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Juliette is all about giving In an interview for the story about her in this edition of The Westerner, the new Moreton Bay Citizen of the Year, Juliette Wright, told me that she is looking forward to spending the next Australia Day at home with her family. Last year the founder of the Givit charity website, which has helped to match around 130,000 donated items to the people who need them, spent Australia Day in Canberra. She was there to receive the National Australia Day Council’s prestigious ‘Australia’s Local Hero’ award. On Australia Day this year, Juliette was back down south, presenting the award to this year’s winner, just a few days after being named Moreton Bay Citizen of the Year at a ceremony at Redcliffe. A couple of years before that she spent some of her Australia Day in Samford Village, receiving the Dickson Citizen of the Year award. Giving is what Juliette and Givit are all about, but it’s great to see an enterprising local receiving – accolades. Read about the great local residents who have helped to make the Moreton Bay area and the wider community a better place on Pages 4 to 6. – Lee Oliver, Editor

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Resident demands safety from chemicals By Damian Staveley

Closeburn resident wants to see laws enacted to ensure people have their rights protected when it comes to the air they breathe. Denise Ravenscroft was hospitalised last month after inadvertently inhaling weedkiller that was being sprayed on her neighbour’s property. Mrs Ravenscroft, who has lived on her property for about 30 years, began smelling a “serious, strong chemical smell”. She discovered contractors spraying a herbicide weedkiller, which she later found out to be called ‘Hotshot’, on the boundary of the properties. “I saw someone spraying with a fire fighting hose. It was the craziest thing I’ve ever seen in my whole entire life,” Mrs Ravenscroft, 60, said. The chemical was being sprayed a “considerable distance” and, out of concern for herself and local fauna, she asked the workers to stop, which they did. However, Mrs Ravenscroft’s symptoms continued to worsen. A severe burning pain began in her chest and her voice was extremely hoarse. “Then I started getting the sensation of a very tight band getting tighter and tighter and tighter around my chest. That got pretty scary,” she recalls. “I was breathing by having very shallow breaths because it was so painful to breathe in deeply.” She called triple-zero and was taken by ambulance to hospital, where she spent the rest of the day. Mrs Ravenscroft said she contacted multiple government departments and agencies to try and find out how she could

prevent this from happening again, but came up empty handed. Since the chemical sprayer was a contractor Mrs Ravenscroft was finally forwarded to Workplace Health and Safety, which has since begun looking into the case. “There is no law protecting the public against being harmed by poison in the air that’s being deliberately sprayed,” Mrs Ravenscroft said. “Not only is there no clear law, there is no one body or department that actually undertakes responsibility for doing something about it. “There’s no point in having laws if no one is directed to uphold those laws. I was flabbergasted that had that not been a workplace health and safety issue no one would have touched it.” In an ABC local radio interview, Fiona O’Sullivan from Workplace Health and Safety said air pollution from spray drift is particularly common at this time of year. “We have quite a number of these cases on our files at the moment and we’re making inquiries and working with the duty holders to try and come to some resolution,” she said. “The Workplace Health and Safety Act places a range of duties on workplace situations and only workplace situations – we have to be very clear about that – but anyone who’s applying chemicals as part of their business has a duty under that legislation to do so without causing harm to others, and without causing harm to themselves as well.” Ms O’Sullivan said in a non-workplace situation the local council should be the first port of call for complaints from members of the public.

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In 2016, The Westerner community newspaper celebrates its 20th birthday: two decades of informing and entertaining the residents of Pine Rivers, and later the Moreton Bay Region. To celebrate the milestone, this year we are going back through the archives to revisit some of the biggest and most entertaining stories printed over the past 20 years.

THIS WEEK IN 2005: Queensland Police increased a reward for information leading to the capture of the person or persons responsible for the murder of Elizabeth Rebekka Henry, from $100,000 to $250,000. Her naked body was discovered by a jogger on Bygotts Road, Samford Valley in the early hours of 12 February, 1998. The sex worker, a mother of six, had suffered several blows to the head with an unknown instrument. An attempt had been made to incinerate her body. Eighteen years later, the crime remains unsolved.

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Pat Coates, Samford Valley Pat is a member of the Samford Art and Craft Association and its Quirky Quilters group, which makes and donates quilts to people or charity groups in need. We started making items for charity because… there seemed a need for various individuals and organisations to raise funds and sewing quilts has filled that need. In the eight years Quirky Quilters has been operating… we have made and donated 334 quilts, varying in size from queen size down to lap quilts for nursing home residents. What I enjoy most about quilting… is starting with scraps and seeing the finished quilt come to life. I realised I had a talent for craft… After years of doing various crafts (spinning, weaving, paper tole, crotchet, knitting etc), I found quilting and my love of colour took off. Attributes for being a good quilter… Accurate cutting, good choice of fabrics and colour and a love of sewing. The best things about living where I do… There are so many talented artists/crafts people in Samford, it’s a vibrant place to be. If a movie were made about my life I would be played by… I adore Judy Dench for her clothing style, colour choices and amazing personality and acting ability. I am sure she would improve my image! When I was young the job I wanted to do when I grew up… I always loved typing from around 10 years, so became a secretary/teacher aide/court typist over the years. To make the world a better place I would… abolish wars and poverty and improve global communication. In ten years from now… I hope to still have all my faculties, enjoy good health and still be making charity quilts. Find out more about the Quirky Quilters at www.thehutsamfordart andcraft.com.

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Awards and gratitude for retiring council trio

e’s used to presiding over Australia Day ceremonies but Bob Millar was the focus of one last week. The Samford-based Moreton Bay Region councillor was named as joint recipient of the Dickson Citizen of the Year honour at a ceremony at the Samford Community Centre on 26 January. Cr Millar, who was MC for a citizenship ceremony hosted by Samford Rotary Club earlier in the morning, said he was “absolutely chuffed” to receive the award. The Division 11 councillor shared the award with fellow councillors Brian Battersby (Division 10) and David Dwyer (Division 7), who will also retire in March. Collectively the men have served the Moreton Bay Council and the former Pine Rivers Shire Council for 78 years. “I think we’ve got more than 100 years of local government experience leaving this council and three of them were recognised with Dickson Awards, and we’re just absolutely stoked,” Cr Millar said.

The contributions of Moreton Bay Region councillors Bob Millar and Brian Battersby, pictured with their wives Dot and Lorraine, were recognised on Australia Day.

Ben Morriss from Strathpine received the Dickson Excellence Award. As a young teenager living in Logan, he grew up on the wrong side of the law and was incarcerated several times. Now the 23-year-old carpentry apprentice, who was named the 2015 Construction Skills Queensland Australian Indigenous Apprentice of the Year, inspires young indigenous Australians in youth detention. “Obviously I changed my life but not to get any awards like this – I did it for myself and to help others – but it (the award) makes me feel proud,” Mr Morriss said. “I love going to juvenile detention centres but I’m not going just to talk and to tell them my story, my company East Coast Apprenticeships offers apprenticeships to get them out of jail and into work.” Other recipients of Dickson Community Awards, hosted by Federal Member for Dickson Peter Dutton, included Bunya’s

Brook Fraser, who helps maintain the local environment and bushland mountain bike tracks, and Tim Brinums, whose Christmas lights displays at Everton Hills have raised $10,000 for cancer research and $13,000 for Bravehearts. Men’s health advocate Ian Watson (Murrumba Downs), Queen’s Scout Award recipient Reabekkah Bennett (Bray Park), classical musician Tobias Hill (Eatons Hill) and volunteer Elaine Pirie (Murrumba Downs) also received awards. Warner kickboxing world champion Liam Badger and Warner mountain bike rider Dean Cane, second at the World Duathlon Championships, were also honoured. The Samford, Dayboro, Pine Rivers and Bray Park-Strathpine branches of the RSL were recognised for arranging major ANZAC Centenary and remembrance projects, unveiled to mark 100 years of Australian troops landing at Gallipoli in 1915.

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Long before Robyn Davidson wrote Tracks, the extraordinary Ernestine Hill was renowned for her intrepid travels across Australia’s vast outback. Throughout the 1930s her hugely popular stories about Australia’s most remote regions appeared in newspapers and journals around the nation. Marianne van Velzen’s Call of the Outback provides a vivid portrait of Ernestine, from the early brilliance she showed as a child in Brisbane to her later life, evoking her larger-than-life personality, the exotic landscapes she explored and the remarkable characters she met on her travels. The Westerner has four copies of Call of the Outback (Allen & Unwin, RRP $32.99) to give away. For your chance to win send your name and contact details to: The Westerner Book Competition, PO Box 5189, Brendale BC, 4500 or email lee@ thewesterner.com.au, Attn: Book Competition. Entries close 15 February.

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Wright left stunned by award win

very generous local businesses with these inning Australia Day awards has families who had lost everything,” he said. become a regular occurrence “A lot of people have been helped for Juliette Wright, but she says through Juliette’s community mindedness being named Moreton Bay’s Citizen of the and entrepreneurship and we are very Year is “one of the highlights of my life”. proud to have her as a resident of the Mrs Wright, last year’s recipient of the Moreton Bay Region.” Australian of the Year Local Hero award for Mrs Wright, previously named Dickson her work with the Givit charity, said she was Citizen of the Year, felt she was a “very “so proud” to receive her latest accolade. unworthy” Moreton Bay Citizen of the Year. “I’ve been living in Moreton Bay for 25 years and it is such an honour to be Citizen of the Year for an area I love,” said the Camp Mountain local, who was also nominated for the award in 2012. In 2009 Mrs Wright founded Givit, the online philanthropic platform that has facilitated delivery of almost 130,000 donated items to people in need, including Deception Bay residents whose homes were flooded in an extreme weather event last May. Moreton Bay Volunteer of the Year Suzanne Schultz, “We did 6600 items second from right, with councillors Koliana Winchester for all those people and Bob Millar and Mayor Allan Sutherland. Inset: Juliette Wright. last year. It was a really “There are people that work in the traumatic local event,” Mrs Wright said. Moreton Bay Regional Council area “It was lovely that Givit was up and as volunteers every day of the year,” going and I had a great team behind me she said. and we made sure that everyone who’d “There’s so many beautiful volunteers lost everything received exactly what they across the region who are continuously needed.” working for charities and for community Moreton Bay Mayor Allan Sutherland groups.” praised Givit for helping 190 flood-affected Mrs Wright lauded one such volunteer, families to “get back on their feet”. Suzanne Schultz from Strathpine, as “a “In some instances, entire households remarkable woman, full of energy”. of furniture were replaced. That couldn’t A few days after being named Moreton have occurred if Givit hadn’t linked some

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Bay Volunteer of the Year at a ceremony at the Redcliffe Cultural Centre, Mrs Schultz, 70, provided catering for an Australia Day citizenship ceremony at Strathpine. “Out of 18 of us that were nominated (for the award)… in my wildest dreams I didn’t think that I would get it,” she said. “We all do our bit out there, in different ways.” Mrs Schultz’s volunteer roles over the past 40 years include Girl Guides leader, Meals on Wheels and RSPCA shop helper, school tuckshop convenor, and 126Army Cadet Unit and VIEW Club committee member. “I like to see what’s going on in my shire and if I can help, I will help. I was made to volunteer,” she said. “It (volunteering) wakes you up to see the advantages and the disadvantages and how you adapt, and I’ve made a lot of friends.” Other Moreton Bay Australia Day Awards winners were David Norman of Mango Hill (Environment Award), Murrumba Downs’ Lloyd Hornsby (Arts and Culture), Clontarf shooter Tracey Jackson (Sportsperson) and Australian Schoolboys rugby player Jack Kelly, of Kippa-Ring (Young Sportsperson). Charity workers Alijah McDougall of Mango Hill and Rebecca Baker of Upper Caboolture shared the Moreton Bay Young Citizen of the Year award.

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POLICE BEAT Disturbance, Warner: Police are investigating after two men were injured following a disturbance in Warner on 24 January. Preliminary information suggests a man who had been at a gathering at the Starling Street address earlier in the night returned with three unknown men around 2.30am. They caused damage to the front door of the house and furniture inside. Two men, 17 and 19, received facial and neck cuts during the disturbance and were taken to hospital for medical treatment. Police urge caution, Mt Glorious: Police from the Inner West Patrol Group are urging motorcycle riders and car drivers to use caution when travelling on Mt Glorious Road at Mt Glorious due to the large amount of debris being deposited on the road, a result of recent unstable weather conditions. Police advise road users to drive or ride within the speed limit, drive or ride to the road conditions, and drive or ride to your capabilities. Burglary offences, Dayboro: Detectives investigating a series of burglaries at homes and businesses across south east in the past month are searching for a man who they believe may be able to assist with their inquiries. Police are attempting to locate Nathan Newcomb, 22, pictured right, who is believed to be

travelling with Mila Harrison-Fifita, 23, pictured left. Detectives are investigating a significant number of property offences between Noosa and Brisbane’s bayside between 27 December and 19 January. It is believed homes and businesses in Dayboro, Newport, Belmont, Morningside, Norman Park, Wellington Point, Lytton, Rochedale, Caboolture, Noosa, Wynnum West, Manly West, Sandgate and Sumner were targeted. Missing person, Arana Hills: Police are appealing for public assistance to help lo-cate Andrew Smith, 29, pictured right, missing from Arana Hills since 21 January. He was last seen on Keogh Street in Sandgate and has not made contact with friends or family since. He is described as Caucasian in appearance, of a slim build and approximately 183cm tall, with short red hair and brown eyes. He may be riding a black BMX bicycle with a black and green helmet.

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John engineers career award

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Really quite humbling” is how John Maccarone describes being included in the Australia Day honours list. The 66-year-old from Albany Creek was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to engineering. The retiree “only ever had two jobs” – the first a 23-year stint in the Royal Australian Air Force and the second a 25-year career with BP – and he helped to ensure the structural integrity of oil refineries. “What you see from the fence line in an oil refinery, all those structures, our role was to make sure that it stays where it was and didn’t spring leaks,” he said. “We had a gang of 15 people climbing all over the place looking for deterioration.” A Life Member of the Australian Institute for Non-Destructive Testing, Mr Maccarone was also an Australian delegate for the field at an international level. He helped devise industry certification processes that are globally recognised and shared his engineering knowledge in countries such as USA, Italy, Korea, New

John Maccarone has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia.

Zealand, Russia, India, Japan, China, South Africa and Czech Republic. “You don’t take on these jobs in expectation of rewards at the end,” Mr Maccarone said of his OAM accolade. “It’s just something that gets under your skin and once I start these activities, I have this obsession about seeing something through to the end. Once you start you’ve got to make sure it’s done properly.”

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Dayboro’s Adam Harris and Samford’s Mick Graham will square off in the Pine Cup.

Footy feud set to continue

hey won’t see eye to eye on the field this weekend but Adam Harris and Mick Graham agree on one thing. That it’s virtually impossible to decide which of their teams will go into their Pine Cup clash on Saturday night as favourites. The Dayboro Cowboys made last year’s Northside 1 rugby league grand final but the Samford Stags won three of the four meetings against their local rivals in 2015. That form guide has Cowboys hooker Harris and Stags lock Graham predicting another tight clash between the teams. “I think it will be playing in their heads that we were the only team that had it on them last year,” Graham said. “We also know that they’re always a good, tough competition, so I can’t really split it. They always have a pretty good team, Dayboro, and for a small little town they’re always very competitive.” The Dayboro-Samford match, which will see the sides vie for the Lawson-McDonald Shield for the 27th time, doubles as the opening round of the popular Pine Cup pre-season competition. “It’s always a hard game and it’s a 5050 call, and both teams are pretty strong

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A Scouts district executive for almost 15 years who also helps with the University of the Third Age Pine Rivers, Ms BakerWinn’s past volunteer involvements have included Dayboro Scouts, Church Missionary Society and Scripture Union. “I think I’ve been a community-minded person for quite a long time,” she said. “Volunteering is enjoyable. You come because you want to come and also it’s not just helping yourself meeting people socially, you’re learning skills as well. “Once you get into volunteering you find most stay for a very long time, because you make friendships with those in your workplace while adding to the team sprit.” Jo Cawthera and her teenage daughter Bailey Ford travel from Albany Creek to the Samford Showgrounds at Highvale to help with Samford Riding For Disabled, helping people with a disability through horse riding. “Where I was working had asked us to reduce our work hours and I had an extra day during the week where I wanted to do something,” Ms Cawthera said. “I’ve been volunteering now for over 18 months and even in the time that I’ve been there the improvements that I have seen in some of the kids… is amazing. “It’s really, really quite impressive how much benefit the kids get from riding, both physically and socially as well. They can become part of a group of kids that can do something they can enjoy.” Samford RDA will host volunteer training days on 5, 6 and 24 February from 9am to 12pm. Phone 0421 070 802. Find more volunteer opportunities at www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/volunteering and www.volunteeringqld.org.au.

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need for “fresh ideas and a new direction” prompted Ryan Thompson to stand for Division 8 at the Moreton Bay Regional Council elections to be held next month. “I want to stand up for Division 8, and for all the people who live, work, study and play here,” Mr Thompson said. “I am not interested in playing party politics, or doing deals, I am only interested in what we can achieve to make our area great.” The 31-year-old from Lawnton, pictured, said his vision for Moreton Bay and his Division, which covers Joyner, Strathpine, Lawnton, Bray Park and parts of Warner, is for it to be “clean, green and liveable”. If elected, his immediate priorities would include installation of security

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ocal voters can keep in the loop via a Facebook web page dedicated to the upcoming Moreton Bay Regional Council elections. The Facebook page – ‘MBRC Elections 2016’ – is described as “a platform for new council candidates and current councillors to engage with their community on topical issues”. “The purpose of this page is opening up a community dialogue and discussion of issues and concerns important to the Moreton Bay region,” the Facebook page’s description reads. Topics discussed on the page include town planning, rates and charges, council transparency, and environmental issues. The page’s operators also invite local residents and community groups to quiz their Divisional councillor and Mayoral candidates about their policies and views ahead of polling day on 19 March. The Moreton Bay Eco Alliance and its supporter groups are involved in hosting the MBRC Elections 2016 Facebook page. www.thewesterner.com.au

cameras and more lighting in crime hotspots, and “ensuring Division 8 receives its fair share of the budget”. As well as working work with the community on budget priorities, Mr Thompson’s agenda includes urban renewal and also maintaining and improving green spaces. He believes the renewal of older suburbs and revitalising suburban shopping strips is essential. As well as protecting local green spaces, parks and “quality of life”, his

agenda also includes a crackdown on “eyesores” like graffiti, rubbish, potholes and weeds across the area. Mr Thompson, who wants Council to improve parks for humans and pets and provide better access to sporting facilities, would “work tirelessly with and for our community” if elected. “With many challenges and opportunities on the horizon I can assure residents I am ready and one hundred per cent focused on Moreton Bay Council and Division 8,” he said. “I have total commitment to the role for the next term and beyond, if elected. I will bring fresh ideas and a new, proactive approach. “I never shy away from hard work and I am thrilled with the support I am receiving so far. “I am approachable and always willing to listen and discuss issues with residents, businesses and local community groups and I believe my common sense approach will see results.”

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hayne Hogan wants to bring some “common sense” back into council. The Bribie Island local, pictured, who is running for Mayor at the Moreton Bay Regional Council elections, believes his honesty, reliability and “compassion for people” will appeal to voters come polling day. “I come from a background where I have had to work for everything I have so I know the importance of hard work to achieve goals in life. I know what it is like to struggle,” Mr Hogan said. Mr Hogan, who currently works with people in the Moreton Bay area who have mental health disabilities, says the cost of living is a “massive issue” for many residents across the region. “I want to see this region grow but I don’t want to see residents struggle with high rates and high water char-

ges,” said Mr Hogan, who if elected would like to put a freeze on rates increases over the next thee years. He would also like to freeze councillors’ wages for the next three years, and also have Council’s debt gone within three years. “The current council as a whole have lost touch with the residents of the Moreton Bay area,” Mr Hogan said. “I want to bring some common sense back into council as I feel they are lacking in that area. “The council released flood maps for areas that are expected to flood in a one in 100-year flood. This put

Candidates gather for election forums

esidents of the two Moreton Bay Regional Council Divisions that cover most of The Westerner area will have the chance to meet the people aiming the replace their two long-serving councillors. With Brian Battersby (Division 10) and Bob Millar (Division 11) not running at the next election in March, three candidates for each Division hope to be voted in to replace them. North Pine Residents Organisation will host a gathering with declared candidates for Division 11 – Gus Padilha, Paul Smith and Darren Grimwade – at McGavin’s View at Whiteside on 14 February at 3pm. For more information phone 0438 891 479 or visit www.npra.org.au. The Hills and District Chamber of Commerce will host its ‘Meet the Candidates’ lunch with Mayoral aspirant Shayne Hogan and three Division 10 candidates at Arana Leagues Club at Keperra on 2 March from 12pm. Bookings are essential via www.hills chamber.org.au. For more information phone 0417 883 688 or 0407 178 127. Geoff McKay, Matt Constance and Kegan Scherf are running for the Division 10 councillor position.

the owners of these houses in a bad situation instantly with a loss of value on their homes. “The mayor is also pushing to get a university built at Petrie on a site which will be hard hit by floods. You only have to look at the flood maps to see this.” Mr Hogan says issues facing Moreton Bay and its residents include creating more local employment and business growth, a “serious update” of the road system, and arresting a growing homeless rate. If elected, he would also seek to provide more support for local you ng people, indigenous people and disabled people living in the community. He also advocates for growing council infrastructure, more support for community groups, and stronger protection for the local environment. “This current council does not like to seek the input of the community before they do anything and that needs to change,” Mr Hogan said. “It is time for this council to go and a new council to come in and breathe new life into the region.”

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Triplets Chloe, Grace and Bel Moylan have commenced Year 7 studies at high school.

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he miracle Moylan triplets have started the latest chapter of their remarkable lives. Eatons Hill sisters Chloe, Grace and Bel were amongst thousands of local students who started secondary school last week. At birth the triplets, born three months premature, collectively weighed around 2.5kg. Now the 12-year-olds have transitioned from Eatons Hill State School to Albany Creek State High School. Their mother, Lisa Moylan, admitted she cried after she walked her “pride and joy” – the youngest of her five offspring – into

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the school grounds for their first day. “We all nearly died at birth so we’re all very lucky to be here, and (for them) to even make it to high school is big,” Ms Moylan said. “They were meant to have Down Syndrome and all these medical problems, and there’s not one medical problem wrong with them, and doctors can’t explain it.” Ms Moylan went into labour at 20 weeks, died on the operating table and was brought back to life, before giving birth to Grace (523g), Chloe (807g) and Bel (1123g) during an emergency procedure.

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ajon Witherspoon is on a high – in life and through his music. His band Sevendust, set to play at the Eatons Hill Hotel on 17 March during its first Australian tour in six years, is in line to win its first Grammy Award – for Best Metal Performance – later this month.

Speaking to The Westerner from his home in Kansas City, USA while nursing his three-weekold baby boy, Witherspoon said Sevendust’s first Grammy nomination, for the single ‘Thank You’ from the band’s tenth studio album Kill the Flaw, “just put a new spark up under us”. “It’s very crazy and it would be even crazier if we brought that thing home. But at the end of the day they can’t take the nomination away from us, and I’m very proud,” he said. Past winners of the award include heavy metal legends Iron Maiden, Metallica, Judas Priest, Slayer and Motorhead.

D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover and Homer’s Odyssey, to Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book and J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter. The exhibition at Pine Rivers Art Gallery, on until 12 March, features around 50 paintings by 25 mature-age artists. “A beautiful book needs a beautiful

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cover,” Tintart Art Academy’s tutor and exhibition curator Lillian Tebesceff said. “We want to be judged by the book cover, and we want people to get an idea of the content of the book by looking at its cover.” Ms Tebesceff said the Book Covers exhibition was partially inspired by the emergence of digital ‘e-books’. “Everybody is trying to tell us that we should read digital (books) but it would be such a terrible thing if (physical) books disappeared,” she said. “Books are precious possessions, and if you love it you keep it.” Coinciding with the exhibition, also featuring interpretations of books by Jules Verne, William Shakespeare, Jane Eyre, Bryce Courtenay, Agatha Christie and Stieg Larsson, Ms Tebesceff will host art classes at the gallery each Tuesday until 8 March. The gallery, at 7/199 Gympie Road at Strathpine, is open from 10am to 4pm, Monday to Saturday. Phone 3480 6941. Lillian Tebesceff and Sandra Healy have produced works for the Book Covers art exhibition at Pine Rivers Art Gallery.

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Witherspoon explained that a series of cancelled Australian tours had been as frustrating for Sevendust’s members as it had been for their fans. “It’s been completely out of our control, not being able to get there,” he said. “It’s funny to me when someone says to us, ‘Why don’t you guys want to come to Australia?’ “Why would someone not want to be at the most beautiful place in the world? If it was up to us I would definitely be there every year. “The chance to come back to Australia is a high point of this band’s career. We’re just excited about coming down there and rebuilding the relationship that we once started.” Read the full interview with Lajon Witherspoon at www.thewesterner.com.au

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SAMFORD ART & CRAFT ASSOC: at the Slab Hut, John Scott Park, Main St, Samford. Wide selection of locally produced art and craft items. 10am-4pm, 7 days a week. New members welcome. Ph 3289 3113. www.thehutsamford artandcraft.com SAMFORD DISTRICT HISTORICAL & MUSEUM SOCIETY: Museum open Wed and Sun 10am-3pm, Station St, Samford Village. Local & family history, research & displays. Group visits & tours by appointment. Ph: 3289 2743; web: www.samfordmuseum.com.au. New members welcome.

SAMFORD HASH: meets every Sunday at 5pm (summer) or 4pm (winter). One hour social walk or run followed by drinks & meal. All levels of fitness welcome. www.samfordhash.blogspot. com SAMFORD RSL: A pension officer attends every Tuesday and Thursday 9am - 12pm at 6 Progress St, Samford Village. A JP is usually in attendance during those hours. Please call 3289 6928 for an appointment. Email to samford@rslqld.org re: our meetings and functions. SAMFORD VALLEY MARKETS: 2nd Saturday of month (excluding January), 7am-12pm, cnr Mt Samson Rd & Serendipity Drive, Samford. Fresh produce, arts & crafts, cakes inc. gluten free, plants, BBQ, morning teas, coffee. 40-50 stalls new ones welcome. Ph Kate 0414 550 302. SAMFORD WRITERS GROUP: meets the 1st Thursday of month. First-time or experienced writers, all genres. New members welcome. Email essential. Phone Barbara Cook on 3289 3046 or email theproofreadingguru@gmail.com or barbcook1@gmail.com. www.samfordwriters. org ZONTA CLUB OF PINE RIVERS: improving the lives of women & children locally & globally. Dinner meetings 2nd Wed of each month (except January), 6.30pm at Eatons Hill Hotel. Dinner $25pp. Phone 0413 451 764 or 0417 615 405 or email pinerivers@zontadistrict22.org

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NORTH PINE POULTRY CLUB: Meetings & demonstrations every month. Next meeting at Samford Community Centre, February 20, 9am. Guest speaker and discussion of egg biology, quality and genetics of novelty egg shell colours laid by heritage breeds. Entry by gold coin DAYBORO ART GALLERY: Cnr Williams Street donation. Ph 0419 842 250, like us on Facebook & Mt Mee Road, Dayboro. Open daily 10am - or visit www.northpine poultryclub.com 3pm. Paintings, pottery, art. Ph 3425 2000. DAYBORO LIONS: Monthly open dinner PINE RIVERS CATCHMENT ASSOCIATION: meetings 4th Wed of month at Uniting Church Activities relating to integrated catchment hall, Williams St, Dayboro at 7pm. Community management. Meets 2nd Tuesday of month at interest events - no charge, with optional dinner Kumbartcho Sanctuary, 15 Bunya Pine Ct, for $15. Ph 0466 619 660 or email dayboro. Eatons Hill. Phone Graham 3264 5485. lions@gmail.com for more info. PINE RIVERS CROQUET CLUB: Social croquet DAYBORO LIONS FAMILY MOVIES: “Oddball” players welcome at the clubs grounds at Joe screening Sat 20 February at Dayboro David Park, Brendale on Tuesday, Thursday or Community Hall at 7pm. Doors 6.30pm. Cost Saturday mornings, 8.30am to 11am. All $6/person, $18/family. Phone 0466 619 660. For equipment provided. Ph Carolyn 3298 5576. movie schedule email dayboro.lions@gmail. PINE RIVERS VIEW CLUB: meets 3rd Wed of com month for lunch at Murrumba Downs Tavern, DAYBORO MARKETS: 1st Sun of the month, 10.30 for 11am. Interesting speaker. Outing 1st 8am, cnr Williams & Heathwood Streets. Find a Wed of month. Ladies come and meet new bargain, new or pre-loved, fresh produce & friends. Vistors welcome. Ph Sandra 3425 2738 plants. New stallholders welcome! Site fee $15. or Joy 3285 5989. Contact Steve 3425 2456 or Lexie 3425 2260. All monies raised go to chosen charities and the PROBUS CLUB SAMFORD VALLEY: meets local community. 3rd Thursday of each month, 10am at Samford Bowls Club. Guest speakers, monthly outings. DAYBORO TRAIL RIDERS: Meet 4th Sunday of Contact Val 3289 6443. month at 8am. Ph 0475 383 553. STEAM & VINTAGE MEDITATION IN THE ZEN TRADITION: in QUEENSLAND Samford every Tuesday, 7pm to 8.30pm at the MACHINERY SOCIETY: located at Old Petrie old Catholic Church, cnr Samford & Camp Town, open 9am - 1pm Wednesdays, Fridays, Mountain Rds. Individual instructions each night. Saturdays & Sundays. ‘Live Steam’ day first Beginners welcome. $5 donation requested. Sunday of month, when we fire up the boilers and run big engines as they were meant to Phone 3298 5094. operate. Experience the sights and sounds of NATIONAL SENIORS ALBANY CREEK: steam power Ph Chris 3353 2349. meets 2nd Friday of each month at Albany Creek Community Centre, Ernie St, Albany SAMFORD AREA MENS’ SHED: meet every Creek at 5.30pm. Speakers, entertainment & Tuesday at 9.30am for morning tea and chat at interest groups inc. exercise, dining out, reading, the Shed, Samford Showgrounds, Showgrounds craft, photography, movies, golf & more. Phone Drive, Highvale. Web: www.samfordshed.org.au Email: info@samfordshed.org.au. 3264 1509. www.nsaalbanycreek.org.au @CREATIVESAMFORD: A community group whose aim is to increase the visibility of the arts in the local area. We have regular activities and events throughout the year. Go to www. creativesamford.com for full details.

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5 FEBRUARY Moreton Innovation Awards

A night to celebrate innovation from local businesses, developers and inventors, at St Columbans College, Caboolture. moretonbayinnovationawards.com.au.

27 FEBRUARY Write Around Moreton Bay – Life After the First Draft African author T.M.Clark presents on revisions, rewriting, editing and proof reading for novelists at Strathpine Library. moretonbay.qld.gov.au/wamb.

UNTIL 27 FEBRUARY Martin Edge Solo Show An exhibition of new works from acclaimed Strathpine artist Martin Edge at the Caboolture Regional Art Gallery. Phone 5433 3710.

UNTIL 12 MARCH On a Roll exhibition Queensland artists celebrate 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote and 40th anniversary of Indigenous people’s right to vote, at Pine Rivers Art Gallery at Strathpine. Phone 3480 6941.

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What advice would you give to someone who is considering entering your line of work? Make sure you like working outdoors, because it is very hot work in the summer months.

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Services A&B FENCING: All types of fencing. Jobs up to $27,500. Phone Alan on 0407 696 647. IRONING & CLEANING by Kellie-Lee. I take pride in my work using my time-saving, high performance, professional results steam iron. Est. 7 years. Reliable & trusted service. 0412 822 115. MOBILE DIESEL SERVICES BRISBANE Inspections, Diagnostics, Servicing, Repairs, Rebuilds, Breakdowns. Stephen 0428 887 404 www.mobilediesel.com.au

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BUY CATTLE - Ph Paul 0417 779 936. PLANKS & TRESTLES, ALUMINIUM Planks - 6mt $215, 5mt $195, 4mt $165, 3mt $125, rubbers on both sides. End caps fully welded. Trestles - 3.6mt $455, 2.8mt $365, 2.4mt $345, 2.0mt $315. Ph Barry 3205 3002. www.trestlesandplanks.com.au SOLAR POWERED GATE OPENERS: 20 watt solar panel, 3 remotes, stainless steel arms, 12 months warranty. $725. Phone Barry 3205 3002. www.thatsright.com.au

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Phone Margaret 0419 641 921 After hours: 3289 2873

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C Name: Elliot Schultz Club: Genesis Triathlon Club Training squad: Queensland Academy of Sport State Performance Centre Why did you choose triathlon as your sport? I was 11 years old when I competed in my first triathlon. I started triathlon by family friends suggesting to come along for some fun. What is your biggest achievement in the sport to date? My biggest achievement would be second overall in the ITU Youth Series 2015. At school level second at the Australian Schools Triathlon Championships. What is your training programme? My coach is Josh White. Our programme changes regularly during the season but mostly I would be doing 20km a week in the pool, 200km a week on the bike and 35-45km of running. What is your favourite/best triathlon discipline? I come from a swimming background, and (am) strong in the water, which helps in the first part of a triathlon. Cycling is my favourite because I raced motocross and speedway when I first started triathlons. It makes me feel like I’m back on my bike again. What is your pre-race routine? I’ve always had pasta two nights before a race and then the night before I always have pizza. Also when it comes to my transition set up I take forever to make sure everything is in the right spot. Water bottle logo facing up, shoes straight, cycling shoes in line with frame, little things like that. What is the best thing about competing in triathlon? Everyone’s always happy at the races and will always have a chat. Before and after the race everyone is good friends. We are there to help and support each other. I have made lifetime friends already through triathlon. What attributes are needed to be a good triathlete? Consistency is the key one and the drive to want to be the best. Being able to enjoy yourself and always look to take away positives from every race, is a major attribute that you need. What are your goals for sport? My goals for sport is to be the best I can possibly be, and hopefully that leads to some glory. My dream is to represent Australia at the World Championships and Olympic Games.

ontinued improvement and an injury-free run are at the top of footballer Joseph Champness’ wish list for 2016. The 18-year-old, pictured, just completed his debut season with Brisbane Roar in the National Youth League (NYL) – Australia’s top youth football competition – and is hoping for more success in an orange jersey this year. The Joyner local attracted the attention of the A-League club after starring for Moreton Bay United in the National Premier League Queensland competition last year. He says being in the Roar program this summer has motivated him “to keep improving as a footballer and person”. “This NYL season has allowed me to mature as a player,” Champness said. “The quality of the individuals around me allows me to play my game and we all trust each other to put in a shift.” Champness’ debut stint with Roar didn’t exactly go to plan, drifting in and out of the team due to injury. “In saying that, through the frustration you realise how much the game really

means to you and become even more driven to make the most out of every opportunity,” he said. Champness said he and his teammates learnt some “really valuable lessons” over what was a bittersweet summer. The NYL’s most potent attacking team, Roar thrashed eventual grand finalists Adelaide 10-0 in December, yet fell short of a finals berth. “Football can be a funny game like that and looking back some results don’t reflect the performance,” Champness said. “It’s all about taking our opportunities and that’s something we have learnt first hand.” The switch to Roar means Champness will line up against his former Moreton Bay United teammates this season. The Albany Creek-based club topped last year’s NPL Queensland table to claim the Premiership trophy and also won the league grand final, before representing the ‘sunshine state’ in the national finals. Despite having great success with his local club, Champness said the goal of playing for an A-League outfit was “always

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Dayboro Cowboys Junior Rugby League

SIGN ON DAY Sunday 7th February

10am to 1pm at the clubhouse in Don Kerr Memorial Drive, Dayboro.

MORE ALL AGES from U6 - U18s PLAYERS New players require ID for proof of age. ALL COACHES ARE QRL ACCREDITED. REQUIRED Dayboro Cowboys is a registered “Get Started Club” FOR and ELIGIBLE parents/Carers can get ﬁnancial UNDER 16 assistance with membership/participation fees. Funding is limited so be quick. SIDE

A fantastic sport for Boys, Girls, Men and Women: • Plenty of action with lots of player participation on the field • Friendly parents and coaches that will make you feel at home • Nurturing atmosphere for learning or improving your game skills • Mixed/same gender teams to Under 13 plus boys and girls teams to 65+ SIGN-ON Day: 7th February 2016 10am to 2pm SOUTHPINE SPORTS COMPLEX BRENDALE SEASON: April to August (with breaks for school holidays) TRAINING: Tuesday nights (Artificial Turf) Wednesday nights (Grass) GAMES: Friday Nights – U7, U9, J1 Boys and J Turf Girls Saturday Mornings - U7, U9 Girls, U11, U13 and J Boys and Girls COST & FEES: Reduced fee for new U7 and U9 players. All returning players normal fees. FREE starter kit for all new U7 and U9 players – Hockey Stick, Stick Bag, Shin Pads & Ball

MORE Information? Email: secretary@pinesaintshockey.com.au Phone: Brett GOULD (Club Secretary) on 0439 852 404 Website: www.pinesaintshockey.com.au

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Female footy keeps kicking on

F Grant O’Rourke makes his record run at Calder Park Raceway. Photo by Dave Hope.

Joyner race team on right track

rant O’Rourke hopes a scintillating drive in Melbourne can help springboard him to an elusive Australian drag racing championship. The Joyner driver made history while competing in the Australian Nationals event on 23-24 January, setting the first sub-six second pass down the Calder Park Raceway drag strip in a Top Doorslammer. His time of 5.999 seconds set a new record for his race category at the venue. “It means a lot of bragging rights,” O’Rourke said of his 391km/hour drive. O’Rourke said recording two sub-six second times – his next drive was 5.955 – was a great way to kick off the Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) season. “Everything is just clicking at the moment, the car is behaving itself and it is getting better all the time,” he said. “While we didn’t take the win in the end, to run back-to-back fives at Calder was something we were really aiming for, so we are very happy with that result.” John Zappia later bettered O’Rourke’s record time with a 5.749 second pass. O’Rourke, who began racing more than

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20 years ago and finished third in last year’s ANDRA championship, sees this season as his best chance to win his first Australian national drag racing title. Standing in his way is his arch rival Zappia, who has won the last eight ANDRA Top Doorslammer titles and leads the new championship by 149 points. “We’ve come second to him time after time and it’s getting a bit annoying,” said O’Rourke, who set a career-best time of 5.79 seconds in Darwin last August. Steven Reed, of Brendale’s Reed Racing, sits second in the Top Alcohol category of the ANDRA championship, but is turning his attention to the rival Australian Professional Drag Racing Series (APDRS). O’Rourke will race for both ANDRA and the APDRS competition, which features a total prize pool of $750,000. He believes while APDRS’ Thunder 400 concept “has got the potential to be a good thing”, he says the warring racing series organisers need to “all get back in bed together” and find a compromise. “We don’t have the population to sustain two series and it’s too expensive to compete in two competitions,” O’Rourke said.

emale participation in Australian Rules football in Queensland is on the rise, as evidenced by the formation of two new local women’s teams. Pine Rivers Swans of Strathpine and the Aspley Hornets, set to play at Brendale, will field teams in the Queensland Women’s Amateur Football Association (QWAFA) competition for the first time this season. Aspley Hornets spokesperson Shaun Reeves said the club also hopes to field a junior girl’s team this season. “We’re lucky enough at Aspley to have a full pathway from junior football right through to playing AFL reserve grade,” he said. “We wanted to create the same pathways for girls coming through.” One of the club’s female players, Irish expatriate Breda Morrissey, has transitioned to Australian Rules from Gaelic football. “It’s a team sport, it’s a great game

and it’s very much like what I’ve grown up playing, and I really love it,” she said. “The tackling here is just amazing. You can’t do that at home, so that’s a fun part (of Australian Rules football).” With a proposed national women’s AFL competition set to start in 2017, interest surrounding female football is growing. The number of teams in the QWAFA league is expected to double this year, compared to the 2015 season. “It is very exciting and I think that it is evident by the amount of interest we have had from women in the area,” Dylan Barker from Pine Rivers Swans said. “Numbers are growing from week to week and we are doing absolutely everything we can to ensure that it’s a success. “Mums, sisters, wives, partners and daughters all spend a lot of time at local football clubs and as a result there seems to be a bit of ‘we can do it too’ (attitude).”

Aspley Hornets players Holly Goeldner, Keeley Hughes, Kris Holliday, Anneliese Piczak and Breda Morrissey watch club junior Charlie Mullins practice her skills.

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