The Lake News
By Jamie Furness Two students from St John’s Anglican College have each been awarded Student Subject Awards across separate categories in the DATTA (Design And Technology Teacher Association) QLD 2022 State Finals. Year 9 student Lillie Turner was awarded the State Champion for Excellence in the Australian Curriculum Design and Technologies for year 9 for…
By Aiden Taylor Richard Hewitson, 21-years-old in Vietnam. Forest Lake resident Richard Hewitson got up to drinking 22 stubbies a day before he realised something was wrong. A trip to the psychiatrist later found he was suffering from PTSD, stemming from his time as a conscripted soldier in the Vietnam War. Last month marked 50…
Police are seeking public assistance to locate a missing 21-year-old Inala woman. Judith Hopkins-Booth last made contact with family yesterday on January 26 and family have not heard from her since. Police and family hold concerns for her welfare with the disappearance being out of character. She is described as approximately 160cm tall, First Nations,…
Personally Speaking Hey there fellow Forest Lakers! I’d like to start the new year by introducing myself. My name is Jamie Furness and I’m the main columnist and journalist for The Lake News. I’ve been working with the current Local News Publications team (formerly at Logan West News) since May 2021 and am completing my…
By Jamie Furness Twenty-three students from Forest Lake State High School participated in the Queensland Police Service (QPS) Blue Edge program at school in Term 4 of 2022. The program ran two mornings a week over eight weeks, and included a 30 minute fitness session followed by a breakfast attended by police officers and the…
Staff and students from Forest Lake State High School have been actively participating in Movember this year, with their efforts raising almost $2000. On November 1, FLSHS staff members Mr Lucas Nicholls, Dr Grant Darnell, and Mr Mike Van Barneveld were bravely shaved clean in front of all the students at Forest Lake SHS…
SES senior field member Reginald Marshall and QPS Duty District Officer Senior Sergeant Peter Materne. By Jamie Furness The South Western SES Group held an open day at their Orchard Street depot in Richlands on Saturday November 26 to educate and empower the local community about what emergency services can do for them Each Queensland…
Thirty-five talented students from the Forest Lake area will be starring in the first ever on-stage Junior adaptation of Frozen the Musical, performed by Allstars Performing Arts at the Lighthouse Event Centre in Forest Lake on December 10 at 3:00pm. Frozen the Musical (Junior) music director and Allstars teacher Amy Winner said the staff and…
The iconic Book Week Parade is a fun calendar event every year where kids look forward to ditching their uniforms for costumes of their favourite book characters, and it finally arrived this August! Here are some of the best looks from school book week parades across Forest Lake below; St John’s Anglican College…
Brian and Marilyn Dodd A generous local couple facing their own struggles managed to make a positive impact even after death by leaving a large sum of money to a respected Queensland children’s charity. Many people living in the Forest Lake and Centenary suburbs will have known and loved the late Brian and…