Labor will govern with support of 1 Green MP and 3 Independents. The Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter had announced earlier his support would go to the Coalition.The deadlock in Canberra was broken with Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott announcing they will support a Gillard minority Government. This gives Labor 76 seats to the Coalition’s 74 in the 150 seat House of Representatives.
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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
Schools, Businesses, Clubs/Community Groups or individuals on the Downs and in the Lockyer Valley are encouraged to have a Trash Ya Hair Day during the month of October. You can colour, mousse, gel or shave your hair to raise money for the Toowoomba Hospice. These funds will assist the daily operations of this important community facility providing palliative and respite care for all ages. There are some great prizes to be won for Schools, Businesses, Clubs/Community Groups or individuals, that raise the most money! The Toowoomba Hospice’s mission is to provide optimal palliative care; based on mutual respect and trust, the needs of those who come to us and their families. For more information call Mark NOW on 07 4659 8500 or email him on admin.toowoombahospice@bigpond.com
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Students and staff at The Glennie School for in Toowoomba have celebrated the official opening of their new hospitality training centre recently. Member for Toowoomba North, Kerry Shine said the new centre was a major asset for the school community. “The hospitality centre offers an excellent training facility for hospitality students,” Mr Shine said. “It has a commercial training kitchen containing a barista-style coffee machine, and an industrial oven, and the neighbouring classroom can double as a function room for school events. “The hospitality students are putting it to good use – they helped cater for the Glennie Foundation cocktail party and have prepared morning tea for the official opening.” The State Government contributed $250,000 in capital assistance funding to the project, adding to the $850,000 raised by the school. From left: Right Reverend Rob Nolan (Anglican Bishop West Region), Kerry Shine MP, Wendy Ashley-Cooper (Head of Glennie School). The Member for Toowoomba North represented the Minister for Education and Training Geoff Wilson at the opening. Mr Wilson said the Queensland Government was pleased to help support the school’s ongoing development. “Over the past five years, The Glennie School (an Anglican school for girls) has received more than $5.6 million in recurrent funding and $1.9 million in capital assistance from the State Government.” Further Information Phone: 4638 5755 or Email: toowoomba.north@parliament.qld.gov.au
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Glennie School’s New Hospitality Centre Officially Open
Toowoomba Regional Council Connections The weekly program keeping you up to date with Toowoomba Regional Council’s facilities, activities and services. Council Connections with Darren Burton General information on rates notices, volunteers for the gallery, Tombstone Tours, getting tickets for the Ergon Energy Flower, Food and Wine Festival and an online business survey.
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Council Connections: Week 4, August 2010
The third annual Leon Treadwell Memorial charity golf day in aid of the Oncology (Cancer Care) Unit at the Toowoomba Hospital will be staged at the City Golf Club on Friday 3 rd September. Leon was an avid golfer at City, representing the club in representative Pennant competition, before his untimely death at the young age of 32 due to an extremely rare cancer disease to his appendix. A schoolboy friend from Leon’s Charleville days, Kris Currie, contacted Toowoomba Hospital Foundation CEO Peter Rookas and so far the two memorial days have been a huge success, raising in excess of $10,000. Kris said Leon was a great friend and he appreciated how well he was treated at the Oncology Unit at Toowoomba Hospital during his illness. “I wanted to do something to perpetuate Leon’s memory so what better than a golf day to help the cancer care unit, and especially at his favourite golf club”. Hospital Foundation CEO Peter Rookas was easy to convince to help organise the day. ‘I played golf with Leon and know his wife Leah and their two lovely girls. And I knew our staff at the Toowoomba Hospital cared for Leon and remember him fondly so it was a natural to get involved with the day.’ The event will be a 4-a-side Ambrose with a shotgun start at 11.30am with the entry cost just $30 player ($120 a team) and there will be a host of great trophies on offer. The Leon Treadwell Memorial shield will be presented to the team with the best nett on the day. Leah with daughters Emily (l) and Jade (r) and good friend Kris Currie who came up with the idea of the Memorial golf day…. (Leon’s widow, Leah and local identity Michael Betros (who lost his wife Jodie to cancer) found romance and love after both their tragic losses and have a little boy, LACHLAN JOEL BETROS – The name Joel is derived from their two precious late spouses, Jodi and Leon).. It is a great story and both Leon & Jodie were cared for at Toowoomba Hospital….) For nominations and further information, contact Peter Rookas at 46166 166 or 0418 713 138.
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Rosalie Gallery, Goombungee will exhibit the first solo exhibition for Oakey artist Edna Peterson during August. The exhibition entitled “Shore to Shore .. Caloundra to Geraldton,” a collection of new works, features 20 paintings in pastel and watercolour and 8 photographs. The subject of Edna’s exhibition is a canvas of many wonderful experiences undertaken in 2009 including her work as a volunteer with wombats in Queensland and South Australia and her travels across the Nullabor to Geraldton W.A. “This exhibition consolidates some ten years of my painting with the Oakey Art Group,” says Edna who has won numerous prizes in local shows. The highlight of her awards to date includes the Kenneth Macqueen memorial prize at the Toowoomba Show this year for “Keeping Watch.” A stone cottage S.A. She has also won Champion Painting at the Cooyar show for the last three years and firstprizes at Goombungee, Dalby and Millmerran shows. Edna has taken part in group exhibitions with the Oakey Art Group at the Cam Robertson Room, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery and Flavours Art Gallery Hampton. The exhibition commenced Wednesday 11th August and will be officially opened by Marianne de Graaf of the Oakey Art Group on Friday 13th August from 7.00p.m. Opening hours are 10.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. Wednesday to Sunday. The exhibition continues until 5th September. The Rosalie Gallery is in Mocatta Street, Goombungee. Phone the gallery on 4696 5600 for further information. Submitted by Jenny Gersekowski.
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The exhibition will be officially opened on Friday 13 August, 2010 at 6pm at 53 Russell Art Gallery, 53 Russell Street, Toowoomba. All are Welcome. This is an exhibition featuring a selection of recent paintings which have been produced by emerging artist, Chantel Schott. Chantel is a self taught abstract artist and has been painting since 2005. She enjoys using acrylic as her main medium and from that creates vibrant, vivid and quirky artworks. Out-of-place creatures or objects feature in the Enchanted Mixed Bag exhibition musing the idea that the characters are stuck in a dreamscape – where anything goes. The Enchanted Mixed Exhibition will run to Wednesday, 25th August. Free admission to 53 Russell Art Gallery, 53 Russell Street, Toowoomba. Gallery opening hours: Wed—Sun 10am to 4pm http://www.chantelschott.daportfolio.com/about Email: schottc@usq.edu.au
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The Enchanted Mixed Bag Exhibition
The exhibition will be officially opened on Friday 13 August, 2010 at 6pm at 53 Russell Art Gallery, 53 Russell Street, Toowoomba. All are Welcome. This is an exhibition featuring a selection of recent paintings which have been produced by emerging artist, Chantel Schott. Chantel is a self taught abstract artist and has been painting since 2005. She enjoys using acrylic as her main medium and from that creates vibrant, vivid and quirky artworks. Out-of-place creatures or objects feature in the Enchanted Mixed Bag exhibition musing the idea that the characters are stuck in a dreamscape – where anything goes. The Enchanted Mixed Exhibition will run to Wednesday, 25th August. Free admission to 53 Russell Art Gallery, 53 Russell Street, Toowoomba. Gallery opening hours: Wed—Sun 10am to 4pm http://www.chantelschott.daportfolio.com/about Email: schottc@usq.edu.au
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The Enchanted Mixed Bag Exhibition
Discussing placement of the former Railway Yards plaque in Curnow Street Crows Nest, No. 41 on the map are :- L to R:- Heritage Crows Nest Community Branch Manager Julie Murphy(with map), Lions Club of Crows Nest Inc. President Meg Hatfield and Club Secretary Rob Crosato. Heritage Crows Nest Community Branch has presented a cheque for $17,820 to the Lions Club of Crows Nest Inc. for their history plaques project, Stage 2 of three stages to promote awareness of historical sites in Crows Nest village. Stage 1, a map entitled “Crows Nest – More History Than You Think” was published last year by the club, financed by a Q150 grant from the Queensland Government and completed with the invaluable help of the Crows Nest Historical Society. The map shows the locations of 60 sites of historical interest. A cast bronze plaque will be placed on footpaths at each of the 60 locations with information and in the instance of now vacant sites or major structural changes, an illustration of the history of that site. The plaques should last 100 years and will be constructed by Wagners Toowoomba. Stage three will be the publication of a book of oral history, again focussing on the 60 sites. A questionnaire will be sent to the public outlining the club’s plans for obtaining oral history. “We plan to interview older residents and former residents of Crows Nest and anyone else who is interested in passing on valuable information about the history of Crows Nest village,” said Club President Meg Hatfield. The idea for the project was instigated by Russell Hamilton & Meg Hatfield who saw a similar completed project done on buildings in Rockhampton. If you can help with any information, please phone President Meg Hatfield on 4698 2665 or Secretary Rob Crosato on 4698 1538. submitted by Jenny Gersekowski
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Heritage Crow’s Nest Community Branch Funds Historical Plaques
