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Current owners for the last 20 years, Alan and Louise Sivkoff, have expanded the store’s traditional offerings to include household gas deliveries, a small nursery concentrating on premium herbs and vegetable seedlings including local org-

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Mt 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 identifi ed by the Federal Govern-ment’s Department of Communications.

But only fi ve per cent of affected communities are likely to benefi t from the Government’s Mobile Black Spot Programme.

The Government has pledged $100 million for telecommunications infrastruct-ure to boost mobile coverage in outer metropolitan, regional and remote Aust-ralia.

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

mobile phone equipment.Assessment for funding projects is

based on eight criteria including the size of the mobile coverage area and benefi t 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.”

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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 fi rst song I wrote… ‘Andy’, about a fi ctitious person called Andy. Uncanny isn’t it! I was six years old.The fi rst 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 Back-side’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 get-togethers, 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!

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CompetitionsCompetitionsDVD COMPETITIONMichael Kitchen returns to the screen for a fi nal 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 govern-mental relationships were delicately balanced, acclaimed novelist and screenwriter Anthony Horowitz concludes the acclaimed TV drama Foyle’s War with its ninth and fi nal 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.

BOOK COMPETITIONRalf the Giant Schnauzer was a small puppy with a big barking problem. He faced an uncertain future until he was rescued and moved from Tasmania to become one of the best-loved therapy dogs at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital. Ralf is Anne Crawford’s heart-warming and inspiring story about how the love of a good human can change a dog’s life – and how a loving dog can bring life and hope to those in need. Thanks to Allen & Unwin book publishers, The Westerner has three copies of Ralf (RRP $29.99) to give away. For your chance to win send name and contact details to: The Westerner Book competition, PO Box 5189, Brendale BC, 4500 or email lee@thewesterner.com.au, Attn: Book competition. Entries close 30 March.

The 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 open-graded 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 fi ne, 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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ing the road was a “total waste of time”. “People need to learn to drive on a

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From 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 grow-ing 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 co-founder 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 Bunn-ings 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

Pritchard said although not a certifi ed 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 offi cially opened on 23 March last year following “three years of disappointments” trying to fi nd 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 fi nd out more about the Hills Organic Garden go to www.facebook.com/HOGCommunityGarden

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Ferny Hills duo Kathi Hildebrand and Sue Pritchard at the Hills Organic Garden.

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Jazz 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 country’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.

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.

“It’s great that locals can have the opportunity to see some great local and nationally recognised talent,” 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 pre-paid at the restaurant before 26 March.

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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 break-ins at Warner, Albany Creek, Kallangur, Lawnton, Petrie, Brendale and Strathpine. Other offence locations included a break-in at Youngs Crossing Road at Joyner, where thieves stole a lawnmower, wall clocks, a computer and a portable air-conditioner. 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 fi rst meeting of the newly formed Neighbourhood Watch Queensland Community Advisory Comm-ittee was held on 14 March. Neighbour-hood 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 contin-ued 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, raffl es and giveaways.

POLICE BEAT

Kroy Day, left, has represented Australia in a competition for top paramedics from across the globe.

A local paramedic has tested his skills against some of the top emergency service personnel in the world.

Draper’s Kroy Day was part of a four-person team of Queensland ambulance offi cers 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 Day’s United Voice team placing 16th overall.

“While we didn’t take the actual overall competition we did do the best of all of the international teams, which in itself is in small feat,” Mr Day said.

The competition saw teams perform CPR throughout an obstacle course, with Mr Day noting the American outfi ts had a “distinct advantage” over visiting teams.

“America runs their emergency medical services predominantly through their fi re services and hence these competitions have a lot of fi re service skills which were just foreign to us,” he said.

“It was a very physical competition be-cause it involved a lot of fi re service skills

which aren’t normally paramedic skills, like rope work, harness work, ladder work.

“(The American teams) actually train for these competitions 12 months of the year and they specialise in them. We managed to equip ourselves pretty well, I think.”

A former army medic who has worked with the Queensland Ambulance Service for 25 years, Mr Day said last month’s trip abroad had re-enforced his view that local paramedics are world-class professionals.

“Within the competition scope we also managed to ride along with the emergency services in Baltimore to see how they work,” the 47-year-old said. “One of the things that we brought back from that is the skill set of Queensland paramedics really is, with respects to clinical service delivery, second to none in the world.”

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The North-side Omega Leo Club, a youth branch of the Samford Lions, is raising money to help underprivileged people abroad.

Omega Leo members, who come from Samford, Brisbane’s north side and as far away as Sunnybank, will travel overseas as part of its biggest project to date.

Money raised from the group’s fi rst Omega Twilight Markets on 28 March will support the landmark endeavour.

“This event will be supporting the Leo Club’s fi rst trip to a disadvantaged village in South East Asia where they will be donating household necessities and

giving guidance to the families that have gone through tough economic and env i ronmental struggles,” the group’s director Erin Cunningham said. “We will be personally trav-elling the items to the specifi ed country along-side a Lions Club that has multiple

strong connections overseas.”The Omega Twilight Markets will feature

around 30 unique food, homewares and lifestyle stalls, selling everything from gluten-free baked goods, wood-fi red pizzas and craft items, to natural handmade soaps, soy candles, henna art and face painting.

The markets are at John Scott Park, corn-er of Main and Station Streets, Samford Village on 28 March from 12pm to 6pm.

New markets support needy

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 qualifi ed 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 offi cial 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.

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They went to primary and high school together and now two academic high achievers from Samford are attend-

ing 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 Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarships of $30,000.

The former Samford State School stud-ents 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.

Samford students are top class

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

As we hurtle through space on this spinning globe, the daily struggles of life can feel like an ever-

increasing weight on your shoulders; your body struggling to stand as if gravity had suddenly increased fi ve-fold.

With the pressure building, you soon fi nd yourself looking for an escape from the hustle. A pillar of survival. Something or somewhere that can remove you from impending doom and put you on an ecliptic orbit out of the solar system.

Spinning towards eternity, a star sudd-enly shines through the cosmic pressures of life. Right there, out on the horizon… a

rock on Main Street is revealed.With proud owners Jamie McIntyre

and Jodie Johnson at the helm going on eight years, the Buzz Stop Espresso Bar is your fl oating rock in a galaxy of chaos. Its ‘moon,’ the YaYa Bar and Eatery, also comes into view most nights of the week.

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

to put her expertise on show for a home audience.

“It is a delight to fi nally put my heart on the plate for Samford locals,” Chloe says, explaining that her new menu contains a blend of infl uences 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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The 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.

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Taya Mathiesen, Georgia Hutchings, Rusty Russian and Bailey Dreise are the student leaders at Dayboro State School this year.

Ferny Hills State School Captains Fletcher Roles and Ella Hitchcock sit in between the school’s Vice Captains, Blake Rowden and Brooke Lichtnauer.

Patricks Road State School Vice Captains Rhys Nickerson and Rachel Beattie fl anked by School Captains Lara Carpendale and Tyler Carpendale.

Family ties for school leaders

When it came to selecting student leaders for the 2015 academic year, two Ferny Hills primary

schools opted to keep it in the family.Twins Tyler and Lara Carpendale have

created history by becoming the fi rst siblings to be school captains at Patricks Road State School.

At nearby Ferny Hills State School, cousins Blake Rowden and Ella Hitchcock are members of a four-person leadership

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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What is a mainstay for active urban transport in Europe is fast becoming the smart choice for

recreation and transport in Queensland. Electric bikes, or ‘pedelecs’, are bicycles

that are pedalled and assisted by electric power – up to 250 watts in addition to a rider’s own pedal power.

So what is often a hard, hilly ride is transformed into one that is fun and relatively easy and sweat-free.

Wights Mountain resident and owner of Electric Bikes Brisbane at Enoggera, Nick Willis, estimates that the bikes they have sold have saved nearly one million kilo-metres in car and public transport usage.

“With rising fuel and public transport costs more and more people are using electric bikes,” he said.

“From students to young couples, to families to seniors, people are replacing short car trips with their electric bike.

“They use them for commuting, shop-ping, outings, meetings, and also just to get some fun exercise.

“Electric bikes are legally classifi ed as a bicycle. This means that there is no need to register them or have a licence to ride them.”

Moreton Bay and Brisbane has more than 1100km of bikeways and paths and Nick is not surprised that power-assisted bicycles are featuring more and more.

“At a cost of less than 10 cents to charge, more and more Brisbane resi-dents are turning to electric bikes as a fun, cost effective way and healthy alter-native to using the car or taking public transport,” he said.

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It’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 fi rst 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 fi rst dedi-cated 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 fi rst one in the 1980s some time, a bike that an old fella didn’t want any-

more,” 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 fi nd 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 compet-ing in fi eld 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.

Creativity 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 life-drawing 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 bfi nch45@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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Indians ride west for Easter 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.

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rather dull, but when Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun,

he gets a little more action than he bargained for as a mix up with the Farmer, a caravan and a very steep hill leads them all to the Big City. Audiences will fl ock to cinemas from 26 March when the hilarious family fun of ‘Shaun the Sheep Movie’ opens through Studiocanal.

For your chance to win a ‘Shaun the Sheep’ prize of a family movie pass, drink bottle, stationery pack and drawstring bag, send your name and contact details to: Shaun the Sheep Competition, PO Box 5189, Brendale BC, 4500 before 26 March.

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The fi rst thing he noticed upon his return was the lack of after-hours and weekend physio services available. Many people complained about being unable to get in to a clinic on the day they wanted, often having to wait days to get to a private physio. It was practically impossible to get in on the weekend if you had an injury.

As a result Wayne decided to set up a seven-day physiotherapy service with guaranteed appointments on the day for

those patients in acute pain.Due to the popularity of this service,

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Epilepsy affects an estimated 94,000 Queensland children and adults.

Yet many people living with epilepsy face barriers due to lack of awareness or understanding about the world’s most common serious brain disorder.

You can help unmask the myths and mysteries surrounding epilepsy, which affects around 50 million worldwide.

Epilepsy Queensland Chairman and Cashmere resident Steve Eltis, pictured, is calling on the community to join thousands of other Queenslanders, businesses and schools to support the Purple Day for Epilepsy fundraiser on Thursday 26 March.

Epilepsy Queensland hopes to break previous records by raising more than $150,000 and reaching out to more people with epilepsy and their families.

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British rockers Uriah Heep will bring 46 years worth of classic rock songs to the Eatons Hill Hotel next week.

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It seems a waste of breath to criticise Liam Neeson (Taken) for playing Liam Neeson in every action fi lm. It works for him and audiences enjoy it. Neeson’s performance is on point in Run All Night; however, the fi lm 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 fi lm 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 fi lms.

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Author books visit to childhood haunt

Kylie 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

marriage – an “extraordinary love shackled in an ordinary life” – is “a story based fi rmly in reality”.

“Missing You begs the question: in the context of the challenges of modern marr-iage, 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 relat-ionships between fl awed characters and take the reader through two parallel stories; one of snippets of the past that led to the present-day confl ict, and another that details current events as they unfold,” Kaden said.

“I like the challenge of making up a con-fl ict or event, developing characters that would be most threatened by it and seeing how they react.”

Celtic fl avour for dance

Brisbane 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 fi ve-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 ‘sit-in’ 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.

Along 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 fi rst played in Australia on a six-date 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 fi rst Australian tour in 26 years in

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

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 fi rst western rock band to be invited by Glasnost... to play in Moscow,

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 fi nd 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 pass-ion and energy for our music

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.

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Before your current job, what were your previous occupations? I was a cook for directors in London and also ventured into the music business as a receptionist/tape librarian in a huge recording studio in London.

What do customers most appreciate about your services? I care for their

birds as if they were my own. They also like my fl exibility. I also have a pick-up and delivery service.

What is the best part of your job? Listening to the birds chattering togeth-er.

What advice would you give to anyone considering working with animals? Don’t do it unless you really care – it is a lot of work.

If you didn’t work in your current job, what job would you like to do? Any job to do with travelling.

How do you spend your spare time? Sittng down in the evening with my husband to have a couple of quiet drinks

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Giant 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 match-up against Capital 1 side Bayside United in convincing fashion.

Following a comfortable 5-1 win over Capital League 4 outfi t 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 fi rst 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, fast-fl owing 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.

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

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