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FRONT PAGE DANDY WARHOLS TOUR TO ‘GET OFF’ AT EATONS HILL 14 SECTIONS EDITORIAL ALPHA MAIL NEWS WESTERNER FLASHBACK COMMUNITY IN THE COMMUNITY COMPETITIONS POLICE BEAT EATING IN BODY SCHOOL TALK ARTS NOTICEBOARD CROSSWORD TRADES AND SERVICES CLASSIFIEDS SPORT Front cover image by Erich Bouccan.
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Editor/Journalist: Lee Oliver Designer: Sheryl Lucas Director: David Paterson Enquiries: 3205 9930; Fax: 3205 9935 PO Box 5189 Brendale Qld 4500 Web: www.thewesterner.com.au www.facebook.com/WesternerNews Published fortnightly by Skewiff Pty Ltd Proudly printed by APN Print, 3817 1830 Circulation: 12,750 The Westerner is distributed to the letterboxes of Armstrong Creek, Bunya, Camp Mountain, Cashmere, Cedar Creek, Clear Mountain, Closeburn, Dayboro, Draper, Highvale, King Scrub, Kobble Creek, Laceys Creek, Mt Glorious, Mt Mee, Mt Nebo, Mt Pleasant, Mt Samson, Ocean View, Rush Creek, Samford Valley, Samford Village, Samsonvale, Warner, Wights Mountain, Yugar and the acreage areas of Albany Creek, Eatons Hill, Joyner and Upper Kedron. Bulks drops are made at Albany Creek, Arana Hills, Brendale, Bunya, Cashmere, Eatons Hill and Strathpine. While every care is taken in the publication of The Westerner, we cannot be held responsible for omissions, errors or their subsequent effects.
Up, up Cronulla as Sharks attack! My first day of work last week was probably one of the most unproductive I have had during my time working at The Westerner. The reason why: the Cronulla Sharks. A few days earlier I was sitting in the nosebleed section of Sydney’s former Olympic stadium, to nervously watch the Sharks win its first NRL title. It was near impossible to remove from my mind the overwhelming sense of euphoria, relief and pride – and the iconic Up, Up Cronulla club song – following my team’s tense 1412 grand final win over Melbourne Storm. I have supported the success-starved Cronulla team for 27 years which, growing up and living in Broncos-made Brisbane – filled with one-eyed, often arrogant, proQueensland supporters quick to remind you of their team’s triumphs, and your team’s failings – hasn’t been easy. When the Cronulla players ended Australian professional rugby league’s longest premiership-less period, securing the Sharks’ maiden grand final victory in the club’s 50-year history, it ended decades of heartache, false hope, near misses, pent up frustration, and ridicule from rival supporters. Now I have deserved bragging rights around town. – Lee Oliver, Editor
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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.
The historic Dayboro Art Gallery has closed after more than 20 years of operation.
Art gallery going but not gone By Lee Oliver
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fter several years of speculation on its future, Dayboro’s community art gallery has closed. The historic building, home to the Dayboro Artworks Association for 20 years, will be demolished in the coming weeks. Inspections of the Dayboro Art Gallery building by Moreton Bay Regional Council in recent years had revealed a number of structural problems. Moreton Bay Councillor Darren Grimwade (Division 11) said the existing building, built in 1946 as a plumber’s shop, is “no longer fit for purpose”. Dayboro Art Gallery President Bruce Mercer said the building had “been through two or three floods” and noted that its “floors and walls move in high winds”. People voiced disappointment about the gallery’s closure on its Facebook page. Maria Wheeler bemoaned that “another piece of our history will be gone”, while Jacqui McManus believes it’s “so sad that the council has to destroy all our old buildings that have character and soul”. However, in good news for the Dayboro community and local tourism, the Dayboro Art Gallery will live on. Mr Mercer said the gallery’s members are “thrilled” that Council will construct a new art space on the same site, at the corner of William Street and Mt Mee Road.
“At first we were disappointed but... a good 99 per cent of our members are now very happy about a new building going up,” Mr Mercer said. “I had dealings with the council and they first told us they were going to pull it (the existing building) down and that was it, to turn the corner back into parkland. “Then they were going to repair the old building but then they found it was going to be too costly, and it was cheaper to put up a new building.” Cr Grimwade said Moreton Bay Council had committed $350,000 towards the construction of a new Dayboro Art Gallery facility in its 2016/17 Budget. “Council has worked closely with the Dayboro Art Gallery to develop and design a new facility on the same site, ensuring that it retains elements of the existing building while creating an even better space that gallery members can utilise to create and display their art,” he said. Cr Grimwade said elements of the existing building, such as the track lighting and hanging system, would be retained in the new art gallery building design. Construction of the new art gallery, to be built at a higher level to improve flood mitigation, is expected to begin later this month and be completed by early 2017. A temporary art gallery will be at 28 William Street, Dayboro on Dayboro Market Day, on the first Sunday of each month.
THIS WEEK IN 1998: The Samford community paid tribute to a fallen World War I veteran from the district, with the naming of the Private Albert Elihu Thistlethwaite Bridge on Mt Samson Road at Closeburn. Born into a Samsonvale farming family, Pte Thistlethwaite attended Clear Mountain School and joined the 41st Battalion for duty in the Australian Army in March 1916, aged 20. After training, he departed Sydney for England on the troop ship ‘Demosthenes’. He was killed in action in Belgium 99 years ago today – on 13 October 1917 – eight days before his 22nd birthday. His three brothers, Richard, Louis and William, enlisted for war duty and later returned home. A memorial plaque in honour of Pte Thistlethwaite, located near the bridge over Cedar Creek, was donated by the Samford Valley Veterinary Surgery and dedicated by Samford RSL Sub-Branch on 24 October 1998, three days after the digger’s 103rd birthday.
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Heartache leads to happy ending
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Julian De Maria, Samford Village Julian is a co-founder of the Kingdom Food Markets in Samford and the Red Deer Festival, the annual music and camping event at Mt Samson. What inspired me to start Red Deer Festival… The intention was to put on a cool, intimate event. I wanted patrons to feel a personal connection with Red Deer. I wanted there to be freedom, BYO alcohol, BYO couches, cheap tickets, diversity of music. I was driven to promote the smaller, unsigned/nonprofessional acts, and still to this day this is one of my sole motivators. The hardest thing about running a music festival… Doing it in my spare time while juggling fulltime work, family life, church life and trying to have somewhat of a social life. If I could have any three acts perform at Red Deer Festival… Katchafire, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Xavier Rudd. My favourite live music experience… Falls Music and Arts Festival 2010 with my older brother. We rode an empty wheelie bin down the main hill in the pouring wet. If I was only allowed to keep one album from my music collection… Julz and the Grimly Beats. What I like best about the Kingdom Food Markets… The food, the atmosphere, the opportunity it creates for Samford Valley Community Church to connect with the community, and to serve them through hospitality. When I was young the job I wanted to do when I grew up… A famous musician. The best piece of advice I have been given… ‘Nothing is impossible, everything is doable.’ If I could invite three people to dinner… Jesus, Bob Marley, Louie Giglio. Something most people don’t know about me… I am a dual citizen of Italy. The Red Deer Music and Arts Festival is on 22 October. By tickets at red deerfest.com.au. The Kingdom Food Markets will return in 2017.
he first dedicated palliative care hospice for children in Queensland has opened, and a Mt Samson couple played a pivotal role in its inception. Mark and Fiona Engwirda say that the opening of Hummingbird House at Chermside last weekend was a “happy ending” to a heartbreaking story. The death of their daughter Kate five years ago inspired the push for the state’s first respite site for dying children. The Engwirda family and Hummingbird House founders Paul and Gabrielle Quilliam were at Bear Cottage, a children’s hospice in Sydney, when two-year-old Kate passed away in 2011. Kate was born with a congenital heart condition and an underdeveloped brain, had respiratory and feeding difficulties, and suffered from epilepsy. “When Kate passed away at Bear Cottage, where we were visiting by chance, we received the most beautiful end-of-life care,” Mrs Engwirda recalls. “It was one of the things, when we returned to Brisbane, we were really motivated to see... a paediatric hospice like that in Queensland. “It’s been a long journey, a collaborative journey by many, many people, but it’s a wonderful thing.” Mrs Engwirda “lived the grief” of Kate’s
Fiona and Mark Engwirda hold a photo of their late daughter, Kate.
passing by giving evidence to a Federal Inquiry into palliative care in Sydney, which lead to a State Inquiry and eventually government funding. “I absolutely felt the need to share Kate’s story and I felt compelled that the
government needed to hear that there are families in Queensland that needed a service like we had in New South Wales,” she said. “While that was difficult... we were able to heal somewhat through that process of sharing her (Kate’s) story and educating people about what it was like and how we can help others in the same situation. “They (the government) listened and they responded. And through a lot of teamwork we managed to secure $23 million combined State and Federal funding.” Hummingbird House, also helped by $20 million in public donations, will operate as an eight-bed, 24/7 medical facility that provides emergency respite services and end-of-life care. Short-stay breaks for families, symptom management and bereavement support will also feature as key services. Mrs Engwirda said the opening of Hummingbird House was a “really wonderful milestone for Queensland families like ours”. “There are 3700 families just like ours who are living with and caring for a child who won’t live a long life, and that takes a toll on families,” she said. “A service like Hummingbird House is going to support families through the difficult journey.” – Lee Oliver
Competitions From the writer of Sicario, Hell or High Water is a gripping action-thriller about family, crime and justice. After years of estrangement, brothers Toby (Chris Pine) and Tanner (Ben Foster) decide to rob the branches of the bank threatening to foreclose on their family land. Vengeance seems to be theirs until they find themselves on the radar of Marcus (Jeff Bridges), a Ranger looking for one last grand pursuit on the eve of his retirement. Hell or High Water opens in cinemas on 27 October. Thanks to Madman Entertainment, The Westerner has five double passes to an advanced screening of Hell or High Water, at Event Cinemas Indooroopilly on 24 October at 6.30pm, to give away. For your chance to win tell us in which city were both Chris Pine and Jeff Bridges born – Los Angeles, Boston or Dallas? Send your answer, name and contact details to: The Westerner movie competition, PO Box 5189, Brendale 4500 or email lee@thewesterner.com. au, Attn: Movie competition. Entries close 21 October.
After months of research and scouring the globe looking for the best of the best, Guinness World Records presents hundreds of fascinating stories and striking new pictures in the latest edition of its iconic book series. Teeming with fun and educational content that will fascinate knowledge-seekers of all ages and interests, the new Guinness World Records 2017 includes the fastest monowheel motorcycle, the tallest living dog, and the most tricks performed by a cat in a minute, achieved by a feline from Tweed Heads. The Westerner has one copy of Guinness World Records 2017 (Pan Macmillan, RRP $44.99), to give away. For your chance to win send your name and contact details to: The Westerner book competition, PO Box 5189, Brendale 4500 or email lee@ thewesterner.com.au, Attn: Book competition. Entries close 24 October.
Winners: Café Society tickets: L. Perkins (Draper), A. May (Eatons Hill), D. Chapman (Dayboro), N. Shmith (Albany Creek), K. Beloff (Bunya), A. Elliott (Ocean View), C. Chapman (King Scrub), M. Hodge (Chermside West), G. Meredith (Kallangur), M. Atkinson (Bunya); Wild One book: J. Lummis (Armstrong Creek); Delicious Every Day book: A. Girdlestone (Warner); The Student tickets: B. Atkinson (Everton Hills), K. McNaught (Warner), A. Kettniss (Paddington), L. Barwick (Annerley), G. Snow (Samford Village); The Test of the Century book: J. Bowdler (Moolboolaman).
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ive music lovers will have to act fast if they want to rock out at Mt Samson’s homegrown music festival. At the time of going to print, a small number of tickets remained for next weekend’s Red Deer Music and Arts Festival. Bas Pelly from Red Deer Music and Arts Festival said this year’s iconic “BYO booze and couch� festival would feature a bill of top local and national Australian acts. “Red Deer is a great chance for us to showcase the amazingly talented and exciting bands that are out there, and this year I feel like we’ve assembled the best bunch we’ve ever had,� he said. “As organisers, the three us have fought passionately for every single band on this bill, which has lead us to our most thought-
Red Deer Fest headliners Art vs Science.
ful and carefully constructed curation yet�. Headlining this year’s event are Sydney festival favourites Art vs Science and Brisbane indie legends The Jungle Giants, some of 22 music acts at the festival. Also on stage will be the likes of nine-piece brass-based band Bullhorn, Melbourne electro prodigy Owen Rabbit, and Moreton Bay acts Dark Nile and The Firedrakes, The Counterfeit Umbrellas, and Leanne Tennant. Sunshine Coast rockabilly band The HiBoys, which performed at Decades Festival at Strathpine with Cold Chisel and The Living End last year, will also be at the Red Deer Festival on 22 October. General admission day passes cost $79, available from www.reddeerfest.com.au.
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POLICE BEAT Attempted armed robbery, Strathpine: A 19-year-old man from Murrumba Downs faced the Pine Rivers Magistrates Court on 11 October, and a 21-year-old Lawnton man will appear in the same court on 31 October, both on attempted armed robbery charges. Police arrested the men following an alleged attempted armed robbery in Strathpine. It is alleged that around 10.45am on 10 October the two men approached a 21-year-old man who was standing next to his vehicle on Maree Street, before opening a door and placing their property inside. It is further alleged that both men demanded money and car keys whilst one man was armed with a pole. The victim ran away whilst calling triple 000. The two men allegedly gave chase before fleeing. Break and enters, Pine Rivers: Amongst reported break-ins into homes and business premises across The Westerner district during the two weeks ending 9 October were incidents at Tiffany Court at Eatons Hill, Anna Court at Cashmere, Burkell Street, Halo Court, Consul Court and Kym Crescent at Bray Park, Silkwood Court, Edmund Court, Paramount Drive, Michael David Drive and Moor Circuit at Warner, Windrest Street at Strathpine, and Daniel Drive and Boondooma Circuit at Albany Creek. Items stolen included jewellery, mobile phones, wallet, personal items, food and a handbag. Thieves also broke into a sports clubhouse at Brendale
and stole a lawnmower. A sink was stolen from a house under construction at Centurion Street at Warner. Thieves who broke into homes at Tinaroo Court and Gleneagles Crescent at Albany Creek were thwarted by dogs waiting inside. Unlawful use of motor vehicle, Pine Rivers: Motor vehicles were stolen from Jacksonia Road, Warner, and Samsonvale Road and Charlor Street, Strathpine, during the fortnight that ended 9 October. All three vehicles have been recovered. Theft from motor vehicles, Ferny Hills: Thieves went on a spree in Ferny Hills from 7 to 9 October, stealing items from eight vehicles at Ferny Hills. The items stolen included a handbag, mobile phones, wallet, iPods, GoPro camera, cash, GPS navigator and a machete. Vehicles at Kolora Crescent, Tabulum Drive, Owarra Avenue East, Pindari Avenue, Pylara Crescent and Kylie Avenue were targeted. Seven of the eight vehicles, parked in carports, in driveways and on the street, were reportedly unlocked.
The Big October Ride, run by the Dayboro Trail Riders Club, will return on 22-23 October.
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he Big October Ride, the popular horse trail ride around the Dayboro district that attracts both local and interstate riders, is set to return for the 17th time. Hosted by the Dayboro Trail Riders club, the event will consist of a six-hour horse ride on 22 October followed by a 2.5 hour ride the following day. The longest of the two rides begins with a street parade of horses through Dayboro’s main streets, before embarking on a 21km journey around Laceys Creek. Dayboro Trail Riders Secretary Lisa Schuhmann, who has ridden in eight previous Big October Rides, expects between 120 and 200 riders to take part in this month’s event.
The average participation in the event since its inception in 1998 is 183 riders. “I love that it is just a walking pace ride, so very easy going and interesting to chat to other riders and see where they come from,” Mrs Schuhmann said. “In Dayboro of course the scenery is amazing no matter which trail we take. “Some areas have flat riding but in Dayboro we are up and down hills and (there are) many opportunities for great views.” The cost of the Big October Ride is $30 for visiting riders and $15 for Trail Riding Australia members. For ride nomination forms and further information phone 0402 104 865 or 0410 655 694 or visit www.dayborotrailriders. com.au.
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Poppy Stephen recorded personal best times in all her races at the School Sport Australia Swimming Championships held in Darwin, and won two medals for her efforts.
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oppy Stephen and her family are grateful that they live so close to the Albany Creek swimming pool. Born on the Gold Coast, Poppy’s father’s work has seen the 10-year-old live in tiny outback Queensland towns such as Croydon, Wandoan and Dimbulah. If there was a pool with driving distance of her home, Poppy would swim in it. “Poppy… has been swimming since she was born and at four years could swim 25 metres,” her father Garry Stephen said. While living at Wandoan, Poppy attended school in Miles and trained at Chinchilla Swimming Club. “She trained with her sisters at Chinchilla, which was the nearest heated indoor pool and a daily 240km round trip,” Mr Stephen explained. Poppy recently travelled another huge distance to swim, competing for Queensland at the School Sport Australia Swimming Championships in Darwin. The Albany Hills State School student swam personal best times in every race she contested – heats and finals. She won a bronze medal in the 50m
backstroke and claimed a silver medal in the 4x50m medley relay. “It is great to get a medal once in a while but the best thing is PBs (personal best times). If I get PBs I usually get medals,” Poppy said. “Swimming personal best times is better because at the end of the day it is about what you achieved, not what is around your neck. Someone told me this once.” Poppy also swam personal best times in all her races at the Queensland Sprint Championships in February and Queensland School Championships in March. Mr Stephen said Poppy had flourished in the pool since the family moved from Wandoan to Albany Creek last year. “One of the objectives to return to Brisbane and in particular Albany Creek Swim Club was to utilise the experience of the coaching team to develop Poppy and her sisters’ swimming, which appears to be happening,” he said. Poppy, who recently started open water swimming and surf lifesaving nippers, now hopes to swim at next year’s Pan Pacific School Games in Adelaide.
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Avian expert takes flight to Dayboro
Pets become calendar girls – and boys
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Mt Mee working dog has turned model dog. Blue, a red and white border collie, features in the first calendar released by Dogs Queensland. The glossy 2017 calendar features 20 purebred pooches from over Queensland including German and Belgian shepherds, greyhound, labradors, groenendaels, bullmastiff, Boston terriers, havanese, Cavalier King Charles spaniel and chihuahua. “They were looking for different categories (of dogs); they were looking for working dogs, therapy dogs,” Blue’s owner Tracie Thompson said. “He was one of the easiest dogs (for the photographer) to work with.” The calendar was released on 1 October by Dogs Queensland, which Ms Thompson says “promotes ethical dog breeding”. Dogs Queensland General Manager Rob Harrison said the calendar “is a celebration of what makes dogs man’s best friend”. The photos in the calendar, taken by Ken Drake of Zoo Studio, helped him win the
Blue features in a fundraising calendar. Photo by Ken Drake, Zoo Studio.
Pet/Animal Professional Photographer of the Year of the 2016 Australian Institute of Professional Photography Awards. “I think it (the calendar) contains some of my best photography to date,” Mr Drake said. “I loved every minute of capturing the (dog’s) personality in the photographs.” Money raised from sales of the calendar will support the Ronald McDonald House and Delta Society Australia charities. Ms Thompson says Delta therapy dogs, of which Bluey is one, visit hospitals, aged care and mental health facilities to bring joy to residents. The calendar is for sale for $18.95 from www.dogsqueensland.org.au.
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Avian expert Dr Tania Bishop is the guest speaker of a Dayboro-based poultry club.
event spokesperson said. “Dr Bishop’s passion is wildlife conservation, the environment and animal welfare. This will be a unique and interesting presentation delivered by a qualified professional.” The meeting is on at the Dayboro CWA Hall, Delaney Road, Dayboro on 15 October at 9am. Phone 0419 842 250.
Education business an award winner Highvale’s Tricia Velthuizen has won a national business award.
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Highvale businesswoman has won top leadership honours. Tricia Velthuizen is the CEO of Churchill Education, the Samford Villagebased training organisation which runs classroom, distance and online education training courses. Mrs Velthuizen won the AchieveForum Australian HR Champion of the Year Award, in recognition of driving “successful HR strategies” that “put people first”. The award also recognises the “championing of innovative HR values” and CEOs who motivate and inspire their staff. Mrs Velthuizen faced stiff competition for the award, including from professionals from Sportsbet.com.au and Accor Hotels.
A former Crown Prosecutor with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in Queensland, she co-founded Churchill Education with husband, Randall Smith. Mrs Velthuizen only stepped into the role of CEO of the company in the last year, when Mr Smith’s health prompted him to step aside from the role. A Queensland Police senior detective for 16 years, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder ended Mr Smith’s policing career in 2005. Mrs Velthuizen said that circumstance started them on the path to establishing Churchill Education, and to advocate for the power of education to change lives. She said it also shaped her ideas and practice of leadership. www.thewesterner.com.au
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“I love using Meyer lemons. They are thought to be a cross between a true lemon and a mandarin or orange. It’s so royal in taste that it’s often grown as an ornamental tree. Alice Walters rediscovered it in the Californian cuisine revolution at the end of the 1990s. Once you use this tasty creature you won’t look back. The scent and taste will drive you wild” – Rowie Dillon. 1. Preheat oven to 180ºC. Grease and line a 23cm springform cake tin. SERVES 6 * 115 g white rice flour * 4 eggs * 77 ml freshly squeezed lemon juice * 227 g of honey * 70 g shredded coconut * 1 tbsp vanilla extract * 340 ml almond milk (you can use dairy milk) * 2 tbsp melted butter * 250 g fresh raspberries * pure confectioners’ (icing) sugar or toasted coconut flakes, to serve
2. Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend until combined. Pour the mixture into the prepared tin. Bake for 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean. Set aside to cool on a wire rack. 3. To serve, dust with confectioners’ sugar, coconut flakes or fresh raspberries to serve.
Win For many, living gluten-free has long meant missing out on classic dishes, traditionally cooked with wheat-based flours – until now. Author and baker Rowie Dillon started exploring the versatile world of gluten-free flours when she was faced with her own food intolerances. From coconut flour to buckwheat, teff to tapioca, her new book The Power of Flour is full of delicious, easy-to-follow recipes using gluten-free flour, seeds and grains. The Westerner has one copy of The Power of Flour (New Holland Publishers, RRP $35) to give away. To enter send your name and contact details to: Eating In Competition, PO Box 5189, Brendale 4500 or email lee@thewesterner.com. au, Attn: Eating In, by 24 October.
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he average age of diagnosis for a person with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is 30 years of age. Jessica Miles was 27 when she found out she had the condition that would change her life. The most common chronic neurological condition affecting young Australians, multiple sclerosis damages nerve cells in the spinal cord and brain. There is no known cure for the condition, which can result in fatigue, continence problems, memory loss, cognitive difficulties and problems with weakness, coordination, balance and limb function. “I had symptoms since I was quite young and at the moment I’m currently walking with a walking stick,” Ms Miles said. The 30-year-old, her family and friends are raising money to help support the more than 3700 Queenslanders who are living with Multiple Sclerosis. The Miles family, formerly of Strathpine and now at Keperra, and a team of 100
A fundraising team led by mother and daughter Jan and Jessica Miles has raised around $13,000 to support people like Jessica who are living with Multiple Sclerosis.
people have registered to take part in the MS Moonlight Walk on 21 October. A leisurely 5km or 10km walk around Brisbane riverside, it raises money to support MS Queensland, the organisation that supports people with MS. Jessica, her mother Jan Miles and their friends have raised around $13,000, to be the second top fundraising team for the Brisbane MS Moonlight Walk. “It’s inspirational for me to have them out there every weekend flying the flag,” Ms Miles said. “It’s nice to be able to meet people (donors) and thank them directly.”
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Exceptional teaching is child’s play at school Students Mitchell Bowers and Emily Greenfield, with Mt Samson State School P&C President Fiona Engwirda and Acting Principal David Prete, celebrate the school’s P&C of the Year award win.
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ne of the smallest schools in the district has won a major award. Mt Samson State School P&C was last month named the North Coast Region winner of the Queensland P&C of the Year Awards. Thirty-eight P&Cs nominated for the P&C of the Year Award, which aims to identify P&C Associations that work with schools and principals to give students the best possible school experience. “The work that we do is improving outcomes for students and each and every student is important to our school,� Mt Samson State School P&C President Fiona Engwirda said. “The P&C is committed to making the opportunities for those students the best that they can possibly be. “With working parents it’s much harder to get parents to engage but at our school we’re working really hard to try and make connections and to acknowledge our volunteers.� Education Queensland’s North Coast
Region stretches from Bray Park in the south, to Agnes Water in the north, and includes 164 state primary schools. Mrs Engwirda said Mt Samson State School P&C was “thrilled to be acknowledged� with the award. “It’s pretty exciting to think that little Mt Samson with 320 students is going up against some of these really large schools,� she said. The awards are run by P&Cs Queensland and were announced at its state conference, which was held in Gladstone from 9-10 September. “The awards recognise the contributions members of the P&C, the education sector and the broader community makes in keeping our state school system as vibrant and connected as possible,� P&Cs Queensland CEO Elise Parups said. Award entrants had to write to a selection criteria and produce a video about the merits of their school P&C. McDowall State School in Brisbane was named the Queensland P&C of the Year.
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rep students at Albany Hills State School are in good hands. Five of the school’s Prep teachers - Lisa Borgeaud-Moo, Sue Gollan, Leigh-Ann Hastie, Jenny Parsons and Lisa St. John – have been nominated for a Queensland College of Teachers Excellence in Teaching Award. Past students of Ms Gollan, the school’s Prep Coordinator, and Ms Parsons, who has been teaching for more than 40 years, return to their class as work experience students. Ms St. John and Ms Borgeaud-Moo work together in a double classroom, while Ms Hastie completes the Prep educators team and also runs the school’s skipping club. Albany Hills State School Principal Rod Mason said the school uses age appropriate teaching, including play-type activities, to make learning exciting for students. He said the five teachers have a “common understanding and appreciation of age appropriate pedagogies.� “The Prep teachers have developed an engaging program of learning that stresses literacy and numeracy whilst learning to work and socialise with other students and adults,� Mr Mason said. “They cleverly use play-type activities, as well as providing ample time for free play, so that learning happens all day, every day.� The five teachers ensure parents play a role in their children’s schooling, with the classroom opened up for volunteers in the morning to help with daily routines, and after school for discussions about how students are going. They also organise activities such as a mini circus for Father’s Day, a pampering day for Mother’s Day and an Under 8s day, that includes children from the surrounding community and kindergartens. Queensland College of Teachers Excellence in Teaching Awards winners will be announced on 27 October, the day before World Teachers’ Day is celebrated in Queensland.
Attention all Rubik’s fans, puzzlers and brainteaser addicts! The makers of the iconic Rubik’s Cube has released an all new electronic version of the iconic game: Rubik’s Spark. Guided by LED lights, players experience a new way to physically control the game play like never before! There’s no buttons and no touch screen – game control works by simply tilting and turning the cube, where special sensors know when and where the lights are as you move the cube! Rubik’s Spark comes with six unique, challenging and entertaining games that will test your memory, speed, dexterity and logic, and works for both single or multiple players aged 8+.
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Robinson Crusoe gets animated Robinson Crusoe: The Wild Life is the legendary tale of Robinson Crusoe as we have never heard it before. From the creators of worldwide film hits Sammy and The House of Magic, Robinson Crusoe: The Wild Life is set on a tiny exotic island where an outgoing parrot, Tuesday, can‛t stop dreaming about discovering the world. After a strong storm, Tuesday and his friends wake up to find a strange creature on the beach: Robinson Crusoe. Tuesday immediately sees Crusoe as his ticket off the island to explore new lands. Likewise, Crusoe soon realises the key to surviving on the island is through the help of Tuesday and the other animals.
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Are you part of a community or cultural group or organisation? Are you keen to be involved in an exciting community driven arts and cultural project? Join Crusoe on a fun-filled, colourful ride for the whole family when Robinson Crusoe: The Wild Life releases in cinemas everywhere from 29 October for a limited twoweek season: screening 29-30 October and 5-6 November.
Nominate your community for Animating Moreton 2017. Animating Moreton is an exciting program designed to support art and cultural events, programs and activities that celebrate and activate local community spaces.
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The Magnificent Seven Directed by Antoine Fuqua, The Magnificent Seven is not a great film by any stretch of the imagination, but what it lacks in depth and drama it sure as hell makes up for with fun. If anything it is one of the most entertaining films of the year. The synopsis is the same as the original, which was itself a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s classic, Seven Samurai (and when you think about it, was remade already by Pixar as A Bug’s Life). It centres around a town of hard working farmers who come under the attack from outlaws (now a land baron) and hire a group of gunman (seven to be exact) to protect them. One great thing The Magnificent Seven definitely has is its cowboy hero. Denzel Washington is so well suited to this role that the second he emerges on horseback, through the heatwaves rippling above an expansive desert landscape, you wonder why he’s never landed a role in a western before. Dressed in black from hat to boot (just like Yul Brynner’s original), he perfectly encapsulates the old-fashioned and honourable cowboy hero. The film is indeed a neo-western on some creative points, but the goodness of Washington’s hero rings true to the famous John Wayne roles like The Cowboys or Chisum. Indeed, Washington’s character is named Sam Chisum. The rest of the cast is not as well developed, but they never were in the original film. Westerns, in many respects, are like film noir in that they rely on style over substance when it comes to characterisations. The remaining six include an Asian-American, a Native American, a Mexican, a civil war veteran, a mountain man. and a smart-mouthed gunslinger. The film has a diverse cast to depict a diverse west which is hardly ever noticed. I enjoyed the AsianAmerican character in particular because Chinese migrants so often only end up as background filler working on the railroads. Still, each actor gets enough character beats to keep things moving, and while they should all hate each other the script wisely keeps things from being political or contrived. This is a fun crew to camp with; the total absence of tension between them is surprisingly refreshing. The only thing about The Magnificent Seven which isn’t magnificent is the villain. Peter Sarsgaard plays tyrannical land baron Bartholomew Bogue, like an impression of every villain John Malkovich has ever played. It begs the question, why not hire Malkovich? Was he too expensive? Either way, The Magnificent Seven is a good time at the movies. An action-packed western with good guys, bad guys, gunplay and grit. Washington gives another great performance and Fuqua makes sure you’re never checking your watch.
The Dandy Warhols will perform at the Eatons Hill Hotel on 29 October in support of the band’s ninth studio album, Distortland. Photo by Scott Green.
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he Dandy Warhols have performed in Australia many times, but touring here isn’t as arduous for their drummer. Brent De Boer lives in Melbourne with his wife, who he met when the Portland, USA band toured Down Under in 2004. “We were doing probably the most epic Big Day Out (festival) with Metallica and The Strokes, Black Eyed Peas and Kings of Leon, The Datsuns, Peaches, The Darkness and a whole bunch more,” he said. “Wally (Kempton) from The Meanies and Even – the mayor of Australia – he had a barbeque and I went there and met my wife.” De Boer admits a big part of touring is “sitting at a hotel in some other city away from your family”, but says living in Australia changes the dynamic of touring here. “In a pinch I can just red eye (flight) after a gig and be home in a couple of hours from just about any city, except for Perth,” De Boer explains.
“The gig we’re playing in Melbourne (next month), I can practically walk home from that venue, so that’s pretty rad. “Zia (McCabe), the bass player in my band, she’s going to stay over in our guest house for a few nights, so that will be really fun and a little bit different.” Expect to hear Dandy Warhols perform hit songs such as ‘We Used to Be Friends’, ‘Get Off’, ‘Everyday Should Be a Holiday’ ‘You Were the Last High’, ‘Horse Pills’, ‘Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth’ and ‘Bohemian Like You’, as well as songs from the new studio album Distortland, at the Eatons Hill Hotel on 29 October. “Nowadays how you know if your audience is engaging with your album is if they sing along to the new songs or they cheer when you start one of the new songs at the concert,” De Boer said. Read the full interview with the Dandy Warhols at www.thewesterner.com.au.
Chrissy Russell stars in the new Act 1 Theatre show, Entertaining Angels.
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ights Mountain actor Chrissy Russell features in the new comedy play presented by Act 1 Theatre at Strathpine. Entertaining Angels is a witty, sharpedged comedy which questions beliefs and asks if religion is an exercise in trial and error. The story follows Grace (Clare Kenny Hughes), a vicar’s wife who has spent a lifetime on her best behaviour. Following the death of her husband Bardolph (John Sayles), Grace can enjoy the new-found freedom of being able to do and say exactly what she wants. But the return of her eccentric missionary sister (Cheryl Bartlett), together with some disturbing revelations, forces Grace to confront the truth of her marriage. Russell, who has also appeared in productions by Samford Valley Theatre Group and first became involved with Act 1 Theatre in 1983, plays the role of Jo. Act 1 Theatre’s production of British playwright Richard Everett’s 2006 play is directed by local theatre stalwart Anne Wilson. Entertaining Angels is on at Act 1 Theatre on 21-22 and 28-29 October and 4-5 November at 8pm. A matinee performance will be held on 30 October at 2pm. Tickets cost $18 for adults, $15 for concessions, $10 for children, and $12 for Act 1 Theatre members. For bookings phone 0458 579 269 or go to www.act1theatre.com.au. Act 1 Theatre is located at the corner of Gympie Road and Hall Street at Strathpine.
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AUSTRALASIAN NATIVE ORCHID SOCIETY (QLD.) KABI GROUP Inc. meet 7.45pm on Second Tuesday each month (except January) at Isabella Griffin Room, Strathpine Community Centre, 199 Gympie Road, Strathpine . Ph 0414 761 367 or 3399 9208, web www.ourshopfront.com/kabi. BIRD WATCHING: along the South Pine River. Meet second Wednesday of the month at 7.30am (July, August & September) or 7am (other months) at Kumbartcho Sanctuary, 15 Bunya Pine Ct, Eatons Hill. To register phone 3325 1577 or email catchmentcoordinator@ prca.org.au. BRENDALE EVENING VIEW CLUB: meets for dinner with a guest speaker on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at Wantima Country Club, 530 South Pine Road, Brendale. Fun and friendship for women of all ages as well as supporting The Smith Family. Phone Anna on 3425 2937 or 0400 557 082. BRISBANE BOOK AUTHORS: Non-profit, social networking/information sharing for published authors. Group meets at 6.30pm on 3rd Wednesday of each month at varying Brisbane venues, with guest speakers. For more information or to register your interest email editor@hawkeye publishing.com.au or find Brisbane Book Authors on Facebook. BUNYA TOASTMASTERS CLUB: meet 1st & 3rd Wed of month, 6:45pm at Albany Creek Tavern, 730 Albany Creek Rd. Develop leadership & communications skills in a supportive, friendly environment. Ph 3889 6335 or 0409 053 455.
COFFEE CAKE & PORT: An afternoon of sweet treats, entertainment, socialising and silent auction at Yuraba Conference Centre, 240 Church Road, Eatons Hill on 15 October at 2pm. Fundraiser by Samford Lions Medical Research Personality Quest entrant, Eloise Fleming, raising money for medical research. Tickets: 0412 296 047 or email wgfleming@bigpond. com.
NATIONAL SENIORS ALBANY CREEK: meets 2nd Friday of each month at Albany Creek Community Centre, Ernie St, Albany Creek at 5.30pm. Speakers, entertainment & interest groups inc. dining out, reading, craft, photography, golf, theatre & more. Ph Len 0488 744 706. DAYBORO ART GALLERY: Cnr Williams www.nsaalbanycreek.org.au Street & Mt Mee Road, Dayboro. Open daily 10am - 3pm. Paintings, pottery, art. Ph 3425 NATIVE PLANTS QUEENSLAND: Samford Branch meets on the first Tuesday of each month 2000. (except January) at 7.15pm at the CWA Hall, DAYBORO LIONS FAMILY MOVIES: “Alice Main St, Samford Village. Email: sgapsamford@ Through the Looking Glass” screening 17 outlook.com. Visitors most welcome. Pine Rivers October at Dayboro Community Hall at 7pm. Branch meets on the third Sunday of each month Doors 6.30pm. Cost $6/person, $18/family. at noon at various garden and parks. Ph. Jan Phone 0466 619 660. For movie schedule email 3285 3322. dayboro.lions@gmail.com. PHOENIX SCULPTURE GARDEN: 59 Fahey DAYBORO MARKETS: 1st Sun of the month, Road, Mt Glorious. Open Sundays 10am-4pm, 8am, cnr Williams & Heathwood Streets. Find a any other day by appointment for weddings, bargain, new or pre-loved, fresh produce & functions, group visits. Phone 0410 030 870. plants. New stallholders welcome! Site fee $15. PINE RIVERS CATCHMENT ASSOCIATION: Contact Steve 3425 2456 or Lexie 3425 2260. Activities relating to integrated catchment All monies raised go to chosen charities and the management. Meets 2nd Tuesday of month at local community. Kumbartcho Sanctuary, 15 Bunya Pine Ct, DAYBORO MENS SHED: meets Mondays Eatons Hill. Phone Graham 0415 127 959. 10am-4pm. Woodworking, metalworking & PINE RIVERS CROQUET CLUB: Social involvement with other community groups. croquet players welcome at the clubs grounds at Contact Mike 0435 204 456 or email Joe Davis Park, Brendale on Tuesday, Thursday dayboromensshed@gmail.com. or Saturday mornings, 8.30am to 11am. All equipment provided. Ph Carolyn 3298 5576. DAYBORO TRAIL RIDERS: Meet 4th Sunday of month at 8am. Ph 0475 383 553. PINE RIVERS VIEW CLUB: meets 3rd Wed of month for lunch at Murrumba Downs Tavern, EARLY AUSTRALIAN COLONIAL DANCE: 10.30 for 11am. Interesting speaker. Outing 1st in The Samford Farmers Hall, Main Street, Wed of month. Ladies come and meet new Samford Village, Friday 7 October from 7.30pm- friends. Vistors welcome. Ph Sandra 3425 2738 10pm. No experience, costume or partner or Elizabeth 3886 4937. required. Tickets: $10 at the door. Ph 3289 4708. QUEENSLAND STEAM AND VINTAGE www.colonialdance.com.au. MACHINERY SOCIETY: located at Old Petrie MEDITATION IN THE ZEN TRADITION: in Town, open 9am - 1pm Wednesdays, Fridays, Samford every Tuesday, 7pm to 8.30pm at the Saturdays & Sundays. ‘Live Steam’ day first old Catholic Church, cnr Samford & Camp Sunday of month, when we fire up the boilers Mountain Rds. Individual instructions each night. and run big engines as they were meant to Beginners welcome. $5 donation requested. operate. Experience the sights and sounds of Phone 3298 5094. steam power Ph Chris 3353 2349.
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FROM 20 OCTOBER Jennifer Redmond exhibition Paintings by award-winning Highvale artist Jennifer Redmond at Redcliffe Cultural Centre from 20 October. Open Monday to Friday, 9am to 4.30pm. www.jenniferredmondartist.com.
26 OCTOBER Affordable Energy for Business Forum Learn from experts and businesses on how to reduce your energy bills, at Club Pine Rivers at 4pm. Presented by Moreton Bay Region Chambers of Commerce. www.mbccommerce.org.au.
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Hockey talents hook success Josh Mynott, pictured playing for Pine Rivers St Andrews Hockey Club, represented the Queensland Blades at the Australian Hockey League. Photo by Husted Images.
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“Ali: The Greatest – Trivia, Facts and Quotes” is a comprehensive record of the late Muhammad Ali’s boxing career. Filled with his wit and wisdom, this book documents the life of a man who lived by his convictions, often at considerable cost to himself. Read these pages and try not to shake your head in wonder at a truly amazing career. It is funny, witty and memorable and, like the man himself, will inspire. The Westerner has two copies of “Ali: The Greatest – Trivia, Facts and Quotes” (New Holland Book Publishers, RRP $14.99) to give away. For your chance to win send your name and contact details to: Sport Competition, PO Box 5189, Brendale 4500 or email lee@thewesterner.com.au, Attn: Sport Competition. Entries close 24 October.
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ophie Malowiecki hopes the medal she won at the ITU Triathlon World Championships in Mexico is the first of “larger achievements to come”. The 19-year-old Pine Rivers Tri Sports Club member teamed with Matt Baker, Declan Wilson and Jaz Hedgeland to claim bronze for Australia in the junior elite mixed relay event. The Aussie foursome finished four seconds behind Great Britain and eight seconds behind winners Spain in the race held in Cozumel last month. “It was a memorable experience receiving my first ITU World Championship medal and share it alongside three fellow Aussies,” Malowiecki said. “This is certainly one my highest career achievements thus far, but I know there is much larger achievements to come.” Malowiecki had earlier placed 14th in the junior elite women individual race, to be Australia’s top finisher in the event. “I was disappointed with my overall performance but it was extreme conditions and unfortunately I couldn’t perform to my full potential on the day,” she said. Temperatures above 30 degrees and humidity of over 90 per cent, rather than race rivals, was the biggest barrier to succ-
Declan Wilson, Sophie Malowiecki, Jaz Hedgeland and Matt Baker celebrate medal success at the ITU Triathlon World Championships. Photo by Delly Carr.
ess for the athletes in Cozumel. “The conditions were tough; hot and humid,” said Malowiecki, who crashed her bike at the 2014 world titles and missed last year’s event through injury. “The bike course was on pavement that was really hard on your legs. It was also very technical and narrow roads.” Malowiecki was one of six triathletes who represented Australia in elite competition at the world championships who train or live in The Westerner area. Emma Jackson of Warner retired from the elite women’s race due to the effects of heat stroke. The 2012 Olympian described the very gruelling race “as the hottest race I have ever done”. Pine Rivers Tri Sports Club member Gillian Backhouse finished in 34th place in the same event.
Clubmate Matt Roberts was one of the 14 of 73 athletes who didn’t finish the under-23 men’s race. The Albany Creek resident, who was the best of the Australian racers coming out of the swim leg, suffered a nasty crash on the first of eight laps on the bike. Pine Rivers Tri Sports Club member Zoe Leahy finished the junior elite women race in 30th position. Her clubmate, 2014 Commonwealth Games representative Dan Wilson, announced his retirement from international triathlon competition after placing 22nd in the elite men’s race. Many of the Pine Rivers Tri Sports Club triathletes are coached by Stephen Moss, of Bunya. Malowiecki said it was good for her club “to be well represented at the highest level in the sport”.
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for them too. It gives those girls something to strive for. “It was pretty tough for both sports (to be removed from the Olympics), especially as any sort of exposure to baseball and softball is positive.” Four-time Australian Olympic softball representative Tanya Harding said her sport “definitely deserves its place on the Olympic stage.” “The Olympics is the pinnacle of our sport and I know it is a goal for many young Australian girls to represent their country at this elite level,” Harding said. “Olympic re-entry is an incredible opportunity for our national women’s team to again participate and excel in their chosen sport on the biggest competition stage in the world.” The Australian Spirit softball teams won four medals from four straight Olympic Games appearances from 1996 to 2008, collecting three bronze medals and one silver.
Name: Erin Zappia Club: North Brisbane Polo Bears Water Polo Club Team: Under 18s Position: Centre Back At what age did you start playing water polo and why did you choose this sport? At nine years old I was a competitive swimmer when my older sister started playing water polo. I thought it looked fun and I couldn’t wait to get in and play. What is your biggest achievement in water polo to date? Representing Queensland Under 16s at the Pan Pacific Games in New Zealand in July this year. What is your training programme? Training two nights a week with Polo Bears and two nights a week with Queensland Water Polo. What is your favourite/best water polo skill? I love playing the centre back position and keeping the ball out of the centre forward position. What is your pre-game routine? Land warm up with the team and loud music. What are the best things about your sport? Travelling with teams. Water polo has annual national events held all over Australia. I have travelled to Perth, Melbourne and Hobart playing water polo in the last three years and I have made some great friends doing this. Water polo is a great sport for swimmers who tire of following the black line. What are the attributes needed to be a good water polo player? Strong swimming skills, strength and fitness, teamwork and communication skills.
Baseball Australia CEO Brett Pickett said Australian baseball had a “great Olympic tradition”, having won a silver medal at the 2004 event in Athens. “Baseball participation numbers continues to grow at a grassroots level across Australia, and with baseball reinstated to the Olympics will provide a clear pathway for our best emerging talent,” Pickett said. Australia’s men’s baseball team, the Southern Thunder, is currently ranked 13th in the world.
The best things about my club. Polo Bears has provided me with so many opportunities and pathways to compete in the sport and I have met some terrific people along the way. It really is a club that tries to do the very best for its players. Who is your sporting idol? Eddie the Eagle – because he never gave up! What are your goals for sport? To always keep improving. What advice would you give to other people looking at playing your water polo? Enjoy it, have fun and play hard. It’s a tough sport. What are your three favourite sporting teams? The Hockeyroos, Aussie Stingers (water polo) and West Coast Eagles (AFL).
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