June 2012
An Initiative of Pomona & District Community House Inc.
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A WHEEL BARROW FULL OF GOODIES FOR POMONA GARDENING GROUP The Pomona & District Community House is thrilled to take delivery of a wheel barrow full of gardening tools for its newly formed Gardening Group. President, Dawn Gwynne, said she was very excited by the delivery and that the tools would make work around the Community House and Lawson Shed much easier. We are very grateful to the Sunshine Coast Council for providing such an array of fantastic equipment,” said Dawn. “We are all about growing fresh vegetables, fruits and herbs and giving people the opportunity to share their knowledge, learn new skills and to make friends whilst doing something really worthwhile.” Community Engagement Coordinator, Kathryn Shewring, added that she hoped some of the fresh produce would make its way into the meals cooked in the regular Community Kitchens held at the Lawson Shed. Anyone interested in being a part of the group or simply finding out more can call into the next Gardening Group meeting on Friday 29th June at 9.30am at the Lawson Shed or for information about the Gardening Group or the Community Kitchen call 54852427. 2
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Starting Thursday 19 July With Tax Volunteer Brenda White At Pomona Community House See Tax Help eligibility ** Conditions Apply ** Bookings Essential PH: 5485 2427 Lotus Choir is looking for new singers... We meet on Mondays Time 11am - 12.30pm New singers are very welcome Venue to be decided‌. Enquiries Noel Bird Choir Facilitator 5485 3029 or 0403 173 851
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COOROORA CREEK GROUP Community Nature Conservation FREE LEGAL ADVICE & REFERRAL NORTHERN HINTERLAND OUTREACH @ Pomona & District Community House 1 Memorial Ave, Pomona Tuesday evenings fortnightly 6.pm – 7.30pm (please arrive early for your appointment)
* Learn about native plants & wildlife * Bush regeneration & planting *Learn bush tucker & plant identification
Next Dates - 10 & 24 July
Meets the 3rd Sunday of the month at the car park in Cooroora Creek Park.
Phone 07 5443 7827
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
Suncoast Community Legal Service
8am - 10.30am
provides Family & General Law
15 July, 19 August, 16 September
ADVICE & REFERRAL SERVICES
For more information ph: 5485 2155
** A $5 donation is appreciated to help this
bushcare@noosalandcare.org
Pomona & District Community House Awarded $27,459.10 Pomona & District Community house is very pleased with the announcement from Qld Government and the Gambling Community Benefit Committee that we have been successful in our grant application. Funding will go towards installing solar power to both buildings, skylights and kitchen equipment for the community kitchen program.
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Grahams Road Sub-Station - Update Following a meeting between Energex officials and about 12 residents at the new electricity sub-station site off Grahams Road, Pomona, it was agreed to substantially increase the landscaping budget for the $12.5million project. The new landscaping will significantly reduce the visual impact of the substation on the local environment. Residents had complained that the sub-station extension was much larger than originally envisaged and that landscaping worth $60,000 undertaken so far was inadequate. It had failed to hide the machinery and electrical switching equipment on site. Energex undertook to boost the scope of landscaping in the second stage so that the extra planting and screening hedges would be completed by the end of August, the date for commissioning the new facility. Once brought into operation, the enlarged substation will allow Energex to have more options for directing electricity flow according to demand and to bring houses back on line more quickly after electricity blackouts.
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The Green Thing In the line at the store, the young girl cashier told the older woman that plastic bags weren’t good for the environment. The old woman apologized to her and explained, “we didn’t have the green thing back in my day.” That’s right, they didn’t have the green thing in her day. Back then, they returned their milk bottles, coke bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, using the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycled. But they didn’t have the green thing back in her day. In her day, they walked up stairs, because they didn’t have an escalator in every store and office building. They walked to the grocery store and didn’t climb into a 300horsepower machine every time they had to go two blocks. But she’s right. They didn’t have the green thing in her day. Back then, they washed the baby’s diapers because they didn’t have the throw-away kind. They dried clothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling machine burning up 220 volts wind and solar power really did dry the clothes. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. But that old lady is right, they didn’t have the green thing back in her day.
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Back then, they had one TV, or radio, in the house not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a pizza dish, not a screen the size of the state of Tasmania. In the kitchen, they blended and stirred by hand because they didn’t have electric machines to do everything for you. When they packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, they used wadded up newspaper to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap. Back then, they didn’t fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. They used a push mower that ran on human power. They exercised by working so they didn’t need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity. But she’s right, they didn’t have the green thing back then. They drank from a fountain when they were thirsty, instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time they had a drink of water. They refilled pens with ink, instead of buying a new pen, and they replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull. But they didn’t have the green thing back then. Back then, people took the train and kids rode their bikes to school or rode the school bus, instead of turning their mums into a 24-hour taxi service. They had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And they didn’t need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest pizza joint. But that old lady is right. They didn’t have the green thing back in her day. Odd that young ones would lament how wasteful older folks were just because they didn’t have the green thing back then!
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Bookings Ph: 54471766 25 July / 26 August
Time: 11am - 1pm Bus available for Hinterland Residents **conditions apply**
Cooran Acoustic Night Entry is only $4.00! Come early if you want to be part of the show for a 7pm start.
ANDREW PIKE Physiotherapist BSc (Hons) PGD Manip, Reg Acu
0415 734 180
Cooran Acoustic Night Dates 28th July & 1 Sept For further information please contact: Malcolm on 5485 1003 Email: cooranacousticnight@hotmail.com All proceeds go to Cooran Memorial School of Arts
Po Box 109, Pomona Email: barefootphysio.com.au Www: barefootphysio.com.au
Physiotherapy Acupuncture Sports Injuries Cranial & TMJ Therapy Yoga Therapy / Teacher Trauma Release Exercise
Pomona Pixel People
Do You Play Chess?
Pomona Community House - Lawson Shed.
Looking for a mentor to help Students improve their chess abilities and coach for chess tournaments.
Monday **Fortnightly**
If your interested please contact Heather on
**Helpful hints on how to use your camera**
5485 2427 For further details.
9 & 23rd July 2012 at 7pm Cost $2 per person
Our camera club meetings are open to all & cover any & all facets of photography including camera basics and creativity. Kin Kin Community Market 1st Sunday of the Month Kin Kin School of Arts Hall 10am – 2pm Many Local stalls…Local produce, crafts, workshops, entertainment, food & drinks Stall Enquiries: Michelle - Ph: 54854228
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NEWS FLASH........
Printing/Copying Prices
Pomona Community House has a NEW
Black/White 20cents per page
Colour Copier......
Colour $2.00 per A3
Colour $1.00 per page A4 Pricing available for bulk copies.
Colour printing & scanning
Newsletters, booklets
available through reception....
price on application.
On Wednesday
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1pm to 3.30pm
Colour Business Card 5.5cm x 9cm $25.00 x 4 editions = $100
We play Mah-jong
Colour Banner 5.5cm x 18cm $50 x 4 editions = $200
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Colour 1/2 Page $100 x 4 editions = $400
Community House Cost $2.00 donation
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Computer Lessons One on one tuition Cost $2 donation Monday & Wednesday
COMPUTER LESSONS
Pomona Community House
Mon/Wed Donation $2 per visit
Contact 5485 2427
Lawson Shed Hire Contact Heather 5485 2427
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MOBILE PHONE RECYCLING Pomona State School
VIEW Clubs throughout Australia are about to reach a milestone as they eagerly await their 1000th Learning For Life Student here in Australia. Nearly 606,000 Australian Children are currently living in jobless families, with the effects and financial disadvantages laying added pressures for the basics of Life. Their disadvantage holds them back from accessing the same educational and life opportunities as their peers. Cooroy VIEW Club along with over 400 other VIEW clubs throughout Australia continue to work along side the SMITH Family to assure many of these children get the opportunities they deserve. Education is the key!! We are only a small part of the path with The VISION being a Better Future for Young Australians in need. A BELIEF that a every child deserves a Chance and a MISSION to create opportunities for Young Australians in need providing Long term support for their particular education. Our little friendship club supporting each other as friends, meets monthly for Luncheons in COOROY and Socials supporting the above. If you are interested in MAKING A DIFFERENCE for children and their families come along and meet us. Please call Lal Vider 0754491902 for essential bookings and enquiries or cooroyview@gmail.com.
At Pomona State School, we have some great recycling programs currently in place and recently our school signed up for a new mobile phone recycling initiative. Gifts4Mobiles is helping support local schools throughout Queensland and New South Wales to access incredible prizes for collecting unwanted mobile phones. By recycling our old mobiles, iPods and iPhones we can receive Apple iPads to support our students’ learning. For every 250 phones collected our school can receive an iPad. If our school can collect 1000 phones, Gifts4Mobiles will donate a 5th iPad to our school. So please start looking in your cupboards. Ask your friends or family if they have an unwanted mobile and place them into the collection box which is located in the office foyer.
Cooroy Blue Light Disco 14 July 6.30pm to 9pm $5 Entry @ Cooroy RSL Hall
Road closures for Pomona King of the Mountain Festival
The 33rd annual King of the Mountain Festival in Pomona is being held on Sunday 22 July and as per previous years will include the following street closures:
Reserve Street between School Street and the eastern side of the railway crossing from 6am to 5.30pm Memorial Avenue between Church Street and Station Street from 6am to 5.30pm Hospital Street between Mountain Street and Memorial Avenue from 6am to 5.30pm School Street between Mountain Street and Reserve Street from 8.30am to noon Mountain Street between School Street and Church Street from 12.30pm to 5pm
Alternative routes around the festival area are via School Street, Factory Street, Railway Parade, Red Street and Rectory/Church Streets. Detour signs around the affected areas will be posted. The Pomona King of the Mountain is run by Cooroy Pomona Lions Inc as a free not-for profit event. It is in its 33rd year thanks to the generosity of its funding partners and sponsors – Bendigo Bank, Nestle, Zinc 96.1FM, Cooroy Rag, CQUniversity, Sunshine Coast Regional Council, IGA Pomona, Raine and Horne Pomona, Pomona True Value Hardware, Channel 7, Queensland Media Print, Maroochy River Resort, Aussie Biker, Bellbird Creek Cafe, Pomona Pharmacy, Motorcycle Country, Spectral Printing & Art Design, Tyres for Bikes, Australia Zoo, Mary Valley Rattler, Aussie World, Top Shots Fun Park and Laserzone. Visit www.kingofthemountain.com.au for more information.
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Regional Achievement & Community Awards
COMMUNITY NEWS
Councillor says be prepared with a Will with Red Cross Community Wills Days Stand Up and Be Counted coming up soon in Nambour (Aug 8) and Maleny (Aug 9) Councillor Jenny McKay of Member for Gympie, Mr David Gibson MP encouraged local businesses and organisations to Maleny says “everyone needs to be prepared with a nominate for the Queensland Regional Achievement well drafted Will. & Community Awards. "When loved ones are left to look after your affairs, an “The Regional Achievement and Community Awards up to date Will is a vital document. are a fantastic way to encourage and support local individuals and groups dedicated to enhancing our “If you need assistance with preparing a Will I encourage everyone to take advantage of the local community.” professional assistance offered at a Red Cross Community Wills Event” says Cr McKay. Mr Gibson said “Without the efforts of such individuals and groups our community would not be Red Cross National Bequest Manager Ian Williamson as vibrant as it is today. These Awards help to says “Australia is one of the most charitable nations in highlight community success, so if you know of the world, with almost three in four of us supporting a someone, who you feel is worthy of recognition, charity at some time during our lifetime. please take time to nominate through this year’s Awards.” “We hold morning teas, shave our heads, run marathons, dress in red, shake tins, bake cakes, hike thousands of kilometres and jump out of planes, all in the name of our favourite charities.
Nominations are now open in the following categories: The Salvation Army Employment Plus Business and Employment Award The Peabody Environment & Landcare Award The Clark Rubber Regional Service Award The Prime Super Community of the Year Award The SunWater Youth Leadership Award The Safeguard Events and Tourism Award
“Now, more and more people are remembering charities in their Wills. “Gifts in Wills are worth almost $500 million a year to charities.
“A final gift in your Will to Red Cross” says Mr Williamson, “will help ensure Red Cross is still around for generations to come to meet the needs of the most Nominate for a chance to win a share in $10,000 vulnerable people in our local communities. thanks to the Commonwealth Bank or an advertising “Red Cross and local solicitors have teamed up to help package on WIN Television. All category winners people prepare simple Wills for only $75 each. “This is a great opportunity to update or make a new will also receive a magnificent glass trophy. Will” says Mr Williamson.
Winners will be announced on the Sunshine Coast at the Gala Dinner Presentation hosted by the event For appointments and more information phone sponsor the Rydges Oasis Resort, Caloundra, on Nola on (07) 3367 4772 or email nmacaulay@redcross.org.au Saturday 3rd November 2012. For more information or nomination forms please contact the Awards Office on 1300 735 445 or visit What: When: the website at www.awardaustralia.com
Where:
Nominations Close 17th August 2012
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What: When: Where:
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NAMBOUR Community Wills Event 11am to 3pm, Wednesday 8th August Red Cross Hall, 21 Price St, Nambour
MALENY Community Wills Event 11am to 3pm, Thursday 9th August Uniting Church Hall, 1290 Landsborough Maleny Road, Maleny
Pomona Has Been Named The Perfect Town…..
A Touch of the Past Antiques
Coffee Shop Open 7 Days ….7am - 5pm
Pomona has been named the perfect town for people aged over 50 by the Baby Boomer Lifestyle and Health Club. The club’s website speaks in glowing terms about Pomona’s shops, townscape and parks, but reserves special praise for the friendliness of townsfolk and the scale and walkability of the Pomona town centre. The Two Old Ladies teashop gets a special mention. Kingscliff, in NSW and Boonah are among other towns that have caught the club’s eye as good retirement locations, but only Pomona gets the ‘perfect’ tag.
Antiques, Gifts, Flowers, Jewellery, Teddy Heaven ****** Coffee, Cake Pies &
Reserve Street, Pomona
Sandwiches
(Opposite Stan Topper Park)
Read what the club says about Pomona at its website:
Group Bookings
Ph: 5485 1883
available
http://www.kleverklikk.com/ kleverhealth/2010/04/the-perfect-baby-boomertown-pomona-queensland-australia/
Pilates Classes BABY HEALTH CLINIC
Tuesday 9am & Thursday 6pm
Child Health
Pomona Community House
Nurse Deb Daley
“Lawson Shed” 1 Memorial Ave, Pomona
This is a free Qld Health Service provided by highly trained health professionals offering contemporary information and relevant support to families.
All levels welcome.
Our Child, Youth and Family Health Team consists of child health nurses, early intervention specialists, occupational therapists, speech pathologists and Dieticians.
Call Amy on 0409 766 634
Monday Mornings 9.30 - 12.30pm @ Pomona Community House Ring Noosa Community Health Phone 5449 5944 for appointments 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 - Joy Cross
Manager - Brian Lawson
Treasurer - Ben Stoffl
Coordinator - Heather Manders
Secretary - Debbie Schouten
Coordinator - Kathryn Shewring
Cooroora Connect is published by Pomona & District Community House Inc. The material published in Cooroora Connect may be reproduced only with appropriate authorisation & acknowledgment. The views expressed in Cooroora Connect are not necessarily the views of the editor, publisher or Pomona & District Community House.
EMAIL: heather@pomonacommunityhouse.com.au
WEBSITE: WWW.pomonacommunityhouse.com
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Cooran Collectables & Second Hand Cooran Trading Post Barry & Pam Hanlon 28 King Street, Cooran 4569 PH: 5485 2312
All Cuts Mowing & Dog Clipping Service
POMONA True Value Hardware
Matt Fulton PH: 040 4808 449
PH: 5485 1351 10 Reserve St Pomona
E: allcutsmowing@gmail.com
FOR ALL YOUR HARDWARE,
Great Rates & Prompt Service
TIMBER, GARDEN, PAINT, GAS, RURAL & PRODUCE NEEDS
Caltex Pomona Trading Hours:-
PH: 5485 1630
Mon-Fri 6am-6.30pm /Sat 6.30am6pmSun / Pub Hol 7am-5pm
Pomona Automotive & Tyre Service PH: 5485 1383 19 Factory St, Pomona
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The Floor Covering Specialists Commercial & Domestic Motels, Units, Shops, Commercial Properties Quality 2nd Hand carpet also available
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