to buy locally. Unfortunately we could not include every business in this promotion as we just don’t have the resources to do that, so we have included all the businesses that have supported our efforts to raise money for our Children's Fund over the last

few years. It is a large number of businesses, and we would like to thank them all very much for their support for our Community. All of the Retail businesses, have free tickets to give to their customers who buy locally through them, and over $1,000 worth of prizes will be won by locals who are supporting locals. We would like to thank our donors of prizes, great passes from Australia Zoo, and a beautiful painting by Brian Allison. We would also like to thank all of the people who do buy locally. If we do not do this, we will have no local shops and no employment for the people of Glasshouse Country. Trevor Taylor Rotary Club of the Glass House Mountains

Just wanted to help

Community spirit is alive and well in Elimbah. A recent fire saw the Leighton family lose their family home and all their possessions. Local shoppers at Elimbah General Store donated in excess of $1,100.00 to assist in this difficult time. Many people who contributed did not actually know the popular family, they just wanted to help. Thanks to everyone involved. Your generosity was greatly appreciated by the Leighton family and it shows what a great and caring town we live in. Neil and Wendy Crane Elimbah General Store

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I attended a public forum in Beerwah recently to discuss the inclusion of the Halls Creek area as a future IGA. At the meeting there were a number of people that felt the State Government’s insistence that the Sunshine Coast community be surveyed again about this issue, was an insult to democracy, as the community had consistently said ‘No’ over the past decade or more. Many felt that once again the community is not being listened to, and this is causing confusion and frustration amongst many in the community. Everyone agreed that it was time to again remind our State Government representatives, Ministers Andrew Powell and Mark McArdle that our answer to any question about Halls Creek being included as an IGA is still ‘NO! Take any reference to Halls Creek out of the SEQ Regional Plan.’ It only takes a couple of lines in a letter to one or both of the Ministers for you to let them know that you too say ‘NO’. Concerned resident Beerwah

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Ditto and thank you to all the letter writers who have shown their support re: Smileys Jewellers and Tania. Over the years Tania has looked after our community well, and has provided that extra level of service in particular to our elderly residents. We are losing a very loyal and valuable member of our community – shame on you who made the decision that means Tania cannot continue running her business in its current location. Tania is not just our Jeweler she is our friend. One sad local - Lorraine Beerwah Editor’s note Tania Smiley from Smileys Jewellers has asked us to include a message to everyone for the support and concern that the local community has shown her and Julie. It has been an emotional time for Tania and she has been genuinely overwhelmed by the response to the news that she would be closing her business. Tania and Julie would like to thank each and every one who has supported them over the years; they will miss everyone and are really grateful for the communities support. They have enjoyed the friendships, and have been pleased to share the milestones in many locals lives. And from GCNews we would like Tania to know how much we will miss her, not just as an advertiser, but as our go to store for items to fill our own jewellery boxes! Lea

Look after each other

I just want to encourage everyone to look out and look after each other. Twenty years ago in January, my sister was killed in a car accident, the day after her 18th birthday. And even though time has passed, it doesn't get any easier. I encourage everyone to slow down on the roads and don't drink and drive, it is just not worth it. Everyone has a family they want to get home too. Plan ahead, watch out for your mates and family. It can change your life forever, if you don't. Praying you all have a safe and Merry Christmas and New Year. Thanks. Donna Turner Glass House Mountains

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Last week student leaders of Glenview State School presented Adrienne Heppel from Need a Feed with over seven boxes of non perishable food collected by the students. It was a fantastic response from the school that may be small in number but big with heart. The Glenview school spirit was well represented in their generous support of the Hinterland charity which helps those less fortunate in the local community. Adrienne Heppel came along to the end of year school parade and presented a framed certificate of appreciation to the school. It was an awesome response. “It has been the biggest collection of food donated to date,” said Adrienne. A big thank you to everyone who donated. Adrienne Heppel from Need a Feed with Mitchell, Kyte and Jack from Glenview State School

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Landsborough State School students became 'roving carollers' last week as they walked local streets to spread some Christmas cheer. Accompanied by Creative Industries teacher, Mel Peters, classes positioned themselves outside local businesses and sang Christmas carols, serenading business workers and customers. Students canvassed the town, stopping out the front of retailers like Buck's Bakery, Landsborough IGA, Mellum Munchies, Landsborough Train Station and the Post Office. Principal Kristy Walton said the activity was a chance for the school to show their appreciation to the community. "We thought this would be a nice way to spread the Christmas spirit and make other people happy for the holidays," she said.

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Students spread Christmas cheer

For the past three years Beerwah State School has held a school wide collection of donations for Christmas hampers for needy families. The school chaplain Linda Whysall and Tanya Searle (teacher) encouraged students to bring donations in to class to be passed on to the St Vinnies charity organisation. Mr Justin Neubecker (pictured) said he was very grateful for the generous donations. Linda Whysall said that giving to others in need is a valuable lesson to be learnt for young people today. Justin Neubecker - St Vinnies’ Representative, Linda - School Chappie, and Janet Austin - School Principal with students

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Thanks for the amazing support Adrienne Heppel from Marae Gardens at Beerburrum really wants to thank the local community for their overwhelming support throughout the year. Adrienne co-ordinates The Need a Feed program and relies on the continued support of the many generous local businesses, community organisations and individuals. Knowing just how many locals there are who do what they can to share what they have and care about others enough to want to help those who find themselves needing a hand up, is really heart warming for Adrienne. "It has been great to see the number of people who regularly drop off furniture and household items for the 'Garage Sale' shed," Adrienne said. Every weekday there is also a coffee cart which operates outside the centre on Steve Irwin Way. Serving Segafredo Italian coffee and open from 6.00am until 12.30pm – the coffee cart offers a great drive through option for those in a hurry as well as an outdoor coffee break area for those

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who want to stop and chill out. The ‘Need A Feed’ app allows users access to information about the program, drop-off points for donations, and a coffee cart pre-order section so that you can order your coffee for easy pick up on the go (so make sure you download the app). Earlier in the year as part of the Beerwah Celebrations in Simpson Street lots of the Beerwah businesses donated prizes for a mega raffle on the street party night. Thanks to their donations we were able to raise over $600.00. One of the more recent donations was from the Landsborough Masonic Lodge - a portable shower unit. The unit will provide practical assistance for those in our community who are homeless or less fortunate, and it will be available at all times for anyone in need who requires a shower. “We are just ecstatic, over the moon and so grateful – now anyone who needs help can come and have a shower if they need it,” enthused Adrienne about the new portable unit and the support from the Masons.

Jeff and Huhana at the 'Garage Sale' shed Then in early December both the Glenview State School and the Glasshouse Country Christian College presented Adrienne with boxes of non perishable food collected by the students. "It was awesome to see the kids getting involved and understanding the need to help out,” said Adrienne.

A heartfelt thank you to our major sponsors: • Masonic Lodge Landsborough • All About Trailers • Beerburrum Forestry • Boutique Beverages AKA Segafredo Coffee • Moonbi Oil • Duncan Stacey Family • Trevor Lyons Family • New Zealand House Qld and New Zealand House NSW • Brisbane Anglican Maori

Mission Inc, Sunshine Coast Branch • Glenview State School • Glasshouse Country Christian College • Glasshouse Country News • Beerburrum Motel • Glasshouse Country Community Church • Chris Hall Builder • Precis Contracting Thanks also to: Mooloolah Community Centre, BADYAC, Glass House Mountains Neighbourhood Centre, Morris House and Maleny Neighbourhood Centre

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How to protect your legal interests contibuted by Tracy King, Principal King Tobin Lawyers There are many areas and stages in your life where it is vital to review your affairs to protect your legal interests. Some examples of this are: the birth of your children, buying or selling your home, buying or selling investment properties, buying or selling businesses, the commencement of a de facto relationship or marriage, the end of a de facto relationship or marriage, and your care if you lose capacity and death. The most common misconception about lawyers is that ‘they cost a fortune’. Lawyers do charge for their time and expertise but they do so whilst often saving you a significant amount of stress and money. Quite often we only are consulted by clients once they are already in a crisis situation and the matter is urgent. It is very difficult and expensive to solve these legal problems at this stage. Situations we commonly are retained for which illustrate this are: •After the separation of a couple (married or de facto) who did not have a Binding Financial Agreement in place. We always recommend that a couple entering into a de facto relationship or marriage have in place a Binding Financial Agreement. This can effectively ‘quarantine’ any significant assets that the parties held separately coming into the relationship / marriage and provide a formula to deal with the division of assets acquired together in the sad event of a breakdown of the

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How to choose the right plot of land Building your own property has a host of advantages. Not only can you design a space that’s ideal for you to live in, but you have ultimate control over the quality of the finished product. However, before you can start moving in your belongings and reaping the rewards, it’s essential to make sure you find the right plot of land for your project. Securing a construction loan is just the start - get the location right and your real estate will continue to bring you pleasure year in, year out. See what’s available Although you might be able to envisage your perfect plot of land, it’s only likely to become a reality if you can actually find it! 30

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As with any property purchase, it’s important to be open to the idea of compromise. For example, you might need to settle for a plot that’s a little smaller than you intended, or a few kilometres outside your ideal area. If you’re prepared to be patient then your ideal plot may eventually emerge it all depends on how quickly you want to get your project off the ground! Access to services Some people like the idea of living away from busy towns and cities, while for others it’s essential for certain facilities to be close by. No matter which category you fall into, factor this into your search for land. Write a wish list of all the facilities that

you need - schools, transport links and shops, for example - and also include some desirable features. This will help focus your search and narrow down any shortlist you might eventually compile. Environmental factors Having a survey carried out on any plot of land you’re considering is crucial to avoid any nasty surprises further down the line. Land can be at risk of many environmental factors, ranging from flooding to slippage. Don’t just settle for the first site you come across - it’s important to weigh up the positives and negatives of different areas before making a final decision. Local area

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Kids & Parenting Releasing the inner artist with the Superdads

Contributed by Brendan Edwards Christmas holidays! Six weeks of having all the kids at home, all day, everyday, is very different from the usual school routine. But it doesn’t have to be a daunting task to keep the kids entertained, if you are in the right mindset to enjoy the break. These holidays I’m planning to build a ginormous Lego table and use the internet to get the now lost instructions. I’ll try to help the kids sort all the bits and rebuild the huge collection of fire rescue boats, cars and helicopters, police stations, space shuttles and whatever else that has been smashed up and mixed together. Hopefully I don’t become ‘President Business’ and not let them touch it once it’s rebuilt! (See the Lego movie if you haven’t yet). If you’re a dad and are fortunate enough to have some time off, decide early on that you are going to make it a holiday time to remember. Sure you’ll need to take time to do the things that ‘fill your tank’ as a bloke, but too often it’s the dads that see the kids being around all day as an added hassle, that

is easily avoided once school resumes and you can smile and wave them off at the gate. As fathers we are not only to be the leader of the home but we naturally also set the tone or the mood of the home. I’ve often noticed that the kids are playing happily (and noisily) in the morning, then if I get up and enter the scene like a bear with a sore head, the mood of the whole family quickly follows suit. If the dad starts his day being thankful for his family, loving his wife and enjoying the playfulness of the youngsters, the peace of the home will be maintained or even restored if it wasn’t there to begin with. Many blokes would rather stay out of the way and let mum deal with the kids every morning. It’s easier to not be involved. But in years to come you will look back and wish you appreciated the moment and invested in the small things with them each day. Do this now and they will include you in their lives after they’ve moved out and have a family of their own. Have a blessed Christmas and enjoy being a dad.

The Superdads – we are a bunch of guys who love playing music and have formed a band. Their name came from something their guitarist Pete said once… “I don’t just want to be an average dad, I want to be an exceptional dad” – the idea resonated with them.

Get creative at Caloundra Regional Gallery with a heap of artistic school holiday activities. On Saturday, January 3, from 10.00am 12.00noon the gallery will run a ‘kids club’ with free children’s art activities. No bookings required. On Wednesday, January 7 from 2.30pm 3.30pm drop into the gallery for ‘Talk and Tea’ with exhibiting artist De Greer-Yindimincarlie. Free, but bookings essential. Thursday, January 8, from 10.00am 12.00noon features a special ‘Gratitude rock’ painting workshop. Learn about Aboriginal symbols and pick an icon for your own gratitude rock to take home. Just $5.00 per person, bookings and pre-payment essential. Also hosted by De Greer-Yindimincarlie will be Sunday sessions in Felicity Park with the first one starting Sunday, January 11, featuring a blend of live music and aboriginal art making. Free event with no booking required. The popular ArtsCool for children aged five to 12 years will run on Monday, January 12, 10.30am - 12.00noon and 1.30pm - 3.00pm and Tuesday, January 13, 10.30am - 12.00noon and 1.30pm - 3.00pm. These workshops provide fun and creative activities. Cost is $15.00 per participant. Refer to Sunshine Coast Council’s gallery website for more details and to book. Caloundra Regional Gallery, 22 Omrah Avenue. 5420 8299.

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Nature Workshops at Mary Cairncross

There’s a heap of cool school holiday fun happening to keep the kids entertained. Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve has a number of environmentally based activity workshops running throughout January. On Tuesday, January 6 from 10.00am - 11.30am, create an action drama with 3D illustrations to tell the story of the endangered Richmond Birdwing butterfly and its survival in our local rainforest. Cost is $5.00 and suitable for ages eight to 12 years. Later the same day at 12.30pm is Flutterfest - creating Richmond Birdwing Butterfly kites with Kari. Use a full colour poster printed from an original painting to create a unique kite then see if you can get it to fly high over the park. Age group five to 12 years, cost $5.00. On Wednesday, January 7, come along to the backyard wildlife workshop. Starting at 12.30pm this presentation focuses on the most frequently encountered wildlife in our region, some are well known, but others are often misidentified and poorly known. Age group four to 12 years, cost $5.00. Wednesday, January 14 at 12.30pm sees Builda-bug with Michelle: explore the different parts of an insect's body, what they are used for, and how they differ depending on where the insect lives, how it moves and what it eats. With this in mind, students will construct their own insect using provided craft materials. Age group 5 to 12 years. Cost $5.00. For enquires contact: artsandecology@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au or jump onto the Council’s website for bookings and to find out more. Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve, 148 Mountain View Road Maleny.

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Bindi’s Island launch at Australia Zoo!

Time to get excited with a brand new island coming to Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, but don’t worry you’ll only need to go as far as Australia Zoo to begin your adventure these school holidays! Escape to your own tropical paradise on December 26 when Australia Zoo launches an exciting new attraction, Bindi’s Island, (which is included in the entry price for the zoo). From Bindi’s incredible tree house, inspired by Bindi the Jungle Girl's treehouse and Bindi's adventures as Nim in ‘Return to Nim's Island’, you will be transported to your ultimate wildlife haven. For the very first time, visitors to Australia Zoo will be able to check out the cheeky ring-tailed lemurs on display! Watch on as this social troop play hide-and-seek in the trees or sunbake in their yoga-esque poses. As well as some new island friends, Bindi’s Island will also include some original residents, Coconut and Jarvis the Aldabran tortoises. The affectionate couple have called Bindi’s Island home for the past eight years, and are excited to welcome visitors to see their new and improved home. For further information and to buy tickets, go to www.australiazoo. com.au There is some exciting news for GCNews readers! In our first issue back on January 14 we’ll be running a competition to win an awesome family pass to Australia Zoo. One lucky family will experience not only the Zoo, but be one of the first to experience this latest attraction.

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Andrew Powell

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Aged care funding

On December 4 I announced a big win for the Sunshine Coast with 570 new federally funded aged care places to be delivered across the region worth just under $32 million annually. This is fantastic news for our region as it will help to meet demand for quality aged care services in our community and provide world class residential options for residents. The funding will also be beneficial for the construction industry and create hundreds of permanent jobs once completed. For more information on the aged care announcement visit www.malbrough.com. au/topic/seniors/

Operation Bounce Back

Last week I released information on the final employment initiative as part of my Operation Bounce Back campaign – the Green Army. The Green Army is a fantastic initiative that provides young people aged 17 – 24 with paid employment, skills, training and experience to improve their future career prospects while participating in projects that are making a real difference here on the Sunshine Coast. The Green Army is ideal for school leavers, gap year students, graduates or young job seekers. As my Operation Bounce Back campaign comes to an end I am pleased to say that we managed to reach over 36,500 people via social media and countless people through local publications. Thank you to all that have helped to spread the word. My goal was to show people the employment initiatives that are out there. If even one person has used the information to get them into the workforce the campaign has been a success. For more information on Operation Bounce Back and the Federal Government employment initiatives visit www.malbrough. com.au/operation-bounce-back

Merry Christmas!!

I would like to wish everyone across the Hinterland a very happy and safe Christmas and holiday season. Sue and I will be relaxing with family over the break and making the most of our great weather and fantastic region. Please note that my electorate office will be closed from 5.00pm on December 23 and will reopen at 9.00am, Monday, January 5. Don’t forget where possible to buy locally this Christmas and I look forward to working with you all in the New Year to continue to bring growth and prosperity to the Sunshine Coast.

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Merry Christmas Most of you would have received my electorate Christmas card in your mail boxes recently but I would like to take this opportunity to personally wish members of the Glass House community a very Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy start to the New Year. I hope that you get to spend some quality time doing the things you like most with the people you love and that you get to enjoy a few festive goodies along the way. I’m looking forward to spending a few precious days at home with the family celebrating the true meaning of this special time of year. My office will be closed from 4.30pm on Tuesday, December 23 and will re-open at 9.00am on Monday, January 12. If you have any queries that pop up over that time, be sure to send the office an email and we will get back to you as soon as we can. I would also like to extend a huge thanks to those incredibly generous people in our community who donated gifts to this year’s Kids in Care appeal. We had a large amount of donated gifts under the tree in my office and all are now on their way to kids in need. Best wishes and thanks for your support in 2014.

Reed Street No politician can ever underestimate the power of a united community voice – the feedback that my office have been compiling on your views on the need for traffic signals at the Steve Irwin Way and Reed Street intersection at Glass House Mountains has been overwhelming. In my nearly six years as the MP for this region, I have been very clear that delivering this project was in my top five priorities for the electorate. I have not stopped lobbying the Minister for Transport and Main Roads on how much we need this project delivered, but now that I have feedback directly from the community, we will be able to present a very strong case to the Minister. Some of you would remember I brought the Minister to the electorate only a few months ago and after seeing for himself how desperately we need this intersection upgrade, he promised to do what he could to schedule this project in his future works program. Now with the many letters and emails we have received we can demonstrate how strongly our community will fight to get a positive outcome to ensure the long term safety of our community.

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The importance of volunteering Christmas is a time for giving – to your family, your friends, your next door neighbour and even to your local coffee shop owner who knows exactly what you’re going to order before you walk through the door. Give back to your community this Christmas and throughout the New Year by volunteering for a worthy cause. Many of our residents have been incredibly generous this year, donating all sorts of toys, clothing and food items to The Salvation Army. Why not volunteer for them this Christmas? Even helping your neighbour to mow the lawn, change a light bulb or something simple as delivering flowers to your neighbours will be the best gift they receive this Christmas. Local markets, clubs, art galleries or any other community events that take place throughout the year are all accepting of volunteers. Volunteers are vital to the continuity of our businesses, schools, community groups and charities and more importantly are vital to those who need our help every day. Without our volunteers where would we be? Take for example the Beerwah Hideaway Candles and Garden community event this Christmas. On December 12 Beerwah Hideaway were raising funds for the Glasshouse Country Uniting Church. Events such as these are happening all over the Coast, giving every one the opportunity to volunteer.

A Christmas Message I would like to thank all hinterland residents, community groups and businesses for your continued support this year. 2015 is a dawn of new possibilities as we welcome the New Year. I will continue to respond to every enquiry and continue to support our community in every way I can. Together with my wife Judy we wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy and safe new year.

Mark (centre) with Salvation Army officers, Stuart Glover and Steph Hobbs

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Frame D’Art incorporating Frame D’Art in Beerwah are now offering a fantastic range of services from their comprehensive purpose built home workshop. After recently including war medal mounting to their list of services, Rod and Jo have also taken over Trophies Won, from Beerwah local Sally Bennett. Including a comprehensive trophy and engraving service, they still offer general picture framing and custom services, all at factory direct prices. Perfect for the ideal Christmas gift idea. Visit or call them today!

Beerwah Flowers and Gifts

Sue and the team at Beerwah Flowers and Gifts are offering extended opening hours in the lead up to Christmas to make shopping locally as easy as possible. Open from 8.30am – 5.00pm, Monday to Friday, and 8.00am – 12.30pm Saturday, and even Sunday from 10.00am – 2.00pm to cover everyone’s timeframes! For those hard to choose for friends and family please call in for free help and advice. Everyone at Beerwah Flowers and Gifts would like to wish everyone a fantastic Christmas and New Year.

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Beerwah Natural Therapies Bernette (Acupuncture) 0417 723 944 Debbie (Kinesiology) 0427 279 593

Recently we have heard so many people talk of seeing their Health Professionals only when there is a problem to be solved or an ailment to be seen to. We would like to communicate the benefits of prevention and regular treatments to enable well-being. It is much more cost effective and enjoyable to have treatments to maintain health and prevent illness. Merry Christmas to everyone and may the New Year bring an abundance of all good things to everyone. Stay safe – Bernette and Debbie

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Seasons Greetings from GMAN The committee and members of GMAN wish to thank the Glass House community for their valued support of their native plant sales and community projects throughout 2014. To Lea, Greg and the staff of the Glasshouse Country News, our sincere thanks for your willing assistance and for being such a great community newspaper. To everyone, have a safe and Happy Christmas and best wishes for 2015.

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Visitor Information Centre Update By Bev Dooley After a year that has seen the Glasshouse Visitor Information Centre go from strength to strength, it was capped off with a silver award in the Information and Services category at the 2014 Queensland Tourism Awards on Friday, November 28. This recognition reflects the great team that works together and the vital role they play in promoting Glass House and the surrounding region. A big shout out to the entire team for all their efforts. We have also been out and about over the last month visiting The Lookout Cafe for a wonderful morning tea. It is always a pleasure to visit and enjoy the view and service, not to mention the marvellous scones and jam. With Christmas fast approaching, I want to take the opportunity to thank each Volunteer Ambassador for giving their time in the information centre. Without their dedication, we could not function to the high level we do on a daily basis. It is often said that volunteers do not get paid because they are priceless, indeed ours are priceless. So to you and yours, on behalf of SCDL, we wish you a safe and happy Christmas and look forward to seeing you in the centre in 2015. Sunshine Coast Destination Ltd Ambassador Coordinator Bev Dooley with Ambassador Leo O’Mara proudly showing off the centre’s recent award

The Glass House Mountains Visitor Information centre is located at Settler's Rotary Park, Reed Street, Glass House Mountains and is open seven days a week from 9.00am to 4.00pm

What an awesome day we had! Thank you so much to the following people and businesses for their donations to our fundraising horse ride. Also to all the wonderful people who helped on the day and to everyone who purchased raffle tickets … and to the businesses that sold tickets for us and also had our Pink donation tins. What a wonderful community we live in, when so many people can come together to raise money for such a lovely lady. Without all of you we could not have done it. Thank you. Angel Dog Wash Australia Zoo Gavin Bartlett Beach Belle Beauty Boutique Beerwah Feed Barn Beerwah Hotel Beerwah Meats Bobby Pins Hair Cailin Bobberman Coca Cola Steve and Linda Brady Buck’s Bakery Burpengary Chiropractic Caribu Horsewear CJ’s Pastries Cottontree Meats Delish Fish Driftwood Unique Gifts Eagle Boys Pizza Feed and Fodder Beerwah Meat City Melissa Flood

Hair By Sherilee Hire A Loo Healing Heart and Soul Jason Hoopert Photography Hinterland Pest Control Glasshouse Country News Geoff Hudson Glenda Abel IGA Mooloolah Kenny’s @ Mooloolah Jeremy J Ange Kovaks Kingston’s Saddlery Landsborough Post Office Laurie Evans Real Estate Andrew Lindsay Photography Mitre 10, Mooloolah Moffat Beach Mechanical Mooloolah Mechanical

Mooloolah Meats Mooloolah Stockfeeds Mooloolah Valley Pharmacy Paint Place, Beerwah Redcliffe Produce Doc Pepper Horse Chiropractor Rob the Blacksmith Sandale Saddlery Southern Cross Saddlery Suncoast Fresh Strawberry Fields Taylor’d Performance Underwater World Vain and Vanity Beauty Salon Wholesale Bakery Susan Walsh And Caboolture Trail Horse Club, SCATER and North Coast Horse Trail Riders Club Proudly supported by

Ask your mother for sixpence to see the big giraffe … Dimples on his whiskers and pimples on his … ask, your mother again. But we will not be asking again. If you would like to take advantage of the Energex offer to beat the rule change, then talk to us before Christmas, preferably. After December 31, you lose the opportunity to ‘automatically’ be permitted to apply for a 5kW solar system without having to fit an export limiter (probably). Will houses for sale with larger solar systems on their roof attract higher prices or be in more demand by prospective buyers in the future? Will this be seen as a bonus to them as their future electricity bills will be less? These happy people didn’t miss the boat by waiting too long and guess what, they also saw the big giraffe. You too, could enjoy plenty of free electricity to run your house or business if you ACT NOW. Businesses can lease / rent the system even if the business premises are not owned.

Lance and Jennifer Smith

Mr Pryce Rees

Jasmine Williams and Ian Venables

David Good and Emma Creed

REMEMBER – IMPORTANT – The application needs to be made to Energex (we will do it for you) BUT the system, and therefore your expenditure, doesn’t need to take place until 2015. Last chance to act. May the Lord grant you all a safe and happy Christmas. *to approved applicants, conditions, fees and charges apply. See website for terms & conditions.

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Sacred Tree Café

Over the past few years Brownie and I have quite often enjoyed sitting out the back of LattE Da Cafe under the big tree and enjoying breakfast or lunch on the weekend, so when I heard that there were new owners and a new name, I was keen to see what the Sacred Tree Café would be like. I have to say that now I have met the mother and daughter team – Julie and Sarah Jackson – and have tried their food, I feel relieved that my world hasn’t been too rocked by the changes they have introduced. They both clearly share a strong passion for food, and believe in the importance of using raw ingredients, preferably local produce, making things from scratch and most importantly cooking with love and passion.

Sarah has been a chef for eight years and has experience in a range of different food styles including producing vegetarian and vegan choices, as well as gluten free items, which she has incorporated into their menu. Mum Julie says Sarah is a bit of a perfectionist, with a strong attention to detail (as a customer that makes me happy) and I have to say the glittery texture on the white chocolate strip on Brownie’s pancakes was definitely evidence of this! Mum Julie has an extensive background in managing businesses, so Sarah says her mum is ‘the boss’; however Julie is very happy to defer to Sarah as the boss of the kitchen, so together they look like making a great team. Originally from Mount Glorious, they have spent the last couple of years working in Rockhampton,

however they were keen to return south. While looking for a café, they had already decided on a name, so when they spotted the amazing tree in the garden they knew that this was the place for them. Having now been open for the past three weeks they have really been enjoying meeting the regular customers and making connections with new customers, and getting an understanding of what people are looking for. They serve a full menu for breakfast from 7.00am – 11.30am, then lunch from 11.30am – 3.00pm when the kitchen closes. Throughout the day they have a great range of both savory and sweet items in the cabinet, and have a very ‘cute kids menu’ for the littlies which is sure to impress.

Gourmet food to cater for every tastebud including: Breakfast & Lunch Gluten Free, Vegetarian & Vegan Options Available OPEN Monday, Wednesday – Saturday, 7am – 3.30pm Sunday 7am – 2pm (Closed 25, 26, 27 & 28 December)

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The Lookout Cafe Closed 22 December - Re-open Boxing Day

Enjoy the serenity, the local wildlife and our friendly customer service!

Group bookings available

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Happenings Out and About Dance around the world gala performance Black Swan School of Dance presented their gala end of year performance at the Nambour Civic Centre last Saturday Titled ‘Dance Around the World’. The event featured a variety of performances from the dance school students centred on an international theme. The Landsborough based school has enjoyed great success this year, with students receiving wonderful exam results in Ballet, Jazz and Tap. The School ranks very high with the Commonwealth Society of Dancing (C.S.T.D) and has just successfully competed in their first ever dance eisteddfod at Noosa placing fifth - having competed against 17 other state and interstate dance schools. To find out more about the dance school you can check out their website http://www. blackswanschoolofdance.com Enrolments are currently being taken and they have just added an adult’s cabaret class. Photography by Paul Briton.

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Things 2 Do Blackall Range Visual Artists Exhibition St Mary’s Hall in Montville on the Village Green from Friday, December 26 to Sunday, January 4, open daily from 9.30am to 4.00pm. Visitors will enjoy a wide variety of styles and techniques in landscapes, abstracts, still life and even humour. We are local artists who invite you to enjoy our display of paintings in acrylic, oils, pastels and watercolour, together with a wide range of greeting cards featuring our artists’ original work. Entry is free and all commissions and donations go towards maintaining the historic hall.

Library kids activities Once Christmas is done and dusted the Beerwah Library have plenty of great activities on offer. All of these are free, however bookings are essential. On Thursday, January 8, SCRATCH Animation, kids aged nine plus can learn how to create their own interactive stories, games and animations using SCRATCH programming. On Friday, January 9, Adventure Time Paper Engineering: Create your favourite character from Adventure Time. Suitable for the eight plus years only. Tuesday, January 13, 10.00am to 11.00am ‘Lego Adventure’, children aged five to eight can have some fun and use their Lego skills to complete the challenges. Wednesday, January 14, E-Scavanger Hunt: Come and along and discover the secrets of the library with an e-scavenger hunt. Use tablets supplied by the library to scan the QR code and find the treasure suitable for ages five to eight. Then on Thursday, January 15, 2.00pm to 3.00pm will be another Lego Adventure happening. Bookings can be made by phoning 1300 542 727 or online www.library. sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au and look out for the events tab.

Carols at Twilight 2014

Harness your reindeer and polish your sleigh! Come along to the Maleny RSL on Friday, December 19 for some jingling bells and catchy carols. The Maleny Singers are once again teaming up with the Nambour Salvation Army Band to present Carols at Twilight. The program includes a lovely selection of well-known carols as well as some you may not have heard before. Entry is free and the evening’s festivities will commence at 6.45pm. Refreshments are available at the bar and there is plenty of seating inside, so don’t worry about the weather. Bring along your best singing voice, so you can join in with the Christmas spirit!

Christmas Wonderland under the Stars

Enjoy Aussie World's Rides Unlimited at night as well as all the Christmas cheer under the stars. On Sunday, December 21 from 5.30pm until 9.30pm, wander through Santa's village, enjoy rides, attractions and festive fun. Meet Santa, his helpers, and help find Rudolph. Enjoy roving carollers, Christmas entertainers, write a letter to Santa and loads more action not to be missed. Come in your Christmas costume as the best dressed family will win cash on the night! Tickets are selling fast and this event will sell out as numbers are capped. Tickets are available online at www.aussieworld. com.au or by visiting Aussie World book now to avoid disappointment. Single entry ticket (adult or child) $25.00, family of four $95.00 (two adults and two children or one adult and three children), family of five $110.00 (two adults and three children or one adult and four children).

NBN, Ericsson, Auricon and Malcolm Turnbull MP Want Microwave Towers for Our District Question Everything They Promise! NBN Co has now gone into stealth mode as they attempt to sign up landholders. They have widened their range and are visiting properties around Mt. Mellum and Peachester. Maleny, Beerwah and Glasshouse Hinterland residents want NBN! However, they want: * an NBN of the same standard that will be offered to Maleny and Beerwah township residents * an NBN by the use of copper cable and fibre optic cables * an NBN service that is 'safe'. NBN Co proposes to provide the service using about 8 Microwave Towers, of at least 30 metres in height, around our area * This microwave service has not been proven safe for humans and wildlife * Microwaves are a class 2B Carcinogen. Electrohypersensitivity (EHS) is already present within our community. Local residents and wildlife do not need additional microwaves in our environment. Please contact your local politicians and NBN Co to make them aware of YOUR expectations for OUR areas: * Mal Brough MP (Member for Fisher), PO Box 1224, Buddina Qld 4575. * NBN Co, Level 11 / 100 Arthur Street, Nth Sydney, NSW 2060. Start preparing your local area residents to address any Development Applications that may be lodged in 2015 to the Sunshine Coast Council for NBN towers.

A TOWERLESS NBN FOR MALENY, LANDSBOROUGH, BEERWAH & GLASSHOUSE HINTERLANDS These microwave towers will impact on our way of life These microwave towers do: * reduce property prices around the area * impact on the pristine tourism views of the escarpment * impact on residents and wildlife * add to the 'electrosmog' (electronic pollution) already present NBN is not being 'honest and transparent with the community * little information was provided at the forums about where these services may be located or the safety of the service * NBN will not use the words 'microwave' or 'tower' Thank you for your support at the recent Maleny open forums and the Free Concert and Information in the Park.

More local information and a petition will be available at The Kiosk beside Maleny Community Centre, on Saturday 20 December, 10.00 AM ~ 3.00 PM PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION – A TOWERLESS NBN FOR MALENY, BEERWAH & GLASSHOUSE HINTERLANDS Sponsored by the Maleny/Witta/Reesville/Mountain View/Conondale Tower Action Groups. For further information see http://www.nbntowers.com/

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Christmas Messages 2014

We are closed from December 25 and re-open January 5

We would like to give a big thank-you for all our valued customers support throughout the year. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from Rachel, Priscilla, Sue, Jordyn & Leanna.

5494 8498 Joy and the staff at Joybells Scrapbooking would like to wish all our customers a Happy Christmas.

Open MON – FRI 9-5, A/H by appointment, SAT 9-1

Shop 3/1 Maleny Street, Landsborough (Next to Eclectic Dreams, opposite Museum)

And thank you for your support throughout 2014

5439 9883 Nessie Pratten, Marg Ferris, Bev Wild, Coral Beutel, Gwen Kippen, Cath Howitt, Joan Kropp and Jo Meyers at the Peachester CWA Christmas party

“Ho, Ho, Ho..... Gas up and Go!!

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To all our valued customers - wishing you all a safe & happy Christmas and Prosperous New Year From the staff at KLM Energy Services

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We wish all our valued customers a Merry Christmas and a Happy & prosperous New Year. We will be closed from the 19th December 2014 until the 12th January, 2015

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Jill & Alan wish all their customers a Merry Xmas Thank you for your support and all the best for 2014

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Christmas Lights Competition (c) & Public Viewing List

1 Pacific Place 3 Pacific Place (c) 8 Cabrera Crescent 199 Lindeman Road (c) 63 Coochin Hills Drive (c) 33 Old Landsborough Rd (c) 5 Old Landsborough Rd (c) 38 Chantilly Crescent (c) 2728 Old Gympie Road

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Palmview 66 Nina Drive

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wish everyone a safe and happy Christmas and look forward to seeing you in 2015 89 Beerwah Parade, Beerwah www.bigmower.com.au

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VISIT OUR NEW SHOWROOM

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Lionel, Staff and Directors would like to extend our appreciation to our loyal customers for their support throughout the year. We wish you all a safe and happy Christmas & New Year.

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From all the staff at Beerwah Small Engines we would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your business over the past year and wish you a Merry and Safe Christmas – New Year break. We look forward to being of service to you in the New Year and wish to advise that we will be closed from Lunch time Wednesday, 24 December to re-open Monday, 5th January 2015

Anne and Ron Stocks with Fay Bahr and Marlene Lewis at the Beerwa h Neighbourhood Watch Christmas dinner

KING TOBIN LAWYERS MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR! We wish you all a very safe, happy and enjoyable Christmas! Thank you for your continued support throughout 2014. Our office will be closed from 12noon Tuesday, 23 December 2014 to 9am Monday, 5 January 2015

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Christmas messages from Glasshouse Brendan Edwards Glasshouse Community Church

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An African woman asked a travelling evangelist, what made Jesus so special that He could cover the sins of the entire world? “I understand that a good person might be able to pay for the wrong of one or two people, but I can’t believe one man could cover the wrong of every person who ever lived,” she said. “How do you know He was qualified for such an offering?” The man replied, “the secret is in the blood.” When people talk about the blood of Jesus it can be the start of many interesting and seemingly weird conversations. Jesus himself made some strange comments about the blood He was about to shed before He was crucified. I know a guy that was in a relationship with a woman who became pregnant, but when a DNA test was done on the child’s blood, the match was made to a different man! (Needless to day that relationship didn’t go much further!) In the blood, science can prove who fathered the child. If a DNA test was done on the child named Jesus of Nazareth, what would they have found? Joseph was not the father - God was! Wow! The Bible clearly explains Mary’s unique conception by the Holy Spirit. This amazing truth is what sets Him apart from all who came before and will come after. This is the reason behind Christmas. This is also the unique invitation God gives us. If you choose to come under the offering of Christ, the perfect one, born of a virgin, the one and only Son of God, you too can receive the gift of everlasting life. His fulfilled life. The life He freely laid down and on the third day took up again, celebrated at the other great time of year - Easter. Bless you and have an awesome Christmas season. See you in church soon. Pastor Chris Johnson Glasshouse Country Baptist Church On behalf of everyone from Glasshouse Country Baptist Church we want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. Enjoy the family, the presents, the food and the holidays, they are all God’s kind gift to you. But above all, use this season to remember God’s greatest kind gift to us all - Jesus. PS: Why don’t you try going to church this Christmas? You might be pleasantly surprised.

GLASSHOUSE COUNTRY ANGLICAN CHURCH WEDNESDAYS *Mooloolah (Paget Road) 9.00am SUNDAY *Mary MacKillop Centre 9.00am Office - 5491 1866

Local contact Rev Tony Halstead 0419 751 298

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CATHOLIC WEEKEND MASSES Saturday 6pm: Peachester Rd, Beerwah 5493 0967 Sunday 7am: Caloundra St, Landsborough 5494 8896 Sunday 5.30pm: Mooloolah Hall, Bray Rd 5494 7240

Dr Percy Harrold Landsborough Seventh-day Adventist Community Church Children look forward to the Christmas season and visits to Santa. Their excitement about potential and real presents in this time of giving and receiving can last for weeks or just days. But there are in our region real people who may not have enough to even have a special family meal on Christmas Day. The Landsborough Adventist Community Church has been collecting food items for some time and have prepared them as food parcels for a few families who receive these practical gifts. I guess the thing to consider in all the last minute shopping, the sharing of gifts with family and friends, and the excitement of the season, is that the One whose birth is being celebrated was all for giving and receiving. He gave his life so we could receive life. The least we can give is our friendship.

2014 Church Church on the Rise

68 Peachester Road, Beerwah Christmas Day, Thursday, December 25 – 8.00am Enquiries: 5494 6354

Glasshouse Country Baptist Church 58 Roberts Road, Beerwah Christmas Day, Thursday, December 25 – 8.00am Enquiries: 5494 6354

Glasshouse Country Uniting Church Twin Peaks Drive, Beerwah Christmas Day, Thursday, December 25 – 8.30am Enquiries: 0416 070 852

Catholic Church

Mooloolah Community Hall, Bray Road, Mooloolah Christmas Eve, Wednesday, December 24 – 5.00pm Mary Mackillop Centre, Peachester Road, Beerwah Christmas Eve, Wednesday, December 24 – 6.00pm Our Lady of the Way, Caloundra Road, Landsborough Christmas Day, Thursday, December 25 – 7.00am 45 Cedar Street, Maleny Christmas Eve, Wednesday, December 24 – 7.00pm Enquiries: 5491 2011

GLASSHOUSE COMMUNITY CHURCH Pastor Brendan Edwards

Glass House Mountains State School Main Hall - Sun 4.30pm

A Wesleyan Methodist Church

Kids Church during service Phone: 0417 757 397

Glasshouse Country Baptist Church 9am Sunday, 58 Roberts Rd Beerwah All welcome! Enquiries: 5494 6354 Midweek craft, kids and youth programs – see gcbcq.org

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Country Ministers Fellowship members Pastor Brendan Edwards Glasshouse Country Community Church Here’s a little something to help us remember the truth behind Christmas. C is for Christ, born of a virgin, conceived by the Holy Spirit!! H is for Holy angels that blew the minds of the shepherds nearby. R is for Righteous, meaning ‘right with God.’ We can be through Him. I is for the Invitation to join God’s family. Everyone is welcome. S is Salvation. It’s a gift so you can’t earn it yourself. Just receive it. T is for time. This is very short so decide now who you will follow. M is for Magnificent, the plans God has for you if you’ll trust Him. A is Ambiguous, (just a cool word whose meaning remains unclear). S is for Santa who needs to believe in Jesus too!

Service Times Glasshouse Country Anglican Church Saint Thomas Anglican Church, Bray Street, Mooloolah Christmas Eve, Wednesday, December 24 – 7.00pm Mary MacKillop Centre, Peachester Road, Beerwah Christmas Day, Thursday, December 25 – 9.00am Enquiries: 5491 1866

Landsborough Community Seventhday Adventist Church

27 Maleny Street, Landsborough Christmas Program, Saturday, December 20 – 10.45am to 12.30pm

Glasshouse Country Lutheran Church 3 Reed Street, Glass House Mountains Christmas Eve, Wednesday, December 24 – Carols Presentation 6.30pm, all welcome. No Christmas Day service. Sunday service December 28, 9.00am HC.

Elimbah Uniting Church

3 Coronation Avenue, Elimbah Christmas Day, Thursday, December 25, 7.00am Breakfast, 8.00am service Please contact Ruth 5496 7649 by December 18 for breakfast catering purposes.

Glasshouse Community Church

Christmas Lights Tour Sunday and Barbecue dinner, December 21 – 4.30pm Meet at Glasshouse Mountains State School, Coonowrin Road, Glass House No Christmas day service. All away on holidays!

Mike Turner Beerwah State High School Chaplain A big Happy Christmas to all the families of Glasshouse Country! Sometimes families are very close to each other in location but emotionally very distant, sometimes family members can be all over the world but still be emotionally close and wellconnected. No family is perfect, we all make mistakes and hurt each other, but my prayer is that this Christmas we can show each other a little more love and patience and find some healing from the hurts that crop up each year. If we need a good example of someone who loves and forgives, we just need to look at Jesus – and Christmas is all about Jesus. Craig Moody Glasshouse Country Anglican Church I have a personal foible about the spelling of Christmass. By using a second ‘s’ at the end of the word, I seek to remind people of the origins and meaning of the season. There are several interesting explanations of the origins of Christmass spelt this way, however I disregard them, because I am not attempting to claim some traditional authority for my spelling. I simply wish to make people think. It is so easy to leave Christ out of Christmas and to have a secular holiday. However the double ‘s’ emphasises the origins of the festival as having two words – Christ’s Mass, thereby reminding us of the central place of Christ. May your Christmass season be blessed, safe and happy. Thelie Hobbs Suncoast Church Hinterland Sometimes labels become meaningless. In marketing anything can be labelled as 'fantastic’ or 'wonderful'...so when we read in Isaiah that Jesus is ‘Wonderful’...well, it might not impress us. When was the last time we were filled with child-like wonder? Throughout the Christmas story, all the characters are filled with wonder: Mary, Joseph, the shepherds, the Wise Men, and others. Jesus truly is wonderful...eternal God come into the world, fully God and fully human. He is wonderful in His actions—and if we choose to let Him, He will bring wonder to our lives this Christmas. For to us a child is born, to us a son is given: and the government shall be on his shoulder: and His name shall be called: ‘Wonderful’, ‘Counselor’, ‘The Mighty God’, ‘The Everlasting Father’, ‘The Prince of Peace.’ (Isaiah 9:6) Merry Christmas!

Pastor Margaret Niethe Glasshouse Country Uniting Church Christmas is a time of celebration of the birth of our Lord, the Messiah, Jesus Christ. It is a time for fellowship, warmth, gifts, and song, good food, parties and memories. But when I lift my eyes to take in the wonder of each new day, I pray that my family, friends and people I know and share with, find the hope to make Christ the centre of the Christmas season. We invite you to read the inspirational Christmas Story, the birth of Jesus, to understand the reason why we celebrate this season and why we give our hearts to him. Jesus is much more than the infant in the cradle, watched over by his mother Mary and Joseph, and the shepherds, and announced in praise and worship by the angels. That baby in the manger was only the beginning of mankind's redemption. I hope in the season of giving as you dash around town, trying to find that perfect gift for that someone that has everything, that you will bring Christ’s light to those who have nothing and those that are forgotten or overlooked. Spread the spirit of giving beyond your children, family and friends. May the spirit of Christmas bring you peace, The gladness of Christmas give you hope, The warmth of Christmas grant you love. Pastor Rod Jobe Church on the Rise At first glance, Jesus’ résumé is rather simple. He never travelled more than a few hundred kilometres from his home, he never held a political office, never wrote a book, never married, never attended college, never visited a large city. He died both homeless and poor. Nonetheless, more songs have been sung to him, artwork created of him, and books written about him than anyone who has ever lived. In fact, Jesus looms so large over human history that we actually measure time by him; our calendar is divided into B.C. (before Christ) and A.D. (anno Domini) meaning ‘in the year of the Lord’ respectively. He is the first six letters of Christmas and his birthday again calls us to consider him as the Saviour of the world. He is the Reason for the Season! From everyone at Church on the Rise we wish you a Merry Christmas.

GLASSHOUSE COUNTRY

LUTHERAN CHURCH Reed Street, Glass House Mtns

Sunday Worship & Sunday School 9.00am

Contact 5439 9341 or 5496 9671 BEERWAH: Sun 9 am

68 Peachester Rd Ps Rod Jobe 0402 345 477

Glasshouse Country Uniting Church www.glasshousecountryunitingchurch.org.au

MALENY: Sun 10 am

A Caring Christian Community

8:30am Sunday – Worship & Sunday School Wed. 9-11am – Playgroup Wed. 5-7pm – Kids Club & Young Teens Twin Peaks Drive, Beerwah Ph 5494 6187 1st & 3rd Sun 10:30am Worship at Peachester UC

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12 Bicentenary Lane

Ps Barry Leask 0428 300 406

MOOLOOLAH: Sun 10 am

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Down & Dirty with Brownie

Avid gardener and owner of Professional Weeds Solutions

Gardening jokes

Here’s a selection of my ‘favourite’ gardening jokes and sayings for you to amuse your friends and rellies over Christmas. If they don’t laugh, it must be the way you’ve told them. Why are bananas never lonely? Because they always hang around in bunches. What did the first caterpillar say to the second caterpillar when they saw a butterfly? "You'll never get me up in one of those things!" Why do potatoes make good detectives? Because they keep their eyes peeled. God made rainy days, so gardeners could get the housework done. What does the letter ‘A’ have in common with a flower? They both have bees coming after them. I once read about the dangers of gardening, so I quit reading. A woman should never plant a garden larger than her husband can take care of. It has been so dry this week, the trees are whistling for the dogs. Merry Christmas to all the GCNews readers. Stay healthy and spend some time in the garden these holidays – but not too much. Until next year.

Peachester District Horticulture Society

Contributed by Patricia Bradford Thanks to members who attended the final meeting of the year at our place. It was a great day to finish the year. Jeff Bodley and Rob Morris toured parts of South America recently and Jeff spoke about many interesting places he visited. Contrasts between different areas and people were commented on, and found some cities depressing. There was also lots of spectacular scenery. Coral Beutel spoke about her trip, flying to Darwin, travelling on the Ghan to Adelaide, then on the Indian Pacific to Perth, meeting up with family members, then flying home from Perth. Saw interesting plants in Darwin and wild flowers out in Alice Springs. Results of the competition bench for October, tie 1st Pam Innes and Coral Beutel 16 points, 2nd Margaret Ferris 15 points. Then members enjoyed a barbecue lunch with most salad ingredients supplied from Gary’s veggie garden. The past year has been a difficult year gardening wise with persistently dry conditions throughout most of the year. On behalf of the members, I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a good year for gardening in 2015. We will meet again at the Peachester Hall on Thursday, January 15, at 9.30am. Visitors and new members welcome. For more information phone 5496 9169, Patricia Bradford (Publicity Officer) Gary Bradford showing off a few of his bumper onion crop, the heaviest weighed in at 880grams

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Go Green Rainforest Nursery Plant of the Week Grevillea ‘Elegance’

Here at Go Green one of our favourite bird attracting Grevilleas is ‘Elegance’. As its name suggests it has a beautiful form with ornamental fine foliage and exquisite pinkish red flowers. The flowers are dripping with nectar and provide a valuable food source for many native birds throughout the year. This stunning Grevillea is best grown in full sun and a free draining position. It will grow to around 3m but can be kept smaller with an annual prune. There is a stunning example in full flower that is four years old, it’s planted on the road reserve outside the nursery. Check it out while driving by or drop in for a closer look. If you would like to find out more about some of Australia’s most amazing flora and the fauna they attract then drop in and see the team at Go Green Rainforest Nursery, 2620 Steve Irwin Way, Glenview. Phone 5494 5980 or 0448 509 139. Email: info@gogreenrainforestnursery.com.au or visit or website at www.gogreenrainforestnursery.com.au Open to the public Monday to Saturday 9.00am until 4.00pm.

Hanson donates loads to school environmental project Queensland’s Hanson Glasshouse Mountains Quarry is working closely with a small primary school in Mapleton to help students re-establish a section of local creek as part of an environmental education project. The quarry donated two truck-loads of gravel and rocks to help restore a section of Baxter Creek that lies within the Mapleton State School grounds, which had become overgrown with camphor laurel, chinese elm, lantana and other declared weeds. The Baxter Creek development is a two-step project that aims to clean up and care for the environmental surrounds of the school, finish a bridge for the creek bed and create a safe, rewarding environment for students to actively learn about nature as a part of their school studies. Principal of Mapleton State School Dr Jennifer Clarke said that students and teachers are enthusiastic about the project on the school property and had dedicated a lot of time and effort to their hands-on studies of the flora, fauna and waterway ecosystem. Quarry Manager Craig Stevens said it was a pleasure working with the school and bringing their vision for a green, outdoor virtual classroom to life. “Our team was very keen to be involved and provide rock, materials and some labour to ensure the project got the boost it needed,” Craig said. “Hanson has helped enormously and it is wonderful for all of the school and the local community to see the creek area revived,” Dr Clarke said. “Thank you to all at Hanson for this generous Dean Robson delivers rock for school creek project donation.”

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Warren and the team at Glass House Mountains Mitre 10 would like to wish readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2015. There’s still time to pop in for those last minute essentials, so use the Christmas checklist below to make sure you don’t miss anything. With gifts for the whole family, they make shopping locally easy, plus they are open every weekend too.

Folding tables $49.00 Soda Stream $68.00

Fans starting from $14.00 Snake repeller, twin pack $51.00

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Property of the week

Thoroughbred country $789,000 Nestled at the end of a no through road and tucked away from the hustle and bustle is this well presented four bedroom, two bathroom, brick and tile home, offering 22 flat usable acres of horse friendly land that is surrounded by bush and conservation land and only 500 metres to state forest. The property has a dam and huge bore, providing irrigation. All this located an easy three kilometres drive to the thriving town of Landsborough’s school, shops and rail. For your private inspection, call Roger Guillemet today 0418 485 954.

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A nicely presented home on half an acre with tranquil gardens positioned on a sought after no through road with a park nearby for your children to play. The home comprises of three bedrooms with built-in modern mirrored sliding robes, new carpet to bedrooms and lounge, cool air conditioned comfort for the warmer days, good size media/rumpus room, flow through contemporary white cabinetry, kitchen with gas cooktop, convenience of a wall oven and near new dishwasher. Bathroom with separate toilet, laundry and clothesline located near the back door. Lovely paved outdoor area with separate covered area for the BBQ and entertaining on those summer nights. Take a walk down the back garden path and sit and relax on the park like seating area. The property includes vegetable and herb garden patch for the homegrown produce. Good sized double bay shed/workshop with power to the rear of the section plus a garden shed for the tools. Handy location to Sunshine Coast’s beaches or commute to Brisbane by rail. Call today to inspect

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OLD CHARM IN BEERBURRUM • Handy commuter conveniences • Good size block 680m2 • Corner site • Large shed & large carport • Sweet sound of birdsong

$315,000 Neg Mike Weaver M: 0490 061 749 T: 5439 6300

LANDSBOROUGH

TRANQUIL LEVEL ACREAGE

$535,000

Positioned at the end of a sought after cul-de-sac you will discover this rare gem offering privacy, easy maintenance and an abundance of birdlife. Backing directly on to a national park that offers walking and biking trails and a true back to nature feel. Accommodation is provided for by three double bedrooms, large living area, dining area and country timber kitchen, head downstairs via the internal timber staircase to find the second kitchen and living area and bathroom, ideal dual living potential. The 3500m2 block is level and well landscaped with a good mixture of open space and gardens planted to attract a wide variety of birdlife. Outdoor entertaining is well catered for by a large upstairs timber deck overlooking your acreage hideaway, with a large paved courtyard downstairs. This solid two story brick home is very well built with a large double lock up garage and ample extra storage downstairs. The motivated vendors have offered this home on the market for the first time and invite your inspection.

Ross Cooney M: 0409 584 890 T: 5439 6300

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OFFER OVER $600,000 Ben Guillemet M: 0414 807 821 T: 5439 6300

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YOUR SERVICE SOLUTION

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MOBILE SERVICE

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Joinery & Shopfitters

CONCEPT I.T. SYSTEMS

KITCHENS

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Mobile Auto Detailing Replacement of Broken/Damaged Parts Accessories Fitting Headlight Rejuvenation All Services Mobile Window Tinting

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Shop 6 Riverside Centre 2 Maple St, Maleny

Over 35 years professional experience Over 10 years in Beerwah using qualified tradespeople

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• Kitchens • Vanities • Laundries •TV Units • Robes • Appliances • Organised sub trades

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OFFICE AND SHOWROOM 1/28 BIONDI CRESCENT, BEERWAH

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QBSA 24630

Call Shaun

COMPUTERS SALES SERVICE SUPPORT

Jobs up to $3,300 until QBSA licence arrives

Mobile Mechanical Repairs Your Local Diesel Specialist All mechanical repairs & servicing to Petrol & Diesel Log book servicing

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Cabinetmakers VISIT OUR NEW SHOWROOM Unit 1/1 Roys Rd Beerwah ABN 83 143 913 259 BSA Lic No. 1253462

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Local Looking After Locals

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Electricians

Electrical Services Installations, Repairs, Servicing, Airconditioning Domestic • Commercial • Rural • Industrial BSA Lic. No. 71536 PO Box 578, Beerwah QLD 4519 Office: 5493 0054 Fax: 5493 0027

Computers Barry Jones Computers

Adam: 0414 482 037

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Computer sales, service, repairs, upgrades, virus removal, networking, custom builds & more

Call Barry Jones on 0481 322 006

Lic No 67745

ABN 89 058 455 025

ALL DOMESTIC - COMMERCIAL - INDUSTRIAL

or email barry@bjcomputers.com.au

* Installation * Air Conditioning * Split Systems Ph 5492 9502 Mob: 0409 549 295

John Walton BBus (InfSys)

Computer Consultant and Technician 15+ years experience – Beerwah based

Onsite repairs & servicing – custom-builds Internet & email – data recovery, etc.

0437 625 269 (8.00am to 8.00pm)

T0389

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0417 797 430 ACN 075 810 463 BSA 77142

CONCRETERS

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Carpenter

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5413 2500

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Timber, Colourbond, Aluminium & Glass Pool fencing, Gates Retaining Walls & More For a free quote Phone Matthew

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Mobile: 0427 170 235

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Blood, Sweat & Cheers Your guide to sport in Glasshouse Country

Introducing our newest champions Contributed by Norm Taylor The team from San Taekwondo at Beerwah and Maleny have just returned from Adelaide where they competed in the National Championships. Leo Michael, Siena Cameron, Aaron Lerch and Cameron Taylor competed in a tough competition with more than 1,000 fighters from all over Australia. The team finished with two gold, a silver and a bronze. Leo Michael won bronze in the Open Featherweight red belt division losing in a close fight to a New South Wales fighter in the semifinals. Leo has only been competing for a year and this was his first Nationals. Siena was the 2013 defending National Champion and finished this year with another great result wining a silver medal in the Under 11 blue belt division, losing in a close fight in the final to a player from Western Australia. Aaron Lerch has only been competing for a year but showed great skill and tactics to win a gold medal in the Cadet blue belt division. Aaron had two tough opponents beating a South Australian player in the first round then a tough fighter from Western Australia in the final. After narrowly missing out last year, Cameron won the gold this year in the Lightweight Open Black Belt division. Cameron made it through 58 |

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by beating Western Australia by knockout in the first round, South Australia by a point’s gap in the second round, and winning a nail-biting final. Scores were tied after the three rounds of regular time and there was no score during the suddendeath overtime round. Cameron was awarded the fight by superiority as he had been more dominant through the fight. The San team was joined by Kasia from a Brisbane club and after fighting courageously she lost her first fight to the eventual gold medallist. Fighters are now looking forward to a short break over Christmas before starting preparation for the 2015 season which will include several international tournaments. Coach Norm Taylor said he couldn’t be happier with the performance and sportsmanship of our team. “They all showed great courage and skill and demonstrated the respect towards the officials, volunteers and other players that we all expect. Well done and congratulations to the national champions and runners-up from the hinterland,” he said. San Taekwondo would like to thank club sponsors Hinterland Sports Store at Beerwah and Karoom Himalayan Salt Products at Maleny for their support.

To see some more photos and action from the national championships visit www.santkd.com

The San Taekwondo Team - Cameron, Aaron, Sienna, Leo and Kasia www.gcnews.com.au

Blood, Sweat & Cheers Your guide to sport in Glasshouse Country

Glenview Mooloolah Tennis Club

Contributed by Trevor Bertram The monthly Jackpot Triples last Wednesday was won by Di Garland, Jim Tatum and Rob Scullion with the Highest Score of 25. In second place with a score of 22 were Jack Timm and Di Hunt and the ‘Lucky Draw of the Card’ prize went to Viv James, Vic Muscat and Joy Reason. Graham Anstis won the ‘Most Touchers’ prize having 7. The Jackpot was not won. Thursday’s ‘Open Pairs’ was won by Rae Farrell and Kerry Capern with two wins and the Highest Margin of +15 and the Runners-up, on a countback, with the Highest Margin in either game of +9 were Jenny Hobson and Di Garland. The green is to be taken out for its annual refurbishment on December 22 and is expected to be back into play for the first Jackpot Triples on Wednesday, January 14. The Club Quarterly Meeting which was scheduled for Saturday, December 20, has been postponed until Saturday, January 17. A trial match for Super Challenge will be played at and against Caloundra on Saturday, December 20. Roll-ups may start from 12.00 noon with the game to commence at 1.00pm. Those players who have nominated for Super Challenge should check the Notice Board to see if they have been selected to play in the trial match.

Contributed by Jenny Morris What a way to finish the year with our Div 2 team, The Mad Dogs winning the Monday night competition Grand Final. It was a nail biting finish as the result of the match went to the last set. After eight sets the match was even and Katie and Todd eventually won six games to three. All of the supporters from both teams were watching very closely from the sideline. A great game of tennis and a worthy win as our team had only beaten the Kawana Piranas twice in the season being in the finals. A great effort for the season from all of our players. Unfortunately our Div 4 team, the Vipers went down by seven games in the Preliminary final. Hope to see you all return in the New Year for another year of great tennis and companionship.

Glasshouse Cricket

Contributed by Frank Doonan Division 1: Game washed out. Division 2: Played at home against Burpengary in a one day match. Glasshouse won the toss and fielded first. The match was shortened from 40 to 35 before the start of play and then reduced to 33 overs due to a couple of minor rain delays. Burpengary scored 7 for 185 off their 33 overs with Jack Hextall the best of the bowlers 3 for 22. Glasshouse scored 8/185 off their 33 overs so it was a tied match. Lachlan Pill 77 and Harry Elks 55 were the top run scorers. Division 4: Glasshouse 86 lost to Maroochdore 5 for 87, Best batting J Kilah 29, T Matthews 13 Best bowling, J Owen 3 for 5, Adam Joyce 2 for 14, Mitch Fleiter 1 for 24 Under 12: Glasshouse 7 for 66 Lost to Nambour 3 for 81. Juniors have finished until the New Year. Hope you all have a good Christmas and see you back in the New Year. Seniors have one more game till they have a break.

Todd, Matt, Trent, Russell, Kent, Katie and Nicole

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Landsborough Tennis Update

Contributed by Kerry Roach The courts are ready - it’s very exciting but yes the time has come and we now have two brand new courts to play on. Final work to the fence and some line marking should see the project complete. Come on down and be one of the first to have a game on the new courts. The two front courts have also had a makeover and are looking just as good. Our project is set to be completed on time within the next week. Absolutely Awesome! Thankyou all for being so patient while work has progressed, I’m sure you will all agree it will be worth it. We are officially opening our new courts and would like to invite all our members and the community to come along and join in on the day. The Minister for National Parks Recreation Sport and Racing, Mr Steve Dickson will officially open the courts at 10.00am on January 17. There will be lots of games on the courts, free sausage sizzle, raffle prizes, face painting for the kids and our new speed serve machine to make it a great morning. New memberships on the day will receive a 10% discount. Come along and support the Landsborough Tennis Club. Our club has been very fortunate to have Greg Daniel as our president for the past 10 years. His role as president has ensured the club has always been well managed and that the sport of tennis has been available for all of our community members to participate in and enjoy. We are sad to see Greg leave, however we are excited for him to be finally embarking on his travels, which he has talked about for some time. We wish Greg all the best and hope he has a safe and happy time travelling around Australia. The club would like to thank Adam Behrend for taking on the role of acting president until our AGM in February. If anyone would like to meet Adam he is usually swinging a racquet around on Wednesday night at the courts.

BEERWAH & DISTRICT TROPHIES Locally produced & manufactured

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It’s that time of year again GCNews Christmas Closing Times The GCNews office will close 4.00pm Tuesday, December 16 and will reopen Wednesday, January 7 The first edition for 2015 will be Wednesday, January 14

Wishing you all a safe and happy holiday season

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www.sippycreek.com.au Beerwah Sportsground Management Committee wish to announce their AGM will be held on Wednesday 4 February 2015, 7pm at the Beerwah Sportsground. We are calling for nominations in writing for all Committee Positions to be posted to P.O. Box 133, Beerwah.

In Memoriam In memory of Bruce White The team at ‘All Energy HQ’ regrets deeply the sudden passing of our great friend and colleague, Bruce White.

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A little old lady answered a knock on the door one day, to be confronted by a well-dressed young man carrying a vacuum cleaner. “Good morning,” said the young man. “If I could take a couple minutes of your time, I would like to demonstrate the very latest in highpowered vacuum cleaners. ''Go away!'' said the old lady. ''I'm broke and haven't got any money!'' and she proceeded to close the door. Quick as a flash, the young man wedged his foot in the door and pushed it wide open.

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SAGITTARIUS November 23 – December 22 There is an amazing time coming up for you over Christmas since the planet’s cast your mind back to the past as a source of answers to the present. Reconnecting with old traditions creates warm secure feelings. It’s a good week to send out Christmas cards. The planet Venus gives you romance. CAPRICORN December 23 – January 19 Whilst you are in a private place a decision you make could affect the future or holiday plans. The planet Jupiter, moving retrograde, slows down your financial affairs. This may see some rough feelings about holiday spending and so you should be frugal. Venus in Capricorn gives practical presents. AQUARIUS January 20 – February 19 All the aspects this week favour making repairs and taking corrective measures. A common sense, patient approach, is best for accomplishing tasks. The Moon moves through the sign of Leo and highlights dealing with marital and/or partnership affairs. Handle the crazies sensitively now. PISCES February 20 – March 20 With the planet Venus entering Capricorn, this week opens the way for holiday friendships. Follow your psychic instincts this week and you can’t go wrong, be it either a work or health matter. A little indulgence at a fun party is just the joyful medicine you need. Happiness and celebrations!

ARIES March 21 – April 20 Travel or expressing yourself creatively can be a source of pleasure. See if you can explore more of the world, if not physically, at least by studying the travel pages. This week have a positive outlook as a Venus aspect is encouraging you to get all your tasks done. Be tactful and no one will refuse you. TAURUS April 21 – May 21 Be on the lookout for pleasures with a loved one this week or perhaps enjoying a surprising holiday fun time at home with a family member. On Thursday and Friday there is a Leo Moon which brings you pleasures galore, including family love. You have the skills to repair some items around your home. GEMINI May 22 – June 21 The Leo Moon this week should see that optimism will open doors for you. This is a good week to be with other people as you can benefit from those you meet now, and those you already know. Do as much as you can on your own so that for one reason or another, your life can seem pretty idyllic now. CANCER June 22 – July 22 This is a week that a pet is a lively companion, probably even better than the human variety. With Jupiter now retrograde, this may halt extravagant spending. A co-worker could help you retain balance if needed, but just watch out for any possible agitated companions or some luncheon road rage.

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LEO July 23 – August 22 You should note that the planet Venus will be in Capricorn for the next three weeks, so that could provide introductions through work to people you really like. Your optimistic approach is infectious and makes you a competent speaker in travel talks and creative ideas. News of someone’s pregnancy! VIRGO August 23 – September 22 You should find this a happy home week and contact with positive family members. There is a possible evening outing to enjoy a social event. The weekend sees the Moon in your sign and offers love and hugs. The spirit of the holiday season brings out the best in everything and in large measures. LIBRA September 23 – October 22 Mid week a window of opportunity opens for getting things done. There is encouraging, upbeat exchange of views, as the planet Venus enters your home sector, where it puts you in the mood to beautify your home making it a welcome place for guests. A trip of some kind is probable and favourable. SCORPIO October 23 – November 22 The planet Saturn is in its last degree in your sign before it moves into Sagittarius at Christmas time. This means there is a golden opportunity to shine professionally. It will make you look good to those with influence. If you need to send out resumes or promote your skills expect good results.

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