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Sunday, 27 March 2011 09:08 |
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Being a romance writer a far more difficult task than most people commonly assume. Sleepless nights can meld into frustrating days as plot lines develop, characters come and go in your head, and you realise that you're actually living a kind of double life!
Johns River has one of these writers of romance, our own Kerri Williams of Johns River Road, who spent many months piecing together her latest novel, "Taking Back His Widow"
Released just last month by Eternal Press, the novel centres around Livinia Jacobs, newly widowed in a little coastal town in Queensland. Kerri has written a clever plot line in a break taking new love story. Here’s a brief synopsis:
“When Livinia grudgingly ran from the love of her life with his child in her womb into the arms of another man, she never thought she’d see Dean Stone again.
“Eleven years later as a widow, her past comes back to haunt her. Livinia was completely aware of her lack of control in Dean’s presence. Heck; that was half the attraction in the first place, but her secret kept her feet firmly on the ground and her heart guarded from the once youthful dream of a future with him.
“Dean forgot the most important thing of all about Livinia, she was his addiction. Ten minutes with her and he was craving her touch again, wanting to hold her, to feel her soft naked skin against his, to kiss those supple, pink lips.
“But can he forgive her and prove to her he’s no longer the scared boy he once was, but now the man she needed him to be.”
It's a good read and a solid debut for our local author, and Kerri has certainly put Johns River on the map in the romance novel world. See our website for helpful links to find out more, at johnsriver.com.au/kerri
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Friday, 18 March 2011 07:01 |
Being a romance writer a far more difficult task than most people commonly assume. Sleepless nights can meld into frustrating days as plot lines develop, characters come and go in your head, and you realise that you're actually living a kind of double life!
Johns River has one of these writers of romance, our own Kerri Williams of Johns River Road, who spent many months piecing together her latest novel, "Taking Back His Widow"
Released just last month by Eternal Press, the novel centres around Livinia Jacobs, newly widowed in a little coastal town in Queensland. Kerri has written a clever plot line in a break taking new love story.
Check out Kerri's website
When Livinia grudgingly ran from the love of her life with his child in her womb into the arms of another man, she never thought she’d see Dean Stone again.
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Sunday, 06 February 2011 11:23 |
Our Independent Member for Port Macquarie, Peter Besseling, stopped through Johns River recently to have a chat with local business owner Lorri Fischer, owner of Rosie’s (photo), about the economic viability of by-passed communities such as Johns River.  Peter Besseling discusses funding options for local businesses with Rosie's Cafe owner Lorri Fischer
A meeting organised by Mr. Besseling with representatives of NSW Industry and Investment and bypassed villages last week focussed on delivering lasting economic benefits to all of our Three Brothers region communities, from Coopernook to Kew.
The meeting, organised by Mr Besseling, was attended by Industry and Investment's community economic development manager Suzie Coulston, along with Jane Burden of the Moorland Community Association, David Shepard of the Johns River Community Progress Association and Ian Bailey and Annie Georgeson of Kendall.
Natalie Piper of the Kew Main Street Working Group was unable to attend, but was briefed separately on the outcome of the meeting.
"While the upgrade is very much welcomed, we can't lose sight of the fact that the economies of these villages have been tied to the Pacific Highway for decades, and now that trade has largely disappeared," Mr Besseling said.
"It is important that the economic viability of our by-passed communities is addressed, particularly through this initial adjustment period for local businesses who have previously relied upon Pacific Highway traffic passing right by their front doors, and who are now trying to deal with a very different environment.
"The next step is to bring together a working group who, with the assistance of Industry and Investment, can develop regional funding applications for economic transition planning that would sit alongside the recently completed village plans," Mr Besseling said.
"In order to achieve this, it was agreed that community consultations will be convened to ascertain the economic opportunities available and to note the aspirations of businesses and residents."
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if you’d like to contribute to the upcoming Three Brothers Region working group.
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Saturday, 23 October 2010 08:00 |
The 1860 date was just too obvious to ignore, despite our best efforts. So, away we went!
It didn’t really matter which book you were looking at, or what historical document you ran across, the year of 1860 would appear time and time again. William Bird and Bird’s Wharf were there, and the locality was known as Johns River for the first time as a place where people lived, and a place everyone agreed was at the same spot, at the end of Stewart’s River.
Despite a large area of land being reserved for the village township on the north bank of the Stewart’s River, we’ve always been a stubborn lot, and decided to expand our village in the opposite direction on the south bank of the river. And so began 150 years of growth and progress in our area, ending with this year, 2010. The date was just too hard for us to ignore — we all knew it would be a massive amount of work, and we certainly were right.
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