A beenleigh perspective on the albert & logan news

hi beenleigh bloggers,,,

love to read the local paper, don't you?.... Today's albert & logan (albert edition, wednesday april 4th) did not disappoint.... judith maizey's article on page 2...titled 'not enough space' is certainly newsworthy....the canefields clubhouse has excellent programs for people with mental health issues...clubhouse's are all over the world...people who attend make a commitment to a normal working day....they work, cook and eat together and become friends who support each other through the bad times...

judith informs us that they are in dire need of new premises...lease on the dump runs out in august....sorry to whoever owns the place and has been collecting the $450 a week... but it sounds like a dump to me!.... only one toilet ...hole in the hall ceiling where rain pours in....airconditioning, oven and microwave can't be used at the same time....come on????....sounds very dodgy....

so the clubhouse needs a nice new place that they can call home....come on all you generous public benefactors....put your hands in your pockets....they used to have a lovely garden when they ran from manilla st....that's what they need...somewhere to feel safe and to establish an atmosphere of normalcy....

ok...i am off my soapbox...next story....by judith again....hello judith....our own beenleigh butcher.....brett brooks, of beenleigh butchery....what a champion guy he is....bought the butchery last year after working for twenty years (since he was 15 !!)....for three different owners....good on you brett.....

hey this guy deserves our support....he has only ever had two sick days in his life....legend....
i hope everyone has tried their ham....it is unbelievable....smoked and cured on the premises...by brett....if you have ever won a meat tray at the beenleigh bowls club, then you have had beenleigh butchery meat....beautiful pork chops....goodluck in your new business venture brett...

i am getting off the albert & logan stuff now.....but i just had to mention while we are talking food...has everyone tried the bakery called 'the just loaf' in main street ???....up the hill abit from hux's....beautiful breads, cakes and all sorts of goodies....all made from scratch....nothing artificial....my particular fave is their digger pie....oh and they make the best death by chocolate....mmm

currently....and excuse the pun....they have the best hot x buns on the planet....$5 for 6 (bargain)....lovely people....best bakery in town....

ok....back to the albert & logan....ah, letters to the editor...my favourite....
i won't get into all the logan stuff....just beenleigh....otherwise i will be here all day...lol.....
first of all young monique stevens of windaroo's letter on page 11 'tragedy looming at school road' gets the best letter award from me....she is a year 12 student and probably headed for a career in journalism....you go girl....

monique implores people to take notice of the dangerous situation on the xing in front of windaroo high....she eloquently explains how it is only a matter of time before someone is killed or seriously hurt....so slow down you commuters coming into beenleigh on the beenleigh-beaudesert road....how would you feel if you killed a kid on a school xing....about as bad as the guy who hit sophie delizio i would imagine....once again well done monique, excellent letter!!!...

andrew stevenson of eagleby has an excellent idea for capturing rain water when we have a torrential downpour....roadside gully traps....seems like andrew knows his stuff....i would mention also that there are some underground aquafirs coming off the mt warren hill....it seems this water just runs into storm water drains and is also wasted....so come on you decision makers take a little notice of the people....commonsense ideas usually work....people are the experts in their own lives and people like andrew....observe and ponder solutions to problems that are occurring in their own backyard....practice your own philosophy....don't waste a drop!!!... great letter andrew, well done...

ken wood of mt warren park thinks that people in the media should learn to enunciate more clearly..... so that they don't mispronounce words .....just think of pauline hanson saying these words and you will know what ken means......'australya' (australia).....inviroment (environment)....dias (dais).....don't hear that one so much.....next one's definetely a kath & kim...i really never hear it used in the media that much...obstropolus (obstreperous).....

well yes ken...i abhore hearing people saying 'austraya'....but it is a very hard word to pronounce if you notice.....like a person of chinese decent trying to say.....'synnny' (sydney)....unfortunately in this day and age with txt and the like we are losing the pure english 'english'.....but it is a global thing....and soon we will actually spell things differently....bring it on i say....note the fact that i do not use capitalisation....it makes for easier communication and isn't that the most important thing....

i want to keep in touch with my kids....so i learnt to txt....i luv how they have made up all these short forms for words that are 2 difficult to type....eg....i typed '2' it was one stroke as apposed to three strokes for 'two'...u c?....better we remember the 'queen's' english as something old and quaint....like the queen....

well that's it folks....the rest of the paper was the same old....adds mostly....oh that's right its a free paper, i forgot....