Time to shine a light on saving

I CANNOT understand why we are still having daylight saving let alone an extra week.

That was tacked on due to the Games that were held some years back, so why it was not lifted immediately after I do not know.

We are now out of sync with other countries. I have to think three times, not twice, when I wish to talk to family in the UK.

I have never understood why we keep going with the archaic idea of DST (Damn Stupid Time).

Here we do not benefit by twilight so it has no asset whatsoever.

Being a largely elderly area the confusion that happens when clocks change are enormous, not to mention the businesses which lose huge amounts of money in the change each time.

When are we going to get someone with the nous to say enough is enough.

If we were meant to change times the sun would do it for us, but it doesn't, so don't try and fix something that ain't broke.

Terri Bradley, Coolangatta

Clearing the muddy waters

IF Person One has a current defamation case against Person Two surely that implies a conflict of interest.

I am led to understand when Tweed Shire Council business is being discussed by councillors and pending votes to be taken, which are concerning Person Two, Person One should absent themselves, ie they should have identified a conflict of interest and taken the appropriate action to manage the conflict in favour of the general public, ie absent themselves from discussion and voting.

Yes our Katie is in deep and muddied (opaque) waters.

Is revenge/reprisal/ retribution about to rear its ugly head yet again in our Tweed Shire Council?

There have been too many incidents of this kind in our Tweed electorate.

Katie, where is your conscience?

Mikarla we agree with all you wrote in your editorial March 15.

Let's get our once beautiful and productive Tweed Shire back on its once stable and productive and sustainable (economic) feet.

Sue Yarrow, Byangum

Story to be told by seniors

THE Seniors card team in Sydney, NSW recently held a competition for Seniors Week and asked for members to submit a short story.

There were to be 50 winners and I sent a story off and was surprised to be one of the 50 winners.

Part of the prize presentation on March 19 in the Sydney Town Hall; a great reception was given to a couple of hundred people.

My guess is that apart from the winners they invited some others who were not and had entered the competition.

Apart from myself only another winning couple from Chinderah came from this area here in Tweed.

There is to be a book published of the 50 stories submitted.

My story was of the 70th Reunion of UK evacuees in 2009 (the Second World War 1939-1945).

Cass McHaffi, Tweed Heads South

Thank you to surf legend Slater

I AM writing on behalf of my family to thank Kelly Slater for talking to us about our brother on the day we scattered his ashes at Tugun.

My brother Jarrod Maclarn tragically drowned at the Southport Spit while swimming with my other sibling on the morning of the March 13. He was aged just 32.

Thanks to the Southport Water Police and Surf Life Saving Queensland for supporting my remaining sibling through the news of our significant loss.

My brother's hobby was learning about celebrities and looked up to many, especially Bruce Willis, Kelly Slater, and many more.

Imagine our surprise when we met Kelly Slater at the showers right after we had said a sad goodbye to our friend, son and brother, scattering his ashes in the sea.

Mr Slater was open-minded, listened to our brother's story and left us with great respect.

If only every celebrity could take a minute to help those who obviously need it.

Laragh Maclarn, Deception Bay