Southern Free Times - 12th December 2013

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HAPPY 100th, Florence Wilson. Mrs Wilson turns 100 tomorrow and she has cards from the usual suspects to prove it. The Queen has dropped Florence a card, as have the Governor-General, the Governor, Federal MP, the Premier and the Mayor. Mrs Wilson lives in Warwick with her son John and daughter-in-law Lorna. She gave up dancing at age 94, but still dons her favourite dancing dresses for guests and photographers. She will have lunch in town with a cancer survivor group on Thursday. While she lives on, cancer ravaged her seven siblings. In 1913, she was the eldest born to a coal miner’s wife in the Illawarra. Florence has three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She never smoked or drank alcohol, surely a boost towards longevity. What’s her secret to a long life? “Eat plenty and dance, dance, dance,” she said with a smile. Wise words.

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route still under repair to Brisbane takes an hour longer, Mr Crisp said. This delay then passes through the company’s whole schedule, disrupting services to Goondiwindi and Moree. The delays also upset passengers, some of whom are trying to get to medical appointments or to airports. “You can’t believe the amount of flack our drivers are getting,” Mr Crisp said. “It’s no fun for our drivers.”

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BUSINESSES on the Southern Downs were scathing in their criticism after the latest extended closure of Cunningham’s Gap. A 300-tonne boulder careened down the cliff face on Tuesday, 3 December, as Department of Transport workers were removing dangerous overhanging rocks, punching a huge hole in the Cunningham Highway near Gap Creek Bridge. The highway wasn’t reopened

until Saturday morning, 7 December, further frustrating business people who have lived with shorter delays since ex-Tropical Cyclone Oswald swept over the region in January. Coach operator Russell Crisp said he was reluctant to criticise the department because they were generally co-operative, but the disruptions were costing the company a great deal of money. Taking the winding Heifer Creek

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Travelling via Heifer Creek also has increased the damage to buses from stone chips and the like, he said. Another impact was the extended time on the road for local school students, many of whom visit theme parks as part of end-of-year activities. To reach Gold Coast theme parks and return takes an extra 180kms but Crisps Coaches receives no recompense for the extra fuel, wages and other costs. Continued Page 2

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