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Big chamber Somerset businesses will soon benefit from having a region-wide chamber of commerce. The Kilcoy Chamber of Commerce was founded in 2021 and have now expanded to include the whole Somerset area, rebranding as Somerset Business Chamber. Chamber president Lee Robinson said they were asked numerous times to expand their reach and late last year decided the time was right. “We’ve changed the name now to the Somerset Business Chamber,” he said. “We’re moving throughout the Somerset region to support businesses and give them the same benefits that we are providing in Kilcoy.” STORY PAGE 7
Poll day talk Life through the lens The Fernvale Photography Group held a private exhibition opening on Friday night, March 1, at the Lowood Lions’ Open Door Gallery. The exhibition featured some surprising pieces alongside beautiful shots of landscapes, wildlife, flowers, sunrises, sunsets and more. Congratulations goes to photographer Lana Keen, who won the Hanger’s Choice award for her piece ‘Bird in the Bush’. STORY PAGE 15
Fernvale Photography Group members Lana Keen, Brian Keen, Narelle Walker, Colleen Allen, Paul Hodge and Phil Alder at the Lowood Open Door Gallery on Friday night March 1. Picture: JACOB HAYDEN
Candidates running in the local government election put themselves and their ideas forward at several meetings last week. The forums gave the public the opportunity to get to know their future candidates and mayors and to ask questions. Roads were a concern for people in both Somerset and the Lockyer Valley. Questions from the floor addresses several important topics, highlighting the priorities and concerns for constituents leading into the election on March 16. The meetings were held in Glamorgan Vale, Toogoolawah, Kilcoy, Stockyard Creek, and Ma Ma Creek. STORIES PAGE 9, 10
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More local cops By Grace Crichton Extra police officers will be deployed to Lowood and Rosewood stations later this year. The Lowood community, including Somerset Regional Council and Member for Lockyer Jim McDonald, have been calling for additional police services in Lowood for more than a year.
The Queensland Police Service has advised there will be three additional officers and an additional police vehicle for the Rosewood Police Station from 2024-25. Lowood Police Station will also welcome three more officers and an additional police vehicle in the next financial year. The announcement was welcomed by Mr
McDonald. “This is great news,” he said. “We did see an extra couple of police back a few years, but when all of those terrible things happened in the community we really ramped up efforts to get extra police and extra resources and it’s great to see the police service delivering these for our community at Lowood.”
In November 2022, three police cars and part of a carport at Lowood station were damaged in an alleged arson attack, causing $350,000 in damages. Somerset Regional Council called on the State Government to reassess policing needs within Somerset after the incident. STORY PAGE 3
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