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Amped up Local residents are challenging plans by Enervest to construct a battery energy storage station at Hazeldean. Comprised of groups of battery modules housed in containers and connected to power conversion systems, the proposed facility would store electrical energy for later use, providing backup power to the energy grid. When residents learned of the project through cold-call door knocks and letter drops, they organised a community forum at Yowie Park in Kilcoy on 26 May. Hazeldean resident, Dennis Egginton, has taken on the role of spokesperson. STORY PAGE 3
Lowood find L-R: Lockyer Valley Regional Council deputy mayor Chris Wilson, Emily’s grandma Madonna Lyons, aunty and uncle Anita Graham and Rodney Lyons, and councillor Anthony Wilson. Picture: JESSE HAMILTON
Laidley dressed in pink on Emily’s day By Jesse Hamilton The town of Laidley transformed into a sea of pink to mark Saint Mary’s Catholic Pri-
mary School student Emily Surman’s Day for Batten Awareness on 6 June. Businesses down Patrick Street and school students across the Lockyer Valley all
painted themselves in pink, celebrating with balloons and streamers in honour of Emily’s favourite colour. STORY PAGE 5
Discovered 77 years after the end of World War II, the watch and plaque of Z force private Hector McDonald Hill has found its way from Lowwod back to his hometown and into the care of the Tenterfield, NSW, RSL sub-branch. Private Hill’s watch was initially discovered in a Lowood second-hand store by Patriots Military Motorcycle Club member John Wasilewski. “I was a watchmaker by trade, and I used to go around the second-hand shops once a month,” Mr Wasilewski said. STORY PAGE 31
Caring sisters gave lives of love…
RIP Dawn, Stella By Jesse Hamilton It’s the end of an era in the Lockyer Valley, with the sad passing of cherished sisters, nursing stalwarts Myrtle Dawn Logan, known to all as Dawn, and Estelle Mary Murry, affectionately known as Stella, who shared an unbreakable bond and dedication to the local community.
Throughout their years in Gatton, the sisters forged countless memories together, collaborating in managing Gatton Private Hospital during the 1950s, volunteering for Meals on Wheels, sharing a double wedding in 1956, and being cherished members of the Gatton Uniting Church guild. The two sisters passed away ten days apart
on the 8th (Dawn), and 18th (Stella) of May, with Dawn, aged 94, and Stella, aged 91, both holding funerals surrounded by their loved ones at Gatton Uniting Church. Dawn Marsh’s daughter Sharyn Flugge said the pair were inseparable from day dot and described them as compassionate, communityoriented souls.
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“In 1950, Mum and Stella headed off to Brisbane together to commence their nursing training at the Royal Brisbane Womens’ Hospital. “The day they started they vowed to go back to Gatton to care for the sick in their hometown,” she said. STORY PAGE 4
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