Category Archives: News

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Council bids to highlight war sites

Moreton Bay Regional Council will apply for State Government grants to highlight significant World War 2 sites in the region.
Mayor Allan Sutherland said while some World War 2 sites had been audited and well documented, others had not.
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NETWORK TOPIC NOV 08

NO JANUARY EDITION

Please remember that we do not produce a January edition.  Therefore, if you have a function in January or early February, let us have details of it for printing in the December edition – deadline Friday 21st November!
UPCOMING DEADLINES:
DECEMBER edition  – Friday 21st November 2008 

FEBRUARY edition – Friday 16th January 2009

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Dayboro Scrappers Summer Fun

7.00pm Friday 6th February ‘til
2.00pm Sunday 8th February ’09

Come along and join in the fun of scrap booking.  If you are an experienced scrap booker from way back, or just a beginner, come along and enjoy some relaxing time out.
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Pioneering the Pine V

What do a jazz band’s drum kit, a fishing boat and locally made clay pottery have in common?
They are all historical artefacts in the Pioneering the Pine V exhibition, which help to recall the history of four pioneering families, at the Pine Rivers Heritage Museum, in Dayboro Rd, Kurwongbah, from November 1, 2008 to February 1, 2009.
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Protecting your Identity

Personal information such as a person’s date of birth, address, mother’s maiden name and passwords have become a currency for thieves seeking to obtain credit, goods and other services.
Federal Member for Dickson, Peter Dutton MP, said the way in which thieves steal a person’s identity is becoming more sophisticated and can include obtaining personal information from internet sites, rubbish bins or by copying credit card information after you make a purchase.
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The Importance of Sticking to Your Strategy

By AMP Financial Planner Peter Lake*

The Australian Government has recently guaranteed the balances of all funds on deposit in Australian banks and financial institutions.

This demonstrates that, notwithstanding the fundamental soundness of our economy, it is considered critical that we have confidence in our financial system. Pretty much everyone is nervous at present, not least because we appear to be sailing in un-charted waters.

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Is your investment protected?

Planning to go to the beach over the Christmas Holidays?
Do you clean your 4wd properly as soon as you get home?
Do you perform a full under body car wash?
Not cleaning your 4wd properly after going on the beach could cost you $$$

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Botanic garden review

Moreton Bay Regional Council will investigate further its options in relation to botanical gardens and horticultural values for the region.
This follows a request to council from the Queensland division of the Society for Growing Australian Plants for a regional botanic garden to be established in the area.
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Health and Fitness Nov 08

Dr Rod Edwards PhD     r.edwards@griffith.edu.au
School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University

Overweight Children, Fast Food and Exercise
My job (now part-time) is the education of future Health and P.E teachers in the values of exercise and the health education of nutrition.  I am an exercise physiologist and a health educator and not a dietician/nutritionist.  I will include more specific information in some future articles from a colleague who is.
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DAYBORO CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS COMPETITION

Dayboro’s street-front businesses have been invited to participate in this competition which is all about generating a “Christmassy” feeling to our township’s main business area.

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