Banksia Bulletin February 2020

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QUAIRADING’S MONTHLY PUBLICATION SINCE 1991. PROUDLY PRODUCED AND PRINTED BY THE QUAIRADING CRC Call: 9645 0096 Email: quairading@crc.net.au Online: www.quairading.crc.net.au/banksia -bulletin See inside back cover for advertising rates and guidelines.

THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND(S)!

Gracing our first cover for 2020 is our newest local Citizen of the Year, Noel Stone, being presented with the prestigious award by Shire President, Wayne Davies at the recent Australia Day celebrations.

More on page 23. Photo by Marie Walker.

KIDSAFE WA WORKSHOP

GOT AN ARTY IDEA?

ARTHUR KELLY VILLAGE

WELCOME NEW TEACHERS!

Get up to date on all the latest to keep our kids safe.

Share it with the Quairading CRC!

Fancy moving in?

Catch up on news from QDHS.

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REGULAR HAPPENINGS & CONTACTS Please contact the Quairading CRC to make updates.

BEL CANTO CHOIR Every Tuesday (except school holidays) 9:30am @ CRC BETTY’S OP SHOP Thursdays and alternate Tuesdays @ Lot 83 Heal Street CARPARK MARKETS Third Saturday - March, May, Sept, Nov CATHOLIC LADIES GUILD See Church pages for service dates each month.

COMMUNITY CAR & DRIVER Available for transport to medical appointments CREATIVE ARTS SOCIETY Thursdays @ CRC Art Space 10am - 4pm CWA Meetings second Friday of each month.

HACC Second & fourth Thursday Outings NATURE RESERVE WALKS 15th of each month, April to October 10am @ reserve PHOTO CLUB Second Tuesday of each month, 7:30pm @ CRC PLAYGROUP Monday 9.00am - 10.30am @ Day-care Centre on Murphy Street QARRAS 2nd & 4th Mondays @ Community Building @ the Oval QUILTERS OF QUAIRADING Monday 12:30pm @ Old Railway Station building ROTARY CLUB OF QUAIRADING Fortnightly Monday meetings.

ST JOHN AMBULANCE 1st & last Thursday - Training 7:30pm - 9:30pm

Mary Stacey

9645 5226

Ray (for pickup items)

0447 791 908

Ivy Osborne

0429 799 853

Bertha Holbrook

0414 520 970

Dougal Fraser

0415 466 439

Russell Stacey

0429 451 093

Rosemary Mills

9645 0538

Phil Nonmus & Tracey Patton

9645 2222

Rowlie Mellor

9645 1439

Peter West

0427 454 204

Amy Wilson

0422 101 402

Susan Anderson

9645 1661

Pip Hall

9645 1213

Helen Fraser

0417 036 060

Laura Haythornthwaite

0459 369 937

Phyllis Brown

9645 1245

Jess Richards

0439 973 911

Dorothy Rogers

9645 1125

Neil Marrett

9645 0831

Adam Duncan

0428 331 700

STAY ACTIVE Thursday 9.30am @ Town Hall TOURIST & TIDY TOWN COMMITTEE Monthly meeting 4th Monday 10:00am @ Old Railway Station TOY LIBRARY Housed at CRC UNITING CHURCH LADIES GUILD Meet first Friday of each month, from March.

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ADVERTISERS & SPONSORS LIST Spearwood Wool Wheatbelt Physiotherapy AW Duncan Carpentry & Building Maint.

The Roof & Wall Doctor CWB Electrical Combined Pest Control P&J Glass Excavator Services R2K Contracting Digging Docker Quairading Seed Cleaners Purslowe Tinetti Funerals Summit Fertiliser Hutton & Northey Sales Barclay Books Countryside Memorials Valenti Lawyers Wandu Electrical Byfields Dawson’s Concrete Sarah Somers Lawyer Corrigin Dental Phoenix Sheds WA GJ Jones Plumbing & Gas AWD Enterprises Painting Contractors Beverley Gas & Plumbing North Quairading Contractors Office of Regional Architecture

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Hello there 2020. I’m going to completely ignore your first 31 days because to be honest I’m not sure where they went, or if they even existed, so really – this is week one. If you happened to do something productive with your elusive January days, kudos to you – you’ve got a head start on the rest of us!

I’m actually somewhat sitting in both camps. I spent my Jan in the blissful winter of central Europe (I saw snow in Poland! I drank Champagne in France!), it was much fun and a far more comfortable climate that the Wheatbelt at current.

I, of course, even learnt a few things:  Heaps about WWII  Peaking through windows and walking around lobbies is just as cultural - and far more affordable - than actually buying the museum entry ticket  I can sleep VERY well on airport benches, particularly when it means saving cash on a night’s accommodation  And the most shocking: they don’t use top sheets! On beds or on benches. It’s ridiculous. You gotta have a top sheet.

But for real, I’m feeling fresh (it’s literally day one back at work, novelty obviously hasn’t worn off just yet), clear and ready for an epically huge 2020. Which is lucky, because it feels like we really have hit the ground running already.

Our February events list at the Quairading CRC includes our annual Cuppa with a Copper (including Bickie with a Banker!) next Friday 14th February—romantic, we know! Pop down from 9:30am to chat to our local bankers and coppers. The following week we’ve managed to secure a visit from Kidsafe WA, who will be delivering a short and sweet workshop regarding child safety at home, on the farm, during play and on the road—let us know if you plan on joining us for that one (Wednesday 19th, 10am til 11am). And pushing through to March, we’ll be hosting a very cool workshop with Johanna from Wild and Waste Free (Narrogin based!) about how to reduce your waste! Keep an eye on our social media and the Passion Sheet for details on that one through the month. So many things to keep you informed, engaged and better equipped for the year ahead!

Happy Feb! Jill Hayes Editor | Banksia Bulletin Coordinator | Quairading CRC 1 Parker Street Quairading WA 6383 PHONE: 9645 0096 EMAIL: quairading@crc.net.au WEBSITE: www.quairading.crc.net.au FB: www.facebook.com/QuairadingCRC PAGE 3

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THE PASSION SHEET EVENTS

Strategy. Wednesday 19 February 2020, 5pm at the Quairading Club, IN MEMORY OF JAN MADDAFORD light refreshments will be provided There will be drinks at the Bowling - come and take a closer look. The Club, Friday 7 February at 5pm to Tourism Working Group members remember Jan. Everyone is will introduce the Quairading welcome to attend. If you wish, Tourism Development Strategy. please bring a plate of nibblies to share.

RED CARD FOX SHOOT Quairading LCDC will be QUAIRADING SWIMMING POOL conducting the annual fox cull on Join us at the Pool on Saturday the weekends of 21 & 22 February February 8, FREE entry & FREE and 20 & 21 March. There will be a lunch provided for kids barbecue breakfast at the 1pm - 5pm. A road safety Community Building on Sunday 22 initiative, to encourage potential March at 8am. Please register young drivers to make better teams with Rowlie Mellor vie email choices. Proudly brought to you by rowlie@wn.com.au or the ‘Better Choices Program’0429 451 439.

Sponsored by the Shire of Quairading, WA Police, Kidsafe, QARRAS SDERA and the National Road Monday 24 February- Meet outside Safety Initiative.

Parker House at 2pm. We hope to have a look at a unit in Arthur UNITING CHURCH Kelly Village and then we will Sunday 9th February,Service move to Parker House where Diana 10.30am, A. Jones, FlowersEllison is going to be our guest B.Stacey. speaker. No need to bring afternoon tea.

FIRST AID COURSE Monday 9 March, 2pm at The A Provide First Aid (HLTDAID003) Community Building – Dorothy course will be held at Quairading Rogers is going to be the guest sub centre on Saturday 15 speaker. Please bring $2 for February. Course fee is $160, pre- afternoon tea. No need to bring a reading is required. Register via: plate. bit.ly/QuairadingSubCentre or Monday 23 March, 2pm at the phone Northam on 9621 1613.

Community Building. An afternoon playing board games. Please bring TRIVIA NIGHT (POSTPONED) $2 for afternoon tea. No need to We have unfortunately had to bring a plate. postpone the Belles Netball Trivia Monday 13 April - Easter Monday so Night. Keep an eye out for a future there will be no QARRAS. date during the winter sport Monday 27 April – ANZAC Day season!

Public Holiday so there will be no QARRAS. JOIN US Monday 11 May– Bus trip to Crown The Tourism Working Group Casino. Non-members are invited members will introduce the to join us. Meet at the oval at Quairading Tourism Development 8am. Cost will be $25. New PAGE 4

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JIGSAW SWAP The next jigsaw swap mornings will be: Monday 16 March, Thursday 16 April, Saturday 16 May , Tuesday 16 June. Meet at the Golden Grain Café at 10am on the above mentioned dates. Anyone is welcome to join us for a cuppa and to swap their jigsaw (which can be any degree of difficulty; children’s through to challenging). Any queries to Sue Anderson 9645 1661.

SEASON OPENER HOEDOWN Brought to you by the Quairading Agricultural Society on Saturday March 28 2020, 5pm – 11pm at the Ag Shed & Dad’s Bar. Delicious smoked meats, all the sides, cash bar, live band, surprise flash mob, kids entertainment zone – tickets on sale from Friday 7 February via the Quairading CRC and online. ___________________________

COMMUNITY

BAND MEMBERS WANTED Singers, guitarists, horn players, pianists and other musician wanted to form a rock, blues and jazz band (own instruments required).

Please phone 0459 259 948.

NO LANDLINE PHONE Bertha Holbrook no longer has a landline phone, please contact her on 0414 520 970.

PIANO/GUITAR/DRUM LESSONS FOR 2020 Commencing in week 2 (Thursday 13 February). Timetables will be handed out to the students in the first week of school. Currently all spots for Piano lessons and Guitar

BANKSIA BULLETIN and Drum lessons are full however if you would like your child's name to go on the waiting list for piano with Jo Haythornthwaite or guitar or drums with Kylie Squiers please contact Kylie on 0400 766 269 and we will add your child's name to the list.

FULL TIME POSITION VACANT The Shire of Quairading is seeking to appoint a full-time Assistant Town Gardener. The successful applicants will work with a team that engages in a variety of tasks involving the general upkeep, improvement and maintenance of SHIRE COMMUNITY GRANTS the Town’s parks, public areas and 2020/21 – NOW OPEN! facilities. The position of ‘Assistant Have a project in mind? Want to Town Gardener’ is required to hold run an event? Need equipment for a c class driver’s license. To your Club? Grants now available for register an interest in the position local non-for-profit Community and receive the scope of the role Groups and Clubs. Please visit the and selection criteria, please Shire website for guidelines and contact Britt Hadlow at the Shire application forms via ohs@quairading.wa.gov.au or www.quairading.wa.gov.au or on 9645 2412. You can also contact Grants & Projects Officer download from the Shire website Jen Green on 9645 1607 or www.quairading.wa.gov.au. gpo@quairading.wa.gov.au.

Applications addressing the Applications close 31 March 2020. selection criteria are to be received at the Shire by 5pm on 2020 CALENDARS Friday 7 February 2020.

Quairading Photo Club 2020 calendars reduced to $5 each!

WORK WANTED Available at the Quairading CRC, Home handyman, repairs a Quairading Co-op, Golden Grain specialty. No job too small. Please Café and BP Roadhouse. contact me, Peter York (of Quairading) for a free quote on ___________________________ 0428 735 937.

POSITIONS VACANT & WORK WANTED

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BUSINESS

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QUAIRADING GARDEN & GIFTS If you didn't get a chance to go to Bali over the holidays don't despair, Bali has come to Quairading! Call in to Quairading Garden & Gifts to view a lovely range of merchandise. Plenty of great plants available too including some ferns. Operating days for February are Tuesday 10am1:30pm, Thursday and Friday 10am -4pm.

CWA OP-SHOP Is now open for business every day, except Sunday, from 8:30am— 12pm. We are selling bags of clothes for $2, shoes and books $1, DVD’s $2 and jewellery at varied prices. For donations or urgent requirements outside of opening times please call Rosemary on 9645 0538.

BETTY’S OP SHOP Open every Thursday and alternate Tuesdays starting Tuesday 11th February.

LOOSE STITCHES Macramé is happening! Pots & Tangles are visiting us on Saturday 22 February to teach us how to make a wall hanging. Limited places available, $120 pp, starts at 12:30pm, grazing table and bubbles provided! Tickets are available for purchase online, please see the Facebook event for the link. Any queries, please phone Sharon on 0429 466 249 as Loosies or are closed until Tuesday 18 February.

NEW LOCAL BUSINESS Johnston Electrical & FARM SKILLS | MACHINERY Communication Services will be Seasonal Part Time Job in available from 28 January 2020.

Greenhills WA. 2 days (14 to 16 Contact Cam Johnston via hours) per week for 14 weeks From cjohnston.electrical@gmail.com Monday 10 February. We require a on 0427 198 989. person experienced with modern large scale farming who is keen QUAIRADING CLUB KITCHEN and passionate about teaching very OPENING HOURS enthusiastic teachable young Friday lunch: 12-2pm adults from around the world. No Friday dinner: 6-8pm formal qualifications required just Saturday dinner: 6-8pm sound knowledge of our industry You do not need to be a member and good communication skills. for a dine-in or take-away meal, Age and gender are not important. all welcome!

Please contact Ley Webster from 2 Workin Oz on 0497 654 631 for further details. Email CVs to enquiries@2workinoz.com.au

QUAIRADING SEED CLEANERS Great seed dressing range, expert application gets superior results.

New double gravity table grades at up to 35 tonnes an hour. Grading wheat, barley, oats, lupins, canola and more. All seconds bought at excellent prices. Weekend appointments available. Call Graham on 9645 1104 or visit www.qseedcleaners.net.au

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ARTS & COLLECTIBLES Beautiful Cuckoo Clock for sale plus we have acquired a huge amount of nice clothing, all sizes up to 24.

GARDENING, PROPERTY MAINTENANCE & CARE Lawn mowing, gardening, weed spraying etc. House cleaning, window cleaning, general maintenance, vacate clean-ups.

Contact Renee on 9645 1628 or 0437 803 432.

GAIL’S CLEANING SERVICE Spring, vacate, commercial cleaning and one off cleans available. Private cleaning also available on request. Have ABN if required. Please feel free to contact me on 0417 942 077.

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MEETINGS

QUAIRADING VINTAGE CLUB Our next General Meeting is Saturday February 8 2020.

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SPORT

MEN’S BOWLS Mecca Farms 3’s this weekend, Sunday 9 February, and it’s going to be cool!! Names to Mick by Saturday Arvo.

QLHC We will be holding the AGM and GM at the Club on Thursday 20 February at 6pm. All new members are welcome to come along.

TRAILER FOR SALE Trailer 6 x 4, 6 months SENIOR CRICKET registration. Needs some repairs.

Training is on Wednesdays, 5:30pm Selling for $350. Phone 9645 1125. at the nets, all welcome.

PIANO FOR SALE JUNIOR CRICKET $2500 including piano stool. Very 5pm training at the nets on good condition with a beautiful Fridays. Queries to Todd Mills on rich tone, regularly tuned.

0429 454 229.

Advertised elsewhere – photos available. ___________________________ Contact Jill McRae- 0447 450 002.

BUY, SELL, RENT

FOR RENT 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom home close to school, shops, roadhouse and pub. Partially furnished, jarrah RAP MEETING floorboards, ducted evaporative The next Reconciliation Action air con throughout, reverse cycle Plan meeting will be held on air con in 2 rooms, PV solar panels, Wednesday 12 February at the gas hot water and stove, front and CRC, commencing at 10am. back verandahs, large shed, secure back garden suitable for dogs.

CWA QUAIRADING Meet on the second Friday of each $150pw. Call Jonathan on 0459 765 month, 10:30am at the CWA centre 714. on Parker Street. New and prospective members are welcome FOR SALE TCL 65” Smart TV, Samsung sound to join us for morning tea and a bar and TV cabinet: $800. Round chat. Enquiries to Rosemary on dining table and chairs, cost $800, 9645 0538 or Elaine on 9645 1402 asking $350. Weber Q Barbecue, platinum black, $350.

QUAIRADING VFRS TRAINING Phone 0473 387 327 Every first and third Wednesday evening of the month, be at the Station at 6pm for a 6:30pm start. GARAGE SALE Saturday 8 February at Unit 3 Arthur Kelly Village. From 8:30am—11:30am. Household items. Enquiries to Michaela on 0429 797 106.

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GARAGE SALE NOTICE Saturday 8 February, from 8am to 1pm (no entry before this time) at Alec & Jill McRae, Springfield Farm, 2623 Old Beverley Rd (Corrigin/Quairading Road) 15km from Quairading. Large sale with antiques, furniture, kitchen, garden, camping, children items, bric-a-brac. For enquires please call Jill & Alec McRae on 0447 450 002.

FOR SALE Pea straw for gardens, $8 per bale.

Phone Trevor on 0427 466 225 or Jacqui on 0408 905 466.

TIP RUN Will pay $5 per large item, such as washing machines and fridges, as well as collect and remove free of charge. If you have any car batteries I will pay $5 per battery.

Contact 0487 869 712.

FOXY’S FIRE WOOD Trailer load of wood for $150.00 please phone Foxy on 9645 7048 or 0408 536 212 for more details.

FREE FIREWOOD Free to anyone motivated enough to cut it up and collect, phone Chad on 0427 457 035.

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The Quairading community celebrated the start of the Christmas season with a Carols evening Sunday December 8, 2019. The evening was held at the Shire Hall.

Thank you to everyone who helped, supported and donated on the evening. The Singing Buddies & QDHS Scripture students were superb. $355.30 was raised and sent to the Royal flying Doctor Service. We thank you for remembering those in need and wish you every blessing for 2020.

The Anglican, Catholic, Four-Square and Uniting churches of Quairading.

SUMMER AIN’T OVER YET, DON’T FORGET TO LOOK AFTER YOURSELF WHEN YOU’RE OUTSIDE!

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THANK YOU To all the volunteers on the Fire Brigades; the farmers that turned up with their utes and firefighters; to Scott on the grader (did a great job); to Matthew White for alerting the brigades; to Alec McRae for coordination; to Mr Carter for helping Mariane start the fire fighter engine on our ute (sorry about the fright, by nearly stepping on a snake!)

You were all efficient and amazing.

Words cannot express our gratitude.

From John, Mariane, Troy and Jason Kevill.

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TAGGED AROUND TOWN Use the hashtag #quairading on Instagram and we’ll feature the best snaps here every month.

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St Faiths Anglican Church will host the World Day of Prayer this year.

Friday March 6, 2020 at 10am The Groeneveld & Edmands family will be the guest speakers on the day.

All are welcome. A shared lunch will follow, a small plate would be appreciated.

Mary Stacey Convenor 2020 World Day of Prayer worlddayofprayeraustralia.org

Administration Officer – Kylagh Cattle Co Kylagh Cattle Company is a long established and well known WA Cattle business based 25kms North of Quairading. This diversified livestock and cropping business operates Kylagh Feedlot, grazing and cropping properties, an expanding breeding herd and a cattle trading enterprise. Kylagh Cattle Co is entering an exciting development phase and seeks energetic and dynamic people to execute our growth plan.

Our most important asset is the people that work within our business units. Kylagh Cattle creates and promotes genuine career pathways by strong recruiting and personal development programmes that recognises your aspirations and works with you to achieve these.

We are seeking an Administration Officer to join our team at Kylagh Feedlot. The key responsibility of this role is to provide strong administrative support to all facets of the feedlot and cattle trading operation. This support will include managing the livestock database, receiving, collating and disseminating data and records gathered by others, preparing and processing invoices, processing cattle sales and purchases transactions, cattle and feed commodities contract management and general office management.

Kylagh Cattle provides excellent working conditions including competitive salaries, excellent working conditions and reasonable rosters including part time and time sharing consideration. We look forward to sharing more detail on the above roles when you contact us.

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There’s some pretty handing funding open for applications at the moment including: The Regional Arts Fund (RAF) Project Fund Designed to support and promote participation in, and access to, arts and culture. The Regional Arts Fund is an Australian Government initiative supporting sustainable cultural development in regional and remote Australia. The aim is to support regional and remote communities, and individual artists to create high quality arts projects that develop partnerships and networks, broaden community engagement and increase employment and professional development opportunities for regional and remote artists.

Round 1 2020 is open for projects that will commence after 1 July 2020 and be completed by 30 June 2021. Up to $15,000 for individuals. Up to $30,000 for organisations. Now open for projects commencing after 1 July 2020. Closes 11:59pm Friday 6 March 2020 Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support, Grant Round 2019/20 Funding will be provided to organisations for activities that best contribute to delivery of the following Program outcomes: • a professional, viable and ethical Indigenous visual arts industry that features strong participation and provides economic opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people • the continued production, exhibition, critique, purchase and collection of Indigenous visual art.

Grant Activity Timeframe 1-July-2020 to 30-June-2022.

Estimated Grant Value: From $5,000 to $80,000

The Quairading CRC would love to hear any and all ideas regarding how we could access and use this funding in our community. Whether you have a creative idea, are a keen artist with a plan, want to help coordinate a project or can contribute time, skills, resources, space for us to add more creative life to our town—please get in touch!

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PREMIERS IN WOOL HANDLING Rob Thorn 0438 364 920    

Contract forward and spot Flexi daily selling Electronic Awex E2 offer board Agents statewide

Office: 9494 2967

Fax: 9494 1367

Wheatbelt Physiotherapy York: Monday Wednesday and Thursday mornings Cunderdin: Tuesday and Friday mornings Northam: Monday and Thursday afternoons Goomalling: Tuesday and Friday afternoons

Dean Butler B. Sc. (physio) GCOSH Call / Text: 0472 756 323 Email: wheatbeltphysio@gmail.com Book appointments online via Facebook: www.facebook.com/wheatbeltphysio

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AUSTRALIA DAY Council would like to thank all those who participated and attended the Great Aussie Brunch on Sunday 26th January 2020.

Council had a record Community turnout estimated at 220 Community Members and friends.

The following Community Members received special recognition awards by Council on Australia Day: CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARD This prestigious Award was presented to Mr Noel stone on Australia Day 2020 in recognition of his tireless enthusiasm and participation in Community Groups and Activities within the Quairading District over many years RECOGNITION OF ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS Miss Indiana Squiers was presented a Certificate by Council on behalf of the Quairading Community in recognition of your outstanding achievement in representing the State and Quairading in Cricket and Netball in 2019.’ Mrs Carol Dall and Mrs Kelsie Squiers on behalf of the Ladies Hockey Club were presented a Certificate by Council on behalf of the Quairading Community in recognition of the Bullettes winning 3 successive Hockey Grand Finals.

Mr Hank van Elden was presented a Medal for 50 Year Bush Fire Service.

Mr Neil Fraser was presented a Medal for 45 Year Bush Fire Service.

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INDI IN ACTION! Indiana Squires in action for the WA Country Women's Team in Toowoomba, early January 2020. She is 15 years old and this is her third WA Representative team inside the last twelve months.

Photos by Bill Mellor, Brisbane.

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Richard Kovac & Robyn Kovac Hydraulics Sales & Services 21 Westral Street (PO Box 30) Bruce Rock WA 6418 Richard: 0427 851 870 Robyn: 0400 552 141 Fax: 9061 1194 Email: rdkovac@bigpond.net.au

Hydraulic Component’s Sales ex supplier Hydraulic system design and testing Hydraulic Components Repairs in house Fully equipped service vehicle, will travel Regular trips to Perth, repairs & purchase of parts Hydraulic hose assembly made to order, in-house Mobile hose and fitting trailer for onsite repair

DIGGING DOCKER Ray & Stephen   

4 in 1 Bucket Trencher Post Hole Digger

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ABN: 16 563 552 915

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RENTERS WANTED The Shire of Quairading Council are currently looking for Expressions of Interest to rent our units at Arthur Kelly Village.

Arthur Kelly Village is situated on the West end of Jennaberring Road by Parker House.

The units include 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, a kitchen and lounge/dining room. The units also include reverse cycle air conditioning and a small garden.

These units are ideal for a single person or a couple (Over 55’s) who are looking to retire to a smaller, more manageable living space.

If you are interested in viewing the units please contact Britt Hadlow at the Shire of Quairading on 9645 2412.

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St Faith’s Anglican church will be hosting a visit from Bishop Jeremy James Sunday August 30 2020 at 10am If you or your children are interested in baptism or 1st communion lessons, please contact Alison Caporn for lesson dates & required commitment.

Communion lessons consist of individual, self-paced workbooks and attendance at group lessons for 1 hour, once a week, in the six weeks leading up to August 30.

A mutual day and time will be discussed with people interested in participating.

Lessons are provided free of charge to anyone interested.

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New, Used & Collectible Books If it’s not in stock we will find it for you!

Open Thursday – Sunday, 9am – 5pm

Old Fire Station, 151 Avon Tce YORK 9641 1665 info@barclaybooks.com.au barclaybooks.com.au

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QDHS NEWS Dear Families, Carers and the Quairading Community, Welcome back for the 2020 school year! School began Monday with teachers and children excited to be back into the familiar routine and meet up with friends, colleagues and new faces to the school. We have had a lot of maintenance work completed in the school over the holidays and classrooms are refreshed ready for the new school year. We have some new secondary bathrooms soon to come into operation, they are very modern, bright and shiny.

We have about 117 children in the school although the official number is finalised on Friday of next week. Attendance was positive on our first day back. I met with all students and staff for an assembly Monday morning at which time we set the scene for the year and outlined the Festival of Q activities that happen next week.

Children were reminded that we set high expectations for all students in our school and encourage them to be motivated to achieve their full potential. Our students are inspired to become lifelong learners, contributing to their individual, local and global community. In our school in 2020 you will see: Students who are engaged, motivated and active learners, demonstrating PRIDE in every aspect of their schooling; Students who are positive and firm believers in ‘the power of yet’, continuously producing QUALITY work, symbolic of their strong desire to achieve individual academic and non-academic success; Students who RESPECT others and themselves and are driven to be self-regulating and assessment capable; Students who are kind, compassionate and GRACIOUS citizens who promote an inclusive friendly environment and a sense of belonging for all.

We recapped that being thankful is part of grace and that there are many people who have suffered great hardship over the Christmas break. We are grateful that we have our school intact, clean and fresh, ready to start school, and that we are healthy and uninjured. At the assembly we talked about attendance, as excellent attendance is very important to a successful student. It is very important for us to come every day to ensure we continue with our strong learning, getting all the practice we need and to maintain the relationships we develop at school. Relationships and excellent attendance are very important to a successful student. It’s not OK to be away.

We welcome three new teachers to our school for 2020. Mrs Magdalen Johnston (Year 4-5-6) comes to us from Woodlands Grove PS in Byford and is very excited about the prospect of working in a multi aged group. Magdalen’s experience of curriculum and team leadership in a large school is going to be a great bonus for us. Miss Brydie Wellham (Year 4-5-6) comes to from Quirindi PS in NSW, recently relocating to York. Brydie was successful in our teacher pool recruitment process in term four last year. Mrs Erin Dunne (Year 2-3) has completed her Remote Teaching Service in Warburton and was awarded redeployment through that process. Already she is exhibiting great strategies and experience to bring to her class and our school, and her students are working hard.

Over the break I completed a process to fill the Acting Deputy position for term one whilst we recruit a person for the remainder of the year. Demonstrating strong leadership histories, Miss Rebecca Wilson and Mrs Magdalen Johnston were successful in that process and each will undertake two days of the Deputy Principal role through the week. Miss Wilson will be Deputy Principal on Monday and Wednesday, and Mrs Johnston on Thursday and Friday. (continued over page)

Mrs Erin Dunne

Mrs Magdalen Johnston

Miss Brydie Wellham

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Here is an outline of our teaching and non-teaching staff for 2020: Principal Deputy Principals

Mrs Pauline Wray Miss Rebecca Wilson, Mrs Magdalen Johnston – for term one;

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Mrs Taryn Bond and Mrs Marian Mills, Ms Charley Pradella, Mrs Char Thompson, Mrs Tammy Gors; Mrs Kelsie Squiers and Mrs Jane Johnston, Ms Charley Pradella, Mrs Penny Johnston; Mrs Erin Dunne, Ms Charley Pradella, Mrs Penny Johnston , Mrs Tammy Gors; Mrs Magdalen Johnston and Miss Brydie Wellham;

Yr 1-2 Yr 2-3 Yr 4-5-6

Secondary and specialistMrs Jaime Garrett English & Science Mrs Kylie Squiers Maths & Music Mrs Helen Fraser HaSS & Art Miss Bec Wilson Digital Technology & Home Economics Mrs Renee Anderson Secondary Health & Phys Ed, Careers & Community Service.

Mrs Sue Mills MacQLit Miss Kellie Hansen AIEO and Reading support Mrs Alison Caporn Guided Reading Mrs Tammy Gors Home Economics Mrs Rochelle Osborne Science Laboratory technician, Library Officer Office responsibilities Manager Corporate Services: Mrs Pam Canova School Officer: Mrs Jo Mills Mrs Carolyn Davies is extending her leave and Mrs Gwen Hards will be on LSL for term one.

Our Student Council for 2020 were re-introduced to the student body. We look forward to hearing from School Captain Adam Cosgrove and councillors Kaeshia Colbung, Reagan Mills, Aaron Shultz, Matilda Gelmi and Kayden Fairhead. Our Student Councillors will work hard throughout the year to show leadership, demonstrating our four core values and supporting each and every student to become a successful student.

Over the holiday break, Mrs Magdalen Johnston was married to Mr Cameron Johnston.

Congratulations to the newlyweds!

Also as the school year began, Mrs Kelsie Squiers applied for and was awarded Senior Teacher status. Senior Teachers are required to support the school in activities such as: • providing mentoring, supervision, professional support, counselling and guidance for teachers (including student teachers and graduate teachers), about classroom performance, curriculum implementation and resource development; • developing pedagogy and contributing to curriculum development; • effectively contributing to the leadership of school development planning and identifying priorities, and to formal school decision-making process; and • other duties as required by the Principal.

Congratulations Mrs Squiers.

An exciting event will occur next week for students enrolled at school. The Festival of Q will include an inflatable slide, face painting, fun games and activities and a whole school photo and will occur on Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th of February. Feel free to join us after recess on either of these days.

I am looking forward to a busy year in the pursuit of knowledge, personal growth and successful students. Our staff, committees and school community are all working hard together to make our school the best it can be. We support each other to develop our successful students.

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QDHS AWARDS DAY ADDRESS

Delivered by Jill Hayes, 17 December 2019 Thank you for the introduction – and for the air time, I really do love being on this stage – even without my singing and dancing ensemble, or my sequin jacket.

My name is Jill Hayes. I’m a born and bred Quairading local – which is a legitimate claim to fame - and even more importantly, I am a Quairading District High School alumnus. I had to google that word, turns out it’s a fancy term for “former student”.

According to the very gracious invitation I received from the school to speak here today, my “successful pursuit of varied goals” and my “strong community presence” make me a “positive role model” for students. Which I’m pretty chuffed about.

I was never one of those kids who knew exactly what they wanted to be when they grew up – except for a brief time when we all wanted to be Dolphin Trainers because there was this one really cool book in the library about dolphins doing tricks.

Man I hope it’s still there and someone knows the book I’m talking about?!

I was however, one of those incredibly fortunate weirdos who LOVED school.

I liked to learn new things and understand them properly. I spent most of my school years here in Quairading, up to Year 9 – and from what I can recall was quite a breeze.

Which I’ll have to put down to fantastic staff, a good bunch of peers and great family support.

Our year group was a small one so we had no choice but to get on and look after each other. Being a tight knit bunch made Year 7 camp an epic week away, and thanks to the videos made by our teacher Mr Gunn, I maintain lots of very fun memories from our week in Geraldton and Kalbarri. I remember Year 8 being a pretty big deal as we moved into the senior classrooms, and fun fact, welcomed Mrs Fraser by being her very first class in Quairading.

I had the very privileged opportunity to choof off to boarding school, and spent Years 10, 11 and 12 at St Mary’s in Karrinyup. Aside from crying for a week straight at the overwhelm of living with 190 other hormonal teenage girls, it was an absolute hoot. Boarding school is an incredibly unique experience and really a perfect incubator of lifelong friendships.

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learn far more than you ever think you needed to about your friends.

Through my later high school years, I still didn’t know what I wanted to be when I grew up, but I found that I was increasingly motivated by doing a job well done – which meant working harder, paying more attention in class, studying efficiently each night and preparing well for exams. In selecting TEE subjects – which is what we called it back in my day, is it WACE now? Or ATAR?– I got to choose the things I enjoyed doing (which for me were English and Media Studies) and got to opt out of the things I didn’t like doing (which was all of the sciences). I found that I liked the opportunity to be more creative and the subjects that didn’t have clear cut, black and white answers. I liked being able to come up with my own answer and use persuasion and reasoning to show why it could be a correct answer.

Yes I feel you left-brain-thinkers in the room rolling your eyes right now.

In finding the subjects that I legitimately enjoyed, I legit loved TEE and performed very well. University prospects wise, I had the marks to do literally any course I wanted – maybe bar medicine. Which was great, except I still didn’t have a freaking clue of what I wanted to be when I grew up.

Lots of people told me that they saw me doing something FUN, and COOL and AMAZING. So I searched, but I couldn’t find any of those on the course lists.

I wanted to take a gap year – which really meant just a year of partying. My Mum and Dad being the wise folk they are swiftly discouraged that.

I could see benefit to myself in gaining a higher education and a qualification, and after a great schooling experience I decided a uni degree was the go. My top 6 course selection might as well have been randomly generated, I think it included psychology, anthropology, arts, commerce and urban planning. Each at a different university.

I received multiple offers and ended up going with Commerce at Curtin Uni, because it sounded the vaguest and easiest.

By the end of first year I realised a few things:  Staying motivated at uni was a whole lot

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harder than at school, especially without the compulsory boarding house evening study and patrolling house mothers.

Having a Tavern on campus was very dangerous.

And that I still didn’t know what commerce meant.

4 and a half years of a three year degree later – I learnt it was just a fancy word for “business”. And yes, I only learnt that by googling it.

So I got through uni. I graduated, I was “qualified”. But I still didn’t know what I wanted to be when I grew up.

I went travelling for a few months through Canada and America - because YOLO. When I got home, I applied for a bunch of boring jobs, got a bunch of boring job offers, and spent an incredibly mind-numbing four weeks doing cold call sales for terminate inspections at Allpest in Cannington. It would have been two weeks but I forced myself to stick it out for two weeks, before handing in my two weeks notice.

I had finally realised that I needed to be doing something that I loved, and living somewhere that I loved. Which is when I moved back to Quairading. I convinced the Quairading CRC to employ me for a couple of days a week and I also started a small business. By the end of that year the incredible job of Coordinator of the Quairading CRC came up and as of last month I’ve been in that role for 4 years.

In this role I’ve been able to do heaps of things I love doing – such as meticulously planning events, creatively writing grant applications and helping people learn new skills – all while having a positive impact on my community. And as of today I’ve realised that I actually am doing something FUN, COOL and AMAZING. How ‘bout that.

Living in a small community, I’ve had heaps of opportunities come my way. And thanks to my desire to try new things, help out and do a job well done – I’ve had trouble turning any of them down. Things like volunteer positions on multiple committees (ag society, football club, curtain raisers, rainmakers for examples), representing Quairading in a Rural Ambassador competition, doing various radio interviews and most recently – directing a fabulous musical. On this very stage.

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struck the mother load.

But if it doesn’t, spend some of your time doing it anyway. You’ll gain enjoyment by doing it which will make you a happier person. I think it is our responsibility, as functioning members of society to be happy.

At least some of the time. That happiness will be extrapolated if the things you love doing have a positive effect on your community – therefore it shouldn’t be anything illegal…

I consciously determine my success based on my happiness – and career wise, even though I’m in an ideal job right now, it doesn’t mean it’s peachy and happy all the time. I mean, unpacking the dishwasher at work doesn’t make me happy, but having a nice clean mug for my double shot coffee in the morning does. Listening to someone complain about a frustrating government process doesn’t make me happy, but giving them five minutes for a chat to help them see the positives of a situation does. Seeing my bank account diminish over time doesn’t make me happy – but Postman Mick delivering me all my online shopping sure does!

Second to that – be aware of opportunities, and throw yourself at them. Be vulnerable and crazy enough to say yes to things outside of your comfort, or knowledge zone. It could be a new job, a new task, an opportunity to direct a play or speak at an awards day. Say yes – and work out how the hell to do it later.

It will mean research, asking others for advice, heaps of googling and late night speech writing – and if you can ignore the feelings of imposter syndrome for long enough - you’ll come out the other side with more experience, more confidence and perhaps another thing to whack on your resume!

So if you’re heading into next year with a clear idea of what you’re doing – bravo. Take every opportunity that’s going to help you get there.

If you don’t have a clue – do. not. stress.

You’ve got so much time to figure things out.

And to then change your mind and figure it out ten times more. And to hopefully perfectly, demonstrate this point – to all of you adults out there: hands up if you still don’t know what you want to be when you grow up… *this is where everyone seamlessly raises their hand* See – we’re all just making it up as we go!

Good luck!

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WARRIOR WELLBEING

Habits, Routines and our Wellbeing We are creatures of habit and routine so how does this affect our wellbeing? Our wellbeing is often described as a state of being content, healthy, secure, safe and happy. To have good wellbeing requires planning, making decisions, having a sense of purpose, a sense of hope, something to look forward to and then some luck.

The routine part of our life can contain components that are monotonous, predictable, regular, scheduled and sometimes become habitual. One of my habits is watching the 7pm ABC news and weather (when not on the road), checking emails and checking my twitter feed. The first thing I do when on a break is to stop this!

Join a club that we have never been to before (perhaps a men’s shed).  Start a hobby, develop an interest.

Try doing nothing for a while (some mindfulness). This is good for our wellbeing as it acts as a recharge for all our chemicals in our body and can help us get the balance right.

Exercise of any kind is beneficial. We don’t have to run marathons or go to a gym (sometimes that may help) but simply get moving in any way is a good thing. It may involve joining a sporting club that you have never belonged to, walking with a friend.

Volunteering. The world is run by volunteers! Volunteering is often a gateway to many other opportunities in life that we may never have thought of opening, literally a two-way process. Try a short stint with a group during the holidays you may be surprised. 

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How do our daily routines affect our wellbeing? We know there are some things we must do every day just to survive, but mixing it up, changing our daily routines and breaking certain habits, even for a short time, can have positive effects on our overall wellbeing.

Primarily we are in charge of our own Maybe this is the reason why we have holidays? wellbeing, for me the following quote epitomises a great philosophy to life and may Some things that we can do that may help us reflect on the habits and routines we challenge our habits and routines are: currently have.  Treat our holiday as a circuit breaker – even if our holiday is at home, we can do …live your life well, do no harm, help where this by changing our TV watching able, always try to find common ground and patterns, how we deal with social media enjoy every single day… (i.e. turn it off for a while). Try the RRRRs; Relax, Rest, Rehydrate and Reconnect (visit friends/family/ neighbours you haven’t seen in a while.  Do unplanned activities – a lot of research is being done in this area and how it can help prevent the onset of dementia. Do some unplanned activities such as; From Owen and the Team from The Regional Men’s Health Initiative Delivered by Wheatbelt Men’s Health (Inc) Address: PO Box 768, Northam WA 6401 Phone: 9690 2277 Email: menshealth@4blokes.com.au Website: www.regionalmenshealth.com.au PAGE 42

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Jenny Simpson, Alex Longford Robyn Heal, Syd Dall, Dot Bloom, Bruce Thomson Dylan Johnston, Christine Gimbel, Ros Fraser Audrey Parker, Kayleen Williams, Tyson Gors, Zackary Kevill Rob Hughes, Hilton Barr Ray Pozzi, John Vanderbroeck, Jess Richards Anne Johnson, Daniel Cowcill Brendan Groves Gary Green, Dorothy Passmore Adam Cosgrove Ron Dall, Bianca Collard, Geoff Winmar, Vanessa Henry, Tayla Hayes, Braden Hayes Lesley Bloom Ashlee Moloney Chris Anderson Tony Dall, Kyle Adams Jenny Swan Lorna Hayes, Jo Hayes, Peter Dawson Natasha Clemens, Tracy Taylor, Yolande Yarran, Matthew Tompsett Keith Johnson Trevor Sandercock, Shea Dall, Chad Mills Dale Wilson, Rachael Johnson Tony Heal, Brendon Simpson, Danielle Moloney Aaron Stone, Sandra White, Kody Anderson Stephanie Edmands, Natasha Stone Mirika Winmar Thomas Warren Want to add someone? Just contact the Quairading CRC!

ANGLICAN CHURCH (St Faith’s) Harris Street

Sunday 2 February, 9am:

Morning Prayer [Epiphany 4]

Sunday 9 February, 9am:

Morning Prayer [Epiphany 5]

Sunday 16 February 9am:

Holly Communion with Revd. Keith Wheeler [Epiphany 6]

Sunday 23 February,9am:

Morning Prayer [Last Sunday of Epiphany]

Sunday 1 March, 9am:

Holly Communion with visiting Revd. Rob Healy, from the Bush Church Aid, [BCA]. St Faith’s extends an invitation to the Uniting Church for this Service. [First Day of Lent].

Please see weekly Passion Sheet for any changes or additions For more info contact: David Whyte: 9645 0170 | Dorothy Hayes: 9645 1620

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CATHOLIC CHURCH (St Francis Xavier) Heggerty Street

DATE

Sunday 2 February

Saturday 8 February

Sunday 16 February

Saturday 22 February

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10am

6pm

READING + PSALM & GENERAL INTERCESSION

B. HOLBROOK

P. WELLS J. O’HARE

D. WOOD

Sacrament of Reconciliation: 15 minutes prior to Saturday evening Mass.

Feast Days during February 2020 1st: Octave of the Nativity of the Lord 5th: The epiphany of the Lord 12th: Baptism of the Lord 17th: St Anthony+

25th: Conversion of St Paul, the Apostle 26th: Australia Day 31st: St John Bosco

MEALS ON WHEELS ROSTER - FEB MONDAY 2nd J Hards

TUESDAY 3rd L Mills

WEDNESDAY 4th G Eyre

THURSDAY 5th S Anderson

FRIDAY 6th P Fairhead

SATURDAY 7th V Flanigan

9th P Brown

10th S Stone

11th E Atkinson

12th D Wilson

13th B Wilson

14th V Hayes

16th J Hards

17th S Briggs

18th G Eyre

19th P Brown

20th P Fairhead

21st T Flanigan

23rd S Stone

24th E Atkinson

25th S Briggs

26th B Wilson

27th I Osborne

28th V Hayes

30th P Fairhead

31st I Osborne

EMERGENCY DRIVERS: Ivy Osborne (0429 799 853) T Patton (0438 857 147) Joan Bartlett (9645 1015) If unable to drive meals on allocated day, try to change with another driver before ringing an emergency driver, then please advise hospital kitchen of the change.

Please collect meals from hospital kitchen at 11:45am and return eskies as soon as possible.

There will be a tester meal with the delivery on most days, please be aware of this and ensure it is not given to any clients. 41/2 litres of petrol is available to each driver to help cover costs. This may be picked up from Quairading Tyres either the day you drive, or if possible within that week.

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QUAIRADING AQUATIC CLUB The second half of our season is nearly upon us! It is set to be a super busy time with numerous swim meets and carnivals on top of our normal program.

Training commences on Monday 3rd of February. Same times as last year, 3.20pm for all junior dolphins and 4pm for intermediates and seniors.

The next few weeks will see us doing a lot of competition ready practice. Please ensure that our swimmers are prepared with a minimum of racing swimwear, long hair tied back and goggles. We highly recommend the use of caps for all swimmers. Club caps are available for purchase at a cost of $10.

We have three inter town competitions coming up: Corrigin Swim Meet on Sunday 16 th February, our own swim meet on Sunday 23rd February & Narembeen Swim Meet on Saturday 15th March.

These are not compulsory for attendance but are a great experience, especially our own competition. Scott is our inter town coordinator and will ask for names and race nominations closer to each event. Each race event usually cost $5 for entry, i.e. freestyle race $5, breaststroke race $5 etc.

Our fingers are crossed also that we may have a specialist coach visiting in one of the first few weeks back. We have regional funding available but are in the process of being told if we can find a coach!!

Fixtures for the remainder of our season are: Monday 3rd Feb Training Thursday 6th Feb Time Trials - Off the hooter Monday 10th Feb Training Thursday 13th Feb Time Trials - Off the hooter Monday 17th Feb Training Thursday 20th Feb Time Trials - Handicap Sunday 23rd Feb Quairading Swim Meet Monday 24th Feb Training Thursday 27th Feb Time Trials - Off the hooter Monday 2nd Mar Long Weekend - NO Training Thursday 5th Mar Time Trials - Handicap Monday 9th Mar Training Thursday 12th Mar Championship Day - Trophy Presentations & Windup At our wind up we will be honouring the generous contributions from the late Barb Simpson made to our club with a life membership. Friends and family are invited to attend this presentation which will commence at approximately 4.15pm, after our championship races that start at 3.20pm.

In the near future you will see a brand new weatherproof, enclosed notice board at the pool that has been purchased by our club. Many thanks to the Shire of Quairading for their generous contribution that has allowed us to go ahead with this project. Hopefully by the time this goes to press we will have it installed and in use!!

Happy swimming!

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DOODENANNING SPORTING CLUB. The Doodenanning Sporting Club was successful in applying to the Shire of Quairading for financial assistance through the Shire Community Grants Scheme to renew the concrete pad adjacent to the Doodenanning hall southern exit doors.

The new concrete pad provides a safe entry and exit point from the hall to the tennis courts. The pad also provides a convenient outdoor setting for Al Fresco dining, as seen in the photo, taken on Saturday evening, 1 February.

The members of the Doodenanning Sporting Club would like to express their sincere thanks to the Shire for making the new concrete pad possible.

The members want to also acknowledge and thank Phil Dicker, President and all-round handy-man for the club, for his great work in preparing the site and assisting in laying the concrete. Thanks Phil.

When the weather cools down, a busy-bee will be organised to spruce up the 12hole golf course in preparation for the coming season.

All players, old and new, are welcome to come and play on Saturday afternoons.

Members enjoy the evening prior to the bring and share dinner.

The club is planning an open day this year so stand by for further information!

President: Phil Dicker, Secretary: Marion O’Hare, Treasurer: John O’Hare, Captain: John O’Hare, Grounds man: Phil Dicker, Contact: Marion O’Hare 9635 3233.

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Tourism Strategy Launch, 5pm @ Club

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