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GAME ON: Lockyer Australian Party candidate Dave Neuendorf with Australian Party's Bob Katter and Aidan McLindon fire the first salvo in the election battle for the state seat of Lockyer with a call to introduce collective orderly marketing for Lockyer Valley produce.

REGARDLESS of whether an election has been officially called, local candidates are in full election mode eight weeks out from the state election.
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No cutbacks: Mulherin

RUMOURS DENIED: The Helidon DPI office will not close on February 10 according to Minister Tim Mulherin.

WITH public health a major concern after recent Hendra virus outbreaks across the state, rumours of cutbacks of biosecurity officers in regional centres have...
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Gatton's golf champs

NUMBER ONE: Player of the Year Jason Weatherby with Charlie Earp.

JASON Weatherby has been named the Player of the Year of the Gatton Jubilee Golf Club.

 

Long service, big reward

Lyn Teske from Toogoolawah Show Society celebrates their win with Somerset Citizen of the Year winner, Heather Preston.

STANDING in a line of 22 nominees, it was clear the last name Heather Preston expected to hear as the winner of the Somerset Region's Citizen of the Year was...
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Somerset lauds best, brightest

SHANNON Haggett won the Australia Day Sports Award.

THE region's highest achievers were honoured at Somerset Region's Australia Day awards ceremony last week.
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Helping hand ‘second nature'

POPULAR CHOICE. Alma (Monnie) Raymont was a popular choice for the 2012 Lockyer Valley Citizen of the Year award after a lifetime working for the community. Monnie is pictured with her family Katherine, Lynne, Christopher and Emily proudly displaying her award.

ALMA ‘Monnie' Raymont is a gale force wind keeping the Lockyer Valley moving forward in true Australian fashion.
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Celebration of a nation

HIGH ACHIEVERS: The winners of the Australia Day High Achievement Awards were all smiles at the Cultural Centre on Australia Day.

DESPITE the threat of grey clouds, Gatton turned out in force to celebrate Australia Day with many different events in the region having good attendances.
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Gatton FC set to kick off

THE local branches of the world game (soccer) are cranking up into pre-season action, with Gatton FC holding its club sign-on this Saturday.

 

Tricky winds make life tough

BLOWN AWAY: Nev McKay and Tony Rack with their trophy fish, nabbed in tough conditions.

GATTON'S Bottom Dwellers Fishing Club braved the elements yet again on the weekend of January 21 and 22.

 

AFL with a difference...

COME AND TRY: A photo of the boys had come to the program last year.

FOOTBALL season is on the horizon and to whet your appetite, you can play the Aussie rules alternative (touch) version of the game.

 

World's wetlands need protection

WORLD Wetlands Day is celebrated around the globe every February to raise awareness about the importance of wetlands.
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Koala corridor for Kentville kids

KOALA KIDS: Kentville State School is now home to the Koala Kafe after they secured a Greening Australia grant.

KENTVILLE Primary School is set to become part of a koala corridor after the school received a $20,000 grant from Greening Australia.

 

Mt Sylvia cut off by floodwaters

FLOW WOES: Bauers Crossing at Mt Sylvia was damaged by flash flooding in the area has cut off many residents from town.

RAIN across the Lockyer Valley has caused a community in the Mt Sylvia area to experience isolation once again.
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Guides group hope to get girls

ALSEIA Spicer, Karen Moore, Dee Robinson and Pat Coombes cooked up a storm at Woolworths Fernvale for the Fernvale Girl Guides.

AS ONE of the newest clubs to start in the region, Fernvale Girl Guides is calling for extra support as the club continues to grow in members.

 

Super cast make theatre brilliant

STANDOUT PERFORMANCE: Emma Williams, Rachel O'Connell, Judy Malone, Lauren Conlan, Elisha Tonner and Lily Bramble on stage.

RAINY weather failed to dampen the sheer brilliance of the musical production You Brilliant Thing held at the Helidon Community Centre on Sunday night.

Queensland News 

'Dam operators did best possible'

'Dam operators did best possible'

AN ENGINEER has told a flood inquiry that dam operators achieved "the best possible" result when Brisbane and Ipswich were submerged in January last year.

 

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Offbeat News 

Jailed for sleeping in woman's bed

Jailed for sleeping in woman's bed

A WARWICK man, who was channelling famed fairytale character Goldilocks when he broke into a woman's home and slept in her bed, has been jailed.

 

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World News 

'Scores' dead as troops attack Homs

'Scores' dead as troops attack Homs

SCORES, possibly hundreds, of people are thought to have been killed in Syria when President Assad's forces shelled homes in the opposition stronghold of Homs.

 

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