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9. March 2010

Stacey Bentley… our Rhinestone Cowgirl

BELIEVE IT or not, here on the Hinterland we have Australia’s top rootin’ tootin’ shootin’ cowgirl. Well, they’re not the words that 15 year-old Stacey Bentley would use, nevertheless, she is the best young Paint Horse rider in the country, and this striking young woman will soon leave for Fort Worth, Texas to prove her own [...]

9. March 2010

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Pattemore House: a window into Maleny’s past

ROB PATTEMORE has fond memories of his first five years in Maleny around the house built for his great grand-father, John Robert in 1908. Pattemore House is now owned by the Sunshine Coast Regional Council and forms part of the 126 hectare Maleny Precinct. John Robert Pattemore was a butcher by trade and arrived in Australia [...]

Printing green… and staying in the black

6. March 2010

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Printing green… and staying in the black

Many businesses claim to be green these days, but Brenda Matthews of Maleny Green Printery is taking her green credentials seriously. Brenda is going through the lengthy and expensive process of national certification for her printing business and, as she told the Hinterland Times, it’s a commitment she made when she first took over the [...]

6. March 2010

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Maleny Neighbourhood Centre comes of age

After 17 long years as an itinerant community and social justice service on the Blackall Range, the Maleny Neighbourhood Centre has at last found a spacious new permanent home in Bicentenary Lane, Maleny. The Centre will be officially opened by the State Government in April but the MNC will be holding a public open day [...]

6. March 2010

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Explaining acts of God

Book Reviews: Michael Berry ON A RECENT television news bulletin a distraught resident of Port au Prince in Haiti faced the camera to declare that, “I have lost my wife and my children. I only have God now”. The horrific earthquake in Haiti and the 2004 tsunami that devastated coastlines to our north, are only two natural [...]

6. March 2010

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The Rebel Priest Father: Peter Kennedy

BRISBANE CATHOLIC Priest Peter Kennedy was sacked by his Archbishop for contravening aspects of Catholic doctrine in February 2009. This was a crisis that had been brewing for several years and was as much about Peter’s shedding of Church formalities as it was about his personal struggles with the relevance of a heavily doctrinal church. Kennedy was [...]

6. March 2010

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From the Editor: MARCH 2010

AT THE HINTERLAND TIMES we are always on the lookout for local youngsters who are achieving great things. We have two in this edition. Bianca Bond is the daughter of our well known Hinterlander, Beverley Hand. Bianca is making an impression in her own right as a strong advocate for regional youth. Busy all over [...]

6. March 2010

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Bianca Bond – young citizen with a youth focus

BIANCA BOND was recently announced the young citizen of the year by the Sunshine Coast Regional Council. Bianca has demonstrated outstanding, positive leadership and shines in her roles as youth worker and organiser for Nambour High School’s Women’s Business workshop for indigenous women. In 2009 Bianca attended the Inaugural Indigenous Youth Parliament at Parliament House, [...]

6. March 2010

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Launch of stunning new Montville Performance Space

THE THUNDERING rain stopped one evening at the end of February to allow a grand opening of the wonderful new music centre at Lucas Parklands in Montville. Ian and Lee Lucas have made their music venue a dream come true and the opening concert was a stunning sign, if one were needed, that high musical culture [...]

6. March 2010

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Fig Creative: helping businesses grow online

MALENY-BASED Fig Creative specialises in online strategy and brand management for businesses. This group of marketers, web designers and IT specialists has now created a suite of training programs to further help their clients get maximum leverage from the Internet. Fig’s head of marketing is Jennifer Perri and she told the Hinterland Times what her clients [...]

6. March 2010

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Woodstock at Witta

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO BAD WEATHER THE DIVINE DIVAS are again supporting the Variety Club of Queensland in presenting Woodstock at Witta on March 13. This once a year band spectacular is held at the Witta Recreation Club with free entrance for children. This year amongst the great line-up of bands taking to the stage [...]

6. March 2010

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Hinterland Times Auto Guide with Yvonne & David Williams

Peugeot 207 … the sleek, chic tourer HOW CAN YOU have fun with a car and be kind to the environment at the same time? Get yourself a classy Peugeot 207 5 Door Touring XT -that’s how. The Touring is available with a 1.6l naturally aspirated petrol engine or our favourite the 1.6l HDi Turbo Diesel. This [...]

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