Category Archives: General

Dec2011_MT MEE NEWS

By Ian Wells
I write in the middle of November and it is very hot and it is very dry.
But the Government is preparing to run the top off the Wivenhoe dam.  Fools! What  are they doing?  Don’t they understand that it is never going to rain again……?
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Dec2011_CHAMBER REFERRAL CIRCLES A BIG HIT

Next Meeting Details
Date: Wednesday 8th February 2012
Time: 6.45am – 8.30am

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Dec2011_WHAT WEED IS THAT

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NEW:  OnLine Toolkit Available
The battle to stop the spread of weeds in Queensland received a boost this week with the launch of a new online identification tool to support the Queensland Government’s Flood Recovery Program.
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Dec2011_AUSGRIDS TIPS TO BECOME A FAN OF FANS

– Fans cost about $6 over summer to run, compared to conditioners which can cost more than $150.
– Make sure ceiling fans are set to the summer or cooling setting (forward rotation).
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Dec2011_SAMFORD VALLEY STEINER SCHOOL

Music, pollution and peace – busy times at Samford Valley Steiner School 
Molly Davies, a Samford Valley Steiner School Class 8 student, was recently a winner in the Australian Children’s Music Foundation’s 2011 Songwriting Competition.
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Nov2011_Letter to Editor

Dear Editor,
Has the RACQ lost its mind?  In mid-October, I called the RACQ for roadside assistance from our home address in Samsonvale (half way between Samford and Dayboro).  After one hour I received a call to say that the patrol, which had been dispatched from Kilcoy an hour earlier (!!!!), was still half an hour away.

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Nov2011_PET OF THE MONTH

Rocky, a 6 ½ year old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, is one lucky little dog to have such dedicated owners.
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Nov2011_PLANT KOALA FOOD TREES

To all wildlife enthusiasts and residents living in the Moreton Bay Region.
WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PRESERVATION OF KOALAS IN YOUR AREA?

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Nov2011_Beautiful Belties

Meet George I. The first full blood Belted Galloway calf born at the Bella Vista Belted Galloway Stud at Mt. Samson.  The breeders, Dr Bill and Janine De Maria, said that the breed started in the unforgiving hills of the Galloway area of south-west Scotland.  The breed was around 400 years ago, starting from the crossing of the Galloway with the Dutch Laken elder.
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Nov2011_RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE NOW

. . . FOR STORM AND FLOOD SEASON
Last weekend’s wild hail storms across some of our region should act as a timely reminder for all residents to prepare now for the summer storm and flood season, local LNP candidates said today.

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