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mobile phone equipment. Assessment for funding projects is based on eight criteria including the size of the mobile coverage area and benefit of services, cost to the Commonwealth and co-contributions from State Governments and local councils. Moreton Bay Regional Council is not one of the 33 Queensland councils committed to “in-principle co-contributions” to the Mobile Black Spot Programme. In determining projects to be funded, weighting is also given to ‘priority areas’ as nominated by Federal MPs, with Member for Longman Wyatt Roy choosing Mt Mee, Donnybrook and Bellthorpe “because of their volume of complaints”. Last month Mr Roy and Paul Fletcher, Parliamentary Secretary to Minister for Communications Malcolm Turnbull, visited Mt Mee to discuss with residents ways to improve mobile phone coverage. “Wyatt Roy has since advised that he will be pressing Telstra and Optus to make bids on behalf of Mt Mee,” local resident Ian Wells said. “But statistics tell us that all things being equal, our chances of a win are no better than one in 20.”

t Mee residents frustrated by poor mobile phone coverage are hoping their number will come up for improved telecommunications services. The mountain area is one of more than 6000 localities with poor or no mobile coverage identified by the Federal Government’s Department of Communications. But only five per cent of affected communities are likely to benefit from the Government’s Mobile Black Spot Programme. The Government has pledged $100 million for telecommunications infrastructure to boost mobile coverage in outer metropolitan, regional and remote Australia. The programme is only expected to fund between 250 and 300 new or upgraded mobile phone base stations around the country. Telecommunications providers have until 16 April to bid to provide services to thousands of black spot areas, and receive funding to subsidise the installation of

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Tanya is a country music artist and Golden Guitar award winner who will be performing at the Urban Country Music Festival at Caboolture in May. The best things about country music festivals… the fans, the kick-ass music, the fun and family atmosphere. The first song I wrote… ‘Andy’, about a fictitious person called Andy. Uncanny isn’t it! I was six years old. The first concert I attended… Other than something I was singing at, we drove down from Maryborough to see Cher at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre. A song lyric I wish I had written… “Don’t be afraid to cry, get down as far as you can go. Let the river rage on by and the wind blow. If you pay your dues in darkness you’ll appreciate the light. A deep down low makes level feel so high” – ‘Deep Down Low’ by Chely Wright. When I was young the job I wanted to do when I grew up… Singer/songwriter on a stage somewhere in the world. I didn’t always know how in hell I was going to accomplish that, so I did lots of “day jobs”. The best piece of advice I have been given… “The common denominator in a successful career is the song – not what you look like, how old you are or in some cases, even how well you sing, it’s always the song” – Mike Flanders, Aussie expat and my Nashville producer. My new single ‘Mischief (Your Backside’s Gonna Pay)’ is about… Life in a small town, bending the rules, and consequences. But there’s some insight into how important music was to me and mum used this as “leverage” to keep me on track. If I could invite any three people to dinner… Diana Gabaldon, Jeffrey Steele, Vince Gill. Something most people don’t know about me… I hate clothes shopping and I love spontaneity, impromptu gettogethers, Bundy Rum and camping. The actor who would play me in a movie about my life… You’d need a TV series not a movie and it would curl your hair! The Urban Country Music Festival, also featuring Lee Kernaghan, Beccy Cole, British India, Augie March, Cloud Control and The Sunny Cowgirls, is on at Caboolture from 1-3 May. Buy tickets at www.urbancountry.com.au

he Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) has announced that a section of Samford Road going over the Samford Range near Camp Mountain will be resurfaced this year. However, no date has been set for the upgrade. A TMR spokesperson said a timeframe was still being determined. The spokesperson also said an opengraded asphalt (OGA) would be used on the road, replacing the current stone mastic asphalt (SMA), which some local motorists believe is too slippery in wet weather. According to building and construction materials supplier Boral, OGA is a porous asphalt mix, which allows drainage of surface water for increased safety in wet weather. The issue of safety on the road between Samford Village and Ferny Hills came to a head last month when two serious crashes occurred within a week of one another. State Member for Ferny Grove Mark Furner believes the sooner the resurfacing is completed, the better. “We spoke to them (TMR) about the need to resurface the road and I’m pleased that’s going to occur,” he said. “They’re also going to look at the surface in terms of what’s causing these accidents.” A TMR spokesperson said stone mastic asphalt has distinct advantages as a road

surfacing material due to its potential for high resistance to fatigue and wear and tear. “Its use on roads has been thoroughly investigated. These investigations have indicated that SMA is a safe surface for Queensland roads,” they said. “TMR considers many factors when choosing the most appropriate surfacing for a given section of road. “An average of 11,000 vehicles use this stretch of (Samford) road daily and no fatalities have been recorded on this section of road in the past 14 years.” Statistics provided by TMR state that 13 crashes occurred between 1 January 2013 and 30 September 2014, resulting in the hospitalisation of 16 people. Samford’s Bob Dunn said the road has had issues with wet weather for years. “In normal times it’s fine, there’s no issue. However, when it is wet there’s been numerous accidents there,” he said. “To be honest, there’s nothing really evident that seems to be what’s creating the issues. Nothing looks out of place. It looks normal. “There just seems to be some issue in the wet and that’s been the story for many years.” But another local resident, who did not want their name published, said resurfac-

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Michael Kitchen returns to the screen for a final time as Detective Chief Superintendent Foyle, a man of scrupulous integrity who continues to be immersed in the dangerous world of espionage. Inspired by real events in the early Cold War, at a time when British political and foreign governmental relationships were delicately balanced, acclaimed novelist and screenwriter Anthony Horowitz concludes the acclaimed TV drama Foyle’s War with its ninth and final series. Thanks to RLJ Entertainment, The Westerner has three copies of Foyle’s War: Series Nine on DVD (RRP $39.99) to give away. For your chance to win tell us in which year did Foyle’s War premiere on television – 1992, 2002 or 2012? Send your answer along with your name and contact details to: The Westerner DVD Competition, PO Box 5189, Brendale BC, 4500 or email lee@thewesterner.com.au, Attn: DVD Competition. Entries close 30 March.

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Winners: Insurgent movie tickets: M. Smith (Samford Village), M. Griffiths (Warner), R. Gibbons (Samford), C. Balfour (Albany Creek), S. Potter (Warner), S. Gray (Samford Valley), M. Shirley (Warner), B. Fox (Clear Mountain), J. Levey (Warner), L. Green (Samford Valley); National 4x4 Outdoors Show and Fishing & Boating Expo tickets: K. Chappel (Ocean View), M. Ogden (Highvale), D. Mullins (Cashmere), R. Rogers (Warner), A. Venema (Bunya), N. McDonald (Warner), R. Herburg (Dayboro), B. Bowers (Bunya), C. Fong (Lawnton), J. Perrett (Cashmere); Modern Indian book: S. Granville (Mt Glorious); Turrwan book: H. Goleby (Armstrong Creek).

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rom little things, big things grow. One year ago this week a bunch of keen green thumbs from the Hills District dug in to start their own community garden. Community spirit has since been growing at the Hills Organic Garden at Bunya, bringing together members of the local community with refugees, school children and people with intellectual disabilities. Hills Organic Garden President and cofounder Kathi Hildebrand said the garden both promotes community engagement and teaches people how to grow their own healthy food. “A lot of people are really disappointed when they try it (growing their own fruit and vegetables); they don’t have the right sort of aspect or they don’t know much about the soil,” Mrs Hildebrand explains. “We’re not experts on it but you learn as you go and see what works and what doesn’t work, and it’s lots of fun sharing that with people who are also interested in the garden. “I’m passionate about getting people like children involved and we want all ages of the community involved. “One of my main desires is to be able to involve refugees and asylum seekers in the community, people who have come from countries where they have grown their own food.” Earlier this month male asylum seekers, some from Sri Lanka, were expected to lend a hand to build wicking beds at the garden, using materials supplied by Bunnings Warehouse. “If they live nearby they can continue with us. I’ve seen programs in community gardens that help people get through traumas in their lives,” Mrs Hildebrand said. The Hills Organic Garden Secretary Sue

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Pritchard said although not a certified organic site, the garden operates under the principles of organic gardening, with no pesticides or chemicals used. She said around 25 garden members share in a bounty of fruit and vegetables. The garden was officially opened on 23 March last year following “three years of disappointments” trying to find a suitable site. Mrs Hildebrand said local Moreton Bay Region councillor Brian Battersby (Division 10) had “fought very hard” to secure the Bunya Road site, a former farm, for the community garden. To find out more about the Hills Organic Garden go to www.facebook.com/HOG CommunityGarden

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POLICE BEAT Break and enters, Pine Rivers: A total of 38 break and enter offences were reported to Pine Rivers Police during the fortnight ending 13 March. Bray Park had the greatest number of incidents, with six offences, while there were multiple breakins at Warner, Albany Creek, Kallangur, Lawnton, Petrie, Brendale and Strathpine. Other offence locations included a breakin at Youngs Crossing Road at Joyner, where thieves stole a lawnmower, wall clocks, a computer and a portable airconditioner. The thieves made their entry to the house by pulling a security screen out of a window. Bank cards, a handbag, purse, wallet and mobile phone were stolen when offenders entered a home at Ocean View Road at Ocean View after jemmying a window frame of a garage window then reaching in to unlock a window lock. Unlawful use of motor vehicle, Pine Rivers: Over the past fortnight Pine Rivers Police received reports that 13 vehicles had been stolen. Two vehicles and a trailer were stolen from Brendale in separate incidents, while vehicles were stolen from Ferrari Street and Hansen Drive, both at Lawnton. A thief took a chance to steal a refrigerated truck, which the driver had left running and with the door open and keys in the ignition, from Warner Road West at Warner on 5 March. The truck, one excavator and four of 11 stolen vehicles have been recovered.

New committee for Neighbourhood Watch Queensland: The first meeting of the newly formed Neighbourhood Watch Queensland Community Advisory Committee was held on 14 March. Neighbourhood Watch members representing each of the 15 police districts met to discuss the future strategic direction of the program, the values and aims of the organisation and a view to making the program more contemporary. The continued use of social media as a platform to engage the community was also discussed. For more information on Neighbourhood Watch, or to join, visit www.nhwq.org Neighbourhood Watch Strathpine to celebrate Neighbour Day: Come along and support a local Neighbourhood Watch at its Neighbour Day event at Douglas Park, Strathpine on 29 March from 9am to 12pm. The day will feature a car boot sale, BBQ, free jumping castle, raffles and giveaways.

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local paramedic has tested his skills against some of the top emergency service personnel in the world. Draperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kroy Day was part of a fourperson team of Queensland ambulance officers that represented Australia at the Journal of Emergency Medical Services Games in Baltimore, USA. The competition featured 20 teams from USA plus one team each from Australia, England and New Zealand, with Mr Dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s United Voice team placing 16th overall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take the actual overall competition we did do the best of all of the international teams, which in itself is in small feat,â&#x20AC;? Mr Day said. The competition saw teams perform CPR throughout an obstacle course, with Mr Day noting the American outfits had a â&#x20AC;&#x153;distinct advantageâ&#x20AC;? over visiting teams. â&#x20AC;&#x153;America runs their emergency medical services predominantly through their fire services and hence these competitions have a lot of fire service skills which were just foreign to us,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a very physical competition because it involved a lot of fire service skills

Samford in tune for jazz music

azz music and good food will be on the menu at a well known Samford Village restaurant on 29 March. Local restaurateur Steve Cowley is hosting a mini jazz festival at his historic Samford Homestead Restaurant. The event will be headlined by Brisbane Jazz Club and jazz festival regular Ewan MacKenzie, one of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premier exponents of the Django Reinhardt style of guitar, joined on the bandstand by violinist Jan van Dijk, guitarist Miranda Deutsch and bassist Rick Caskey.

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Mr Cowley said saxophonist Michael Hall and the Curley Mike Quartet would also perform, along with Samford musicians Rob Reeves, Jonothan Shelley and Gary Cramb, with vocalist Nora Sahak Lawrie. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great that locals can have the opportunity to see some great local and nationally recognised talent,â&#x20AC;? he said. The music will play from 12 noon to 4pm at the Samford Homestead Restaurant, 20 Main Street, Samford Village on 29 March. Tickets are $25 at the door or $20 prepaid at the restaurant before 26 March.

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New national equine facility opens at Old Mill Dayboro When you think of national-standard equine facilities, you probably don’t immediately think of Dayboro. But Dr Slade Walker, pictured, and the Old Mill Animal Hospital team have changed that, with the unveiling of their new Australian Centre for Equine Dentistry. When you drive past the big brown barn of the Old Mill Animal Hospital you’ll notice the stunning new stable-style development, which houses the Australian Centre for Equine Dentistry. The building boasts permanent stocks, luxurious stables, yards and surgical facilities. This new facility is a coup for the Moreton Bay region, and further emphasises Dr Walker’s commitment to bringing the highest standard of veterinary expertise to the region. It is quickly becoming the home of general, advanced and referral Equine Dentistry services in Queensland. With Dr Walker being one of the most qualified and experienced Equine Dentists in Australia, and soon to be one of only three Equine Dentistry Diplomats in Australia, it was only a matter of time before his dream of creating a fully-equipped specialist centre was realised. “Dentistry is something that can

really make or break a horse’s performance. Whether it’s a lead pony for the kids in the backyard, or an elite equine athlete, their health and happiness depends largely on a perfectly healthy mouth,” Dr Walker said. “The old saying of ‘no teeth, no horse’ really rings true. There is no better feeling than seeing a horse’s whole demeanour change with correct dentistry and a pain-free mouth”. Dr Walker performs equine dental care on a daily basis, as well as all advanced procedures and referrals from other general practice veterinarians. The official opening of the Australian Centre for Equine Dentistry (ACED) is on Sunday 29 March and the team is hosting stable tours, video displays of procedures, as well as offering heaps of great giveaways. To celebrate the opening of ACED, The Great Dayboro Pet Day is once again being held in the grounds of the Old Mill Animal Hospital on Mt Mee Road on 29 March from 10am to 1pm. The day is all about celebrating pets in the region, including a Best Dressed Pet competition, petting zoo and animal-themed face painting, as well as tours of the new ACED facility. All proceeds from the day go to the Dayboro Community Kindy. www.thewesterner.com.au

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From Samford State School to QUT, learning has always been a passion for Lizzy Johnston and Max Crane.

hey went to primary and high school together and now two academic high achievers from Samford are attending the same university under prestigious tertiary scholarships. Highvale’s Lizzy Johnston and Samford Village’s Max Crane have commenced studies at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) after both received ViceChancellor’s Scholarships of $30,000. The former Samford State School students both went on to study at Ferny Grove State High School, each graduating last year with OP1 tertiary entrance scores. Ms Johnston, 17, who was Dux of Ferny Grove High and is studying nutrition and dietetics at QUT, was “ecstatic, very excited and happy” to be named as one of the top 26 academic achievers in the state. Eatons Hill resident and Bray Park State High School graduate Mitchell Quinn was also presented with a QCE Distinguished Academic Achiever Award at a ceremony hosted by the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority last month.

“What everyone (award recipient) has is common is they have an OP1 and all got an A on the QCS (Queensland Core Skills) test as well as 20 semesters at a VHA (Very High Achievement) standard,” Ms Johnston said. “My goal was just to do the best I could. I always put in my best and my best

happened to be pretty good, I suppose.” For Mr Crane, a law student, the secret to his scholastic prowess is “a mix of enjoyment of working and working hard”. “I think enjoying study is the key to success. I think it’s hard to be successful if you don’t enjoy what you’re doing,” the 18-year-old said. “Heaps of people are academically minded but you still have to work hard to get the results.” Ms Johnston, who received the highest possible total of 99.95 from the Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank, said her “little mantra” for success at high school was to “study smarter, not harder”. “Instead of just putting in all the hours be more organised and manage your time well to assist in what you study,” she said. Samford violinist Bethany Allen is studying a Bachelor of Music at the University of Queensland after being awarded two scholarships, including the Howard and Gladys Sleath Scholarship for an outstanding audition on a stringed instrument.

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With new head chef and Samford local, the award-winning Chloe Donaldson joining the team, the food is a culinary supernova waiting for you to happen. With over a decade of training in kitchens, both local and Michelin Star awarded abroad, the 2014 Apprentice of the Year is excited

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he local community has dug deep to support the Leukaemia Foundation and its iconic World’s Greatest Shave fundraiser. Shave events were held around Eatons Hill, Cashmere, Albany Creek Samford and Strathpine last weekend. The fundraising efforts will help to support people like Nat Andrea of Albany Creek, who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma last year. Some of her family and friends, including fellow Albany Creek local Christine Blanchard, pictured, lost or coloured their hair to help raise around $20,000 at a World’s Greatest Shave event at Eatons Hill Hotel on Sunday. You can still sponsor participants at www.worldsgreatestshave.com to put her expertise on show for a home audience. “It is a delight to finally put my heart on the plate for Samford locals,” Chloe says, explaining that her new menu contains a blend of influences from across her career. Flanked by the talented Chris Byron and French-trained patisserie-expert Isaac Holmyard, why not let Buzz and YaYa capture you into orbit? With a wide selection of specially made drinks – hot, cold, alcoholic or not – and moreish meals cooked to perfection, Buzz Stop and YaYa Bar are an experience to behold at 37 Main Street, Samford Village. Open for breakfast and lunch seven days, with dinner ‘til late Wednesday to Sunday.

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team of Year 6 students. Keep reading The Westerner to see photos of the school leaders for Eatons Hill, Mt Samson, Albany Hills, Samford, Mt Nebo and Strathpine West State Schools. The student leaders of Good Shepherd Christian School, Genesis Christian College and Bray Park, Pine Rivers, Albany Creek and Ferny Grove State High Schools will also be featured in upcoming editions of the paper.

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t’s said that absence makes the heart grow fonder – and that is certainly the case for enthusiasts of a famous motorcycle brand. During the 1910s, Indian was the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer. In the 1960s, New Zealand’s Burt Munro set numerous land speed records on an Indian machine, as dramatised in the 2005 movie The World’s Fastest Indian. Despite being one of the most popular American motorcycle makes in the first half of the 1900s, the company went bankrupt in the early-1950s. Yet the popularity of Indian two-wheelers remained, so much so that the first dedicated Indian motorcycle museum in the southern hemisphere opened at Geebung in Brisbane last year. The Indian legacy also lives on through fanatics such as Rob Patrick from Brendale. “I got my first one in the 1980s some time, a bike that an old fella didn’t want anymore,” he says. “I bought an army Indian from the Second World War and I had an old army Harley Davidson at the same time, both made for the united (armed) services.” Chairman of the Indian branch of the Historical Motorcycle Club of Queensland, Mr Patrick, pictured, is quite surprised at the size of the community of Indian enthusiasts “because they’re a rarer kind of motorcycle”. “They’re a big American motorcycle (brand) but they’re a lot rarer because they haven’t been made since 1953, when the company went broke,” he said. “They were quite not liked for a number of years because once the company folded you couldn’t get parts, so a lot of them were just dumped. “I thought that they all would have been thrown away but most people just put them in the back of their shed and hope that one day they find the missing part they need to get them going again. “A lot of the members of our club will have multiple motorbikes – they might own an English bike or rare bikes made in Denmark or Dutch machines or German stuff – but they all seem to love the Indians.” Indian enthusiasts from as far away as Rockhampton, Roma and New South Wales will gather at the Samford Showgrounds at Highvale over the Easter long weekend for the Queensland All-Indian Motorcycle Rally. The general public can get up close to see Indians on display, as well as bikes competing in field events, at the showgrounds from 9am to 11am on 5 April. Motorcyclists will ride around the district over the long weekend including planned road trips to Mt Glorious, Samford Historical Museum, and the new home of the Pine Rivers branch of the Historical Motorcycle Club at Old Petrie Town. Phone 0417 649 631.

Paintings by Billeen Finch, Gabrielle Maloney, Margaret Turner, Pam Taylor and Marion Cornwell, front, will feature in an art show at Samford Village over Easter.

Art a religion for Samford‛s Easter creatives

reativity and community goes hand in hand at Samford at Easter. Proceeds from an art show being held at Samford Village over the Easter long weekend will help the local Lions Club support projects in the district. The work of almost 20 artists featured in the Samford Artworks Easter Exhibition, including paintings, jewellery and wood sculptures, will be on show from 4-6 April. Local artists who have contributed to the exhibition include Wights Mountain’s Marion Cornwell, Samford’s Billeen Finch, Gabrielle Maloney, Lynn Norris and Molly Mason, and Camp Mountain’s Pamela Taylor. Finch and Norris have previously had exhibitions in Brisbane, while master pastellist Margaret Turner from The Gap has had her works featured in galleries in Brisbane and Canberra. The collection of works in the Easter exhibition had its genesis in monthly art classes hosted by the Samford Artworks group. Budding artists travel from as far away as Somerset Dam to receive tutelage from

professionals in oil, acrylic and pastel painting and mixed media. Samford Artworks member Marion Cornwell said the workshops, held at the Old Catholic Church in Samford Village, allowed both experienced painters and beginners to “come along to paint and learn with like-minded people”. Samford Artworks also organises lifedrawing sessions once a month in the same venue. The Samford Artworks Easter Exhibition will be held at the Samford Farmers Hall, corner of Main Street and Cash Avenue North, Samford Village. The exhibition is open on Saturday 4 April from 9am to 8pm, on Easter Sunday from 12pm to 5pm, and on 6 April from 9am to 5pm. Entry is by donation. For more information about the Samford Artworks painting workshops contact Billeen Finch on 3289 1863 or email bfinch45@bigpond.com To learn more about the group’s life drawing sessions contact Janna Quarantotto by phone on 3285 1083 or by email to jquarantotto@bigpond.com

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Run All Night It seems a waste of breath to criticise Liam Neeson (Taken) for playing Liam Neeson in every action film. It works for him and audiences enjoy it. Neeson’s performance is on point in Run All Night; however, the film as a whole fails to impress. It follows Jimmy ‘The Gravedigger’ Conlon (Neeson), a former hit man for some New York mobsters who now drinks away his days, trying to forget the people he has killed during his career. With his wife gone and his son estranged, Jimmy’s only refuge is the local pub run by his former boss, Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris), who is now trying to be a legitimate businessman after years of peddling cocaine. Shawn’s son Danny (Boyd Holbrook) is trying to keep the traditional Maguire family business alive, though. He sets up a doomed meeting with some Albanian drug dealers, which later leads to the shooting death of the Albanians at the hands of Danny. Due to some brilliant coincidences, Jimmy’s son Mike (Joel Kinnaman) witnesses the killing and becomes the subsequent target of Danny. With perfect timing, Jimmy kills Shawn’s son to defend his own. Shawn vows revenge. We all know what happens next. The notion that loyalty and honour dictates you must hunt down and kill the man who protected his family from your murderous, drug-addicted son seems a bit silly. But don’t let common sense get in the way of a man and his “honour”. Run All Night is all about manliness: sweeping zooms, random lightning strikes every so often (just in case you didn’t realise, Jimmy is an oncoming storm), the lack of any part for a woman that doesn’t involve running from a bad guy and looking worried. The film is fairly basic in its plot but this does not do it any favours. The familiar broken family reuniting story between Jimmy and Mike is ridiculous at best in the context it’s presented. To the movie’s credit, there are some great action scenes; the car chase was probably the most impressive out of them all. It was also enjoyable watching Neeson outrun the entire New York City police force. The contract killer played by Common was also a fun addition. Run All Night director Jaume Collet-Serra takes Neeson’s beaten down character from Non-Stop, which he also directed, to the extreme, but in doing so makes his redemption all the more inconceivable. At the heart of it, Jimmy is a cold-blooded murderer. Because of this, the familiar story arcs do not work as well as they usually do in these types of action films. 5/10

ylie Kaden has fond memories of riding her bike from her childhood home to the nearby Arana Hills Library, then returning home “with a wicker basket brimming with books”. “A picture of me (appeared) in the Hills Echo (newspaper)... in 1978, when both the library and I were celebrating turning two, so I probably had my eye on the free cake rather than dreaming of having my own book on the shelf,” Kaden recalls. Now the author, pictured, who grew up at Samford Valley and Arana Hills, will return to the library on 30 March to launch her second and latest novel, Missing You. Kaden says Missing You, a love story and suspense novel based around the disappearance of a boy and a disintegrating

long with Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath they were one of the biggest hard rock bands of the 1970s, selling over 40 million records. Their classic albums such as Salisbury, Demons and Wizards, Return to Fantasy and The Magician’s Birthday all hit the top 30 of the Australian charts. But after Uriah Heep first played in Australia on a sixdate tour in 1974, including a gig with a new group called Cold Chisel, almost 40 years passed before the English rockers returned to Brisbane. “We were more than willing to come out there – we love Australia – but the promoters just didn’t invite us over,” Uriah Heep guitarist and founding member Mick Box explains. Almost four years to the day that Uriah Heep last played in Brisbane, they will perform at the Eatons Hill Hotel in promotion of their 24th studio and latest album, Outsider. “It was unbelievable, a fantastic reaction all the way around,” Box says of the band’s first Australian tour in 26 years in

marriage – an “extraordinary love shackled in an ordinary life” – is “a story based firmly in reality”. “Missing You begs the question: in the context of the challenges of modern marriage, does love conquer all?,” she said. Missing You, out 1 April, has hallmarks similar to Kaden’s debut novel, Losing Kate. “Both untangle the complexities of relationships between flawed characters and take the reader through two parallel stories; one of snippets of the past that led to the present-day conflict, and another that details current events as they unfold,” Kaden said. “I like the challenge of making up a conflict or event, developing characters that would be most threatened by it and seeing how they react.”

2011. “Hopefully this will be a snowball effect whereby we’ll be coming out more frequently.” Uriah Heep has performed in a total of 58 countries – from Indonesia to

risbane act Celtic Fusion will headline an evening of Celtic music, dancing and feasting at Mt Mee Public Hall next week. As well as the popular five-piece band, pictured, the evening will feature professional callers to help novices through the folk dances and a piper serenading courting couples at their tables, while enjoying food delicacies such as toasted haggis. The night will conclude with a ‘sitin’ jam session of pipes and other Celtic instruments. Doors for the event at the Mt Mee Public Hall on 28 March open at 6pm. Tickets cost $25 per person. For bookings phone Kay on 5498 2104 or Denton on 3425 3049.

when (Soviet leader Mikhail) Gorbachev and (US President Ronald) Reagan were in discussions. We went over there and played to 180,000 people,” Box recalls. “What you’re taught in school about the Russians, you never thought you’d ever get the chance to go there, let alone go there to play your music and find out that your music is part of their folklore.” Box explains the secret to his band’s longevity – 46 years and counting – is “passion”. “We’ve got the same passion and energy for our music British rockers Uriah Heep will bring 46 years worth of classic rock songs to the Eatons Hill Hotel next week.

India, Iceland to Israel, Brazil to Bosnia, South Korea to South Africa – but Box says playing in the USSR in 1987 takes the cake. “We were the first western rock band to be invited by Glasnost... to play in Moscow,

that we’ve always had, and that’s the driving force,” he said. “If something starts as a hobby and then becomes your career and you love it and you travel the world with it, what a fantastic job you’ve got. We’re very grateful for it.” Uriah Heep performs at the Eatons Hill Hotel on 26 March. www.thewesterner.com.au

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Positions vacant Brisbane Bus Lines Driver Opportunities Seeking casual bus & coach drivers for Dayboro, Samford & Enoggera Depots. Positions offer 20 – 30 hrs / wk, Split Shifts, OT weekend & public holiday work available. Applicants must have a current QLD drivers authorisation and drivers license class MR or higher (HR preferred) Email resume to hr@brisbanebuslines.com.au or post to PO Box 141, Alderley QLD 4051

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Psychic readings MEDITATION & PSYCHIC DEVELOPMENT CLASSES: Mondays 7pm. Tuesdays 10am. Cashmere. Ph 0419 888 140 or 3882 5834.

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SELF CONTAINED 1 BEDROOM COTTAGE: Air-conditioned, large covered deck, private setting amongst trees on peaceful 5 acres. $250/ week. 5km from Samford. Ph 0437 556 515.

Services A&B FENCING: All types of fencing. Jobs up to $27,500. Phone Alan on 0407 696 647.

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Pine Hills football coach Roger Hardwicke and captain Jarrod Hinvest hope to translate the Pythons’ good FFA Cup form to its league competition.

Giant killer Pythons set to strike again

iant killers the Pine Hills Pythons will be shooting for another prized scalp as Australia’s premier knock-out football competition continues. Having already toppled the city’s top club side, Pine Hills will hope to upstage another higher ranked opponent during a second trip east to Brisbane’s bayside district. The Capital League 2 team has advanced to next month’s Round 4 FFA Cup matchup against Capital 1 side Bayside United in convincing fashion. Following a comfortable 5-1 win over Capital League 4 outfit Greenbank, Pine Hills then turned giant killers by toppling reigning Brisbane Premier League champions Wolves. A Lewis Dent goal proved the difference in a 1-0 win at Wynnum against a side ranked two divisions higher than the Bunya-based Pythons. “No matter who we play we always go out with a game plan to try and win the game,” new Pine Hills coach Roger Hardwicke said. “We were lucky enough that we got an early goal in the first 10 minutes, a well taken goal. Wolves, despite the fact that they have lost a few players, are still a quality side but our defensive work was superb. “We defended really well and worked really hard and the one or two times that they managed to get behind us our goalkeeper (Christian Armansin) stepped up and did the business as well.” Pine Hills President John Easley rated the victory against Wolves as one of the club’s best during his 31 years at the club. However, the main focus for Hardwicke, who won three league titles with Kawana on the Sunshine Coast, is returning Pine Hills to the Capital League 1 competition following its relegation after an unsuccessful 2014 campaign. He said his players had bought into his vision of Pine Hills playing “insightful, fastflowing attacking football”. “The players seem to have embraced the new style of coaching and philosophy, which came to fruition in that Cup match,” Hardwicke said. “At the moment the players seem to be enjoying the challenge of a new coach.” A total of 648 clubs, including the ten A-League sides, are competing in the FFA Cup knock-out competition, which was introduced last year. Albany Creek Excelsior and Pine Rivers United remain alive in the FFA Cup, following wins over Jimboomba United and Samford Rangers last week. Next Albany Creek plays at Mitchelton while Pine Rivers hosts Southside Eagles. www.thewesterner.com.au

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