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• Local bakers gives the Sunshine Coast a delightful boost | Sunshine Coast Daily

  A SUNSHINE Coast company whose roots go back to Second World War is set to pump $102.5 million into the local economy.Kunda Park's Country Chef Bakery Co., who already provides for Woolworths and Coles, chose to stay on the Coast and invest $8 million for a new global head office.Although the company was founded in 1992, it was managing director Lloyd Bartlett's grandfather Ken who inspired its humble beginnings.After returning from the Kokoda Track's frontline in Papua New Guinea, a 25-year-old..

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• Shoppers eager for cinema to go ahead in centre expansion

  

  IF THE regular visitors to Kawana Shoppingworld could have anything added to their centre it would be a Gold Class Cinema.One Daily online reader who has lived behind the shopping centre for nearly 30 years said the movies had been on the cards a long time."We were told back then (when we moved) that a cinema would be going there," she commented on Facebook.But the message was any old cinema wouldn't do."As long as it includes an IMAX Gold Class," Les Nagy commented."A decent cinema screen is wh..

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• Saints feel the heat in torrid pre-season

  

  THE Saints came to the Sunshine Coast to train amid testing conditions and they certainly did that yesterday, when the players endured a stifling pre-season session at Kuluin.Even the club's stalwarts would have felt the heat. It took its toll on young defender Hugh Goddard.The 19-year-old suffered from exhaustion."He pushed himself probably a little too hard," the club's general manager of football performance Jamie Cox said."He suffered the effects of the sun and he had to be taken to hospital..

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• Surprises aplenty as new shop 'explodes'

  

  WHEN Kate O'Shea was pregnant with her first child, her husband told friends they were breeding "ninja babies".Kate soon made tie-dyed orange t-shirts for her baby, proclaiming "only cool ninjas wear orange" and "bred for my ninja skills", which friends and strangers thought were brilliant, she said.Six years and three children later, Kate's online shop for chewable jewellery and toys assumed the titleNinja Babiesand has been greeted with the same enthusiasm and mirth.Its wacky wares have been s..

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• Business events targeting Kiwis

  

  AUCKLAND TRIP: Reno Verikakis (Oaks Hotels & Resorts), Tiffany Bower, Emily Mills, Rebecca Maitland and Mark Gurd (Novotel Twin Waters Resort).ContributedSUNSHINE Coast operators enjoyed a very productive trip "across the ditch" for this year's Pacific Area Incentives and Conferences Expo, held at SkyCity Convention Centre Auckland.Business Events Sunshine Coast (BESC) was joined by three business events members - Novotel Twin Waters Resort, Oaks Oasis, and Beyond Experiences for the event, ..

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• New name to bring new identity forCoasttourism body

  

  SUNSHINE Coast Destination Limited is being renamed Visit Sunshine Coast.The regional tourism organisation has marketed itself through the websitevisitsunshinecoast.com.auand the change is to reflect consistency.The decision was made at the organisation's annual general meeting yesterday and it will take effect from December 1."Bringing together the public and operational identities of the organisation is crucial in this digital age," Visit Sunshine Coast Chair Grant Hunt said."The new identity ..

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• St Kilda player talks new team mate after drug infringement

  

  AFL: St Kilda player David Armitage says team mate Jake Carlisle is "working hard" to earn the respect of his team mates after arriving at the club in controversial circumstances.Armitage was at Alexandra Headland beach yesterday when his team took to the water for surf drills as part of their pre-season training which will see the squad based here this week.A video of Carlisle appearing to snort a white powdered substance in Las Vegas appeared on A Current Affair the day after he was traded to ..

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• POLICY MATTERS: Collaborate helps to solve problems

  

  ENTREPRENEURS and innovative startup companies are the way of the future.The Sunshine Coast has some of the smartest people in the state, if not the most creative, with plenty of clever ideas to go into business.It was former Queensland premier Peter Beattie who first coined the phrase, Smart State. He had a vision 10 years ago, a notion for an innovation economy.Research and innovation is now all the rage in Canberra and state capitals.Politicians have jumped on board and started throwing money..

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• Walton says: I can't recall

  

  LEGAL counsel for Walton Construction Pty Ltd's liquidator Grant Thornton has reserved the right to recall sole director Craig Walton later in the three-day examination into his collapse leaving more than 1300 unpaid creditors.That recall, which would have him return after evidence is taken from his accountants, business advisers and the National Australia Bank, is different to the lack of recall that he exhibited in the witness box yesterday.The three-day hearing in the Federal Court of Austral..

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• TOP DRAW: Thain gets Buderim fours win

  

  IT was a topsy turvy last round of the Buderim November Men's Fours before the eventual winner John Thain emerged with the winner's cheque.Thain's team of Peter Leon, Richard Strawbridge and Darren Maddrell led the way going into the fifth and final round but Geoff Westall and Wade Mutzelburg also had won four games to have a real chance of tournament success.Westall was the first to drop off, losing the last round to Geoff Brown, Westall grabbed third place while Brown moved into fourth spot.Mu..

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