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Community forum The USQ Community Capacity Building Project in conjunction with the Community Development and Facilities Branch, Toowoomba Regional Council invites you to a Public Lecture – Understanding Youth Suicide (with Garry King, Guidance Officer, Teacher and Youth Counsellor specialising in the area of suicide prevention and Garry Hansford, Community Support Worker, GP Connections). To be held on Tuesday 14 September 2010 at 6.45 pm at the QCWA Hall, 263 Margaret Street. Light refreshments (tea/coffee) will be provided after the event. Details available at: www.usq.edu.au/commcapacityproject/communityevents Please RSVP by Friday 10 September to Glen Postle 0407 462 331 or postle@usq.edu.au or Darryl Bates 4688 6758 or darryl.bates@toowoombaRC.qld.gov.au Book Spring Bluff train trips Tickets for return train rides to Spring Bluff during Carnival week are on sale at Toowoomba Railway Station, Railway St. Apart from one service departing the station at 9am on Sat, Sept 25 two services will run daily from Sun, Sept 19 to Fri, Sept 24. The first diesel train trip leaves Toowoomba at 9am and arrives at Spring Bluff at 9.35am before departing at 11am. Afternoon trains leave Toowoomba at 1pm (arriving at Spring Bluff at 1.35pm) and depart at 3pm. Tickets must be bought in person at Toowoomba Railway Station from 9am to 3.45pm weekdays. No phone bookings. Prices: $16.50 adults, $8.50 child 4-15, Under 4 free if not occupying seats. Enquiries to QR on 4631 3381. Gallery seeks 2011 exhibition ideas Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery is seeking fresh exhibition proposals from regional artists for the first half of 2011. Artists who live in the council area are welcome to submit proposals for exhibitions to be displayed in the Cam Robertson Gallery from January to July 2011. Applications must be lodged with the Gallery by Friday, October 1. For more information, please contact Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery on 4688 6652 or email art@toowoombaRC.qld.gov.au Exhibition papers the walls Contemporary art and interior design will come together in a short exhibition at the Crows Nest Regional Art Gallery from September 7 to 26. The touring exhibition of wallpapers titled The Wallpaper Project is a collaboration between artist Simon Mee, wallpaper printer William Wilding and a number of contemporary artists. A floor talk by Simon Mee will be held at the gallery on Thursday, September 9 at 9.30am. Gallery hours are 10am-4pm Tuesday to Saturday. For details, please call 4698 1687 or email crowsnestart@toowoombaRC.qld.gov.au Local History Library Displays Toowoomba’s Local History Library is hosting two significant displays during Sept and Oct – a photographic display of the Carnival of Flowers during the 1950s, including the queens, gardens and parades, and an exhibition of photographs and programmes marking Toowoomba Repertory Theatre’s celebration of 80 years of entertaining. Visit 476 Ruthven St (9.30am-1pm Tuesday to Saturday) or phone 4638 7766. Free plant vouchers Ratepayers in the TRC area receive two free plants per year via a voucher included with their rate notices. Half of TRC residents would have received vouchers in April and the remainder would have received theirs in the past week. Please see the back of the voucher for collection points and opening times to collect your plants. For more information phone 4688 6654. Immunisation clinic times Council’s Wednesday immunisation clinic hours will vary this month. The service will operate from 9am to noon on Sept 8 and 22 at 12 Little Street, Toowoomba. Regular Wednesday hours (9am to 1.30pm) will operate on Sept 15 and 29. The clinic also provides vaccination advice for children and adults. Call 4688 6835 weekdays between 8.45am and 5pm. Lodge event support proposals Applications are being sought for the Events Support Grant Program which closes on October 3, 2010. This council initiative aims to support groups planning major regional and community events. Further information about the program and application forms can be obtained from the Economic Development, Tourism & Events Branch on 4688 6966. Plant a tree in Cambooya Help plant trees in Cambooya’s Paterson Park in George St from 9.30am on Saturday, September 11. Council, Cambooya Landcare Assoc, Toowoomba Probation and Parole and Toyota are joining forces to provide tools and plants. All helpers can join a free sausage sizzle and a drink. Enquiries to John Hughes (Landcare 0417 303 612) or Kristie Jenkinson on 4688 6514. Sign on for Bushcapades Spring holiday activities will be staged in Toowoomba’s bushland parks from Tuesday, September 21 to Friday, October 1. Craft sessions cover paper making, pressing flowers, candle making, pottery and tips for organic gardening. Small fees apply and children under eight must be accompanied by an adult. Bookings are essential by calling 4688 6572 during office hours. Get in early Ergon Energy Flower, Food and Wine Festival tickets, including the Heritage Building Society Live Concert Series (featuring Troy Cassar-Daley, the Hoodoo Gurus and Beatnix) are on pre-sale now at the Empire Theatre Box Office. Phone 1300 655 299 or visit www.empiretheatres.com.au Brush up on safe food handling Residents involved in catering at public functions during Toowoomba’s Carnival of Flowers can brush up on safe food handling tips at a free course on Thursday, September 9. The session runs from 9am-1pm, 2nd floor, 543 Ruthven St. Enquiries and bookings to 4688 6824. Rate notices Council’s rate notices have now been issued with payment due on September 21. Please check the back of your rate notice for the full range of payment options. Tombstone Tours Discover the region’s intriguing past on the 2010 Tombstone Tours of Toowoomba and Drayton Cemetery. Tours will run on Sunday, Sept 19 at 10am, on Wednesday, Sept 22 at 7pm and on Saturday, Sept 25 at 10am. Tickets cost $5 and must be pre-booked at the Local History Library, 476 Ruthven St (9.30am-1pm Tuesday to Saturday) or by phoning 4638 7766. Temporary closure Stephen St Qld Rail’s upgrade of Stephen St railway bridge from August 23 for approx 5 wks (weather permitting) will involve the temporary closure of Stephen St (between Duhig St and Fifth Ave). Detours will be in place. New 10-year Community Plan In late July, TRC endorsed the new community plan that sets out the vision, goals and outcomes the region’s community wants to see over the next 10 years. The Community Plan fulfils a legislative requirement of the Local Government Act 2009. Please log on to www.toowoombaRC.qld.gov.au and select Council Vision and Strategies to view the new Community Plan. Lodge request for Council service online Council is offering residents and ratepayers a further option when lodging a request for council services. Anyone wanting to submit a request for a specific council service can now do so online at any time of the day. Areas currently available for online lodgement are animal collection/nuisance, changes of address, overgrown allotments, parking meter faults or infringements, road and footpath maintenance requests, abandoned and nuisance vehicles, water meter issues and wheelie bin services. Explore Laurel Bank Park Grab your torch and be a part of the popular Twilight Tours of Laurel Bank Park in Herries St Toowoomba during the Carnival of Flowers. Running on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, September 20-22, the one-hour tours from 6.30pm and 7.30pm each evening will provide an insight into the park’s history and its many floral highlights. Gold coin donation. Bookings essential on 4688 6542.

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Over 60 paintings in acrylics and watercolours inspired by the Australian Bush, 1st to the 30th of September 2010 from 10:00am to 4:00pm daily at Village View Gallery. Official opening on the 4th of September at 2:30pm by Jenny Gersekowski (Publicity Officer of Heritage Building Society Highfields Community Branch). Sponsored by Second to None Winery. Works are for sale and Julie has donated a special painting to raffle on the Opening Day to raise money for the Highfields Pioneer Village. All are welcome. Please bring a plate, Billy Tea and Damper also available. RSVP by 1st September 2010: Jody Ashford Village View Gallery Highfields Pioneer Village:  73 Wirraglen Rd, Highfields QLD 4352. Phone 07 4635 6223 or email: highfieldspioneervillage@hotmail.com

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Julie Boyce Exhibition

Over 60 paintings in acrylics and watercolours inspired by the Australian Bush, 1st to the 30th of September 2010 from 10:00am to 4:00pm daily at Village View Gallery. Official opening on the 4th of September at 2:30pm by Jenny Gersekowski (Publicity Officer of Heritage Building Society Highfields Community Branch). Sponsored by Second to None Winery. Works are for sale and Julie has donated a special painting to raffle on the Opening Day to raise money for the Highfields Pioneer Village. All are welcome. Please bring a plate, Billy Tea and Damper also available. RSVP by 1st September 2010: Jody Ashford Village View Gallery Highfields Pioneer Village:  73 Wirraglen Rd, Highfields QLD 4352. Phone 07 4635 6223 or email: highfieldspioneervillage@hotmail.com

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Julie Boyce Exhibition

There are plenty of sheep and helpers to get them ready The Millmerran Sheep Races is a major fundraiser for St Joseph’s Primary School. We are a small school with 80 enrollments and the Sheep Races is now in it’s seventh consecutive year. The Sheep Races is a great family day and every effort is taken in making sure the whole family gets good value for money and that each member has a wonderful time. The children are catered for with side show alley style rides including sumo wrestling, face painting, bouncy boxing and of course the mechanical bull. The Macquarie Wagyu Wine Marquee promises to be a hit with the ladies with a fashion parade of woolen garments from AWI as well as the Fashions Of The Field with many categories. The Sheep Races are on this  Saturday 28th August, gates open at 11am and the first of a six race program begins at 1pm. The calcutta draw and auction commence at 3.45pm and the final shall be run at 4.30pm. Our band Toowoomba’s “The Solitary Men”  start playing at 5pm and will break while the mechanical bull competition takes place. Jumping Sheep at the Millmerran Races More information and pictures from last year are at www.millmerransheepraces.com or you can find Millmerran Sheep Races on Facebook. Submitted by Nikki Macqueen Ph 4695 6199 email: bnmacqueen@bigpond.com

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Tiffany Zimmermann is a firm believer in pursuing academic dreams. This Saturday (April 24), when the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) Master of Mental Health Nursing graduate steps onto the stage to accept her Australian College of Mental Health Nurses Award for the highest grade point average, it will be a triumph over a difficult childhood and troubled teenage years. “Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined the life I have now or the achievements I have made, it blows me away,” she said. “I would never have considered that one day I would have a Bachelor’s Degree, a Master’s Degree and be working towards a third degree.” Tiffany, 36, a mother-of-two who was born in Toowoomba, describes her past as “somewhat gruesome.  I was raised by a single parent and moved around a lot – 10 moves and nine schools by the time I was 14,” she said. “I was put in the care of the Department of Child Safety Services at 14 years old, kicked out of home at 16, unemployed and living in a caravan in Miles at 17 and pregnant at 18.” At 20 years old, Tiffany undertook a natural therapies course and discovered she had a passion for women’s health. “I decided I wanted to be a private midwife and repeat Year 12 so that I could go to uni.” Since then, Tiffany has undertaken study in pregnancy counselling, completed a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing Science and a Master’s Degree in Mental Health Nursing, and is currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s Degree in Midwifery. “I am also planning to train as a doula later this year,” she said. Currently residing in Cairns with her husband Rene (a doctor), daughter Ivory and son Raven, Tiffany said her dream was to work as a private midwife, providing community and home-based intrapartum care and birthing services to women and their families. “I would like to find a way to meld my mental health training with midwifery training,” she said. ‘”I have a particular interest also in perinatal mental health and am part of the Perinatal and Infant Mental Health group in Cairns.  I would like to do a doctorate one day and maybe write a book about hyperemesis gravidarum (a severe form of morning sickness) for Australian women.” Tiffany will join more than 1100 Sciences and Education students celebrating the conferring of their degrees during USQ’s Autumn Graduation Ceremonies at the Clive Berghofer Recreation Centre this Saturday,  April 24. The Faculty of Education graduation ceremony will be held at 10am and the Faculty of Science graduation ceremony will get underway from 2.30pm. Nursing graduate Tiffany Zimmermann has overcome many challenges to achieve her academic dreams. Submitted by Madeleine Tiller, USQ Media , +61 7 4631 1163, 0400 025 429

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L to R: Mark Munro and Alicia Trimingham-Turl from the Toowoomba Hospice look over some of the items that have been donated for the Car park Sale this Saturday whilst Mr Norm Jenner, car park sale co-ordinator keeps a close eye on them! Toowoomba Hospice will be holding its annual Car Park Sale on Saturday 6th February,  from 6.00am till 11am. Organiser Mr Norm Jenner said the Hospice relies heavily on the community spirit to raise the much needed funds to serve our local community.  “I am inviting the community to come on Saturday and make a donation by purchasing items that we have been given to sell.  At 8am there will be an auction of interesting and unusual items. The location will be in the main Car Park at the Hospice, corner of 5th Avenue and O’Quinn St,  Harristown. Mr. Jenner also encourages the community to donate items for the Car Park Sale. “If you have items that you would like to donate to the Hospice Garage Sale please drop them in to the Hospice Admin office during office hours this week by Friday Morning.  However if you have large items can you please drop them off on the Saturday morning of the Car Park sale (Saturday 6th February) between 5.30am and 7am as our storage is very limited. ” Mr. Jenner wanted to reassure all those who support the Car Park Sale that all the money stays here “The Hospice is a Local Charity and I am very proud to say that the money raised locally stays locally. Our operational purchases also support local businesses, companies and individuals on the Downs” Mr. Jenner added that what ever isn’t sold by 11am Saturday will be donated to Life Line to sell in their shops. “I am more than happy to let another charity have what is left so they too can benefit” Mark Munro Promotions and Fundraising Manager Toowoomba Hospice 57b O’Quinn St Toowoomba Qld 4350 07 46598500

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Goal to see 50 teams registered by Saturday Toowoomba Relay For Life is only five weeks away, and the committee would like to see 50 teams registered by the end of this week. “The committee and I are really looking forward to seeing 50 teams register by the end of this week,” said Miss Kenyon, Relay For Life Co-ordinator for Cancer Council Queensland. “30 teams have currently registered and we’d like to see 100 teams participate in this years Relay For Life.” To aid participants not familiar with registration or wanting more information the committee is holding a Registration Assistance Day at The Ridge Shopping Centre, outside Woolworths, this Saturday February 6. “This registration assistance day gives the community a chance to register their team and ask questions face to face”. Relay For Life is a fun, outdoor fundraising event where teams of 10 – 15 people take turns to walk/run around an oval while celebrating local Survivors, remembering those lost and fighting back against cancer. Locals are encouraged to pitch a tent, camp overnight and enjoy the community atmosphere. The Toowoomba Relay For Life will be held March 13-14 2010 at the Clive Berghofer Events and Recreation Centre – Toowoomba Showgrounds. Teams can register by calling 1300 65 65 85, online at www.relayforlife.org.au or by visiting the committee this Saturday at The Ridge Shopping Centre. For further information on Relay For Life and the registration process, please call Kathryn Kenyon on 4690 5805 or 0429 055 461 or email kathrynkenyon@cancerqld.org.au

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