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The local government elections have come and gone, and the Moreton Bay Regional Council of the next four years will have a vastly different look to the Moreton Bay Regional Council of the last four years. At least five, maybe six of 12 councillors elected into office at the 19 March polls will be new local government politicians. It is the biggest shake-up of the makeup of the local government of this area since the Pine Rivers Shire, Redcliffe City and Caboolture Shire Councils were amalgamated in 2008 to form the socalled ‘super council’ of Moreton Bay. A big number of retirements from the councillor ranks always meant that there would be fresh blood in the new council. However, only one of the seven incumbent candidates standing for re-election, the Division 8 councillor Mick Gillam, has had his position in government strongly challenged by a rival, namely Chris Kelly. It seems Moreton Bay voters are happy with the status quo, unless the names of the status quo aren’t on their voting slip. It is interesting to note that one-third of the 12 councillors are likely to be women, up from one-sixth in the past two Moreton Bay Regional Councils. – Lee Oliver, Editor

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Women rise to council By Lee Oliver

record number of women will help comprise the new Moreton Bay Regional Council, even as some divisional councillors are still to be decided two weeks after the elections. Female representation in Council will at least double, with women to assume four or possibly ﬁve of 12 councillor positions. Following the elections on 19 March, Moreton Bay Region’s only female incumbent councillors – Julie Greer (Division 4) and Koliana Winchester (Division 6) – were re-elected after both received two-thirds of primary votes in their respective districts. As The Westerner went to print on Tuesday night, Brooke Savige was well ahead of ﬁve other Division 1 candidates after securing 46 per cent of votes, while Denise Sims was 1845 votes ahead of Jason Kennedy in Division 7, with 83 per cent of votes counted. Kimberly James was 779 votes behind Adam Hain in Division 3. Each of the past two Moreton Bay Councils, elected in 2008 and 2012, had only two female councillors.

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As well as Cr Greer and Cr Winchester, Deputy Mayor Mike Charlton (Division 9), Adrian Raedel (Division 12), James Houghton (Division 5) and Peter Flannery (Division 2) are also set to remain as councillors, with two-term incumbent Allan Sutherland re-elected as Mayor. In Division 10, Matt Constance was elected to replace retired Hills District and Bunya councillor Brian Battersby, while Darren Grimwade claimed victory over Paul Smith in Division 11, to replace retired Samford-based councillor Bob Millar. That was despite Mr Smith winning the vote at four of the eight polling booths in Division 11, with voting at Mt Nebo tied. The contest to be Division 8 councillor remains on a knife’s edge, with 22-year council veteran Mick Gillam only 358 votes ahead of his closest challenger Chris Kelly, with 82 per cent of votes tallied. Caboolture polling booth had the highest percentage of informal votes in Moreton Bay (15.48 per cent), and Toorbul (1.86 per cent) the lowest. The highest and lowest levels of informal votes in The Westerner area were at Bray Park High School (9.41 per cent) and Bunya (2.66 per cent).

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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 2011: The Westerner published tya c o m m u n i t y story on Warner man Joshua Ward who has Battens Dis- Loving life ease, a rare and incurable de spite disease condition that affects fewer than 40 Australians. The death sentence degenerative disease leads magine being blind, unable to walk, to disintegration of body suffering from demen tia and seizures and losing the ability to communicate. functions, mental impairIt may sound like the symptoms of a person reaching the tail end of their life, ment, loss of sight, speech but it’s actual ly the effects of an incura ble disease shaping the life of a Warner man. and motor skills, and The cliché of taking life one day at a time is a distinct reality for Joshua Ward and his signiﬁcantly shortens the afamily. Joshua suffers from Batten Disease, rare and incurable condit ion that affects than 40 people across life expectancy of sufferers. fewer Australia. The life limiting, degenerative neurological disease begins Not expected to live long and in childhood leads to the disintegration of body functions, mental ment, and past his teenage years, progressive loss of sight,impair speech and motor skills. Joshua is now 26 years “Joshua started losing his sight around the age of eight and it took about 18 old and one of the oldest month s to diagnose, so he was almost 10 before we found out what was and how people living with Battens we could control the conditition,” Joshua’s mother Bronwyn said. more or less aware of “When he was a bit Disease in the world. March everything… but younger he lost and start singing and when it came to his 21st playing music, so I sensory of his ngers he didn’t really and in his toes and suppose he’s like everyo remember people’s names ne else because as the years have progre 31 is National Battens has . ssed the dementia everyone has an off day.” “Joshu a’s 21 but he’s like a ve-yea gotten quite bad. r-old. Joshua takes respite in music Sometimes he’s happy , as both talking and other Disease Awareness Day. most“Heoflosthisthetimeability to walk and spends times a fan of country and rock he can’t put two words singers such as together.” in a wheelchair now and Lee Kernaghan, Adam Speaking to The Weste Brand and Jimmy most of his bladder functio rner on Batten Find out more and he’sNotlostexpect Barne ns.” s, and through his own creativ Disease Awareness Day ity. ed to live far beyon last Thursday, In recent years he has d his Bronwyn said her son co-written songs teenage years, Joshua seems aware of his celebrated his 21st for his own CD. He also donate at www.battens. birthd limited life span. penned “Flowers ay last November. in the Wall”, a tune written “Every so often he’ll have a in honour of were very surprised that bit of a he made it fallen Australian soldie org.au/national-batten- to “We meltdown and cry and say rs and recorded his 21st but very stoked ‘why am I blind?’ that he made with Bunya musician Mic and ‘why do I have Batten Travers. it,” yn said. “We had more s?’, and that can To donate to the Batten of a go for about disease-awareness-day- celebrBronw Disease Support two or three days,” she ation for his 18th becau said. se he was and Research Associ “Then he’ll just perk right ation visit www. back up again battens.org.au 31st-march. Co Stuart Murchison , Wights Mountain

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Richard is a foundation member and the new President of Probus Club Samford Valley, a social group for retired and semi-retired people. Why I became involved with Probus Club Samford Valley... Back in 2002 there was a gentleman who lived in the valley called Wal Ronan, and he decided to found a Probus Club here. He rang me up and I thought it was good idea so I went along and I became a foundation member. I’m always thankful to Wal Ronan for doing that, because he founded a very good and successful little club. The objectives of the club... it’s for retired people to enjoy one another’s fellowship and company and have a good time. What I like most about the group... It’s very, very easy going, laidback and informal. My favourite memories of Probus Club... One of our guest speakers was from the pawnbroker industry. The stories he could tell, he had us glued to our seats. The most memorable of all was a chap called ‘The Retriever’. He would go overseas… and retrieve children who had been abducted illegally. A fascinating bloke. We could have listened to him for 24 hours non-stop. Your advice to anyone who has just retired... You need to take time to smell the roses – and it’s much better if you don’t do it alone. The best things about living in Samford… You come over that range when you leave Brisbane… it’s a delight to drive through the State Forest and you feel like you’re leaving the world behind you. Where else in the world could you live in a place like this with rolling hills behind you, green pastures around you… and 12 miles from the GPO? We’ve got it made here. Something most people don’t know about me… When I was a young fellow in my early 20s… I was the junior champion of Australia for target, clout and wand archery. Probus Club Samford Valley meets on the third Thursday of each month at Samford District Bowls Club, Mt Samson Road, Samford Valley at 10am. Phone 3351 4572.

esidents of Mt Glorious and Mt Nebo say an increased police presence on the mountain has helped to curb hooning in the area. More than 630 Traffic Infringement Notices have been issued since police stepped up patrols on roads in the area at the start of the year. Operation Thorn, a three-month operation undertaken by the Indooroopilly Road Policing Unit with police officers from around south-east Queensland, has targeted hooning and anti-social driving behaviour since 1 January. Acting Senior Sergeant Mick Stevens from Queensland Police Service’s Road Policing Command, which has been undertaking road patrols overnight at Mt Nebo and Mt Glorious, said the incidences of hooning had fallen. He said Operation Thorn had effectively operated in tandem with ongoing daytime road safety program, Operation Mt Zero. “We would consider them to be successful as it has reduced hoon activity in the area,” he said. “Obviously, it would be very difficult to eradicate the activity but we have reduced the incidence.” As part of Operation Thorn, 128 Traffic Infringement Notices had been issued to drivers from 1 January to 23 March, with 15 type 1 and 2 hooning offences reported. Acting Senior Sergeant Stevens added

that during the same period almost 510 Traffic Infringement Notices were issued during daytime police patrols in the area, including 20 type 1 and 2 hoon offences. Under the State Government’s hoon legislation, Type 1 offences include dangerous or careless driving, wilfully driving loudly or smoking tyres, taking part in street racing and speed trials, and evading police. An offender’s first Type 1 offence can result in vehicle impoundment for 90 days. Graham Powels from the Mt Glorious Community Association believes the increased police presence, lobbied for by residents, had “quite a significant effect” in keeping “hoon convoys” out of the district. “Our general view is that the level of overnight hooning has dramatically decreased and we are most appreciative of the police attention,” Mr Powels said. “There just haven’t been nights where you had this big rumble of hoon-type vehicles going through the place. “Obviously, with the passage of time past behaviours will start to repeat. The big question in our mind is what comes next? “Our hope is not to necessarily stop them hooning, because I don’t think you’re going to… but to push them away from the civilised areas of Mt Glorious and Mt Nebo on the top of the hill.” Mr Powels said after-hours hooning and drivers “using the roads inappropriately

and putting the residents at some risk” are the main concerns for locals. “Antisocial and obnoxious behaviour was after hours (in) what we call hoon vehicles, typically Japanese imports: enormously powerful, over turboed, designed to spin rubber like there’s no tomorrow,” he said. “You only have to drive any of the access roads to the mountain and you can see that, just by the amount of rubber that is left there and parts of tyres, that’s really what they’re up to. “They must have accidents because often we’ll see early in the day parts of vehicles on the side of the road where they’ve come adrift and hit the Armco fence.” The Mt Glorious Community Association also welcomes the continued education of visiting motorbike riders about the perils of mountain roads. “Telling riders about the consequences and how dangerous the roads are, pardon the pun, but I think they’re really pushing it up hill to educate some of the folk who ride through the place,” Mr Powels said. Before a 21-year-old motorist from Underwood was killed on Mt Nebo Road on 11 March, there had been no fatalities on the mountain roads for more than a year. The Mt Nebo and Mt Glorious Community Associations participate in a three-monthly focus group facilitated by Ferny Grove MP Mark Furner with Police, Main Roads and Moreton Bay and Brisbane City Councils.

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Camp Mountain family fears the value of their property would fall if a plan to build a bicycle path on their land goes ahead. Stage one of a Queensland Government-funded bicycle link between Ferny Grove and Camp Mountain opened last month, with plans to extend the cycle route from Camp Mountain to Samford Village in the works. In November 2014, the Department of Traffic and Main Roads (TMR) contacted the Truscott family and their neighbour about plans to construct the bicycle path through the middle of their Petersen Road properties. Warren Truscott said if the plans came to fruition his family could be forced to share its driveway with cyclists. “If it goes their way and it (the bicycle path) goes halfway down my property and into my neighbours’, we will have the first shared driveway/bicycle path transport corridor in Queensland,” he said. An alternate plan would have part of the proposed 1.7km long, 3m wide cycle path built between the neighbours’ adjacent driveways, a former railway corridor, and within 5m of both houses. Mr Truscott said two previous community consultations on the cycle link both supported a bike route running along Petersen Road and then on Camp Mountain Road. He says TMR’s reasoning to dissect his 3.75-acre property was “it’s flatter and they think they save approximately 800m in distance.” Mr Truscott believes concerns about safety of cyclists

Veronica, Jeremy and Warren Truscott are resisting plans to build a bicycle path through their Camp Mountain property.

“as far as practicable” the original rail corridor, he has “never supported the forced resumption of residents’ homes to facilitate that outcome”. A TMR spokesperson said it was reviewing options for the Camp Mountain–Samford Village section of the cycle link, noting: “We haven’t got anything firm locked down as to what alignment it would take.” “There are some residents who have got some concerns about one of the options that we’ve looked at,” they said. “TMR is still looking into which route would be the preferred option. It might be one of the ones we already looked at, it might even be a different one.” The spokesperson believes further information on the project should be available in the coming weeks, before consultation with local residents, community groups and “others who have an interest in cycling facilities”.

riding on their quiet cul-de-sac street, which TMR claims averages up to 400 vehicle trips each day despite there being around a dozen homes in the street, are irrational. “Another reasoning that TMR gave us was there’s approximately 11 driveways on Petersen Road and people may reverse out on to the road and hit a cyclist,” he said. “You could stand there for two hours and not see a car. We’ve been here coming up to 16 years now and cyclists have used Petersen and Camp Mountain Roads, as far as I’m aware, for probably the last 20 or 30 years and never had any accidents that I’m aware of.” Mr Truscott said the intervention of State Member for Ferny Grove Mark Furner and immediate past Moreton Bay Regional Council Division 11 councillor Bob Millar had helped to stem threats of resumption of the properties. Mr Millar said while he favoured the cycle link following

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POLICE BEAT Attempted murder charge, Warner: A 41-year-old Warner man has appeared in Maroochydore Magistrates Court on a charge of attempted murder following an incident on 26 March. Police alleged that around 9pm the man administered a drug to a woman at a Curlew Court, Warner address, before attempting to suffocate her. The man later handed himself in to Maroochydore Police Station where he was taken into custody. He was charged with one count each of attempted murder and administering a stupefying drug with intent to commit an indictable offence. Evade police charge, Zillmere: A 28year-old Warner woman will appear in Sandgate Magistrates Court on 18 April following a traffic incident in Zillmere on 21 March. After police intercepted a sedan on Sandgate Road, the driver allegedly drove off as the officer approached the vehicle. Police again attempted to intercept the vehicle before it turned left on to Bilsen Road, colliding with a vehicle travelling in the opposite direction. The driver from Warner was charged with failing to stop and was issued with a notice to appear for driving under the influence of drugs. Police also allege she was unlicensed and that her vehicle had false registration plates.

View Drive at Mt Samson between 24 and 28 March, and plumbing tools and three sets of car keys were stolen from a Weston Drive, Bunya home between 26 and 28 March. Jewellery, wallet, car keys and a vehicle were stolen from a home at Albert Road at Draper, with the vehicle later recovered. Tools were stolen from a business at Bailey Court at Brendale, while a school at Don Court at Strathpine and an educational facility at Dayboro Road at Whiteside were broken into, with drinks and cash stolen. A vehicle trailer stolen from Barney Street at Arana Hills was later located at Mt Mee. Easter traffic operations: The Queensland Police Service has thanked motorists for helping to make this Easter the safest on the state’s roads in 20 years. For the first time since 1996 no one died on Queensland roads over Easter, Road Policing Command Assistant Commissioner Mike Keating said. However, 147 people were injured in 110 crashes across the state during the Easter period.

Break and enters and vehicle thefts: A dog was stolen from a home at Mason Court at Samsonvale during a break and enter on 28 March. Car keys and a car were stolen from a dwelling on Range

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Wights Mountain school welcomed teachers from around the country this month when it hosted a national conference on Steiner education. Over 60 teachers based in Australian Steiner schools participated in the National Learning Support Conference hosted by the Samford Valley Steiner School. The annual event focuses on understanding and supporting the learning needs of children in Steiner education. It was the first time that Samford Valley

Steiner School had hosted the conference. Conference organiser Joan Weir said: “Teachers left feeling inspired by what they learnt and were also appreciative of the professionalism and warmth with which the conference was run.” Participants heard from two internationally renowned speakers, Dr Lakshmi Prasanna, paediatrician and president of the Anthroposophical Medical Society in India, and curative educator and speech pathologist Barbara Baldwin.

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Disability scheme on the way

he National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will start rolling out locally during the 2018-2019 financial year. State Member for Ferny Grove Mark Furner said the NDIS would be rolled

out in southern Moreton Bay and Brisbane’s north-west from July 2018, during the third year of the phased transition across Queensland. The NDIS, which supports people with a permanent and significant disability to take part in everyday activities, is expected to start around the Pine Rivers and Kallangur electorates six months later, in January 2019. Mr Furner said the NDIS would bring “more choice and control” surrounding the care of people with a disability, following the signing of a Bilateral Agreement between the State and Federal Governments.

Karen Brown, Chantelle Day and Krupa Patel from Samford Chemmart, which has won an Australian Pharmacy of the Year award.

say most people who live here choose us because they really believe in what we’re doing.” Ms Brown said her business is “much more than just dispensing medicine”. Samford Chemmart sponsors a number of Samford organisations, including the local netball and swimming clubs and the Samford Support Network. It also runs the Samford Health and Wellbeing Expo, which last year attracted more than 1000 visitors and 45 business and organisation stalls, educating people about living a healthy life. The inaugural event held in 2014 featured 25 exhibitors. This year’s event, to be staged on 14

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“The NDIS will transform the way people with disability receive services and supports, and how they participate in our local community,” he said. More than 90,000 Queenslanders are expected to benefit from the full implementation of the NDIS by mid-2019, doubling the number of people currently receiving disability services. “We will be monitoring the rollout and learning along the way, so entering the scheme in the third year will mean local people with disability will experience an even smoother transition,” State Member for Pine Rivers Nikki Boyd said. “Importantly, current service and support arrangements will continue to be del-

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May, will feature over 100 exhibitors from local health professionals and support organisations, to holistic businesses and sporting clubs. “We also run the famous Samford Chemmart Community Fund, giving customers the opportunity to vote for one of two local community groups,” Ms Brown said. At the end of each month, the business donates $250 to the group with the most votes and $100 to the runner-up. Nollamara Pharmacy in Perth, one of five nominees including Samford Chemmart, was named Australian Pharmacy of the Year at an awards ceremony held on the Gold Coast on 16 March.

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A Bigger Splash Globally famous rock star Marianne Lane (Tilda Swinton) and her partner Paul (Matthias Schoenaerts), a documentary filmmaker and recovering alcoholic, have escaped the real world to a small Italian island. Marianne is recovering from an operation on her vocal chords and is banned from speaking, able to produce nothing above a coarse whisper. They are in paradise, spending days sunning by the pool in their luxurious and secluded villa.

hree days ago they began learning their lines and the lyrics of songs. Tomorrow night they will perform in a full musical stage show in front of a large audience. After five days of intense rehearsals, the 44 cast members of Brisbane Junior Theatre’s musical production of Son of Pinocchio will take to the stage. The young performers auditioned for their roles in the show in early March but didn’t start rehearsing until the school

holiday theatre camp started on Monday. Son of Pinocchio is on for four shows on 1 April (6pm and 8pm) and 2 April (2pm and 4pm). Tickets to the shows, on at the Albany Hills Christian Church auditorium at 1 Coorparoo Road, Warner, are available on the door. Brisbane Junior Theatre will hold the auditions for its winter musical Thoroughly Modern Millie Jr. in June. Visit www.brisbanejuniortheatre.com.

Their peace is disturbed by the arrival of Harry (Ralph Fiennes), a cocky music producer who turns up unexpectedly with his daughter Penelope (Dakota Johnson), with whom he has recently been reunited. Incredibly beautiful, she is the product of a previous fling, which doesn’t seem to stop Harry staring at her in an uncomfortably sleazy way. Marianne invites them both to stay at their villa, setting the scene for the four-way tryst of sexual tension. It is clear Harry still has feelings for Marianne, and Marianne is conflicted between her newfound happiness with Paul and the nostalgia for her wild times spent with Harry. Meanwhile, Penelope and Paul are experiencing sparks of their own. Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, best known for his widely acclaimed film I Am Love, presents audiences with another visual feast here. It is one that is perhaps less stylised, but this is to the credit of the director, who manages instead to give A Bigger Splash a sense of unruliness, thanks to the performance of Fiennes mostly. Both Johnson and Schoenaerts are good but the movie really belongs to Swinton and Fiennes. Swinton is superb, as always. Not letting the limited vocal ability of her character get in her way, she manages to speak volumes with her facial expressions. Fiennes is equally fantastic. He dives head first into the role, showing his surprising talent for off-centre comedy. He is endlessly amusing and annoying, continuously trying to get Marianne alone and one-upping the young, muscular Paul by exuding bravado and energy. Frequently naked and drunk, Fiennes’s energy is an important part of the film. One wonders if the movie would have been as good were another actor to play the part of Harry. The film is heavily reliant on its actors’ performances; the screenplay itself is perhaps a little light. The tension simmering amongst the characters means the film remains engaging right until the end. The suspense and mysteriousness of it all is enthralling. A Bigger Splash burns slowly to a satisfying crescendo that incriminates every character. 8/10

Eulla Cadoo-Dagley, Thomas Hardie, Tyler Mackay, Michael Hornery and Dominic Ambrose feature in Son of Pinocchio, which is playing at Warner this weekend.

Logie Award nod for Vidler

amford acting talent Melina Vidler is in line to win her first TV Week Logie Award for her role in the hit show 800 Words. Vidler, pictured, portrays Shay Turner in the top-rating Channel Seven comedydrama, which also stars Logie and AFI Award winner Erik Thomson. Vidler, who grew up at Samford Village and Highvale and graduated from Ferny Grove State High School in 2010, is one of three nominees for Most Outstanding Newcomer (Actress) along with Hannah Monson (Glitch) and Sara West (Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door). The TV Week Logie Awards will be held on 3 April.

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he is an author but Leigh Hutton could also add soothsayer to her resume. In November 2014, the Kobble Creek resident started writing her latest young adult novel Race Girl, about a female country jockey’s bid to win the ‘race that stops a nation’. One year later and Michelle Payne secured an historic Melbourne Cup victory, the first female jockey to win Australia’s biggest horse race. “I finished writing Race Girl about two weeks before Michelle won the Cup,” Hutton recalls. “I’ll always remember listening to the race on the radio and bursting into tears when I heard that she and Prince of Penzance had won it. “I’d often asked the question in my research for the book, ‘Do you think it’s possible that a female jockey could win the Cup?’ “To have my question answered for real and to witness this historic event in my lifetime was simply unbelievable.”

Released next week, Race Girl is the third instalment in Hutton’s Go Girls Chronicles series about girls in action sports. It follows Tully Athens, a 16-year-old jockey who overcomes the death of her mother in a horse racing accident to follow her dream of riding in the Melbourne Cup.

Leigh Hutton’s new book centres on a female jockey from rural Queensland. Photo by Ivy Photography.

However, Tully getting back in the saddle is complicated by her crush on a larrikin boy from a rival thoroughbred farm, and a forgotten filly. Hutton’s research for Race Girl included learning about the sport of horse racing and its history, interviewing former and current jockeys such as former Kallangur local Sonja Wiseman as well as jockey’s family members, horse trainers, stable hands, vets and racing officials. Mixing rural romance with sport, Race Girl’s message is for girls and young women to “believe in yourself and chase your dreams”, according to its author. “Often (I) get feedback that my stories have inspired a young girl or woman, or equally as important, that it has got them reading,” Hutton said. Race Girl is released through Dennis Jones and Associates (paperback) and Port Campbell Press (digital) on 3 April. Visit www.leighhuttonbooks.com. A portion of sales of the book will go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation and horse welfare charity Equine Action Queensland. www.thewesterner.com.au

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SAMFORD DISTRICT HISTORICAL AND 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 PINE RIVERS CROQUET CLUB: Social croquet members welcome. players welcome at the clubs grounds at Joe David Park, Brendale on Tuesday, Thursday or SAMFORD RSL: A pension officer attends every Saturday mornings, 8.30am to 11am. All Tuesday and Thursday from 9am to 12pm at 6 Progress Street, Samford Village. A JP is usually equipment provided. Ph Carolyn 3298 5576. in attendance during those hours. Please call PINE RIVERS VIEW CLUB: meets on the third 3289 6928 for an appointment. Email to Wednesday of each month for lunch at the samford@rslqld.org re: our meetings and Murrumba Downs Tavern, 10.30am for 11am. functions. Interesting speaker. Outing 1st Wed of month. Ladies come and meet new friends. Vistors SAMFORD VALLEY MARKETS: 2nd Saturday welcome. Phone Sandra 3425 2738 or Joy 3285 of month (excluding January), 7am-12pm, cnr Mt Samson Rd & Serendipity Drive, Samford. 5989. Fresh produce, arts & crafts, cakes inc. gluten PROBUS CLUB SAMFORD VALLEY: meets free, plants, BBQ, morning teas, coffee. 40-50 3rd Thursday of each month, 10am at Samford stalls - new ones welcome. Ph Kate 0414 550 Bowls Club. Guest speakers, monthly outings. 302. Contact Betty 3351 4572. SAMFORD WRITERS GROUP: meets the 1st QUEENSLAND STEAM & VINTAGE Thursday of month. First-time or experienced MACHINERY SOCIETY: located at Old Petrie writers, all genres. New members welcome. Town, open 9am - 1pm Wednesdays, Fridays, Email essential. Phone Barbara Cook on 3289 Saturdays & Sundays. ‘Live Steam’ day first 3046 or email theproofreadingguru@gmail.com. Sunday of month, when we fire up the boilers www.samfordwriters.org. and run big engines as they were meant to operate. Experience the sights and sounds of TRUE BLUE CARAVAN CLUB: We are a small Club on the north side of Brisbane with a very steam power Ph Chris 3353 2349. friendly group of people. We have a rally once a SAMFORD AREA MENS’ SHED: meet every month of one week duration. Destinations within Tuesday at 9.30am for morning tea and chat at 300-400km of GPO. Use your caravans more the Shed, Samford Showgrounds, Showgrounds often, make new friends and enjoy an active Drive, Highvale. Web: www.samfordshed.org.au lifestyle. Ph Carol 3882 3227 or Lesley 3264 Email: info@samfordshed.org.au. 5053. 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.thehutsamfordart andcraft.com

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2 APRIL Hills Annual Rodeo

Exciting rodeo action and family entertainment at the fifth annual Hills Rodeo held at the Eatons Hill Hotel. www.eatonshillhotel.com.au.

10 APRIL Hills Organic Garden Open Day Learn about organic gardens and hobby farming at Hills Organic Garden’s Open Day at Bunya Road, Ferny Hills. www. facebook.com/HOGCommunityGarden.

UNTIL 23 APRIL Obsessions exhibition Elizabeth Bach and Arthur Bach look at the obsession of hoarding and collecting through paintings, installations and woodworking at Pine Rivers Art Gallery at Strathpine. Phone 3480 6941.

FROM 29 APRIL Urban Country Music Festival Australian country music stars such as Troy Cassar-Daley, Adam Harvey, Sara Storer and James Blundell rock out at Caboolture. www.urbancountry.com.au.

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livia Stevens and Emma Flatley both have a shiny medal to show for their efforts at their maiden international tournament in a green and gold baseball uniform. The “very happy” duo helped Australia finish third at the Phoenix Cup tournament in Hong Kong last month, beating the home team 5-3 in the bronze medal game. Both Stevens and Flatley have been playing baseball for seven years and they agree that representing Australia for the first time was a career highlight. “It was such an honour to play for my country. Being able to experience what other teams have to offer ability-wise and culturally was an amazing opportunity,” said Stevens, who lives at Eatons Hill and plays club baseball for Redcliffe Padres. Flatley, 17, who plays for Pine Hills Lightning at Bunya, said winning a bronze medal was reward for the Australian outfit achieving its goal to “work hard as a team and do the best we possibly can”. “The team was very happy with the bronze, especially as it shows that we are a strong team to come third out of 12 countries,” she said.

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Tyler creates gridiron history Dayboro teenager Tyler Ferdinands will represent Australia at the junior World Gridiron Championship in China.

pecialist training in the birthplace of his favourite sport has helped Tyler Ferdinands to be selected to represent Australia. The Dayboro teenager has been named to play for Australia at the 2016 Under-19 World Gridiron Championship to be held in China in July. He is the first player from the Moreton Bay Raptors club selected to represent Australia. “Being selected to represent Australia in the World Cup is such an amazing opportunity and for me there is no greater honour,” he said. “I’m not only ecstatic to play on the international stage, but to play side by side with teammates that have one goal and vision – to do our country proud.” In January, Ferdinands and his family travelled to the USA for a holiday, with the gridiron player taking some time away from being a tourist to receive specialised training, to help improve his skills as a wide receiver. “I learnt and improved on many skills, overall heightening my game,” Ferdinands said of training with Elite Sports Performance in Florida. “The experience gave me confidence in my ability and training that I was doing back in Australia.” Ferdinands said his training in America was good preparation for the Australian team’s selection camp held at Sunshine Coast in February, at which an 80-player squad was culled to 45 men. “The selection camp involved four to five hours of training a day alongside team and positional meetings,” he said.

“Training consisted of positional work and situational game play. “I approached the camp as an opportunity to do everything I could and give everything I had. “I didn’t know what to expect, however I knew that if I played my best I would have a chance (of being selected).” The 17-year-old “fell in love with the sport instantly” after being introduced to gridiron by a school friend two years ago. He says two sports he used to play helped make him the gridiron player he is today. “I played rugby league for Dayboro Cowboys and Samford Stags until I was 14, assisting greatly in open field running and choosing gaps,” Ferdinands said. “I played tennis not long after league, and this contributed the most to my success in gridiron. “It built my footwork, speed and hand– eye coordination that proved to be vital in (American) football. Ferdinands said one of the biggest misconceptions about gridiron is that it is ‘soft’, because players wear protective padding. “The padding gives confidence to hit harder, and these hits aren’t just directed at the player with the ball,” he said. “I personally believe gridiron is as hard hitting as rugby league, if not harder.” By representing Australia, Ferdinands will follow in the footsteps of Eddie Kocwa from Cashmere, who was the kicker for the Australian Outback team at the 2015 open world titles held in the USA.

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