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Town & Country Journal, Week #112 - March 2, 2023

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2nd March 2023

CountryJournal TV Guide inside! p.21 p.7

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WWII Veteran’s Dog Tags to be presented to Warwick RSL.

Warwick golfing ladies How will you spend showed their best on the Clean Up Australia Day?

Weather outlook p.6 p.28

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Winds of change

“BASICALLY IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY HAD WALKED OVER THEM WITH A HEDGE TRIMMER”: NATHAN BORONIO Kim Hanson-Ross kimberley.hansonross@ icloud.com

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s fast as the hail-laden storm hit o n February 14, locals on the Granite Belt have moved to seek government assistance and stepped up to help

each other. The Granite Belt Growers Association (GBGA) convened to discuss ways to approach government for a revaluation of the farmer’s disaster assistance criteria. “The damage we’ve seen is entire crop devastation where the hail hit,” GBGA President Nathan Baronio said, noting that his farm of

“about 20 acres of strawberry plants ... basically look like somebody had walked over them with a hedge trimmer”. The storm was so severe, with orange-sized stones pelting the landscape, that there were reports of stock losses west of Stanthorpe. Continued on page 10...

Anna’s legacy

“It’s a pleasure to be able to do something for our local hospital”: Jim Barnes Selina Venier editor@thedailyjournal.ink

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arely does a story come along and no one’s ever the same. That’s the

size of the infinite impact of the murals exclusively appreciated by the public on February 25 on the Southern Downs. The internal corridor mural and another significantly-sized work, further

inside the mental health facility of Stanthorpe Hospital were created in 2022 in honour of Anna (Astill) Torenbeek, the addition of so much more than colour. These vibrant walls were a

hope that Anna had while facing the challenges of a cancer diagnosis, and precisely why this story was and is all about impact, from her hopes verbalised, ... Continued on page 8...

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