Cooroora Connect August 2011

August 2011

An Initiative of Pomona & District Community House Inc

Locals Supporting Locals

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Sunday 21 August 8.15am arrival for 8.30am breakfast Finish by 11am (aprox) Cost $10.00 for bowls and breakfast RSVP PH: 5485 2427

Pomona Community House KOM Cook Off

Sterling Family

Families Working Together A special thankyou to Pomona IGA, Gitsham Butchers, Your Inspirations, Noosa Trophy Centre, Focus - Aimee Stanyer, Jan Wise, Kate Maroney, Brad Smith, Jane Tipper, Brian Lawson, John & Debbie Schouten, Kathryn Shewring, Sterling Family, Manders Family and Downey Family.

King Of The Mountain Cook Off Winners - Sterling Family.

Downey Family

Manders Family 2

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Noosa Country Show Ball Saturday 3rd September 2011 at Pomona State School Hall, Station St Pomona Music by the Sunshine Swing Band, M.C. - Jamie Dunn, 2 course buffet style dinner, licensed bar, $49.00 per head Tickets NOW available from the following Pomona shops: La Mode De Fabienne, 2/3 Station Street, Pomona Pomona News And Casket, 10 Memorial Avenue, Pomona Table bookings are essential, please contact the Secretary 5485 2331.

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Music

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Clowns

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Zumba Dance

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Miss Show Girl

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Kevin Barker &

Beagle Boys & Babes Plus Phil Emmanuel

SEPTEMBER FRIDAY 9TH & SATURDAY 10TH

Check out The Noosa Show Society Website for more details:-

www.noosashowsociety.org.au

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Show Jumping

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Cookery, Arts & Craft

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Rides

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Ute Muster

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Side Show Alley

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Wood Chopping

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Mower Racing

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Cattle Show

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Reptile Display

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Sheep Shearing

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Fireworks

& Much More…..

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On Monday 15th August a new medical centre will open in Pomona.

NEED A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE? PLEASE NOTE the location varies each day and is a FREE service - As at 1 Aug 2011 DAY

PLACE

TIME

CONDUCTED BY

MONDAY

NOOSA MAGISTRATES

9.00 am – 4.00 pm

Volunteers

TUESDAY

NOOSA LIBRARY Eumundi Rd, Noosaville

9.30am -12 noon

QLD Justices Association

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POMONA MAGISTRATES COURT 5485 1385

9.30 – 12noon

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WEDNESDAY

COOLUM LIBRARY Park St Coolum

9.30am – 12 noon

QLD Justices Association

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POMONA MAGISTRATES COURT 5485 1385

2pm – 4pm

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NOOSA FAIR Shopping Centre Noosa Junction (near Coles) Located on 1st floor

10.00am – 2.00pm

Justice of the Peace Community Program

COOROY LIBRARY

9am – 12 noon

Justice Association

POMONA MAGISTRATES COURT

Vacancy Not available at this time.

VOLUNTEER REQUIRED

NOOSA MAGISTRATES

9am – 4pm

Volunteers

NOOSA CIVIC Shopping Centre Eenie Creek, Noosa

10.00am – 2.00pm

Justice of the Peace Community Program

POMONA COMMUNITY HOUSE

1pm-3pm

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

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COURT

COURT

Volunteers

BANK DOCUMENTS – If you have Mortgage/land title documents you will require proof of ID and Rates Notice or proof of Ownership.

Please contact Dawn at Pomona Court if you are a Justice of the Peace and would like to Volunteer. If you require multiple certified copies you may be asked to wait or call back for them.

** Denotes Pomona times/services

CAR BOOT SALE AT THE COOROY SCOUT DEN Sunday 14 August 7 – 12 noon.

Sausage sizzle, Pony Rides, Scout activities, tea/coffee, bric-a-brac.

To book a site phone Kathy 54852368 CATHOLIC FAMILIES Confirmation Program 2011 For children in Year 6 or &Year 7. This year the Confirmation Programme commences in late August. To enrol your child please call the Catholic Parish Office at Tewantin on 5447 1188.

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“Cooroora Family Health”, situated at Shop 5/3 Station Street, Pomona, is opposite the Old Station Art Gallery.

The partners in this new venture are Dr Ann Buchan and Dr Sharon Chant, who many may know have previously worked together at Cooran Medical Centre.

Dr Buchan says, “Over the last few years the practice at Cooran has grown into a successful venture, we now feel we need larger premises. We have been seeing many patients from further a field, and simply need more space and staff to provide the care to our patients.”

Some familiar faces are coming with them. Dr Kathy Isbel will be joining Ann and Sharon in September. Nurse Ruth, and Michaela and Julie on reception will be there to welcome you to our new clinic. In addition we are happy to add Nurse Jane Smart to our team. Jane has worked with Ann in Tewantin.

Ann, Sharon, and their friendly team will be providing the same high standard of care, aimed at the local communities in particular, but with extended hours and extended services, and two wonderful, experienced nurses managing a large treatment room, and Allied Health Providers soon to be available.

Dr Buchan has worked for nearly ten years in Qld, living at Federal and then Cooran. Prior to this she was a GP in Victoria, working in a Breast Clinic and a Women's Health Clinic, as well as many years in Family General Practice. Ann brings twenty three years of general practice experience, and is committed to being part of the Greater Hinterland Community.

Dr Chant studied medicine after many years of practice in the field of complementary medicine, particularly homeopathy, and has been living in the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast since 1989. Sharon has a wide ranging appreciation of various types of therapies, offering a holistic combination that will give a new set of choices to patients.

Together with their supportive staff they hope to offer their patients a new approach to wellness, integrating their experiences into a community based service that suits the needs of this wonderful area.

Both Sharon and Ann look forward to welcoming old friends and new at Cooroora Family Health.

Appointment bookings can be made by ringing 54851321, from Wednesday 10th; and we will commence seeing patients from Monday 15th August.

Phone number 54851321 www.cooroorafamilyhealth.com

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Rodeo Princess R.I.P. MULLER, Nora Francis (nee Graham) 12.9.1916 - 31.7.2011.

Loving wife of Milton (dec’d).

Formerly of Kellehers Road, Pomona.

Nora died peacefully at Noosa Nursing Centre. Privately cremated.

Memorial Service to be held at a later date at Pomona Uniting Church.

Local girl Mikyla who is 15 years old and lives in Federal, has just entered into the 2012 National Rodeo Association Rodeo Princess Quest.

Judging starts in early December and we wish Mikyla all the best for the 2012 National Rodeo Association “Rodeo Princess Quest”.

Young Mums & Dads Parent Group Meet & Greet Pomona Community Lawson Shed

COOROY EUMUNDI CRICKET CLUB AGM will be on Monday 15th August at the Cooroy Sports Complex at 5.30pm.

All positions available. Come along get involved in your local sporting club.

6 Sept & 13 Sept

Sign-on dates are:- 17th, 21st & the 28th of August, the venue is the Cooroy Combined car club (opposite the sporting complex). From 3pm until 5pm. Ages 8 and up.

Morning Tea available

Contact Jesse on 0418 975 939.

Tuesday

$2 coin donation

REALISE YOUR CREATIVE POTENTIAL School Holiday Programme.

Child Health Nurse Deb Daley Will be available on the day for a chat RSVP 5485 2427

Copy Deadline the last day of the month.....

31 August 2011 Distribution Points: Pomona/Cooroy IGA, Pomona Post Office, Pomona Newsagents, Cooran General Store, Kin Kin Post Office, Boreen Point Shop.’

Cooroora Connect is also published on Facebook..... check out Pomona & District Community House Facebook Page COOROY DOLPHINS SWIMMING CLUB 2011-2012 Sign-on Day Saturday 3 September - 11am to 3pm Contact Jane Laird 0437534749

Monday to Thursday - 9:30am to 2:30pm Commencing 22nd September Open to ages 9-90 years. Learning how to draw is merely the vehicle to so much more.

No Talent Required. Limited seats.

Call Helen Joy on 07 40415080 www.rightbraingenius.com

NOOSA NIPPERS SIGN-ON Sunday August 14th 10am to 4pm at the Good Shepherd Lutheran College multi-purpose centre and pool (corner Walter Hay Drive & Eumundi Road) Noosaville. Noosa Nippers is open to children from 5 years old up to 13 years old @ 30th September.

Parents are also required to join.

Any inquiries can be directed to Club Administration on (07) 5474 5688

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Printing/Copying Prices

Pomona Community House Black/White 20cents per page

has a NEW

Colour $1.00 per page

Colour Copier......

Pricing available for bulk copies.

Colour printing & scanning

Newsletters, booklets

available through reception....

price on application.

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Appointments are necessary Ring Noosa Community Health Phone 5449 5944

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SELF PACED COMPUTER LESSONS TUTOR AVAILABLE SCRABBLE FRIDAY 9AM- 12NOON

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE SERVICE FRIDAY 1PM—3PM

Lawson Shed Hire Contact Heather 5485 2427

Readers of the Cooroora Connect need to be made aware of several highly misleading statements about the Kin Kin quarry in the July issue.

COOROY/ POMONA LIONS CLUB DONATES LAPTOP

When Kin Kin school boy, Dylan McSweeney needed a Lap Top Computer to help him with his schoolwork, the Cooroy-Pomona Lions Club came to the rescue!!

Dylan, who is in Year 1, has Cystic Fibrosis and misses a lot of schooling because of his condition. Kin Kin School has the capacity to provide online teaching through a programme called Eliminate, for which all staff have been trained, allowing Dylan to attend real time class through a computer video link. As President of the Cooroy/Pomona Lions Club, I had the privilege of presenting the Lap Top to Dylan.

Photo:- Diane Baker, President, Dylan & his teacher Brigid McKechnie.

Firstly the court case brought against the quarry by the Kin Kin 'Community' Group (which has an average attendance at it's meetings of only 18 people) did not 'collapse', it was dismissed, the judge ruling against the KKCG on all four points.

The statement that 200 people attended the protest against the quarry is misleading, the protest was held at the Pomona Markets, and the actual number of people involved in the protest was, by all accounts, fewer than 40.

Neilsen's Gravels have stated that the absolute maximum number of trucks will be 40/day, and that they expect fewer than 15/day for several years after the quarry begins operations. They also say that of the traffic generated by the quarry, approximately 75% will go through Pomona. If the claim of a truck going through Pomona every 5 minutes was correct, it would mean a total of 87 trucks/day, or 44,000 tonnes per year MORE than the EPA approval for the quarry. As for the utterly nonsensical claim of up to 240 trucks/day, no-one knows where that claim originated, but it is simply impossible. It would mean an annual production of 2.88m tonnes (the quarry is only approved for 1m and Neilsen's say they never expect to reach that figure), and the 40 tonne trucks would have only 1 minute and 24 seconds to be loaded, again, IMPOSSIBLE. Furthermore, the ENTIRE Sunshine and Cooloola Coast aggregate market is significantly LESS than 240 trucks/day.

From Neilsen's assertion that for the first 5 or more years of operation they expect fewer than 15 trucks/day, one could expect at most to see a truck through Pomona every half hour, and that the school bus may pass 1 truck a day.

KOM UPDATE.....

Over 15,000 people gathered to watch all the action live on the big screen and the crowd roared as Neil Labinsky made this his 6th consecutive win in this year’s Bendigo Bank International Mountain Challenge with a time of 24.17min, not far behind him was Shay Williamson, 26.18min and Sam Clark 26.53min, both from New Zealand. Hubertien Wichers reclaimed her title as the Mountain Queen with a time of 32.38 making this her 5th win, followed by Sarah Stacey 38.06 from Australia and Megan Edhouse from New Zealand with a time of 38.18.

Neil cemented his place in the 32 year history of the Pomona King of the Mountain Challenge with this year’s win as only 2 other man, Barry Prosser and George Fewtrell, have won the King of the Mountain 6 times consecutively.

The 'environmental concerns' are completely unfounded, water samples taken from Wahpungah Creek downstream from the quarry site after heavy rain this year showed levels of Total Dissolved Solids less than HALF the amount recommended for drinking water, and even less than found in Noosa tap water! EPA testing of water from the sediment catchment dams at the site showed sediment levels were LOWER than in Wahpungah Creek upstream of the site.

Several locals are already employed undertaking site works, and Neilsen's say they will at least double the number when operations begin. Neilsen's have made the offer to both SCRC and Main Roads to supply any quarry material needed for local road upgrades at cost, in addition to paying for half the cost of upgrading Shepperson's Lane.

This is on top of the significant improvements to local roads since the quarry was announced, several local roads have been widened and sections sealed, and the State Government has announced $16.5m to upgrade Kin Kin Rd at Wolvi. It is also worth noting that since the range road was first constructed in 1904, there has never been a collision between a car and truck, in spite of decades of use by milk tankers and timber trucks.

The quarry will bring immense benefits to the local community, and the noisy minority opposing it need to accept that it is going ahead.

Lachlan Davis - Kin Kin Locals Supporting Locals

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The Pomona & District Community House Focus, Division of General Practice present

Future Dates 2011 10th September 15th October 3rd December

@ 7.30 Cooran Hall

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Navigating the minefield: communication in families

We play Mah-jong

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Families that play together stay together: how to look at the strengths in your family

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What’s going on here? Spotting signs of stress in families

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Practising calm in families in a busy world

On Wednesday....

1pm to 3pm At Pomona Community House Cost $2.00 donation

Bookings Ph: 5447-1766

1:00pm – 2:30pm on: Wednesday 17th August Wednesday 24th August Wednesday 31st August

Aug 24th “Boot Scooting Country” Sep 28th “Viva Las Vegas

Time: 11am - 1pm Bus available for Hinterland Residents

**conditions apply**

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL Ph: 54852427

POMONA & DISTRICT COMMUNITY HOUSE INC

1 Memorial Ave, Pomona 4568

PHONE: 5485 2427 | FAX: 5485 1702 | ABN: 86 583 189 320 President - Dawn Gwynne

Vice President - Debbie Schouten

Manager - Brian Lawson

Treasurer - Ben Stoffl

Coordinator - Heather Manders

Secretary - Kathryn Shewring

Coordinator - Kathryn Shewring

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