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THE idea of pulling the duvet around you and staying in your warm bed has probably beenrather appealing on our recent cool mornings. However, most of us at least have the option ofdoing just that or alternatively leaping out of bed to attack the new day. Others are not sofortunate and don’t have any choice in the matter. On World Stay in Bed Day, Sunday 25th

Raising awareness for World Stay In Bed Day are L to R Paul & Jenny Butler, Gwen & Gary Devenish and on left front Norah Lilley and right front Jeff Lilley. Many thanks toJohn Roberts from Sleeptite Bedding who was keen to help out with the cause to find a cure for Mitochondrial Disease and provided the bedding in this photo.

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September, you are encouraged to raise money by being sponsored to stay in bed untilmidday. It’s all for a very good cause – to raise funds for research into mitochondrial disease,a debilitating, incurable genetic disorder that robs the body’s cells of energy and can lead tomultiple organ dysfunction or failure and potentially death. Continued on Page 2

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You will be supporting people who don’t have achoice about being bed ridden: people withmitochondrial disease need your help now to find acure to get them out of bed.Mitochondrial disease affects up to 1 in 250 people;many show the symptoms but remain undiagnosedor misdiagnosed, or they are at risk of developingthe disease and passing it on to their children.To make a donation or to register your support, goto www.stayinbedday.org. Think about hosting apyjama party or ‘bedin’ or spread the word byposting photos of yourself in your PJs, tweet using#stayinbedday, or join the conversation atwww.facebook.com/stayinbedday.All funds raised by participants will go towardsvital research into treatments and a cure. Thanks toprevious Stay in Bed Days, the Australian Mito-chondrial Disease Foundation has already fundedthree PhD research projects and a fourth is in the

pipeline.A successful Australianinitiative that began in2009, Stay in Bed Daytakes our laid-back,generous attitude to theworld for the first timethis year and rounds offGlobalMitochondrial DiseaseAwareness Week from18-24 September.Please visitwww.gmdaw.org to findout about the eventsthat will take placeduring the week and seehow you can getinvolved!!

THERE are some suggestions that theidea of Father’s Day may originate inpagan sun worship. Some branches ofpaganism see the sun as the father ofthe universe. Father’s Day in Australiaalways occurs on the first Sunday ofSeptember (although in some countriesit is on the third Sunday of June, whichis close to the June solstice.)The idea of a special day to honour fa-thers and celebrate fatherhood was in-troduced from the United States. Awoman called Sonora Smart Dodd wasinspired by the American Mother’s Daycelebrations and planned a day tohonour fathers early in the 20th cen-tury.The first Father’s Day was celebratedin Spokane, Washington on June 19,1910. Father’s Day has become increas-

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CELEBRATE spring at Corbould ParkRacecourse, Caloundra on Sunday, 25September at the Bloomhill Race Day.The 9th annual Race Day, as always,will be filled with fashion, fun, a fullrace schedule and lots of prizes, andis a major fundraising event forBloomhill Cancer Help.The Bloomhill Race Day coordinator,Gail Lamb said, “We are so gratefulfor the incredible support andgenerosity we have received from ourRace Day Sponsors.They have played a big part inmaking this day a success.”Tickets to the event start from $65 forentry to the Champagne Gardens and$90 per person or $900 per table in theFavourites Room.In the Champagne Gardens, you willenjoy a sumptuous buffet lunch asyou enjoy the race day activities.From the Favourites Room, you willbe treated with champagne on arrival,delicious luncheon and panoramicviews of the racetrack.

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ingly popular throughout NorthAmerica and other parts of the worldover the years.On Father’s Day many people make aspecial effort for their fathers or fatherfigures. The day is a relatively modernholiday, so different families have dif-ferent traditions. These can range froma simple phone call or greetings card tolarge parties honouring all father fig-ures in an extended family.So it is a day for people to show theirappreciation for fathers and father fig-ures. On Sunday, September 4 familieswill gather to celebrate with a day outin the park, at the movies or a good old-fashioned BBQ.Check you local calendar for Father’sDay charity activities, such as fun runsto raise money for a good cause.

Bloomhill Race Day“Bloomhill Race Day is a great excuseto catch up with friends whilesupporting this worthy cause,” Gailsaid.“This event is always a fabulous daywith lots of prizes, a chance to bid inthe memorabilia action and Fashionson the Field,” Gail said.Bloomhill Cancer Help is a not forprofit organisation and relies ondonations and fundraising throughevents such as the Bloomhill RaceDay. Continued support will ensurethey can provide ongoing support tothose affected by cancer and theirfamilies throughout the SunshineCoast region. Operated by a dedi-cated team of staff and hundreds ofvolunteers, Bloomhill provides arange of services and complimentarytherapies, transport to appointments,massage and counselling.If you would like to book tickets,donate auction or raffle items for thisworthy cause call Gail at the BloomhillCancer Help Centre on (07) 5445 5794.

Brain FodderTommo want s a tattoo on his arm. There are only two tattooists in the townwhere he lives and Tommo visits both before deciding which one to use. Thefirst one shows him a recent tattoo of a tiger on his shoulder. Tommo is notimpressed, either by the tattoo or by the state of the studio. He goes to theother tattooist down the street. This one has a recent tattoo on his backwhich he is happy to show Tommo. Tommo is suitably impressed and decideshe would like a similar one. Why then does Tommo return to the first tattooistto get the job done?

Answer: There are only two tattooists in the town so it is reasonable toassume they do work on each other. As he liked the second tattoo, hededuced it must have been done by the first tattooist.

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FIONA Simpson MP, Member for Maroochydorewas delighted to present Bill Dethlefs with acertificate and long-service medal in recognition ofhis 50 years of service as a Justice of the Peace.“I commend all JP’s for their valuable service to ourcommunity,” Ms Simpson said. “Mr Dethlefs hasbeen providing this service for half a century, withis really an amazing achievement”. I am happy toassist anyone interested in applying for admissionas a Justice of the Peace or a Commissioner ofDeclarations. An application form can be down-loaded from my website http://www.fionasimpson.com.au/OnlineOffice.aspx#jp orpicked up from my office. For more information,please call 5443 7995.

AUSTRALIA’S peakaged care consumerorganisation COTA Aus-tralia said the Productiv-ity Commission’s final re-port, Caring for OlderAustralians, lays a solidfoundation for a betterfuture for seniors.COTA Chief Executive IanYates said the final reportleaves no room for doubtabout the need for longawaited reform ofAustralia’s aged care

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system.“Many older Australiansknow too well the difficul-ties of accessing care ser-vices through a rigid sys-tem which fails to meettheir needs,” Mr Yatessaid. “Older Australians wantand need appropriate andtimely support to live outtheir lives in a manner oftheir choosing and formost people that meanssupport and care at home

for as long as possible.“This report provides asound starting point forchanging the way ser-vices are delivered in theshort term and well intothe future.“The introduction of a fairfunding structure will en-sure the system worksand can be sustained toaddress the growingneeds of our ageing popu-lation with governmentstill paying the bulk of the

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condition known as goitre?8. In the TV series Get Smart, what number

agent was Maxwell Smart’s partner?9. Where in Australia is Cameron’s Corner?10. In Greek mythology, who had winged

sandals?11. According to the song, which Irish town is it

a long way to?12. How many species of penguin inhabit the

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CALOUNDRA Family History Research held its An-nual General Meeting on Thursday the 18th Augustand a new Committee was welcomed for the forth-coming year. Outgoing President, Jocelyn Morganmade a presentation to our Patron, State Member forCaloundra Mr Mark McArdle as a small token of hisconsiderable and valued support during the past year.She also acknowledged the significant contributionby numerous members to the successful operation ofthe group. On behalf of the group, Mr Mc Ardle thenpresented Loyalty Awards to Pam Scanlan, Betty Dozziand Graeme Sloan, in recognition of their member-ship of 10 years. Jocelyn herself also received a gift,in acknowledgement of her retirement as President,after three years in the position.Later in the proceedings, the inaugural Lorrie BarzdoWriters Award was presented by Lorrie’s husband,Mr Richard Barzdo to Geoff Kelly, a worthy winner,for his article “The Elusive William Kelly”. The judg-ing panel had a difficult task in choosing a winnerfrom so many entries of quality. This annual award,made possible by Lorrie’s generosity prior to her un-timely passing early this year, encourages membersto write an article for posterity, in keeping with theirfamily history research and findings.At the next general meeting, on the 15th September,the group will have Mr Les McFadzen, the immediatepast president of History Queensland, giving a talkon The History of Migration in Australia. As with allgeneral meetings, members and visitors are welcome.The group’s rooms and library are open for researchevery Saturday and the third Thursday of the month,from 9.30am to 12.30pm. Every other Thursday of themonth the rooms are open for the full day, from 9.30amto 4.00pm.Specialist interest groups meet for a couple of hourseach month at the following times...Scotland first Saturday at 10am; Germany first Thurs-day at 1pm; Ireland third Thursday at 11am; England& Wales fourth Thursday at 1pm.All activities conducted by the group, including gen-eral meetings with guest speakers (1.30pm to 4pm onthird Thursday each month) are held at the Guide Hutin Arthur Street, Caloundra. Enquiries for all events,including meetings, research and specialist groupsare welcomed by contacting Valerie on 5437 3879 orRoz on 5493 1197. The group can also be contactedby email at [email protected]

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THE Minister for Broadband, Commu-nications and the Digital Economy,Senator Stephen Conroy, has urged re-gional Queenslanders to be aware thatmore than half a million households willmake the switch to digital only, free-to-air television by 6 December this year.“It is now less than six months untilthese households will be digital-onlyand I want to ensure all Queenslandersin regional areas are ready for the switchover,” Senator Conroy said. “To assistwith this, my department has launchedan advertising and awareness cam-paign which will include radio and tele-vision adverts across regionalQueensland.” Senator Conroy said thecampaign aims to make people awareof all aspects of the digital switchoverincluding the Household AssistanceScheme to support the most vulnerablein the community, the Satellite SubsidyScheme for households in communitieswhere a local self-help facility is notbeing upgraded to digital to convert tothe new VAST satellite service. “I wantto ensure all people, and in particularthe most vulnerable in our community,not only have access to digital televi-sion but also the information they re-quire to make the switchover as simpleas possible,” Senator Conroy said.“The Household Assistance Scheme isbeing made available now across re-

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gional Queensland to provide practicalhelp to the most vulnerable in the com-munity to make the switch to digital TVthrough the supply and installation ofa high definition set top box at no costto eligible recipients. “The DigitalSwitchover Taskforce has been on theground in regional Queensland engag-ing with communities to ensure theyare aware of what they need to do tomake sure they enjoy the benefits ofdigital only television, including im-proved picture and sound quality andgreater program choice with access tonew digital channels,” he said. “Thereis also a dedicated Digital SwitchoverLiaison Officer in each of the Wide Bay,Capricornia, Darling Downs, CentralCoast and Whitsundays, NorthQueensland and Far North Queenslandswitchover regions who will work at alocal level to ensure their community isready for digital only television, andraise awareness of the support and as-sistance.“Broadcasters are also supporting theswitchover, rolling out new digital TVtransmitters to improve the quality ofdigital TV reception throughout theswitchover regions.” Further informa-tion on digital switchover in RegionalQueensland is available fromwww.digitalready.gov.au or by calling1800 20 10 13.

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The 2011 Older People Speak Out(OPSO) People’s Choice MediaAwards, reward You for nominatingany media item, good or bad, whichfeatures Seniors and for saying in nomore than 50 words why you think thisitem deserves an award.Media stories on seniors, whetherprint, electronic or photographic,whether political, business, social orintergenerational help to inform thepublic and break down negative ste-reotypes about older people. Equallyimportant, such stories and photos arechanging the way we seniors regardourselves and are bringing to many anew self-image. Significantly, theyemphasise the realisation that there

never really is a need to “retire”.There are four categories; a photo-graph; any print article; any radio orTV item, or any item from online Me-dia coverage of seniors.Entries close on 12th September 2011and you can enter as many times asyou like.All winners will be flown to Brisbane,accommodated overnight at a 4½ starhotel and invited to the Awards Cer-emony in Brisbane on 24th October2011 when you will be presented withyour $1000 prize. You can find moreabout the Media Awards and down-load Entry Forms from our websitewww.opso.com.au or you can contactus by telephone on 07 30027612.

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THE Association of Inde-pendent Retirees (A.I.R.)Noosa Branch next gen-eral meeting will be onThursday September 8that 9:45 am for 10:00 amstart at the Noosa HeadsBowls Club, LanyanaWay. Topic: “RetirementAccommodation Choicesfor Sunshine Coast Resi-dents.”Guest Speaker is RobCartwright, Cartwrights’Solicitors, $5 pp inc morn-ing tea. Visitors most wel-come - please call 54481383 for further informa-tion.A.I.R. is a not for profitorganisation fighting forthe interests of self-funded and partly self-funded retirees.

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Climber Derek Stevensonhas achieved the extraordi-nary feat of 500 long, ardu-ous treks up Mt Cooroora.He first accepted the chal-lenge ten years ago, when heand his family moved toPomona. At the age of 70,Derek maintains his fitnessby climbing twice a week, butis not interested in enteringthe King of the Mountain race,held each year at MtCooroora. He just enjoys thechallenge of reaching the top.As an ex-marine engineerDerek spent many years vol-unteering for Noosa RiverMarine Rescue. He is still anactive member of CooroyProbus and keeps his feettapping with all kinds of danc-ing. Definitely an inspiringSenior member of the ranks!

WHILE self-funded retirees who hold a Common-wealth Seniors Health Card and aged pensioners willreceive compensation, other retirees will suffer thecost of the Carbon Tax.Low income self funded retiree Australians below theage of 65 who do not hold a Commonwealth SeniorsHealth Card will suffer much of the penalty of theGovernments Carbon Tax.The flow-on affects of the Carbon Tax will impactthese vulnerable Australians by about $514.80 peryear in extra living costs with only partial compensa-tion. These low income self funded retirees, who liveoff their capital and who do not earn enough incometo pay any income tax will lose out completely in theround of tax threshold increases.They pay no tax now and so will not gain any benefit

ON 1 July 2011, a single,national information linewas introduced to make iteasier for older Austra-lians, their families, andcarers to access informa-tion about aged care. The

A new national aged care phone numbermentation of a new ‘frontend’ for aged care.The reform is supportedby investment of $36.8million to improve infor-mation, intake and as-sessment and make it

Carbon Tax slams self funded retireesfrom the increase in the income tax threshold to$18,200 in 2012 or $19,400 beyond that time.These retirees will be able to claim the $300 annualLow Income Supplement to only partially offset theincreased cost of living brought about by the tax.They will be $214.80 worse off per year under thenew arrangements.The Prime Minister needs to show compassion andgive full compensation to these low income retireeswho have been neglected.The Government needs to urgently amend its com-pensation provisions and ensure that vulnerable lowincome self funded retiree Australians are notpenalised in the same way as the rich or other highincome earners.Courtesy: seniorau.com.au

new number–1800 200422–along with improve-ments being made to thenational aged carewebsite–www.agedcareaustralia.gov.au–are thefirst steps in the imple-

easier, not harder, to ac-cess the aged care sys-tem. It is part of the Aus-tralian Government’s na-tional health reform ef-forts to build a nationallyconsistent and integratedaged care system.The new national numberand updated website arethe first steps towardsmeaningful reform to sim-plify access for peopleneeding aged care ser-vices.By implementing the newfront end in stages, theGovernment is allowingtime for service providers,care recipients and carersto adjust to the changesand be involved in thedevelopment of laterstages. It means havingsensible steps towardsreform and continued op-portunities to talk withpeople about how to rollout the later stages.As the service continuesto work towards improv-ing access and navigationof the aged care system,you are urged to stay in-formed and up to date andto participate in the op-portunities to have yoursay in the future of agedcare in Australia. Furtherinformation on the reformprocess, including ongo-ing consultations, isavailable by visitingwww.yourhealth.gov.au.

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ALL Aboard The Stage-coach!Another beautiful warmand sunny day saw theView Club visiting Cobb& Co on the Old GympieRoad. We had morningtea and damper and amost instructive talk bySteve who gave us thegossip on the travellers inthe 1860s who used Cobb& Co to journey betweenBrisbane and the Gympie

A clergyman walking down a country lane sees a young farmer strugglingto load hay back onto a cart after it had fallen off.“You look hot, my son,” said the cleric.“Why don’t you rest a moment, and I’ll give you a hand.”“No thanks,” said the young man. “My father wouldn’t like it.”“Don’t be silly,” the minister said.“Everyone is entitled to a break. Come and have a drink of water.”Again the young man protested that his father would be upset. Losing hispatience, the clergyman said, “Your father must be a real slave driver. Tellme where I can find him and I’ll give him a piece of my mind!”“Well,” replied the young farmer, “he’s under the load of hay.”

NATIONAL Seniors Australia (NSA) is the largest organisation representingAustralians aged 50 and over. The Caloundra City branch meets at the rearfunction room Currimundi Hotel, Buderim Street, Currimundi on the second Tues-day of each month at 9.30am where ample parking is available.Friendship, interesting speakers, local outings and other activities are offered.All over 50’s on the Sunshine Coast are cordially invited to attend and becomepart of this fun community group. Visitors from NSA are also welcome.Phone Fran on 5444 8347, Di 5494 7765 or Keith 5491 9332 for more information.

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Glasshouse Country View Clubgold fields. Then we ven-tured across the road toBankfoot House wherewe were entertained andgiven the family historyby Ron, Helen, Ann,Elaine, Robyn andJocelyn. These two ven-ues are well worth a visitand thanks to all whomade it such an enjoyableday.Anyone who would liketo join the View Clubwould be most welcome.Please contact Joy on54399049 or Lydia on 54387894 who will be pleasedto supply any further in-formation about the club.View clubs are a valuedpart of the Smith Familywhich is a national, inde-pendent children’s char-ity committed to helpingdisadvantaged Australianchildren by unlockingopportunities througheducation and support.


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“MY wife, Jenny and I hope everyone had a mostenjoyable Seniors Week,” the Member for Fairfax,Alex Somlyay said today.“By the time you get to read this, Seniors Week willbe well and truly over. The number of activitiesavailable during the week from 20 – 28 August wasenormous and very diverse; from Barefoot Bowlsand Breakfast, the Classic Cupcakes 2 Concert, andeven a Facebook for Seniors Session.”“I understand that most of these events were freeor at very low cost.”“There was certainly something for everyone and Ihope you attended as many of the events aspossible,” Mr Somlyay said.“I would particularly like to thank the organisers ofthis important week in the Senior’s calendar, for ajob very well done. The organisers have done anexcellent job of co-ordinating so many wonderfulevents and activities and I know they have workedtirelessly to ensure the success of Seniors Week.To those that attended I also say “thank you”. Bysupporting Seniors Week activities, you areguaranteeing the future success of this longestablished event.”“Some of you may be aware that I have turned 65this year and will not be standing at the nextelection. I am looking forward to my retirement, todiscovering new leisure activities and to participat-ing in Seniors Week in the future,” Mr Somlyayconcluded.

A NATIONAL strategy delivering more fundingand awareness of Australia’s 2.6 million carers waslaunched in August.The National Carer Strategy includes $60 million innew funding over the next four years and isAustralia’s first strategy dedicated to carers.According to the Federal Government, the nationalstrategy will help to ensure carers have the samerights, choices and opportunities as other Austra-lians and also aims to help build a society whichgenuinely values and respects carers.The National Carer Strategy contains six keypriority areas for action – recognition and respect,information and access, economic security, servicesfor carers, education and training and health andwellbeing.National Seniors is aware that many older peopleare carers for their spouses, parents, children orgrandchildren and supports any efforts to providecarers extra support.To find out more about the National Carer Strategygo to www.fahcsia.gov.au/sa/carers/.Courtesy: National Seniors ‘Connect’

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THE Sunshine Coast Stamp Club meets on the firstWednesday of each month at 7.15pm at the newlocation, The CWA Hall, Short Street, Nambour.Our 7th September 2011 Meeting is our AnnualGeneral Meeting and our President will display andtalk about part of his collection and his collectinginterests, possibly including some of his stampsand material concerning Queensland stamps.These meetings are open to the public, and we

invite anyone who has an interest in StampCollecting to come along to this Meeting.We shall have our usual ‘Show and Tell’ segment,where members and visitors, can show an unusualitem and give some background to it. Also wehave a ‘Question Time’, where anyone present canask questions and the whole group can see if ananswer can be found.We will also have our ‘Exchange Books’ availablefrom 6.15pm so that members and visitors can buyand sell stamps for their collection, with the actualformal Meeting starting at 7.15pm. Free entry andfree supper. Further information can be obtained byphoning Max Lennox on 5448 6565.

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SUNSHINE Coast Council cabs areoperating their regular service for eli-gible community members in desig-nated areas on the coast.Council cabs is an affordable transportservice for; people aged 60 and over;people with a disability, includingpeople with a mobility impairment; car-ers and minors of eligible people ac-companying them.The council cabs service operates oneday per week in designated areas. Eli-

Council cabs still operatinggible residents go shopping 1 day perweek for $2 each way. Council cabswill pick you up from home drop youoff at your designated shopping cen-tre and return you home later in the day.Book a council cab on 1300 139 433 by12.30pm the day before your travel.Telephone operators are available 24hours a day.For any questions regarding councilcabs email [email protected] or call 5475 7272.

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Parklands in Southport,was a top spot for theAnnual Queensland Cor-

vette Club ConcourseCorvettes on the Coast.Some 60 Chevrolet Cor-

vettes of varying vin-tages, and a group of sup-porters and vehicles fromthe Queensland MustangOwners Club, enticedcrowds of car enthusiastsas well as members of thegeneral public drawn tothe colourful display. En-try was free but all pro-ceeds from the sausagesizzle and refreshmentstand, and ‘gold coin’happenings throughoutthe event, were donatedto Camp Quality, thechildren’s family cancercharity.Peter Turner, president ofthe Queensland CorvetteClub Inc of Australia, es-tablished in 1989 and in-corporated in 1991, saidthat the club had 122 fi-nancial members, while

some 250 Corvettes were‘resident’ in the state. The50th Anniversary of Cor-vettes was marked in 2003.More information aboutthe club can be obtainedfrom Peter on 0409 003 300,

or see www.qldcorvetteclub.com.au (which canboast over 100,000 ‘visits’per month).Pictured at Corvettes onthe Coast are (l-r) GoldCoasters John Tait and

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Before the days of computers and the internet, therewere only two forms of communication, the telephoneand radio.The Albatross Radio of Australia Club is holding itsannual, week long, convention at Maroochydore fromSeptember 4th, at the Maroochy Palms Holiday Re-sort, who has been extremely helpful in accommodat-ing our visitors and arranging the venue to our re-quirements. The official opening will be done by Coun-cilor Debbie Blummel from the Sunshine Coast Re-gional Council who supplied funding via a MinorGrant to offset the cost of hiring a marquee. The Com-monwealth Bank will also provide a welcoming sau-sage sizzle. The Mooloolaba Surf Club and Hot Pitti’shave also donated valuable raffle prizes. Formed overthirty three years ago, the Albatross Radio Club isthe country’s oldest Citizens Band [CB] radio club,and has almost four hundred members scatteredacross Australia. To maintain the bonds of friendshipand to give our local members the opportunity tomeet other members they may only have spoken toon radio, every year our club holds a National Con-

MEMBER for Fisher Peter Slipper is inviting veter-ans, their widows and widowers, and family membersto attend the Fisher Veterans’ Forum 2011, which willfeature Shadow Minister for Veterans Affairs SenatorMichael Ronaldson as guest speaker.“This is an opportunity to listen to Senator Ronaldsonand also to share with him the thoughts and views oflocal veteran community,” Mr Slipper said.The forum is being organised by Mr Slipper, to pro-vide an opportunity for ex-servicemen and ex-servicewomen and their family members to gain in-formation on current topics of interest to the localveteran community. “There are some 3700 veteransliving in the Electorate of Fisher – they make up asignificant section of the community which has mademany sacrifices for their country,” Mr Slipper said.“The forum represents an opportunity to address keyissues affecting veterans, for the Shadow Minister toreceive their comments and to hear their concerns,”Mr Slipper said. The Fisher Veterans’ Forum 2011 willbe held on Friday 2nd September at 10am – 11.30amwith morning tea at the Lake Kawana CommunityCentre, Sportsman’s Parade, Bokarina.RSVPs are essential for catering purposes and can bemade to Mr Slipper’s office on 07 5444 4888.

AT 10.00 am on Wednesday 7th September 2011, aService to Commemorate The Battle for Australia 1942-1943, will be held at the RSL Kawana Waters Sub-Branch Memorial in the SE Corner of Coopers Look-out Public car park, Buddina (the memorial is on theseaward side of the Kawana Waters Surf Life SavingSupporters Club. Seating for the elderly will be pro-vided. The Service will be of approximately 30 min-utes duration and is directed mainly to those Sun-shine Coast residents who may have participated inWW2 at this time. No school children will be in-volved. Attendees are invited to lay wreaths duringthe Service.

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Breaker, Breakervention somewhere in Australia where members re-side. Last year it was held at Mount Gambier, whereover one hundred members attended. At this year’sgathering, members will take part in organized eventsincluding local bus tours, where we will proudly showthem all the wonderful attractions and the scenery ofour area, lectures and lunches, which will all helpboost the local economy. There will also be an openday on Monday September 5th from 1pm till 4pm wheremembers of the public can attend and find out aboutthis interesting hobby, the friends you make throughit and the social benefits of being part of a club. Eachmonth our local division holds a meeting and lun-cheon somewhere on the Sunshine Coast, at whichany member of the community interested in CitizensBand Radio is welcome to attend and hopefully joinour club. For many of our senior members, CB radio isone of their lifelines to the outside world. As well ashaving a ‘radio shack’ set up at home, most of ourmembers also have radios in their cars, which meansthey can be in contact with fellow CB radio operatorswherever they go. Further information can be obtainedby phoning Geoff on 5438 2023 or 0418 836 245.

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IT was the end of an eraat the Maryborough Mili-tary and Colonial Museumon Sunday, July 24 whenthe marching banner ofthe HMAS MaryboroughAssociation was handedover to the museum.Three of the remainingmembers of the original

“AMETHYST, Citrine,Tiger Eye, Onyx, RoseQuartz, Fluoride , Rain-bow Hematite, Sapphires,and much, much more.These are to be found atGemfest 2011 at theNambour Showgroundson Saturday October 9.For the fifth year theNambour Lapidary Clubwill host its annualgemfest. It is Gemfest2011 and will be held inthe grounds of theNambour Showgroundson Saturday October 8th

from 8.30am until 4.00pm.The success of previousgemfests gives a clear in-dication of the popularityof gems and crystals andsome 150 sites have beenbooked for this year.Gem shows attempt tosatisfy an almost insa-tiable interest in gems andstones for hobbyists,businesses and collectorsalike all of whom meet to

THE Twin Waters VIEW Club (Voice,Interest and Education of Women) is afriendship club for women of all ages,will hold their next monthly luncheonmeeting at Twin Waters Golf Club, onThursday 8 September 2011 at 11.00amfor 11.30am. We will be having a“Spring” theme. Guests Welcome$27.00. RSVP: Before 5.00pm on Mon-day 5 September by calling 0487182644and leave a message or [email protected] September Social is on Thursday22 September 2011 Morning Tea:10.00am at Bambu Café, 96 Bellflower

THE Rotary Club of Caloundra is onceagain holding its Bonza Bookfest onFriday & Saturday 7th and 8th Octoberthis year. We would love any books ingood condition that you would like todonate.The proceeds from the Bookfest will beused for a worthy causes in the Com-munity .

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Rotary Needs your BooksWe have collection points at: *MarkMcardle MP, Bulcock St, Caloundra.*Travel Scene, Bulcock St, Caloundra.*Dicky Beach Meats, Beerburrum St,Dicky Beach and *Diamond Mine Jew-ellers, Pelican Waters Shopping CentreYou can also contact Pam for large pick-ups or enquiries on 0421 100 716. Alldonations will be greatly appreciated.

Twin Waters VIEW ClubRoad, Sippy Downs, next door to TheComplete Garden. Step into Spring,have a lovely morning tea around abeautiful lake and garden setting.Browse around the nursery and giftshop for gift ideas or for your own homegarden. Plenty of parking spaces areavailable in The Complete Garden Cen-tre. Booking and payment by 15 Sep-tember is essential. RSVP: Carol on 54505721 or email [email protected] Clubs of Australia support thework of The Smith Family in assistingunderprivileged families.

exhibit, swap, sell, barterand admire individualitems and activities. Theyalso provide a venue formembers of the generalpublic to introduce them-selves to this most fasci-nating hobby.The club’s gemfest co-ordinator, Iain Powell, in-dicated that at this stagethe 140 site bookingswould ensure anothervery successful gemfestThere will be displays ofgems (including opals andsapphires ), lapidaryequipment , minerals andjewellery. Gems andjewellery, along withbeads, minerals and otherassociated products willbe on sale. There will bedemonstrations offacetting, stone polishingand setting. The pres-ence of a large number of“tailgaters” – those whosell stones, minerals andgems from the boot of

their car, will add colourto the day.As you may well imagine,for so small a club as oursto host such an eventplaces a high demand onour members and the lim-ited resources at our dis-posal,” said president Eve,”Everyone is involvedone way or another but ifyou would like to volun-teer your services and beinvolved on the day, evenif only for a short time,your assistance would begreatly appreciated.” CallIain or Marcia on 54484183Entry for the day is only$4.00 Children undertwelve years of age areadmitted free of charge.There is ample parking onthe grounds and a smalldonation to thePalmwoods scoutswould be appreciated.There will be entertain-ment. The Palmwoods Li-

ons food van will be onsite. So plenty of foodand refreshments will beavailableRemember it is Saturday9th October in theShowgrounds atNambour.Come along and have agreat day !!!!!!

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crew of the ship and manymembers of deceased sail-ors’ travelled fromthroughout Australia forthe association’s final re-union in the Heritage Cityafter 65 years of being inexistence. MaryboroughMilitary and ColonialMuseum owner and di-

rector John Meyers saidthat they were honouredthat the association mem-bers thought the museuma worthy repository forthe banner to be laid up.He also said that it wasnot a well known fact that,before the fall ofSingapore during WWII,

it was HMASMaryborough that cap-tured the Japanese fish-ing boat ‘Kofuku Maru’,which was later renamedthe ‘Krait’ and used by ZSpecial Unit when theyraided Singapore Harbourand sank seven Japaneseships in 1943.HMAS Maryborough, aBathurst Class armedminesweeper, was one ofsix such vessels built inMaryborough duringWorld War II. Mostserved in the South-WestPacific but theMaryborough served ev-erywhere in the world ex-cept in the eastern Pacificand the Atlantic. TheRAN now has a newHMAS Maryborough, anArmidale Class patrolboat based in Darwin.HMAS Maryboroughwas launched by MrsH.S. Goldsmith, wife of

the general manager ofWalkers Ltd on October17, 1940. Members of theAssociation have already

donated the funds to havethe banner professionallyframed to ensure the longterm survival of their sig-

nificant banner which hasled their Anzac Daymarches for the past 65years.

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A GALA Luncheon willbe held on Sunday, 2nd Oc-tober at Flaxton Gardens,Flaxton to celebrate the20th Anniversary of thefoundation of the Sun-shine Coast Branch ofGraduate Women Qld(GWQ), formerly the Aus-tralian Federation of Uni-versity Women (AFUW).

LOOKING for somewhere to take yourchildren or grandchildren occasionallyon a Sunday afternoon? Somewherethat is fun and doesn’t cost a lot then“Messy Church” could be thing foryou.St Peter’s Anglican Church inMaroochydore is holding “MessyChurch” on the First Sunday of eachmonth starting at 4 pm and finishing at6 pm.Children make simple things that relateto the theme of the Bible story they aretold in Church and finish off a fun af-

L-R Norma Mc Michael founding President, Bernice Anderson currentPresident and Bev Hinz immediate Past President.

Graduate Women Qld Sunshine Coast - 20 Years & CountingSeventeen years havepassed since the Plan-ning President of a newgrass roots universitycollege, Prof. Paul Tho-mas shared his vision ofthe future “Building aUniversity” with mem-bers and the public at aBranch breakfast inBuderim. The following

year 1995, the inauguralChancellor G.E.(Tony)Fitzgerald Q.C., L.L.B. ad-dressed a packed break-fast function. Today thepresent Vice ChancellorProf. Greg Hill updatesmembers with progressreports on the thrivingcampus of the Universityof the Sunshine Coast.

Today, over 90 membersparticipate in a lively pro-gram of activities whichinclude the annual pre-sentation of Bursaries tostudents at the Universityof the Sunshine Coast(USC), gowning thegraduates, and Englishclasses with home host-ing for tertiary boundrefugee students as wellas community and socialactivities.High profile speakers ad-dress members at bi-monthly breakfast func-tions and three bookgroups discuss a widevariety of literature in thealternate months.Graduate women new-comers to the coast arealways welcome andmany friendships havebeen made over the years.Members come from di-verse professions andtheir degrees are from uni-versities in every stateand overseas.Former Branch membersstill in the area are warmlyinvited to join us for thisGala event.For further informationplease telephone Presi-dent Bernice on 5477 5714or visit our website http://www.graduatewomen.org.au or [email protected]

THE Caloundra Regional Gallery wasonce again overflowing with thehighly anticipated announcement ofthe winner of the 2011 SunshineCoast Art Prize. Amongst a crowdwrapped in red scarves and jacketsdenoting the theme for this year,Margaret Loy Pula was named thewinner of this prestigious national 2Dart prize.Margaret’s winning work, Anatye(Bush Potato) represents her father’sdreaming and is a series of fine,almost microscopic dots. Growing up

Messy Churchternoon with a meal.Why not come along and watch yourchildren enjoy making things like sheepbiscuits, marble paintings or pompoms. Parents or grandparents can helptheir child with their creation and havea lot of fun.The next Messy Church will be held onSunday 4th of September starting at 4PM until 6 PM at St Peter’s AnglicanChurch, Cnr Church St & Beach Rd.Maroochydore.For more information phone Church of-fice at 5443 2133.

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in the small outstations at Utopia,outside Alice Springs, Margaretwould watch the bush potato vinesgrow after the rains and consequentlythe women going out to the groundwith crowbars digging up the vinesand then cooking them in the hotcoals of a fire.The Sunshine Coast Art Prize for 2011is being exhibited at the CaloundraRegional Gallery in Omrah Avenue,Caloundra until 11 September,Wednesday to Sunday from 10amuntil 4pm.

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IF you think you would enjoy a delicious lunch in arelaxing atmosphere with a group of happy, friendlyladies then you are cordially invited to attend thenext Luncheon Meeting of the Kawana Waters VIEWClub to be held on Wednesday 28th September atHeadland Golf Club, Golf Links Road, Buderim. Time- 11 for 11.30 a.m. Our Guest Speaker for this monthis Renee Badger, International Clairvoyant, Astrolo-ger and President of “The Australian Society of As-trologers”. Renee has studied in London and has 30years experience in this area. A warm welcome isassured.Kawana Waters VIEW Club is a friendship group forwomen of all ages who enjoy meeting and makingnew friends. We have our luncheon meeting, with aGuest Speaker, on the fourth Wednesday of eachmonth at Headland Golf Club, Golf Links Road,Buderim and a monthly social get-together at a vari-ety of destinations around the Sunshine Coast. Nonmembers and visitors are always welcome to attendany of our functions.VIEW stands for Voice, Interests and Education ofWomen. VIEW clubs are a valued part of The SmithFamily, committed to helping disadvantaged Austra-lian children by unlocking opportunities through edu-cation.For details phone Mattie 54937432 or Pat 5438 1896.(Luncheon bookings please phone before 10.00 amon Thursday before meeting).

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MAROOCHYDORE Aglow will meet to view a veryimportant DVD on Wednesday, 14th September at9.30am. Meetings take place at the Maroochy Bap-tist Centre, Wises Road, Maroochydore.Morning tea is served and there is an entry cost of$7. Aglow is an international Christian Women’sorganisation and is in 172 nations.It is nondenominational and all women are made mostwelcome in a friendly atmosphere. For further infor-mation phone Kath 5478 8034 or Jill 5448 4993.

Affordable living at River Glenand facilities necessary tomake residents‘ livescomfortable and enjoy-able were already in place.“We have two swimmingpools, two communityhalls, barbecue area, a vil-lage bus for shopping ex-peditions, a resident man-ager, craft cottage, men’sworkshop, visitor park-ing, public bus stop at thefront gate and rooms fora visiting hairdresser anddoctor,” said Ms Wright.“The homes themselvesare very spacious andhave a carport that in

many cases can be madelarge enough to containan outdoor living area.“There is room for a smallgarden and, best of all;you don’t have to bring alawn mower as mowingwill be taken care of by theresident manager andstaff.”Ms Wright said owner-ship of a River Glen homeexisted on a two-tier ba-sis.” First, the house thatyou select and buy isyours, you are the abso-lute owner,” she said.“Second, you acquire a

licence to occupy the siteon which the housestands. This is not a free-hold interest but rather likea lease.“ This system of ‘owner-ship’ this enables us andyou to keep cost down,the park is perfectly se-cure for you as the rightsof the resident are strictlyprotected by statute andby an approved form oflicence between the par-ties. If you decide to sellthere are no entrance orexit fees and you keep themarket value.

This is a method widelyemployed by the 1300 orsimilar villages operatingin Australia.”Ms Wright said residentswere also welcome tobring a small pet. She saidthe best way for seniorsto decide whether RiverGlen was right for themwas to inspect the villagethemselves. She said thesales office was open fivedays a week between 10am and 4pm. Prices startat $215.000. For more in-formation please phoneMs Wright 1800 656025.

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DOING Dads Proud - Father’s Day event on Sunday4th September at Cotton Tree ParkVolunteers needed - Duties include:Set up of chairs and tables 7am – 9:30am; Distribu-tion of wheelie bins 9am – 9:30am;Donation point gold coin collectors 10am – 4pm; Sitecleaners 4pm – 5pm; Set up of 6 marquees 7am – 8am;Raffle ticket sellers 10am - 4pm; Putting signage up8:30am – 9:30am.All volunteers will be provided with water. If youwork for 5 hours or more you will be provided withfood and a lunch break as well.You can volunteer for as little or as long a time as youlike.To apply, phone Carly Paez on 5409 2600 or [email protected]

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SUNSHINE Coast Aglow will meet at 9.30am on Fri-day 9th September, in the CWA hall, Kalinga Street,Caloundra.Aglow is an international Christian women’sorganisation and is in 172 nations. Women from all

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Kawana Waters VIEW Club members enjoyed theFashion Parade hosted by Blue Illusion ofMooloolaba. Thanks to the generosity of Blue Illu-sion, the Kawana Waters VIEW Club will forward asubstantial donation to The Smith Family.

denominations are made welcome. Come along, bringa friend and enjoy an inspirational message and wor-ship. We will be viewing a DVD from the Aglow Inter-national Conference. For more information contactDorothy on 5476 4190.

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COOLUM Lioness Clubparticipated in theCoolum Community Cel-ebration Day on 7th Au-gust in Jack Morgan ParkCoolum. This was a greatday, lovely weather, greatentertainment, and greatsausages cooked by theLions Club and localsshowing what is going onin Coolum.

COOLUM Beach Combined Probus Club on a recentmonthly outing visited Old Government house inBrisbane, stopping on the way for a light morningtea.After arriving safely at Old Government House, per-haps the most significant heritage building inQueensland, we were met by our tour director, who isthe resident historian. The history of the buildingwas fascinating, commencing from the era of Gover-nor George Bowen when Brisbane was minutely in-habited in comparison to today. We were given aninsight into the life of the elite and rank of servantsfor that era.Over the years the building has been used as resi-dence for many governors until being relocated tothe New Government House in Paddington. QUTmore recently has used the building for classrooms

A LAWYER and a seniorcitizen are sitting next toeach other on a long flight.The lawyer is thinkingthat seniors are so dumbthat he could get one over

Coolum Probus visits Old Government Houseuntil restoration of the building commenced in the1980’s. A very enjoyable, informative morning, andhistorical information of a bygone era, was enjoyedby all.Departing the tour we headed for the BroncosLeagues Club, where we dined in fine style with avery large smorgasbord lunch, suitable for all tastes.Following the leisurely lunch we departed Brisbanefor home.A little about our Club, which commenced as a Men’sClub in 1988 followed by a Women’s Club in 1989,with our very successful Combined Probus Club form-ing in 2004. We meet once a month and enjoy ouroutings, and the friendship and companionship theClub provides.For more information on the club please contactShirley on 5446 3386.

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THE good kids are the selfless primary school stu-dents from Tewantin, Cooroy and Pacific ParadiseState schools who for the last 3 years have put to-gether shoeboxes packed with educational goodiesfor the kids in East Timor. Next year thanks to theTewantin Tennis Club, each shoebox will contain abright yellow tennis ball as well. Tennis balls are likegold in Timor Lestè and the arrival of about 2,000balls will encourage the formation of fledgling tennisclubs for primary kids in this emerging but impover-ished nation. The Rotary Club of NOOSA and theBendigo Community Bank of Tewantin started thisproject with an initial shipment of 500 shoeboxes thateach carried a ruler, pencil, ball point pen, eraser, writ-ing paper, compass, and other educational aids, plusa small personal toy donated by each child. The Ro-tary movement and the Bendigo Community Banksare now planning to spread this program to schoolsacross Queensland for the benefit of more primaryschool kids in Timor Lestè, Papua New Guinea andthe Solomon Islands.

THE Smith Family’s Noosaville VIEW Club Septem-ber luncheon will be Thursday 22nd September, 11am for 11.30 start, at the Tewantin/Noosa RSL.Our guest speaker for September is Gold Coast au-thor Robert Menzies.VIEW clubs are a valued part of the Smith Familywhich is a national, independent children’s charitycommitted to helping disadvantaged Australian chil-dren by unlocking opportunities through educationand learning support. Our club is a good place tomeet and make new friends and new members arealways welcome.If you would like to join us please ring the lunchcoordinator Stella Chatburn at 5470 2784 by the Tues-day before the meeting date.

BUDERIM VIEW Club will be holding its luncheonmeeting on Wednesday 7th September, 2011, at Clio’son Rosemount, 246 Petrie Creek Road, Rosemount.Guest speaker will be Marion Allan – update on SmithFamily ‘Learning for Life’ Programs on the SunshineCoast. Ladies are requested to be there at 11 am for11.30 am start.Our Club welcomes visitors and new members whoare looking for friendship with interesting people aswell as a variation of activities. You are assured of awarm welcome so come along, have some fun andmake new friends.VIEW clubs are a valued part of the Smith family –funds raised are to assist the “Learning for Life Pro-gram” for children of underprivileged families.VIEW stands for Voice, Interests and Education ofWomenMembers are placed on a permanent listing for ourluncheons so to cancel, or bring a friend please tele-phone Melda on 5476 8787, by 6 pm the Sunday be-fore the luncheon.

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Good kids, great cause and now they have the balls to do it!And why not, with a Rotary Club and a Bendigo Bankin almost every town in Australia? Tewantin TennisClub President David Sanders is pictured handingover the first batch of tennis balls for next year’sShoebox Project as tennis tragic and Noosa RotaryClub Rotarian Sally Platt-Hepworth looks on.Tewantin Primary School Principal Neil Jenkins saidthat these tennis balls will be a welcome addition tonext year’s shoeboxes. Meanwhile the primary schoolstudents at Tewantin, Cooroy and Pacific Paradiseschools eagerly wait for film and photos of their peersin East Timor opening this year’s shoeboxes at Christ-mas time.Rarely does a community service program tick somany boxes – Aussie kids learn the value of giving,East Timorese kids learn that their mates in Australiacare enough to send them these little packages ofjoy, and the Rotary movement, the Bendigo Commu-nity Banks, the Tewantin Tennis Club and the SchoolPrincipals and teachers can be proud of the citizen-ship they are building into our new generations.


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SUNSHINE Plantation and the Big Pine-apple was one of Australia’s premierattractions and the Sunshine Coast’smost iconic landmarks. Since its establishment, its imageshave appeared on coasters, salt andpepper shakers, posters, pencils, allmanner of items and a special collec-tion of these are on display at theNambour and District Historical Mu-seum which opened on Monday 15August, at 12.30-4pm.The display cel-ebrates the 40th anniversary of the at-traction.Helping to assemble the display, is au-thor Kerry Brown who has been writ-ing the Big Pineapple’s story entitled,Our Sweetest Icon. Many of the itemson display were given to her during herwriting of the book.Nambour Museum member NoeleneHughes has fond memories of the Big

Be sure to visit CaloundraLapidary Club’s 15th an-nual Jewellery & GEMShow. It’s a great familyday out with doors open-ing Saturday, 24 Septem-ber from 9.00am – 5.00pmand Sunday, 25 Sept.9.00am-3.00pm. Be amongthe first to see what’snew and exciting, fromloose change to invest-ment pieces, there’s some-thing for everyone – alltastes, all ages, all bud-gets and always at whole-

Big Pineapple on display

BUDDING Sunshine Coast amateurphotographers are encouraged to cap-ture the beauty of local native wildflow-ers on camera as part of the SunshineCoast Heathland Photographic Compe-tition.Sunshine Coast Council, in partnershipwith Greening Australia and theAllocasuarina emuina Recovery Teamis holding a photo competition to co-inside with the release of a DVD aboutwork on A. emuina.Allocasuarina emuina is an endan-gered species found only on the Sun-shine Coast with a habitat range fromPeregian to Landsborough. TheAllocasuarina emuina Recovery Teamis working to implement the NationalRecovery Plan for the Mt Emu Sheoak,Allocasuarina emuina, and increaseawareness of this endangered speciesand the protection of its critical habi-tat.Dr Alison Shapcott, from the Univer-sity of the Sunshine Coast, said pho-tographers are encouraged to visit theSunshine Coast wildflower reserves topreserve the native plants forever in a

THE change to Thursdayafternoon meetings (1.00pm to 4.00 pm) has beento the advantage of allmembers who attend theBuderim Weekly meet-ings at the Goodlife Cen-tre at 100 Buderim PinesDrive Buderim. A separa-tion of training areasgives more space formembers who bring theirown computers for handson help.There are also Club com-

Photo competition to capture wildflowersphoto.“The Sunshine Coast has a wonderfuldiversity of wildflowers with many rarespecies and some found nowhere else,”Dr Shapcott said.“The photo competition is being run inconjunction to the Sunshine CoastSpring Wildflower Festival to providean opportunity for local amateur pho-tographers to demonstrate their skills.“The peak wildflower flowering timesof late August to late September are theperfect time to take photos of theCoast’s native plants.“So get out there and get snap happy!”First, second and third prizes as well asa peoples’ choice award will be givenin the categories of:Coastal Heath Landscape; CoastalHeath Wildflowers; Peoples’ ChoiceVisit the A.emuina youtube site http://www.youtube.com/mountemusheoakto get a copy of the entry guidelines,entry form and terms and conditions.Photographs will be used in the futurepromotion of the Sunshine Coast Wild-flower Festival.Entries are open to 23 September 2011.

Sunshine Coast Computer Club Incputers for members towork with and receivehelp. Members can accessbroadband internet atmeetings with their ownor Club computers.The separate tutorialroom with projector andlarge screen with knowl-edgeable tutors givesmembers a chance to takeon new knowledge orbring themselves up todate with any recentchanges.

There is time for membersto renew acquaintancesor make new ones over acup of tea or coffee. Visi-tors are welcome to allClub Meetings to see ifwhat is offered will helpthem keep up to date withever changing technol-ogy.The Club also has weeklymeetings at Caloundra atthe Community Hall inQueen Street Caloundraon a Saturday morningfrom 9.00 am to 12.30 pm.A monthly meeting at

Yandina for the NorthCoast area is held at theYandina/Eumundi RSLHall from 1.30 pm to 4.00pm on the third Wednes-day of the month. Win-dows, Linux and AppleMac operating systemsare supported at thesemeetings.The Club Web site is be-ing updated with tutorialsand blogs being addedcontinually. There is a‘Members Only’ area thatcontains extra tutorials formembers use. A group of

members are being tu-tored at Caloundra in set-ting up Web sites whichthey can use for them-selves or for Clubs andorganizations they be-long to.To find out more aboutthe Club meetings andhow you too can visit orjoin and get help – Tele-phone the Club Informa-tion Line 5492 1005, visitthe Club Web Site – http://www.sccc.org.au or email the Club [email protected]”

Noelene Hughes and Kerry Brownlooking at The Big Pineapple

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For all things lapidarysale prices.Marvel at static displaysof awarded faceting, pre-cious and semi-preciouscabochons, rock and min-eral specimens, bone andstone carving, and opal.Wandering through theXPO you’ll watch special-ists transform nature’sbest into the finest cut &polished gems andjewellery; then see themsecured in exquisite set-tings all ready for you totake home; or simply

choose from a plethora ofready-made unique, heri-tage, elegance, fine, con-temporary or antiquejewellery. Perhaps mineralspecimens, crystals, fos-sils and collectibles willalso temp you.At “Kid’s Corner”, chil-dren can experiencefossicking adventures.Maybe the kids will strikeit rich while you browse!They’ll also make “crazyrock critters” andjewellery; enjoy lucky

dips and lots of interac-tive educational fun.Caloundra Lapidary Clubis poised and ready towelcome new Club mem-bers as something cre-ative stirs within at theShow. For yearsCaloundra Lapidary Clubmembers have donatedtheir time to teachfaceting, cabbing, silver-smithing, beading, carv-ing, and all things lapi-dary. Club members pol-ish and set rock and min-

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Pineapple. With her husband Bill,Nolene was involved with the Big Pine-apple for most of its 40 years.“I have had the privilege of knowingthe Taylors and watching the SunshinePlantation start from its infancy to growinto a premier attraction in Australia,”Noelene said. “I hope there will be morewonderful days ahead as it continuesto show a brave face to the public.”The display continues at the museumat 18 Mitchell Street for several months.Opening times are Wednesdays andSaturdays, from 1-4pm, or at other timesby special arrangement by phoning FayThorogood on 5441 1831.

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AROUND two thousand people at-tended the Nambour High School on 6August to celebrate its 75th anniversary.Official festivities centered around aroll call of the original 1936-1939 stu-dents, with a number of “Present Sir’s”heard from either the originals or theirdescendents. Of particular note wasthe presence of foundation students,Shirley Cash (nee Rees) and BobWhitecross. Bob was also accompa-nied by his brother Arrol. We were dis-appointed that another foundation stu-dent, Joyce Milligan (nee Hungerford)was taken to hospital the night beforeafter a fall. Joyce was represented byher son Dave Milligan.The ceremony included a speech frompast student and current Federal Trea-surer, Wayne Swan. Mr Swan paid trib-ute to his former teachers and evenapologized to one or two for his at times,unruly behaviour.There were lots of other activities forpeople to enjoy throughout the rest ofthe day, including food stalls, old pho-tos & memorabilia to peruse, tours ofthe school and entertainment per-formed by present students, culminat-

KAWANA Waters Toastmasters Club meets 1st, 3rd and 5th Thursday in the monthat 9am at the Guide Hut, Iluka St, Buddina. Come and watch a meeting and learnhow to gain confidence in public speaking. Phone John on 5438 9572 or Joanne5456 1240 for more information.

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Nambour High SchoolAnniversary a Great Success

ing in an evening presentation of“Nambour’s Got Talent”.However by far the most engaging ac-tivity was “spot the former classmate”.Memories were stretched, but the at-mosphere was as congenial as we re-member it from our school days at NHS.It was very pleasing to see that the 40’s,50’s and 60’s were very well repre-sented. Many old friendships were re-kindled. Some classes such as the se-niors of 1968 were well organized andhad mini-reunions. There was also agroup called the 49’s. Other years,such as the class of 1971 vowed to or-ganized a future reunion and has al-ready commenced putting together acontact list. Overall the day was a greatsuccess and helped cement the reputa-tion of the school as one that the Sun-shine Coast can be proud of. Past stu-dents extend their sincere thanks to themany people – students, teachers andmembers of the community – who madethe event possible.Upcoming associated events are thecombined Black Tie Dinner with Day &Grimes on Saturday 24th September &Remembrance Day on 11/11/11.

Six old school friends from Nambour High 1956 - from left Linda White(Suosaari), Judy Boland (Lathouras ), Joan Shipstone (Makin), Eila Curtis(Savimaki), Berys Reeves (Humphreys), Sonia Benesovsky (Suosaari),had a most wonderful day.

1971 graduates – L-R Ross Swan, Don Pringle, Colin Probert, Noel Killip,Bob Small (Ex Deputy Head Master) & wife Marg, Jim Forsyth and Ron

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AT a recent morning tea the clients ofthe Noosa Day Respite Centre were en-thralled with the artistic abilities of theirtalented art group.Under the guidance of Ginny, one oftheir valued volunteers, the group hasproduced a wonderful variety ofwatercolours and acrylic paintings,

“THE all-new Ford Focus is thestandout performer in its class, if asmart, efficient and sporty drive is whatyou’re after.” (Caradvice.com.au)“Choosing the best small car for yourdriveway just got a whole heap harder.Until this week, the Volkswagen Golfwas king of the kids and the Mazda3was the best way to balance classagainst cash.But now there is a Ford Focus that runshead-on into the Golf and takes the topselling three down a peg. It will take aback-to-back against the VolkswagenGolf to get a final result for the classchampionship but keen drivers shouldalready be backing the blue oval.”(Carsguide.com.au)“The New Ford Focus is not only su-perbly equipped, it is also a crackingdrive – better balanced and more re-fined than the Mazda3 and at least amatch for the Golf, perhaps a nose infront.”How it Compares:-Volkswagen Golf (from $21,990 to$49,990) – Until now, leader of the pack

OUR next luncheon is onFriday, September 23rd atMaroochy Surf Club,Alexandra Parade,Maroochydore at 11 am.Newcomers are alwayswelcome. Our guest

MEMBERS and visitorsare warmly invited to ournext meeting of the Sun-shine COast LadiesProbus Club on Friday,2nd September. TheGuest Speaker is AnnieBarry who was the firstwoman trained as a firefighter in New Zealand.Annie has travelled ex-tensively in Australia andwill give an interestingtalk on her experiences asa fire fighter as well asamusing stories from hertravels. Meetings areheld in the HeadlandBowls Club, Syd LingardDrive, Buderim at 9.30 for10.00 am. A reminder ofour Spring Fashion Pa-rade to be held on Friday,30th September at 9.30with clothes fromPortofino in Brisbane.Further information avail-able from Pat on 54456329.

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Maroochydore VIEW Clubspeaker for this monthwill be Bev Barton fromKatie Rose Cottage hos-pice. Our club is a friend-ship group that offers arange of social get-togethers such as coffee

and movie mornings,book clubs and tours.VIEW Clubs of Australiasupport the work of TheSmith Family in assistingunderprivileged childrento reach their potential. If

you would like to find outmore about the club orattend one of our monthlyluncheon meetings,phone Joanne on 54453079. Luncheon MeetingCost $19. RSVP to Joanne5445 3079 by 6pm, Tues-day September 20th.

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charcoals and pencil drawings.In particular, the work of Betty Bissellwas outstanding. Betty favours still lifeand landscapes and these were reallyappreciated by all who attended theshowing.Many thanks to all involved for mak-ing the day a huge success.

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Here’s 20 good reasons to consider the move to Laguna Estate today!1. No stamp duty on purchase.2. Plenty of new friends to meet.3. Organised social events and outings.4. Flat grounds for easy walking.5. 24 hour emergency call system.6. Courtesy bus.7. Library.8. BBQ areas.9. Billiards Room.10. Three swimming pools.11. Three Community Centres.12. Boat & Caravan Storage.13. Indoor and Outdoor Bowls.14. Regular security patrols.15. Aldi Shopping Centre around the corner.16. Minutes to new German Bakery.17. Walk to restaurants and cafes.18. Close to Noosa River.19. Klms of scenic walking paths.20. Close to golf courses, fishing, sailing, bushwalking,

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INTERNATIONAL enter-tainers who performedalongside the likes ofFrank Sinatra and NatKing Cole now reside atImmanuel Gardens on theSunshine Coast. Normanand Nancye Berg ap-peared on Japanese tele-vision and their puppetswere featured for 49 yearspromoting a cake calledBunmeido Kasutera onthe longest running ad,winning seven nationaltelevision awards.Their professional historyincludes Australian Ball-room Dance champions in

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BLUE Care will be going on a coach tour to theToowoomba Carnival of Flowers on Tuesday 20th

September.The coach will be departing from the Blue Care Cen-tre, 8 West Terrace, Caloundra at 6.30am.Please come along and enjoy a day out with us. Wewill be stopping for morning tea at Esk and enjoyinga hot lunch at the Toowoomba City Golf Club. We willbe visiting many of the award winning gardens andthe Toowoomba Orchid Show.Coach fare, morning tea, hot lunch and entry all in-cluded in the cost of $68. For bookings please phoneGloria on 5492 3318 or Blue Care Centre on 5438 5000.

WE are a retired single business group who wouldlike to meet retired single business men and womento join us in a social group. We need a balance ofmen and women to enjoy social outings, theatre,home dinner parties, barbecues, walks, picnics anddining out are some of the venues we would like toshare. These are the outings one doesn’t enjoy onone’s own.For further details please phone 5443 7663 or 54781936.

NOOSA Community Health is conducting tai chi forhealth course starting 1st November 2011 for 6 weeks.Tai Chi has been shown to be an excellent way toimprove muscle strength, flexibility, balance and italso promotes relaxation for the mind and body. Book-ings are essential.For more information and bookings ring 5449 5944.

Nancye and Norman

1952 and appearingalongside artists such asBurl Ives, Trini Lopez,Robert Goulet, andKathrine Grayson. Adding tap, jazz, classicand adagio to their reper-toire and performing asspecialty dancers in lead-ing Australian venues,the International theatreand cabaret circuit trans-formed Norman andNancye into real stars.The couple diversifiedtheir act introducing pup-pets which led them totour with Academy Awardwinning American pup-

peteers Walton andO’Rourke from the movieLilli. Their independentliving unit at ImmanuelGardens providesglimpses of their fame re-vealed in a quilt withmemorabilia and a mon-tage of photographsshowcasing a stunningcouple performing early intheir career. The couplewere nominated for twoAustralian Mo Awardsand were even selected torepresent Australia at theVancouver Expo in 1986.For health reasonsNancye retired from per-

forming and became a di-rector of an entrepreneur-ial company in Sydney.Norman toured exten-sively with the mari-onettes for the NSW, Vic-torian and QueenslandArts Councils for 14 yearsuntil he and Nancye re-tired to Immanuel. Resi-dent in Immanuel Gardenssince 1998, Nancye saidas soon as she walkedinto their unit it felt likehome. “We have been sohappy and both of my sis-ters have since movedin,” she said. “We see thebush and the ocean from

our units and we’re closeto hospitals and doctors’services here.”Nancye and Norman re-cently celebrated their 60th

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SEPTEMBER is ‘Save theKoala Month’, the annualawareness andfundraising imitative ofthe Australian KoalaFoundation (AKF). Thisyear the AKF haslaunched their ‘Cuddlesfor Koalas’ campaign, en-couraging people to holdunique and individualfundraising events duringthe month of September.AKF CEO, Deborah

THE Bigger The Hump The Better?Who knows anything about camels? Well, LaurenBrisbane does and in an articulate lecture she en-thralled the View Club with her knowledge. Laurenlives in Glasshouse and has spent the past four and ahalf years of her life involved with camels.We learnt that the Afgan workers introduced camelsto Australia in the 1840s. Initially there were around20,000 although their numbers today are closer to100,000. Camels are one of the oldest pastoral ani-mals in the world; they produce meat which is high inomega 3 and very low in cholesterol. Their milk con-tains half the fat of cow’s milk and is being used me-dicinally for children with autism. In addition, theirurine is good for bald people and the bigger the humpthey have the healthier the animal.The next View Club outing will be held on the 7th Sep-tember when we will visit Sunstone Gardens Over50’s Resort in Maleny for barefoot bowls and a sau-sage sizzle. Anyone who would like to join the ViewClub would be most welcome. Please contact Joy on54399049 or Lydia on 5438 7894 who will be pleasedto supply any further information about the club.Anyone can check out the View Club on their websitehttp://view.org.auView clubs are a valued part of the Smith Family whichis a national, independent children’s charity commit-ted to helping disadvantaged Australian children byunlocking opportunities through education and sup-port.

U3A Noosa offers agreat opportunity tolearn basic computing.How to communicateon Skype, how todownload music andmanage Ebay. We alsohave Ralph Cadman on14 September to showhow the Stock Marketworks and how to findinformationregarding the ShareMarket. We have awonderful facility withexpert Tutors.If you wish to knowmore telephone 54405500 or call into U3AHouse, 64 PoinciannaAvenue Tewantin to seefor yourself.

WHY not treat Father to an enjoyablevariety concert on his special day - Fa-thers’ Day!Come along to the CCSA Hall in NutleySt., Caloundra, and pay only $9 (whichincludes afternoon tea), and see topartists, such as Gypsy Fire. This duo ofImre on violin and Ken on keyboardare well known and loved as top classprofessional entertainers, and they’llalso be joined by young brilliantviolinisit Sophia la Selva. The profes-sional entertainer Joy Darmody is backby special request to perform 4 com-edy numbers in costume.Conservatorium Baritone KelseyBrookes will sing some impressivesongs from the Muiscals, and thecoast’s own “Mr Sinatra” - namely AlanWinter will certainly entertain. Regular

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Save The Koala Month 2011Tabart OAM, said “It is avery happy and fun ini-tiative that focuses on thejoy the koala gives usrather than the doom andgloom and seriousness ofthe koala’s plight.”MTV VJ Erin McNaughtis the Ambassador forSeptember’s ‘Save theKoala Month’, and sherecently launched the‘Cuddles for Koalas’ cam-paign with a CSA shot at

Sydney Wildlife World, atDarling Harbour. “Mydad used to work in sus-tainable forestry andgrowing up, we had a ‘NoTree No Me’ sticker onour car so I was thrilledwhen the Australian Ko-ala Foundation asked meto be Ambassador forSave the Koala Month2011,” Ms McNaughtsaid.The ‘Cuddles for Koalas’

campaign encourages in-dividuals to organise anevent at their workplace,school or with friends toraise awareness andfunds to help save thewild koala and its habitat.Alternatively businessowners can place a dona-tion box on their counteror host a donate buttonon their website for themonth of September.The Australian KoalaFoundation (AKF) is theprincipal non-profit, non-government organisationdedicated to the conser-vation and effective man-agement of the wild koalaand its habitat. The AKFestimates that there areapproximately 80,000 ko-alas left in the wild, andmaybe as few as 43,000.It’s easy to participate in‘Save the Koala Month’,just go towww.savethekoala.comto register.

Fathers’ Day Concertperformers Bev Gourlay and AartSchouten will sing solos and duets, ac-companied by the irrepressible NeilBooth on the grand piano.The concerts always end with Bev sing-ing the verse of very well known oldsongs, and asking the audience with“What song is this”?These concerts raise funds for theCaloundra Chorale, and have been inoperation for approx 30 years. They’realways full of fun and talent, so comealong on Fathers’ Day (September 4th)at 2pm to the CCSA Hall, Nutley St.,Caloundra.There’s no need to book, just arrivearound 1.30pm to get a seat and buy araffle ticket. Check out the Chorale’s website onwww.caloundrachorale.com.au

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What is mitochondrial disease?or seizures, or develop heart problems, liver disease,diabetes or respiratory or digestive problems.Needing to stay in bed to rest and recharge is a com-mon outward symptom of mitochondrial disease. Itseffects inside the body are much more serious andcomplex: mitochondrial disease may literally causeany symptom in any organ at any age.At present there is no cure, treatment is limited andthe diagnosis is difficult, costly and often missed.There is a great need to raise the profile of mitochon-drial disease within the medical and the general com-munity, and this task is a priority for the AustralianMitochondrial Disease Foundation (AMDF). Thisyear the AMDF is developing an accurateAustralasian-wide patient registry and is co-ordinating it with other genetic disease patient regis-tries here and around the world.Information from www.amdf.org.au

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ONE of the hardest things to deal with as we ageis our sleep habits. We are unprepared whenthings go haywire, and we find ourselves withoutenough sheep to count at night!Sleep deprivation can cause a general lack ofwell-being; lack of concentration, increasedforgetfulness, mood changes, anxiety and inextreme cases, the long-term consequences mayinclude such things as mental illness andpsychosis.Sleep is one of the great mysteries of life butresearch has come a long way over the lastcentury, and we now have a much betterunderstanding of the how the part of the brainknown as the hypothalamus regulates our sleeppatterns.Insomnia is simply defined as the inability tosleep.There are some common forms of insomnia suchas transient insomnia caused by such things asjet lag or illness. Short-term or chronic insomniamay be caused by periods of prolonged stress orfamily issues.So how can we adjust and maintain an adequatesleep pattern? Firstly, if you can’t sleep nightafter night for an extended period of time youneed to see your family doctor. You may have asleep disorder which requires intensive investi-gation at a sleep clinic for monitoring.Age is a major factor in the number of hours aperson requires per night. The number ofrequired hours decreases with age. In the laterstages of life, you may only require six to sevenhours sleep.Health issues such as arthritis, respiratoryproblems and other diseases may of courseinterfere with one’s ability to get a good night’ssleep and it is best to check with your physicianif you fall into this category.

PERHAPS a better question is howlong will your mattress continue toprovide the comfort and support youneed to assure the best night’s sleep?How long your mattress will lastdepends on many factors.Is the mattress used nightly or it aguest room mattress? Was themattress a top quality mattress whenoriginally purchased? The weight andthe sleep habits of the people whosleep on a mattress all factor into howlong it will maintain optimum perfor-mance. Generally a mattress usedregularly should last five to sevenyears.

IT’S said that we spend 30% or moreof our lives sleeping. If this is true,you want one-third of your life to bespent somewhere that’s clean andcomfortable!It’s important to do some mainte-nance cleaning to your mattress tokeep it fresh for a long time to come.For a good night’s sleep and goodhealth it is essential that yourmattress is kept clean.One of the largest causes of a stale-smelling and allergy unfriendlymattress is dust mites. Dust mites aremicroscopic eight legged bugs thatare so small that they are invisible to

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CABARET, morning tea, great live entertainment, plenty to eat, and wonderfulprizes to be won. On Wednesday 14th September from 9.30am to 12.30pm at theMaroochydore Community Hall, George Street, Maroochydore (next to the RSL).Cost is $10. Tickets phone 0450 253 747 Sheelagh Clarke. Fundraiser for a commu-nity bus for Social Support ‘Maroochydore Day Respite Care Centre’.

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More elderly people could stay living in their ownhomes longer thanks to a new clip-on device thatpredicts how likely they are to suffer a fall.One in three Australians aged over 65 suffers a falleach year, with the medical costs associated with treat-ing them reaching about $850 million.But a new device developed by scientists at the Uni-versity of NSW (UNSW) can predict who is mostlikely to fall and possibly be in need hospital care forinjuries such as hip fractures.Being able to work out who is the most and leastlikely to fall can help families determine how muchassistance an elderly relative might need around thehome to prevent a tumble or if they require more con-stant care. The device, which clips onto a belt, worksas a sensor to measure the performance of someoneas they carry out everyday tasks like climbing steps.The UNSW researchers tested 68 elderly people us-ing the device.There are already a range of fall detection devices onthe market, but while they sound an alarm when some-one has fallen, they cannot predict if someone willfall.Lead researcher Dr Stephen Redmond said the re-search team hoped they would be able to find morefunding to carry out more trials of their fall predictor.He said he envisaged the technology developed by

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IT doesn’t matter whatage we are, we all need ahealthy, balanced diet tostay fit and well.But did you know that aswe become older, our di-etary needs change? Andyet, for a range of reasons,it becomes harder to en-sure we get enough of thenutrients we need, suchas calcium, zinc, andfolate.This can cause problemsranging from a higher rateof infections to an in-creased risk of falls – andit can even mean youhave a greater chance ofdying at a younger age.Experts say the problemis only going to get big-ger as Australia’s elderlypopulation grows.“In terms of sheer num-bers, the more olderpeople there are, the moremalnourished peoplewe’re going to have,”says dietitian AssociateProfessor KarenCharlton, of the school ofhealth sciences at theUniversity ofWollongong.“This is an issue thatneeds to be addressedearlier rather than later.”Charlton says there aremany reasons elderlypeople become malnour-ished, but people who aresick or live alone are moresusceptible.Some illnesses such ascancer can reduce appe-tite, Charlton explains,while many medicationscan increase our require-ments for vital nutrientssuch as calcium or iron.“Older people tend to uselots of prescribed medica-tions and often they caninteract with each otherwhich can cause prob-lems with nutrient absorp-tion, digestion and appe-tite.”Depression and loneli-ness, especially after aperiod of bereavement,can also impact quite se-verely on a person’s will-ingness to eat, Charltonsays.Aside from health prob-lems, for many olderpeople social and finan-cial issues can also be areason they aren’t eatingthe right foods.“Often older people don’thave as much money tospend on food as they didwhen they were work-ing,” Charlton says.“The cost of food is in-creasing all the time, sothat could be another rea-son that older peoplehave a limited diet andmay rely on foods that arecheaper. Also, an olderperson may not be mobileso can’t get to theshops.”If you think you – orsomeone close to you –might be malnourished,it’s worth raising the is-sue with your (or their) GP

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AS previously mentioned London is a city that lendsitself to walking, so do pack good walking shoes.The city is a mix of the old and the new, quaint littlestreets, arcades brimming with expensive goods,street markets where you can browse for a bargain,and cathedrals and galleries where you can spendreflective time.Some of the world’s best entertainment is to be foundin London – ballet, opera, musicals, drama and thelatest shows.An introductory sightseeing tour is a good way togain an overview of what the city has to offer. GoldenTours offer a seniors’ discount on all their tours,whether London or day trips out of the city. I havefound them very good.To see a different side of London start your walk atSmithfield, with all its bloody history. It was here in1305 that William Wallace (Braveheart) was executed,and for many years it continued to be a place of ex-ecutions. In fact, during the reign of ‘Bloody Mary’many protestant martyrs were burned or boiled alivethere.Later it became a cattle market and drovers wouldherd their cattle through the streets. Many believethis is how the phrase “bull in a china shop’ origi-nated, as there was often much chaos.Close by is the Church of St. Bartholomew the Great,founded in 1123 reputedly London’s oldest church,During the reign of Henry the Eighth much of thischurch was demolished and today only a small part

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Buderim Garden Festivalat the Buderim War Memorial Hall, CnrKing & Church Streets, Buderim.Spring Flower Show – Specialist Grow-ers Exhibits – light refreshments. 6Open Gardens across Buderim. GardenSculpture Exhibition at the BuderimCraft Cottage. Musical Variety Concert– Sunday 2pm at Maroochy BotanicGardens. For more information visitwww.buderimgardenclub.com, andwww.buderim.com or phone Laurel on5445 6495.

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Women SeekingMen

Stewart, have I missedyour call? I have beenaway and have misplacedyour phone number. CallPatricia if you are inter-ested in getting together.Ref: 852

Active and FS SunshineCoast Lady, 5’5" late six-ties, NS, SD, loves gar-dening, golf, reading, din-ing out, walking, drivingand travel. WLTM sin-cere, caring gentlemanwith similar interests. Ref:854

Lonely 70 year oldknows it’s more fun to dothings together. Enjoysbeach walks and outings.Ref: 855

Men SeekingWomen

Unattached CaloundraGent, slim 175cm, sincere,caring and affectionate.NS, SD with GSOH. En-joys life and good com-pany, dining, music, mov-ies, walking, bicycleriding, drives, picnics,travel and quiet times.WLTM a nice lady withsimilar interests, 56 – 64yrs. Friendship first withVTPR. Ref: 842

Unconventional and Un-complicated. Down toearth, loving, affectionategent, NS and SD. Enjoystravel, gardening,caravanning and walk-ing. WLTM loving ladywith similar interests.VTPR. Age 65 – 70. Ref:843

Sunshine Coast Man, 62years, NS, SD, GSOH,wanting to meet not tooslim lady for friend andcompanion. Ref: 845

60 yo Gentleman, Talland Slim. Affectionateand passionate. Roman-tic with TLC to give.Seeks lady (age open)whose not afraid to recip-rocate with the same pas-sion. VTPR. Ref: 848

Active Gent early 70’s,slim, 5’7". NS, SD andGSOH. WLTM similarlady for outings, diningand travel etc. VTPR.Ref: 850

Retired Sunshine CoastEntertainer, 70ish withgood looks. NS, ND, 5’9".Hobbies include lawnbowls, singing at retire-ment villages and danc-ing. Seeks slim ladyaround 70 for friendshipand outings. VTPR. Ref:853

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The Buderim Male Choir’s next concert is on Sunday9 October at the Coolum Civic Centre starting at2.00pm. The concert will also feature the popular EskCommunity Choir and a young instrumentalist with apromising musical future. The Esk Community Choirgenerally performs on the Sunshine Coast every yearor so and is a great favourite with regular concertattendees. It’s been a busy year for them with trips toItaly in April and Sydney in July. They’ve been re-hearsing for a musical theatre production since thenwith performances scheduled for September inToogoolawah and Gatton. The Buderim Male Choir’snew conductor, Paul Coppens, is a man with impres-sive national and international credentials. He foundedthe Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra in 1975 andbrought the musical comedy ‘Up the Tiber without aToga’ to the Sunshine Coast last year. The unboundedenthusiasm he brings to the choir’s weekly rehears-als has been rejuvenating the choir and attractingnew members who are always welcome.The mixed Esk choir and the all-male Buderim willperform individually at the Coolum concert and com-bine for selected numbers.More information is available on websitewww.buderimmalechoir.org.au or by phone at 0429009 897.

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”DOONELLA A Cappella” Harmony Singing Group are having an Open Morn-ing, and you are invited! Come along and hear “Doonella A Cappella” sing a fewsongs. Join in the fun and learn a couple of popular songs.Free entry. Tea and coffee free too! At the Recreational Hall, Hibiscus Resort,71 St. Andrews Drive, Tewantin. Access hall from Clarey Road, on Mondaymorning September 5th at 10:15am. Phone Andrew 5474 1498 or [email protected] for more information.

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ON 3 September, morethan half a million peoplewill converge onBrisbane’s riverbanks towatch the city sky ignitein a continuous burst ofspectacular colour, musicand special effects.Sunsuper Riverfire, aniconic and beloved event

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on Queensland’s calen-dar is back and set to bebigger and better thanever.Sunsuper Riverfire sig-nals the start of BrisbaneFestival 2011 and celebra-tions kick off from 12noon. Spectators can en-joy Triple M’s outside

Superb night of dance and savoir-faire

broadcast and otherOpening Day celebra-tions to get them in theFestival mood.If you think you have al-ready experienced all thatfireworks can offer - thinkagain - there are some bigsurprises in store thisyear…

Brisbane Festival hasbrought together a re-markable team to designand create the show thisyear. The spectacular fire-works will be accompa-nied by special lightingeffects and music.For those watching thepyrotechnic extravaganzafrom home, you can tuneinto Channel Nine’s livebroadcast from 6.30pmand catch all the excite-ment.Do not miss out on beingpart of Brisbane’s mostexciting and unique nightof the year.

businesses, plentifuldrinks and light refresh-ments, plus a bevy of will-ing helpers made for a re-ally happy and upliftingOld Time Ball on Friday

15th July 2011, at theSquare Dance Centre, 260Dixon Road, Buderim.Approximately two hun-dred guests ranging fromeight to eighty eight camefrom as far afield as Tas-mania, South Australia,The Lockyer Valley, TheSunshine Coast Hinter-land and locally. They allthoroughly enjoyed theopportunity to dance andhave a great night outwith family and friends inan atmosphere of warmthand fun.The Sunshine SwingBand set the scene for theevening with their exten-sive repertoire of musicand song, which they de-livered with great pa-nache.Mrs Cath Fox, with herhusband Claude’s assis-tance, organised theevent to raise funds forthe maintenance of thispopular venue. The inten-tion is to do it all againnext year.



PIANO player John Reeves and Trumpeter Mal Woodwill team up on Saturday 24th September at theWoombye Jazz Club to present a feast of great jazz.A shared desire to get people up and enjoying them-selves is the inspiration for this band. Music for fun!Free Entry. The repertoire spans from swinging clas-sic jazz tunes to New Orleans music.Mal Wood is a great front man and knows how to gethis audience in the mood while he plays some classytrumpet lines. UK born pianist, John Reeves has beenliving in Queensland since 2003 playing all over thecountry in various groups and now joins trumpeterand vocalist Mal Wood, a true embodiment of thespirit of Jazz and live music. Wake up and smell themusic!

YOU might think that thisclub’s claim to have oneof the best beach viewson the Sunshine Coast isa bit over the top, butfloor-to-ceiling windowsin the function room offerpanoramic views of noth-ing but sand and surf asfar as the eye can see, andsoon there will be a newoutdoor eating deck at thebistro.Renovations are underway and Maroochy SurfClub will shortly boastbigger space throughoutthe facilities to comple-ment their already greatcustomer areas.

JIVE and Two Step round dance classeswill commence on Monday 5th Septem-ber at 5.45pm at the Dance Centre, 260Dixon Road, Buderim (near themotorway end). These are “pay-as-you-go” lessons at $5 per person, soyou choose the amount of commitment

Learn to Jive and do the Two Step

Great ocean views and delicious food at Maroochy Surf ClubThe Beach Break Cafe ca-ters to your dining re-quirements 7 days a weekwith lunch, dinner orsnacks available. Onweekends they offer abuffet breakfast and allday dining and the coffeeshop is open daily from10am for cake and coffee.Special meal deals includea two-for-one roast of theday for a mere $14.00(Tuesdays only - lunch ordinner) and Mondays areSeniors days – for $10.00you can have your choicefrom 4 main courses plusdessert of the day (lunchonly). Show your senior’scard to take advantage ofthis offer. A generous Se-

niors discount of 10% isalso offered from Mondayto Thursday (lunch only).September’s Special ofthe month is a mouth-wa-tering Malaysian ChickenLaksa on Stir Fry Veg-etables for $18.00 and ifyou are looking for some-thing in between meals,you can opt for a barsnack available daily be-tween 2pm and 6pmIt’s worth rememberingthat when you decide toeat a meal and take re-freshments at this venue,your money will help tofund the surf club, whichpatrols MaroochydoreBeach.Even with the refurbish-

ment of the club, they arestill trading as normal socall in and see what theyare doing to make a big-ger better Club for the fu-ture. As we go to press ithas just been announcedthat the 2016 National SurfLifesaving Champion-ships carnival will be heldat Maroochydore to cel-ebrate 100 years of thesport on the SunshineCoast. What a coup forthe club!There is disabled accessto all levels of the club viathe lift located in the clubfoyer. Maroochy SurfClub is on Cotton TreeParade, Cotton Tree.Phone (07) 5443 1298.

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you want to make, and the level youwant to reach. Our experienced rounddance cuer is Bev McLachlan, and shewould be happy to provide more infor-mation if you require. So if you thinkyou’d like to give it a go please call Bevon 5445 1238 or 0427 135 442.

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BACK PACK or carrypicnic hamper, navyblue, includes cutlery,crockery etc. exc. cond.$50. Ph 0450 697 200.Wurtulla.BAR stools 4 solidwood good vinyl beigeVGC $120. Ph 54377388. Wurtulla.BATTERY brand new,suit 4 wheel drive or 6cylinder car. $100. Ph0418 660 129.Mudjimba.CAMP cookers on legs,hinged door, woodburner. Suitable highrisk areas. $100. Ph5445 9641. Palmwoods.CANOE 9’ with paddles,new, $100. Ph 54377949. Wurtulla.CAR JACK mechanicalfloor jack made in Aus-tralia 1948 Apac brand$500 ono collectorsitem. Ph 5496 2116.CHAIR student/sewingblack 5 wheel base.Exc. cond. $15. Ph5477 5659. BuddinaCIGARETTE cards1937 Churchmans holi-days in Britain full set48 mint cond. $25 set.Ph 5494 3557. Maleny.COLLECTION of teatowels 1955-85, onewith calendar, rarepieces P.C. 18 for $90.Ph 5443 7025 or 0418158 075. AlexandraHeadland.CURTAINS lightweightwith alternating creamand light olive green pan-els, pair each 31" wide84" (7’) drop. VGC $50.Ph 5492 2902. GoldenBeach.DINING suite walnuttimber with extensionfor 2 extra settings 6chairs with beige cordu-roy seats. $200 ono. Ph0458 240 541. Doonan.

DIVAN fold out todouble bed. Forestgreen, exc. cond. $500.Ph 5456 2792. SippyDowns.DRESSING table large,silky oak, mirror &drawers needs polish$175. Will deliver, localarea. Ph 0419 680 420.EudloDRESSING table maple1950 era, 6 drawers,beveled 900cm x900cm, mirror. VGC$150. Ph 5449 7563.Noosaville.ENTERTAINMENT unit,new cond. 11 storagespaces, L& R adjust-able towers to suit TV,tinted glass doors. Pullapart 5 sections, easyto assemble. 1970W x1250H x 585D. Cost$1250 sell $225 ono. ph5445 5612.FRIDGE large oldWestinghouse. Goeswell. $60. Ph 5494 3376.Maleny.GARDEN accessories,2 x water cans, wire pothangers & hooks, hose& fittings, etc. the lot$30. Ph 0419 737 461.Noosa Heads.HOT water service,electric Vulcan 250 litre.Near new, exc. cond.have gone Solar. $235ono. Ph 54851235.Pomona.KITCHEN, serving tray,laminated wood grainwith brass like trim40cm x 30cm. p.c. $10.Ph 5492 2902.GOLDEN Beach.LAWN mower –McCulloch Easy cuthand mower w/catcherE.C. $35 ph 0408 297371. Warana.LOUNGE 2 seater$165. Ph 5449 8138.Tewantin.

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She was in the bathroom,putting on her makeup,under the watchful eyesof her young grand-daughter, as she’d donemany times before. Aftershe applied her lipstickand started to leave, thelittle one said, “ButGramma, you forgot tokiss the toilet paper good-bye!” I will probablynever put lipstick onagain without thinkingabout kissing the toiletpaper good-bye...My young grandsoncalled the other day towish me Happy Birthday.He asked me how old Iwas, and I told him, 62. Mygrandson was quiet for amoment, and then heasked, “Did you start at1?”After putting her grand-children to bed, a grand-mother changed into oldslacks and a droopyblouse and proceeded towash her hair... As sheheard the children gettingmore and more rambunc-tious, her patience grewthin. Finally, she threw atowel around her headand stormed into theirroom, putting them backto bed with stern warn-ings. As she left the room,she heard the three-year-old say with a tremblingvoice, “Who wasTHAT?”My grandson was visit-ing one day when heasked, “Grandma, do youknow how you and Godare alike?” I mentally pol-ished my halo and I said,

Grandchildren – the best way to put asmile on your dial

“No, how are we alike?’’“You’re both old,” he re-plied.A little girl was diligentlypounding away on hergrandfather’s word pro-cessor. She told him shewas writing a story.“What’s it about?” heasked. “I don’t know,”she replied... “I can’tread.”I didn’t know if my grand-daughter had learned hercolours yet, so I decidedto test her... I would pointout something and askwhat colour it was. Shewould tell me and was al-ways correct... It was funfor me, so I continued. Atlast, she headed for thedoor, saying, “Grandma, Ithink you should try to

figure out some of these,yourself!”When my grandsonasked me how old I was, Iteasingly replied, “I’mnot sure.” “Look in yourunderwear, Grandpa,” headvised, “mine says I’m 4to 6.”A second grader camehome from school andsaid to her grandmother,“Grandma, guess what?We learned how to makebabies today.” Thegrandmother, more than alittle surprised, tried tokeep her cool. “That’sinteresting,” she said,“How do you make ba-bies?” “It’s simple,” re-plied the girl. “You justchange ‘y’ to ‘i’ and add‘es’.”


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1 Cat decides to be cut and dried (10)6 Hotshots begin as common envelope stuffers (4)9 Catch on to the graded competitor as a source of oil(6,4)10 Young pup on a Caribbean island (4)12 Happy to take a turn on the carousel (5-2-5)15 Cherusci port turned up in the torrid zone (7)16 Gun dog for King Charles (7)17 Elect to re-write for the French novelist (7)19 Ages of the mates around the old city (7)20 Determined that the powerful should be lookedafter (6-6)23 In charge of working the computer screen symbol(4)24 Antipodean gangster joined the Austrian (10)25 Wine sediment for Robert E and Gypsy Rose (4)26 Skewered meat designed to be bakshish (5,5)

1 Bob Moor (4)2 Settled at the front of the badger’s burrow (4)3 Snug and nearly appropriate (5-7)4 Insists on including the right assets (7)5 Comes forth with English blends (7)7 Fashion designers ordered the cruiser out (10)8 To scan Dali seascapes will secretly appal (10)11 A flooded river does win spectacularly (5,3,4)13 Farm animals are nevertheless unmoving (10)14 Did Carol Nobel break her clavicle? (10)18 Past the estuary of the Devon port (7)19 Record of proceedings will take a few moments (7)21 Turn up with the dumb militant member (4)22 Every other senior butler is a social climber (4)

1 Dried (10)6 Hotshots (4)9 Source of oil (6,4)10 Caribbean island (4)12 Carousel (5-2-5)15 Torrid zone (7)16 Gun dog (7)17 French novelist (7)19 Ages (7)20 Determined (6-6)23 Computer screen symbol (4)24 Antipodean (10)25 Wine sediment (4)26 Skewered meat (5,5)

1 Bob (4)2 Badger’s burrow (4)3 Snug (5-7)4 Insists (7)5 Comes forth (7)7 Fashion designers (10)8 Appal (10)11 Win spectacularly (5,3,4)13 Unmoving (10)14 Clavicle (10)18 Devon port (7)19 Moments (7)21 Member (4)22 Social climber (4)

THE U3A choir willpresent its annualconcert ‘ShowtimeRevisited’ on 25th

September.The forty- strong choir

THE great Australiantraditions live on -delights of bush poetry,willingness of commu-nity to support and helpeach other and theproud heritage of theWoombye CommunityLibrary.On September 10th sixpoets from the NorthPine Bush Poets groupwill again travel toWoombye Bowls Clubto entertain the guestsat the WoombyeCommunity Library’sevent ‘Spinning Yarns’ -a night of bush poetry,good food, laughter and

U3A Sunshine Coast Concertof Third Agers will beaccompanied by apianist Peter Williamsand Guest Artists ‘TheSunshine Brass’Ensemble. The choir

which was begun in1994 is conducted byKath Jeffers. This year’shighlights will bebrackets from well-lovedmusicals such as TheStudent Prince, ThePhantom of the Opera,Brigadoon, Oklahomaand others.A light filled harmoniousafternoon complimentedby a delicious home-made afternoon tea ispromised.Everyone is welcome.There is no need tobook – but the concertsdraw a loyal following,so do get there early.On Sunday 25th Septem-

Spinning Yarns – Australian traditionsthrive in Woombye

fun.Last year’s ‘SpinningYarns’ night was a hugesuccess leaving guestsenthralled and asking formore. So…. it’s on againand tickets are sellingfast.The Woombye andDistrict’s CommunityBank – a branch ofBendigo Bank, havesponsored the eventwith local businessessupporting the library’sefforts.

Woombye Bowls Clubwelcomed the opportu-nity to hold the library’sevent again in theirclubhouse. Woombyeprinter Chris of CMPprinters has done a greatjob with the design andprinting of theWoombye Dollars whichwill be the prizes for theraffle to be drawn on thenight.Phone Jan on 54421991for tickets and tablereservations.

COME along to theDance Centre, 260 DixonRoad, Buderim (near themotorway end) and learnmore about it at our‘intro’ sessions onWednesday 31 Augustand 7 September at12.30pm. Cost is $5 perperson and you do notneed a partner. Clogging is a folk dancewith roots buried deepin the heart of theAppalachian Mountainsin USA. In the mid1700s, large numbers ofScottish, English andIrish and German

ber from 2 until 4pm atthe Buderim WarMemorial Hall, KingStreet, Buderim (Wheel-chair-access). Admis-sion is $12 with refresh-ments included.U3A Sunshine Coast is agroup of Third Agerswho like to learn for thelove of it.There are 160 classesfrom Coolum toCaloundra offeringUkulele to Latin, Golf,Yoga, computers andmore Visitwww.u3asunshine.org.auor call 540 1223.

Give Clogging a go!

immigrants settled in theAppalachians, bringingwith them their tradi-tional folk dances.Many clogging stepsare reminiscent ofScottish Highlanddancing or Irish stepdancing. Clogging isperformed to a widevariety of music rangingfrom country throughrock, pop and rap.Initially the music isfairly slow, but youprogress it can becomequite fast. No partner isrequired so you learn atyour own pace. Any

comfortable enclosedshoes and comfortableclothing is appropriate,but cool clothing issuggested as you mayget warm while dancing.There are no routines tolearn, clogging is cuedsimilarly to squaredancing or aerobics, sodancers learn ‘steps’. For more information,please call Bev on 54451238 or 0427 135 442. We look forward toseeing you there, andwe can discuss suitabledays for the classes tocontinue.


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This column invites readers to email anyquestions they have on old movies,including silent and/or TV shows.

Was the film “The Great Imposter”based on truth?

The film, “the Great Imposter” starredTony Curtis and was made by Univer-sal Studios in 1960. It tells in comicfashion the true story of FerdinandDemara, who worked in numerous pro-fessions during a life of deception de-spite having no qualifications. Curtisstated that he was keen to play the partdue to a statement that Demara madeconcerning the belief that if you presentyourself with authority then people willaccept it.Demara (b1921) in Massachusetts camefrom a wealthy family but the depres-sion wiped out their finances and hewithdrew into a world of his own culmi-nating in his impersonations. Forgingpapers, assuming identities and read-ing books, he adopted many profes-sions including a monk, soldier, teacherof psychology, Canadian naval sur-geon, prison officer and high schoolteacher. Amazingly he excelled in theseand was highly praised for his work.Due to testimonies by people heworked with, he received only sus-pended sentences for false pretences.He co-authored a book on his life, ap-peared in Life magazine and worked asa consultant on the film. Tiring of this,he turned to the monastery under hisreal name, was ordained and served asa pastor dying of a heart attack in 1982aged 61.

Can you give me information on theTV series “The Saint” and was therean earlier version?

Greg’s Movie Memories

This column invites readers to email anyquestions they have on old movies, including

silent and/or TV shows.

“The Saint” was portrayed by RogerMoore (b1927) in the TV series from1962-9 comprising 114 episodes. Basedon the character made famous by nov-elist Leslie Charteris in the 1920’s, thepart was initially offered to PatrickMcGoohan who preferred the more re-alistic and less promiscuous “DangerMan” series. Moore, a former model,had been in previous series “Ivanhoe”(1957-8), “The Alaskans” (1959-60) and“Maverick” (1960-1) and played thedebonair character with dry style, per-fect coiffure and plenty of fist slammingaction before going onto greater fameas James Bond.Previously 9 films had been made byRKO studios in a series from 1938-54. 5of these starred actor George Sanders(b1906) who most film goers associatewith the part.In these films, “The Saint” was a re-formed crook with a more sinister back-ground who would aid the police andhandle his enemies as he saw fit, alsonot averse to pilfering those with toomuch money.His trademarks were his calling card – astick figure with a halo and a theme songwhich he would whistle during the film.Off screen, Sanders married 5 times in-cluding 2 of the 3 Gabor sisters, ZsaZsa and Magda.He died of an overdose of sleeping pillsand vodka and left a suicide note whichis a favourite titbit of mine which read“Dear World, I am leaving because I ambored. I have lived long enough andam leaving you with your worries in thissweet cesspool – Good Luck”.If you would like your movie questionsanswered, email Greg Goddard [email protected]


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