Cindy Lever

Contributor at Kidspot

Writer and Editor at Freelance

I’m a freelance journalist, mum and farmer. Love my job and my animals.

Articles

INSPIRING GENEROSITY

2 days ago | tmnews.com.au | Cindy Lever

VAUGHN Royer is proving you don’t need to be Bill Gates to be philanthropic. He regularly supports those in need on the mountain, sometimes quietly paying people’s rent, donating IGA gift cards or simply donating his time. “If I can make someone’s week amazing just paying for some groceries it will improve my life and make me feel good,” he shared. “I grew up poor, with not a lot. My mum was just able to put food on the table. There were no holidays or going out for dinner.
TENNIS CLUB CELEBRATES NEW SURFACE THANKS TO GAMBLING GRANT

3 days ago | tmnews.com.au | Cindy Lever

THE Tamborine Mountain Tennis Club Inc will be resurfaced thanks to a grant from the Gambling Community Benefit Fund. The courts were built in 2009 and had not been resurfaced since, far exceeding the 12-year lifespan of the surface. “They were certainly due for resurfacing. It’s now worn down the whole way,” president Henry Rich said.
SINGING FOR THE SOUL

1 week ago | tmnews.com.au | Cindy Lever

BARBERSHOP harmony is not something many people are too familiar with, and is generally performed by men, but for Dianne James it’s her salvation. Dianne discovered her passion for the a capella style originating from the United States in 1995 while living in Redland Bay. “I am the founding member of Redland Rhapsody Chorus. I thought I had joined a newly formed choir and discovered that I had joined a Barbershop Chorus,” she laughed.
Goat Track Theatre Forced to Close After Council Ends Partnership

1 week ago | tmnews.com.au | Cindy Lever

AFTER 16 years of inspiring and educating youth in the Scenic Rim, Goat Track Theatre will be forced to shut its doors on the mountain. Thousands of children have benefited from their weekly theatre courses as well as their additional youth programs across the Scenic Rim. However, after operating under a partnership agreement with Scenic Rim Regional Council since 2009, the council have now abolished the agreement and changed it to a rent arrangement of $43,000 per year.
The Black Plum Project

2 weeks ago | canungratimes.com.au | Cindy Lever

THE Scenic Rim is leading the way in the preservation of the unique endangered Black Plum tree, or the Planchonella eerwah. There are only an estimated 180 Black Plum trees between the Scenic Rim and the Sunshine Coast and until the discovery of one at Ivory’s Knob, southwest of Ipswich, in 1980, it was presumed extinct. Now, less than five are believed to be in the Scenic Rim: one planted in Boonah, one wild specimen in Veresdale Scrub and one confirmed specimen in Wooloooman.
Buy back scheme could be answer to Shelf Road heartache

2 weeks ago | tmnews.com.au | Cindy Lever

Federal Member for Wright Scott Buchholz MP has backed an extension of the Voluntary Home Buy-Back Program for The Shelf Road residents whose houses are slipping away. “I understand the concerns of residents on The Shelf Road and the significant distress caused by land instability and safety risks in the area,” Mr Buchholz said. “I strongly encourage Scenic Rim Regional Council and our local State Member, Jon Krause MP, to work together to raise this matter formally with the Queensland Government.
Lighting up Young Minds

2 weeks ago | tmnews.com.au | Cindy Lever

PAST and present students of Tamborine Mountain College came together to celebrate 30 years of Lighting up Young Minds. From humble beginnings in 1995, the college buzzed with excitement, showcasing its highlights through a memory lane exhibition, choir and band performances and heartfelt messages from alumni. Children and adults enjoyed the food trucks, games, pony rides and music from Georgia Blue. College Principal Fiona Stevens expressed her gratitude to the school’s supporters.
Tamborine Mountain Student a step closer to Top Model

3 weeks ago | tmnews.com.au | Cindy Lever

The Year 12 Tamborine Mountain student competed against about 30 other Queensland girls to win a place, along with five others, to the national finals in Melbourne on July 13. Emily said her mum came across the competition, and knowing how keen she was to become a model, thought it would be a fantastic opportunity. “I was shocked and so excited when I found out I was a finalist. I didn’t think I’d make it through,” she said.
Strength of Spirit Shines Through Local Mum

3 weeks ago | tmnews.com.au | Cindy Lever

When Andrea Stolarchuk woke up in the night to feed her baby she felt pins and needles from the waist down. “I thought, ‘that’s funny’,” the mum of three said, recalling the night back in October 2022. “I went back to bed and still had the feeling on both sides.”“I got up thinking, ‘if I walk around, it might get better’, but I couldn’t walk straight. I was like a baby foal.”She called an ambulance and was taken to Gold Coast University Hospital where she spent the day having tests.
Primary school student honours father with fundraising record

1 month ago | tmnews.com.au | Cindy Lever

ALTHOUGH she’s only ten-years-old, Maggie Schnieder dreams of becoming an oncologist. She spends her spare time with her nose stuck in books on medicine and science. While she’s too young to save people’s lives right now, she decided she’d do what she could to help those fighting cancer and signed up for The World’s Greatest Shave.