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Rural
Recorder
Issue # 153 May 2016
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Dear readers, I want to express my thanks for your patience and understanding while I was trying to sort out printer problems. It is with regret that we will no longer be able to offer the colour print in the newsletter, due to consumable costs and with the recent problems with the printer, it is no longer a cost effective solution, so it has been decided that we will be going back to black & white print. But WE ARE now back in action and you will receive regular issues again. Thanks Bec Proserpine Vet Clinic Update The day in which the Calen Clinic is available has been changed. It is no longer on the 3rd Tuesday of the month. It is now the 1st Tuesday of the month. The Midge Point Clinic is held on the 3rd Tuesday of the month. Remember appointments are recommended, so please call the office on 4945 1878. If you would like to signup to receive their newsletter via email and also a text mes-sage of when the clinics are on, simply give them a call. ANIMAL LOST / FOUND / SIGHTINGS There have been a lot of animals go missing or being sighted around the area lately. I am happy to share your Lost / Found / Sightings POSTS onto the Rural Recorder page to help share the expo-sure of your post in the hope to reunite animals with their owners. You can also add details to the Mackay LOST PET REGISTER on Facebook www.facebook.com/mackaylostpets
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Pindi Patch – May 2016 TERM 1 ATTENDANCE AWARDS Here are our results for Term 1. 73% of the school attended for 96% or above for Term 1 (in comparison to 65% for the same period last year) – well done! All students who attend for 96% or higher receive a special certificate and a prize from the Principal’s Treasure Chest. Congratulations to the following students. 100% attendance: Sean Baronet, Isabella Brown, Rhys Brown, Brendan Hall, Larissa Hall, Alexander Insch, Alyssa Mason, and Lincoln Vella. 96 – 99% attendance: Hayden Brown, Cadence Gell, Travis Gell, Isabelle Halliwell, Sindi Rankmore and Austin Ryan. Students with 100% attendance over the year will be acknowledged on Awards Night with a certificate and a voucher from Amart All Sports or a QBD Bookshop (Canelands) – their choice. Students who have 96% - 99% attendance over the whole year will also be acknowledged on Awards Night with a certificate and a smaller voucher from either store. 2016 P & C COMMITTEE ELECTED A big thank you to our 2016 P & C Committee. Nominations and voting for these positions were carried out at our Annual General Meeting on Friday 22nd April. President – Marcella Vella Vice President – Sharon Halliwell Secretary – Shelley Gell Treasurer – Tracey Kostecki
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Calen District State College - P & C News
Push Cart Derby Day a Success The Calen District State College P&C would like to thank everyone who came along to support the Push Cart Derby Day held in April. There were 14 carts entered with over 70 race participants. We even had 2 carts enter from Gargett School. The push carts were creative and innovative with a weight bench cart, formula one cart, even one made on a kitchen sink. With the cart entry fees, raffles, face painting, coffee stall, food and drink sales we were able to raise close to $3000 which will be put towards purchasing more resources for the school. Thanks to the Mackay & District Holden club for joining us on the day; and to all the market stall holders. A big thanks to all our sponsors, whose support ensured the day was a success: Bunnings, The Good Guys, Masters, Coles, Simply Devine Make Up & Beauty, Calen Hotel, Calen Post Office, Calen Hair and Beauty, Askew cake & bake, Caban tyres, Maven Capital, Country to coast meats, Kathy and Mt Ossa Rural. And of course a big thank you to all our volunteers who made the day possible – parents, students, teachers, admin staff and all our supporters before and during the day. We all learnt a lot from our first Push Cart Derby, now we will make some changes to ensure the next one is an even greater success.
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PUB NEWS with Clarrie & Marie Giess
What a Wintermoon festival this year!!!! I hope many of the local businesses benefited from having so many people in the area. Congratulations to the Wintermoon crew for reaching their 20th year – it's a huge achievement and a very popular one judging by the number of people up in The Pocket. There's yet another advantage for me as it draws family from both north and south and of course, they stay with us in The Pocket which I love. In fact my cousin and her partner from South have been volunteering at Wintermoon for the past two years. Well done to all concerned. Our next big news is that ALFIE LANGER IS COMING TO CALEN AGAIN. We will be holding a Sportsmen's Dinner with Alfie at the hotel at 6pm on Saturday May 21st. Tickets for your two course meal with Alfie, the auction, the raffles and plenty of fun are $50 and can be purchased at the hotel. Get in now while you can or phone 49588266. Mick from The Reef Hotel in Airlie has just purchased 10 tickets so don't miss out on your chance for a great, fun night. Well done to all those who organised the first billy cart derby at the school this year. It is a pleasure to sponsor this event and also to judge the best themed team which is not an easy feat. Great to have Za back on deck after her month away visiting family in NZ. Tash and Nat along with their team have done a great job in holding the fort while she was away. Once again it was a pleasure to host our veterans with a breakfast on Anzac Day. Two-up is proving to be a lot of fun on the only legal day of the year and we acknowledge Knotty for the great job he did in organising and running it. Lest we forget. We are really looking forward to the Strawberry Farm opening again this year. It's a great venue and really brings the tourists and business to the area. Like most little country pubs, times are really hard so these events are very welcome. Our Social Club is doing a great job in keeping the Jag the Joker jackpot growing at a good pace. No luck for anyone so far so at time of writing, we are verging on the big $5000.00 mark. Get in on Friday nights for your chance to win the loot. The hotel now has 820 “likes” on its' facebook page so if you haven't “liked” it, please do so. It's a great way to get our activities out there and for the community to know what's happening at their local. Our sincere and deepest sympathy goes out to Marg and Bill McLean on their recent loss. We look forward to seeing you all at the hotel soon....Cheers, Marie & Clarrie.
CALEN LOCAL AMBULANCE COMMITTEE The meetings are held at the Ambulance Centre,
McIntyre Street, Calen.
Tuesday, 21st June, 3.30pm
Tuesday, 16th August, 3.30pm Annual Meeting
Tuesday, 20th September, 3.30pm
Thursday, 17th November, 5pm
Calen Kids Community Playgroup, Tuesdays 9am – 11am at Calen DSC Library. $2 entry, lots of fun craft and game activities for the kids. Please bring a hat and plate of food to share. Tea, coffee and water provided. Further enquires please contact Peta: 49587850.
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COSTO’S CORNER
WHO can remember when the former Bligh Labor Government shut down the now-defunct Mt Charlton State School? It is still a sore point among people in that close-knit community and with the State Budget to be delivered next month, I will be writing to the Minister for Education to seek assurances that no further school closures are planned by the current Labor Government in Whitsunday, especially after they let the Seaforth kindergarten disappear with almost no consultation. It was the same story when Mt Charlton closed but if it was the LNP shutting schools and kindergartens, you wouldn't hear the end of it! In fact, the Queensland Teachers Union would have probably camped outside my office after some practice up at Wintermoon but sadly, when it comes to our smaller rural communities, they don't want to know anything about it. Come to think of it, we never heard boo out of the QTU in suburbia either.... just ask the locals in Mackay's Northern Beaches who were led up the garden path on a new high school which was promised by Labor way back in 2001. That school only became a reality after the LNP came to office and what did we do for education? Answer: a 16% increase in funding (not cuts) which resulted in new schools in growth areas like the Northern Beaches but at the same time, making sure we had a new kindy and extra resources in rural communities like Calen. So, in summary, I'll be putting it on the Minister to come clean on any school closures but considering I am still awaiting a reply on the issue of last year's kindergarten closure at Seaforth, I won't be holding my breath. *** AT the time of writing, I had my fingers crossed for funding out of the pre-election Federal Budget to help deliver the long-awaited Urannah Dam on the other side of the Clarke Range. I've been a strong advocate of this project for quite some time and if we are fair dinkum about developing Northern Australia, then we need dams like Urannah, especially in the current economic climate. I was only up there just over six months ago and let me say it is a perfect site for a dam and would help boost our agricultural, resources and construction industries. Furthermore, it would open up opportunities in eco-tourism and if we want to diversify our economy, that is not to be laughed at. *** FINALLY, I was very saddened to learn of the recent passing of respected Calen identity Don Mackenzie, aged 89. It was only a few weeks ago that I called in to visit this local legend (and mum's first cousin) who died six months to the day after mum died. We chatted about his trip to Scotland in 1976 and his glory days in rugby league... not that Donny called it as such but he was certainly one of the finest to lace up a boot in this part of the world. I can still see Donny at the Showgrounds of a Sunday afternoon alongside his great mate Glen Walters, watching the local footy. Donny's much loved 'Aunty Annie' (my late grandmother) was also there, sitting with me as a little boy up in the old grandstand. They were great days and Donny loved it as much as we did. To Pearl and the rest of the family, we offer our deepest condolences. Vale, Don Mackenzie:( Jason Costigan MP Member for Whitsunday Shadow Assistant Minister to the Opposition Leader for North Queensland "Your strong LOCAL voice for Mackay & the Whitsundays"
CALEN CANEFIELDS TOASTMASTER NEWS
The hippies were out in Calen for the Monthly Calen Canefields Toastmasters Meeting. It was a great trip down memory lane even though we all admitted that we weren’t a part of that culture. The lyrics of the song ‘San Francisco,’ If you’re going to San Francisco be sure to wear some flowers in your hair, was mentioned by more than one person, the flower power fashions from London’s Carnaby Street, the movie ‘Easy Rider’, the VW Hippie Wagons with their psychedelic paint work, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan were some of the topics mentioned on the night. Yes, we do have FUN at Toastmasters. Our next meeting is going to be a dinner meeting at Calen District State College on Wednes-day 18th May from 7pm. Pioneer Toastmaster Club will be visiting and it will be a Who Dunnit “Murder Mystery Theme” We would be glad to have visitors at the meeting if anyone would like to come along and join in the FUN. WOULD YOU LIKE TO IMPROVE YOUR SPEAKING SKILLS
HAVE FUN WHILST TAKING PART IN AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
Phone Brian at Calen District State College or Mary on 49587706 if you would like to know more. Calen Canefields Toastmasters Club has a Facebook Page, please check out what the Club is up to and like the page www.facebook.com/Calen-Canefields-Toastmasters-Club-100409737040819
Mary Wallace VPPR Calen Canefields Toastmasters
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Pindi Pindi SS P&C Pie Drive 2016 Welcome to our pie drive for 2016! We have partnered with a local Mackay bakery to supply some yummy pies and treats. Please fill in the order form and return it and your cash payment to the school by Friday 3rd of June 2016. Pies will be ready for collection on June 17th.
FAMILY MEAT PIES PLAIN $8.50
STEAK TOMATO & ONION $8.50
STEAK & MUSHROOM $8.50
STEAK & BACON $8.50
STEAK CURRY $8.50
SWEET TREATS
APPLE PIE $8.50
LAMINGTONS Per Dozen $14.00
PEACH SQUARES MOCK CREAM Per Dozen $15.00
Thank you for your support, please contact Tracey on 4958 7812 if you have any questions
SES CALEN
State Emergency Services Calen is looking for
new members If you would like to assist the community and learn new skills. Training is on Mondays from 7pm
Contact
John 0400 006 717 Linda 0437 049 356 Elwyn 0437 183 627
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St Helens Beach Progress and Environment Assoc. meeting and was held on Sunday the 10th April. It was pleasing to see some new members present. The 2016 committee will consist of Bob Sutherland President John Pullen Secretary Ph 49588595 Rita Johnston Treasurer 49588170 Publicity officer Donna Seymour email- [email protected] Meetings are usually held every school holidays and are usually brief(1 hour) at the St Helens Beach Playground at 9am. Dates will be advertised on the noticeboard near bus stop at entrance of St Helens Beach. If you are interested in attending or would like more information please call any of the committee Members . Membership fee was kept at $5 for the year (this is per household) . You do not have to attend meetings to be a member, money usually goes to the Christmas Santa Run. For all the children to enjoy a bag of lollies on Christmas day. And any other unexpected expenses through the year. Also with the upcoming Wintermoon festival at Camerons Pocket on 29th APRIL till 2nd May. It was suggested a good time for any beach residents to sell unwanted articles from a home garage sale. There is usually a lot of tourists that visit the beach that weekend, so if you want just put a sign out the front of your house and sell any of your unwanted goods that would be the perfect time. (remember your trash could be someones treasure) You have nothing to loose. The committee would like to thank our outgoing President Ron Birkett for the many years of unpaid voluntary service he gave to our organisation. Ron will still be attending meetings but is standing downs as president . Many thanks Ron.
Older People Activities & Services Update Mackay Region
Sat 28 May – National Day of Thanks Community Festival – FREE food, entertainment, family activi-ties, drinks (that’s right – food and drinks are free!) Jubilee Park, Mackay. 10am – 3pm. (Alfred Street – near City Library). National Day of Thanks Community Festival is on again on 28 May. It’s a day to encourage thankfulness – celebrating and appreciating our blessings. For agencies that would like leaflets delivered to their service could you please email Michelle Gilliver at [email protected] and she will organise to have them delivered to you. Parents, grandparents, carers and relatives of all ages welcome! Senior Shopper Service - Senior Shopper is a free discount shopping service which negotiates on your behalf to find the best possible price on an extensive range of products and services: electrical, whitegoods, new/used cars, tyres, travel, accommodation, cameras, computers, furniture and much more. You can use the service if you have a Seniors Card, a Seniors Business Discount Card or a Carers Business Discount Card. On average, cardholders save between 9% and 13% off their best price when purchasing through the Senior Shopper service. For more information, go to www.seniorshopper.com.au or phone 1300 366 265. (This article is from Seniors Enquiry Line: see www.seniorsenquiryline.com.au or phone 1300 135 500)
Free Flu Vaccines - A new four-strain flu vaccine, protecting against the nasty Brisbane virus, is now available. The flu vaccine is recommended for everyone from six months of age, but is available free under the National Immunisation Program for people who face a high risk from influenza and its complica-tions. Those at risk include people over 65 years of age, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples aged 15 yrs or older, and anyone who has a medical condition such as severe asthma, lung or heart disease, low immunity or diabetes that can lead to complications from influenza. Even if the vaccine is free, you may need to pay for a visit to your GP to have the injection. (This article is from Seniors Enquiry Line: see www.seniorsenquiryline.com.au or phone 1300 135 500)
eHealth Records - North Qld The Australian Government is trialling a new approach to electronic health records. My Health Record will give both patients and health professionals immediate access to all of their necessary health information online to improve care outcomes, reduce duplication and provide vital in-formation in emergency situations. In the trial, residents in the Northern Queensland Primary Health Net-work (covering Mackay up to Cape York/Torres Strait) will receive a letter explaining that an electronic health record will be created for them, unless they choose to opt out. Opting out must be done from 4 April 2016 to 27 May 2016. For more details, go to www.myhealthrecord.gov.au or phone 1800 723 471. (This ar-ticle is from Seniors Enquiry Line: see www.seniorsenquiryline.com.au or phone 1300 135 500)
Cheese Puffs These are a great snack. A great way to hide vegies for kids to eat. They are scrumptious and don’t last long in my house. My son does not like cheese, but he doesn’t even notice the cheese. I have added zucchini as well. Variations are endless.
Ingredients 1/2 cup milk 1 egg lightly beaten 2 cups cheese grated 1 cup SR Flour 3 bacon rashers diced 1 small onion diced Steps 1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees 2. Combine egg & milk in a large bowl 3. Add remaining ingredients & mix well 4. Line a baking tray with baking paper & drop large teaspoons of the mixture onto the tray 5. Place in the oven & bake for about 20mins or until slightly golden on top
Fishing Competition The organizing committee for the Calen Classic would like to let everyone know that due to the reef closure, this year the fishing competition will be the 22nd & 23rd of October 2016 and not the last weekend in October as normal. If anyone needs more information, please go to the Facebook page for Calen Classic Fishing Competition.
