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Back on the 13th March, 1987 the Maleny Show Grounds was the venue of the very fi rst Maleny Folk Festival. At the last Maleny Folk

Festival in 1994 some 60,000 people at-tended.

From this humble beginning the interna-tional acclaimed Woodford Folk Festival was born.

Once again Maleny, or more correctly Conondale is to be home to a music festival.

Green Park which is more commonly known for the now defunct Conondale Picnic Race meetings and now more commonly known as the home of the Sunshine Coast Motor Cycle Club.

The site is now better known as the location of big name motor cycle events such as the Queensland and Australian MX Titles Enduros and the Thumper Nats.

This will change in

September when a three day music event, The Utribe Festival will be held in this quiet country valley surrounded by undulating hills.

This is the fi rst time that a music festival has been held at the site and is is expected that the event will be run annually after this, the inaugural festival, in 2009.

Organiser, Mim Colstock said, “There has been tremendous support from a number of local and interstate musicians. Some of those attending include Ash Grunwald, Red Eyes, Dubmarine, Tijuana Cartel, Toothfaer-ies.”

If you wish to make any further inquiries contact Festival Director, Corey Skipper on 0431 102 322.

The hills are to be alive with the sound of music

Covering Queensland’s Sunshine Coast Hinterland

An exhibition of artworks including seven painted eco-friendly cardboard cof-

fi ns and organized by a local Fu-neral Celebrant, OPENS on Friday 24th July, 2009 at the Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.

Local artist, Larian Sloan is one of the featured artists. Her coffi n is

called “Impressionistic”.

It is in memory of the australian impressionist artists and on the lid is hertribute to Vida Lahey one of Queensland woman artists from 1882 - 1968.

“This exhibition of a beautiful and varied collection of coffi ns” says Larian. “and they are available for sale after the exhibition.”

Green Park as it is normally known...

A scene from the Fire Event at an early Maleny

Folk Festival.Photo Neil Cameron

Larian’s coffi n is a work of art

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Truthful Jones Tells... that an older, white haired man walked into the Maleny jewellery storeone Friday evening with a beautiful young gal at his side.

He told the jeweller he was looking for a special ring for his girlfriend.

The jeweller looked through his stock and brought out a $5,000 ring and showed it to him. The old man said, “I don’t think you understand, I want some-thing very special.”

At that statement, the jeweller went to his special stock and brought another ring over.

“Here’s a stunning ring at only $40,000,” the jeweller said. The young lady’s eyes sparkled and her whole body trembled with excitement. The old man seeing this said, “We’ll take it.”

The jeweller asked how pay-ment would be made and the old man stated, by cheque. “ I know you need to make suremy cheque is good, so I’ll write it now and you can call the bank on Monday to verify the funds and I’ll pick the ring up Monday afternoon,” he said.

Monday morning, a very teed-off jeweller phoned the old man. “There’s no money in that account.”

“I know”, said the old man, “but can you imagine the week-end I had?”

Morale: Never look at an older man and think that he has passed it. Experience will outdo youthful exuberance ev-ery time.

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THE END OF AN ERAby Jack Wilcox AM

When you see this photograph, this grand old lady (the building) of a previous era will no longer exist.The Maleny Tennis clubhouse at the Showgrounds, this romantic if rickety relic of a bygone age is currently being rebuilt. The asbestos roof, the structure precariously balanced on three out of four stumps, the dangerous staircase, now a climbing challenge for some of the club’s more ‘mature’ members’ will be gone. Over the next month the long overdue renovations will take place thanks to the stringent savings programme put in place by the mem-bers, topped up by a $15000 grant from the Sunshine Coast Regional Council.

A user friendly single level structure will replace this icon with its ghosts of hundreds of players with names like Alan Webster (husband of Olga), three year singles champion back in the fi fties, memories of Jack Thorne and his prodigious work preparing the old clay courts, faded 1920’s photographs of the legendary Robin Simpson’s parents and others luminaries which adorn the walls and the cedar honour boards which record the history of the club and its many champions. There will be no access to the clubhouse during the renovation. The courts will be available for use during the construction phase.

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Mum’s favourite RecipesCreamy Potatoe Salad

Ingredients * 1 kg potatoes * 3/4 cup French Dressing * 3/4 cup sliced celey * Few chopped green shallots * 1 cup mayonnaise * 1/2 cup sour cream * 1 1/2 teaspoons prepared mustard * Salt * 3/4cup diced cucumber

MethodIf using old potatoes, peel and cook until tender but still fi rm; if new po-tatoes, cook in their jackets and peel when cooked.Slice potatoes or cut into large dice while still warm. Put into bowl, pour over the French dressing, toss gently to coat potatoes pieces.Let stand 1 hour. Add celery and shallots. Combine mayonnaise, sour cream and mustard, blend well, mix into potato, together with salt to taste; refrigerate.Just before serving, mix in the cucumber.

The “NUT” AwardIt matters little what the mon-etary penalty is or how much education is given there are some drivers who just will not take notice of the road rules.They are not only a danger to themselves but they are a danger to other road users who have no control over the prevailing situ-ation, not through their actions but the actions of the inconsider-ate drivers.Each week we will bring you the contender for the weekly “NUT” award - that is the weakest part of the car’s safety - “The Nut behind the wheel”...Let us see if we can do our little bit to improve road safety around our town.If you know the person men-tioned please have a quiet word to them.

This week’s award goes to:-

just getting away from cars this week! One would wonder at the mentality of the person/s who vandalised the pioneer’s head-stones that are in front of the Maleny State School grounds.

If you know - call the police.

The “NUT” Award

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Because the Wildlife Warriors team share Steve Irwin’s dream of conservation and strive to make it a reality.

As part of their program they are holding a series of FREE information sessions at the Australian Wildlife Hospital Conference Centre on July 30th between 5p.m. and 6p.m.

This particular session is on cheeter conservation.

The sessions will be conducted by two of the Wildlife Hospi-tal’s staff, Brooke Mundey and Amber Gillett. Both these people are experts on the cheetar.

Brooke is the senior cheetar handler at Australia Zoo and Amber is the Wildlife Hospital’s veterinarian and specialises in the cheetar’s health.

Included in the session will be light refreshments and an opportunity to get up close to take some great photographs.

For more information and to book for this session call 1800 334 350 or email info @wild-lifewarriors.org.au

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The Federal Government recently allocated $22 million for schools in the Sunshine Coast area from the “Primary Schools for the 21st Century.

Funding of $22.268 million has been announced for these projects in the Sushine Coast area and include the following schools in the hinterland area:

* Conondale State School: $103,000 for multipurpose hall;* Conondale State School: $747,000 for resource centre;* Glass House Mountains State School: $1 million for multi-purpose

hall;* Glass House Mountains State School: $1.5 million for resource

centre;* Kenilworth State Community College: $566,500 for multi-purpose

hall;* Kenilworth State Community College: $283,500 for covered area;* Ananda Marga River School: $718,000 for multi-purpose hall;* Glasshouse Country Christian College: $2.5 million for primary

library. These schools will all benefi t from the provision of the extra building resources.

Local schools share in $22 millionbuilding funding

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Don’t ForgetFor those with a love of a good sausage on the barbie then there is now a range of local gourmet sausages available at Watson’s Ga-rage, Maple Street, Maleny.When you get petol there just ask Simon about the huge range of tastes avail-able.

Want to dance the night away

The Witta Tennis Club is having a dance on Satur-day 25 July at the Male-ny RSL commencing at 7.00PM.

Tickets are $25/head and can be purchased from the Bowerbird in Maleny.

The aim is to raise money for a new clubhouse.

Why not go along for a great night of fun.

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Media Release Biological Farmers of Australia 15th July 2009

PUTTING THE CERTIFICATION INTO ORGANIC

The next Up Front Club / Maple St Co-op Food and Farming breakfast will feature a presentation by Daniel Phipps, Certification Officer with Australian Certified Organic.

Australian Certified Organic (ACO) is Australia’s premier certifier, known in the marketplace by the recognisable organic “Bud” logo which shoppers use to identify certified organic products.

Daniel Phipps works on the technical side of organic certification with ACO, licensing producers, food manufacturers and other operators who reach the stringent bench-marks of the Australian Organic Standard (AOS).

The AOS and organic production in general have far-reaching impacts on the health of communities and the environment, prohibiting such pollutants and community concerns as synthetic pesticides, GMOs, hormones, food additives and antibiotics. The Standard also has requirements for animal welfare, preservation of natural habitat and maintenance of soil health.

Daniel’s work entails dealing with day-to-day enquiries from operators wishing to gain certification and assisting certified organic operators to ensure that their current practices conform to the Standard’s requirements.

Daniel’s intimate knowledge of organic standards and their application in the real world make him a fascinating and informative speaker. This is an ideal opportunity either to clarify the essence of what really is organic or to establish if going organic is for you.

8am Thursday 23rd July Up Front Club 31 Maple St , Maleny

For more information; John Muir 0421836325 For bookings UFC 5494 2592

What is Biological Farmers of Australia (BFA)?

The BFA, constituted formally in 1987, is Australia’s largest member-based organic organisation, representing and servicing sectors as varied as cosmetics, fertilisers, almost every farming sector, value adders and retailers.

The BFA has two subsidiary certification agencies which regulate the organic marketplace both for export as well as domestic sale. They are Australian Certified Organic and for smaller operations, Organic Growers of Australia (OGA Certified).

ENDS

Media Contacts:

BFA Media Department Jan Nary: Ph: +61 (0)7 3350 5716 ext. 275 / 0429 898 328

STOP PRESS!

Join the BFA and others at this year’s Organic Expo in Melbourne 24th

– 26th

July 2009 to discover a new

range of exciting products and services that will delight your senses and tantalise your taste buds. More

information is available at www.organicexpo.com.au.

The BFA Organic Roadshow - a line-up of fascinating speakers on many aspects of organic production and

marketing –will be coming to centres across NSW, Qld and WA between August and November this year.

For more information on Organic Expo or Organic Roadshows;

(07) 3350 5716 /events@bfa.com.au / www.bfa.com.au

Mobile Phone rulesA new fact sheet for pre-mium mobile phone services has been released by the Australian Communications and Media Authority and the Australian Competition and Comsumer Commission.

The sheet is designed to assist users of mobile pre-mium SMS to: only sign up to an ongoing service if they want to; cancel services they no longer want, and know where to get help or get a complaint resolved.

For more information, visit www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_311207

Jobs supportI am pleased that the Gov-ernment has promised greater support for employ-ment and education in the Sunshine Coast and Cabool-ture regions in recognition of the potential impact in these areas of the economic slow-down.

The Sunshine Coast depends signifi cantly on tourism and construction to drive its economy and Caboolture relies heavily on industry, and all these sectors are be-ing hit hard by the economic slowdown.

I am pleased that the Aus-tralian Government has picked up on these hard-ships and said it will follow up with support.

I totally support any propos-al to increase infrastructure spending on the Sunshine Coast to meet the needs of our growing population, including generating employ-ment and economic.

The local areas were named in a report released this week by the Department of Employment.

The report suggests the ar-eas should expect Centrelink job expos and more fi nancial information seminars.

Electoral EnrolmentIt was of interest to read re-

cently that some 1.2 million eligible Australians are not enrolled to vote for federal elections.

The AEC has also been run-ning a promotion to encour-age schools to register for Enrol to Vote week, which will be held from July 27 to August 2. The week is de-signed to encourage 17 and 18 year olds to register to vote – 17 year old will be-come eligible to vote on the day they turn 18

Schools can register for Enrol to Vote Week 2009 by visiting www.enroltovote-week.aec.gov.au or by calling 13 23 26 and selecting the Enrol to Vote Week option.

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