CLERMONT RAG FRIDAY, 20 DECEMBER 2019
REMAIN BUSHFIRE AWARE OVER THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS Hot and sunny with possible rain is the predicted outlook over the festive period in the Isaac region as local residents are urged to remain vigilant about potential bushfires during their travels. As several fires burn in Queensland and News South Wales and with the current unpredictable weather patterns, Isaac Regional Council Mayor Anne Baker said this is a timely reminder for residents not to be complacent. “The reality is that we live in an area where more than 90 per cent is drought declared and we need to continue being vigilant and think about our bushfire survival plans at home,” Mayor Baker, who is chair of the Isaac Local Disaster Management Group, said. “Our firefighters, paid and volunteer, do an amazing job risking their lives to protect our community, but we need to help them by preparing our home and educating each other about bushfire awareness. “Fire can travel up to 25 kilometres an hour and send embers flying for kilometres, sparking new fires that severely test local firefighters. “This year, we have already seen the devastating impact of bushfires across Queensland.
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“Now’s the time to make sure you and your loved ones are prepared this disaster season. “This is why it’s imperative we do our part around our homes and I would like to acknowledge and thank those residents who have already prepared their homes and reviewed their bushfire survival plans this summer.” Mayor Baker said the Rural Fire Service Queensland’s advice on home preparation is vital. “Tips include clearing leaves, twigs, bark and other debris from the roof and gutters plus around the front and back yard, mowing the lawn regularly and checking the first aid kit is fully stocked,” she said. “For help preparing your home, property and family before a bushfire check out resources available at www.ruralfire.qld.gov.au/BushFire_Safety/Pages/ Prepare-for-bushfire-season.aspx - it’s never too late to prepare.” During an emergency or disaster situation, residents are also encouraged to visit Council’s Disaster Dashboard dashboard.isaac.qld.gov.au to access up-to-date weather warnings, emergency news, road conditions, school closures and power outage information.
CR JONE’S COLUMN This is the last column for 2019. Next year is the beginning of a new decade, 2020. I can remember the drama of the year 2000, computers were going to cease working and it was just about going to be the end of the world. Yep and we are all - still here. What a year we have all had. Some good, some horrid and some just “the normal”. I am going for the preference of things being normal. These last few weeks leading up to Christmas have been full on. But now that school is finished for the year this means my duties are also finished, regarding the school that is. Still have a few more Council duties to do and then that’s it for this year. Bec from Life Church took me on a tour of the town’s Christmas lights and I got to congratulate the winners and to hand out the prizes for each section. Congratulations to all winners and to everyone who put lights up. What a display. Our horse and buggy tours run by Jess have been very popular with the showing of the lights being the highlight. Thank goodness Axel is now getting used to the horses trotting past home. He barely lifts his head off the lounge when they go past now. I am writing this out at our truck depot and the thermometer has just reached 41 degrees under the shed. Goodness knows what it must be out in the sun. This is why Axel and I are in the office with the air cons on. No wonder he is so spoiled – (not just him). There have actually been a few birds falling out of the trees with the heat. Thank you to everyone who contributed to once again hosting , cooking, setting up and producing a wonderful day for our senior citizens. It never ceases to amaze me, the generosity of our community and the goodwill that is given, and not just at Christmas time I might add. Our Montcler residents took out third place in the Community Health Facility Award lights competition run by Mackay Hospital and Health Services. I am just about out of news for this year other than to say that I hope everyone has a safe and happy Christmas and I will look forward to chatting again with you all next year. Lyn and Hot Dog (Axel)
POSITIONS VACANT KILCUMMIN STATE SCHOOL Schools Officer Grounds and Facilities Permanent 5 hours per week plus temporary 5 hours per week. Total 20 hours per fortnight. The position is to start on Monday 20th January 2020. An Application Package with the Role Description is available from the school. Applicants are required to provide a cover letter of no more than 2 pages and resume including contact details for 2 referees. If you have any queries, please contact the Principal on 0419 559 666. Applications close at 5pm on Friday 10th January 2020. Applications can be returned, marked “Confidential” to: Attention: Bryce Morrice, Kilcummin State School, 190 East West Road, CLERMONT, 4721 or by email to: bmorr236@eq.edu.au Confirmation of employment is conditional upon the preferred applicant being issued with a Suitability Card from the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian.
KILCUMMIN STATE SCHOOL Cleaner Permanent Part-Time - 13.75 hours per week The position is to start on Monday 20th January 2020. An Application Package with the Role Description is available from the school. Applicants are required to provide a cover letter of no more than 2 pages and resume including contact details for 2 referees. If you have any queries, please contact the Principal on 0419 559 666. Applications close at 5pm on Friday 10th January 2020. Applications can be returned, marked “Confidential” to: Attention: Bryce Morrice, Kilcummin State School, 190 East West Road, CLERMONT, 4721 or by email to: bmorr236@eq.edu.au Confirmation of employment is conditional upon the preferred applicant being issued with a Suitability Card from the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian.
PUBLIC NOTICES CLERMONT RAG Isaac Regional Council wishes to advise the Clermont community that the last publication for the Clermont Rag for
2019 is today Friday, 20 December 2019.
The first publication for 2020 will be Friday, 17 January 2020. All items for the first edition of the Clermont Rag close on Monday, 12 January 2020 at 5pm.
CLERMONT TELEPHONE GUIDE 2020 Isaac Regional Council wishes to advise any business, community organisation or sporting organisation that would like to publish their details in the Clermont Telephone Guide 2020 that closure date is:
FRIDAY 17 JANUARY 2020 NOTE: You are required to complete the necessary paperwork to be included and published in the 2020 edition of the Clermont Telephone Guide. Please email therag@isaac.qld.gov.au or call into the Clermont Council Office to complete the necessary paperwork.
CLERMONT HISTORICAL CENTRE - ANNUAL CLOSURE Isaac Regional Council advises residents and visitors that Clermont Historical Centre will be closed from: 3pm FRIDAY 20 DECEMBER 2019 Clermont Historical Centre will reopen on: WEDNESDAY 4 MARCH 2020 This annual closure enables Council to proceed with preservation work, digitisation, research and development of the upcoming exhibitions. Council apologises for any inconvenience this may cause.
2019/2020 CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR CLOSURES CLERMONT WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY Isaac Regional Council advises the Clermont community that the Clermont Waste Management Facility will be closed over the Christmas/New Year period on:
WEDNESDAY 25 DECEMBER 2019 THURSDAY 26 DECEMBER 2019 and WEDNESDAY 1 JANUARY 2020
The Clermont Waste Management Facility will resume normal operating hours from Friday, 27 December 2019 and again on Thursday, 2 January 2020.
CLERMONT SWIMMING POOL CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR OPENING TIMES Isaac Regional Council advises residents and visitors of the open dates and times for Clermont Swimming Pool over the 2019/20 Christmas and New Year period:
16 to 23 December 2019 open 10am to 6pm 24 December 2019 open 10am to 2pm 25 and 26 December 2019 closed 27 to 30 December 2019 open 10am to 6pm 31 December 2019 open 10am to 2pm 1 January 2020 closed 2 to 28 January open 10am to 6pm
COUNCIL CHRISTMAS CLOSURES 2019 Isaac Regional Council advises Isaac communities and community members of the following closures over the Christmas/New Year period:
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All Offices, Libraries, Historic Nebo Museum
Wednesday 25 December 2019
Thursday 2 January 2020
Community Halls and Recreation Centres
Wednesday 25 December 2019
Thursday 2 January 2020
Wednesday 25 December 2019
Thursday 2 January 2020
All depots - Clermont, Dysart, Glenden, Middlemount, Moranbah, Nebo, and St Lawrence
WATER METER READS ACROSS ISAAC - DECEMBER AND JANUARY Isaac Regional Council’s water meter readers will soon begin meter readings to measure the consumption for upcoming water notices. To help ensure the charges are accurate, efficient and reliable, the manual water meter read project will take place across Isaac between the hours of:
6am to 6pm Monday, 16 December 2019 to Friday, 10 January 2020 The program will not be operating during public holidays and weekends. This is in preparation for the water notices to be issued for the period of July 2019 to December 2019. This notice is expected to be sent to ratepayers in February 2020. All meter-reading contractors will carry official Council identification. Authorisation to undertake the water meter reads is under Section 37 of the Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008. Council encourages the use of MiWater, a website where residents can sign up to receive water consumption information. Residents can set email and SMS alerts and be notified of water leaks and high consumption within days of occurrence, see www.isaac.qld.gov.au/miwater for more details. If you require further information please contact Council’s Customer Service Centre available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on 1300 ISAACS (1300 472 227).
Gary Stevenson Chief Executive Officer
A WIN FOR HEALTH CARE IN CLERMONT Contributed by Dale Last MP
In my last contribution, I committed to keeping you updated on the fight to improve health services in Clermont and I am pleased to provide some good news. I recently received confirmation that Clermont is now classified as a Distribution Priority Area. Basically, this means that there are increase financial incentives to attract doctors and additional avenues to recruit them. This classification means that, if necessary, doctors can be recruited from overseas. Instead of the old system that assessed doctor to patient ratios, the new system takes into account the actual health needs of communities and that is great news for Clermont. In addition, Clermont now also qualifies for the General Practice Rural Incentives Program (GPRIP) which provides financial incentives for eligible medical practitioners including some specialists and GP Registrars.
While the new classification and access to GPRIP should help address this issue in the short, and possibly, medium term, there is still a lot of work to do. We need to find a long-term solution and that includes addressing issues in how we train doctors and provide them with the skills to work in regional and remote areas. I would also like to take this opportunity to wish you and yours a happy and joyous Christmas and I hope that 2020 is prosperous and delivers all that you have hoped for. If you are travelling over the break, please take care on the roads and remember that it’s better to arrive late than not at all. Thank you for your support on the health services issue and I look forward to providing another update as soon as possible.
The opening up of the recruitment process and financial incentives means that efforts to recruit a doctor for Clermont should now be stepped up and I would hope that the Queensland Minister for Health has made sure that is happening. Whilst in Brisbane for parliament, I met with Professor Sarah Strasser OAM to discuss her research into medical services in rural and remote areas. Professor Strasser has contributed to research on this, and other medical issues, for many years and was named a Member of the Order of Australia for her “significant service to rural health and medical education� in January this year. I look forward to using the knowledge that Professor Strasser generously shared in my fight to improve rural health services.
Dale Last MP pictured with Professor Sarah Strasser
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Management and staff of St Vinnies wish the Clermont community a very Happy and Holy Christmas and Best Wishes for 2019.
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We thank you all for your continuing support.
We wish to advise our clients our office will be closed from 2pm Friday 20th Dec 2019 and reopen 8:30am Monday 6th Jan 2020 Ian and the staff wish our clients A Very Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year
We will close on Friday December 13, 2019 and reopen on Tuesday January 14, 2020.
Robertson Plumbing Christmas Closure We wish to advise that Robertson’s Plumbing will be closed from Friday December 20 2019 to Monday, January 6 2020. Craig, Brett and Joeleen would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Safe and Merry Christmas period and a Prosperous New Year.
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MEETING AND IMPORTANT NOTICES MEALS ON WHEELS CLERMONT Meetings are held at the Clermont Hospital meeting room at 2pm. New members/volunteers are most welcome. For information contact Chris on 0429 490 102, Barb on 0467 280 493 or Marg on 0437 835 272.
New members and crafters are welcome every Thursday and Saturday. For further information call Helen Olsen, President on 0403 198 305.
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Monthly meetings are held on the third Thursday of the month at 10.30am at 76 Capricorn Street, Senior Citizen’s Hall.
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RELIGIOUS NOTICES ANGLICAN CHURCH SERVICE ALL SAINTS’ CLERMONT Service times: Sundays 9am, Wednesdays 9.30am Crafternoon will be held each Wednesday afternoon in the Church Hall, commencing at 2pm. Please bring a piece of craft to work on and enjoy a chat and a cuppa. Address: Cnr Daintree and Capricorn Streets Contact: Rev Anne Nixon 4983 3484
UNITED CHURCH OF GOD (UCG) CLERMONT Service time: Every Sabbath (Saturdays) 2pm Address: 80 Mimosa Street Contact: Ken Murray (Elder) 0487 408 889 Website: ucg.org | beyondtoday.tv
UNITING CHURCH Service time: Sundays, 8am Contact: Heather James 0429 641 897 Address: Cnr Capella and Box Streets Website: clermontcapellauc.org.au
NEW CREATION FELLOWSHIP CLERMONT ‘Come as you are’ Service time: Sundays, 10am Address: Scouts Hall, Daintree Street Ps Trevor and Roxanne Cole: 4983 3980
LIFE CHURCH Service time: Sundays, 9am Address: 58 Capella Street Office: Monday and Tuesday, 4983 2926 Ps Allan Kelly: 0417 095 918 Regular events: Mainly Music (0-5 years): Thursdays, 9.15am Horse Riding: Wednesdays, 4pm - 5.30pm CLAW Youth: Fridays, 7pm - 9pm Kids Club (primary aged): 2nd Friday of every month (term time) 4pm-5.30pm
ST MARY’S CHURCH December Service times: Sunday 22 8am Tuesday 24 - Christmas Eve 7.30pm Sunday 29 8am 2020 January Service times: Sunday 05 8am Saturday 11 6pm Sunday 19 8am Sunday 26 8am
ON THE SHELF
STORY TIME AND CRAFT The Clermont Library runs several weekly childrens’ sessions. They are a great way to connect with other parents who have young children. STORY TIME AND CRAFT (0-5 years) This is held on Tuesdays and Fridays from 9.30am to 10.30am. Bright, vibrant picture book tales come alive when read by library staff along with a simple craft activity which helps enhance fine motor skill development.
MERRY CHRISTMAS Christmas is just days away and reading or listening to an audiobook is a great way to relax during the festive season. If you are travelling over Christmas and the New Year to visit family and friends, it’s important to stay alert while driving. Listening to a digital audio book through Bolinda BorrowBox can help drivers stay alert. There are thousands of digital audio books available on BorrowBox for all ages and interests. If you haven’t signed up to Bolinda BorrowBox, ask the library staff how to sign up. The Clermont Library also has CD audio books to borrow.
BOOKINGS Bookings are essential for all library programs and events. Please call Clermont Library on 4846 3746. Please note: Children 12 years and under must be accompanied by an adult at all times when visiting the library, including during organised programs.
TUNE INTO FREEGAL MUSIC Isaac Libraries now offer Freegal Music to patrons. Freegal Music is a free music service offering access to about 15 million songs and over 40,000 music videos. Patrons can access Freegal Music through the Libraries, Arts and Cultural Services link on the Isaac Regional Council website or download the Freegal app on to a device. You will need your library membership number and Libero password to access Freegal. You can stream three hours of free music each day and download three titles to keep per week.
Clermont Library Staff wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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Clermont Library will close at 3pm on Tuesday, 24 December and reopen at 8.30am on Thursday, 2 January.
The Summer Reading Club returns for 2019 and the theme is A Roomful of Stories.
SCHOOL HOLIDAY FUN We will be holding school holiday activities during the summer school holidays. Board Games/Lego sessions will be held on Wednesday afternoons from 2pm to 3pm and craft activities will be hold on Thursday afternoons from 2pm to 3pm. Story Time sessions will continue to be held during the school holidays.
School age children are welcome to sign up for the Summer Reading Club and join in the activities in their local Isaac library and online. The Summer Reading Club will be held during December and January. Kids – sign up for the 40 Day Reading Challenge and take on challenges such as read a book with a one word title, draw a picture about what you read and read a book by a new author or illustrator.
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W HWAT ’ S’ SY O UURR H AT YO W HWAT - I F- I FP LP A H AT L ANN?? Isaac Regional Council would like to remind residents that now is the time to Get Ready. When it comes to extreme weather events in Queensland, it’s not a matter of ‘if’ but ‘when’. Having a ‘What if’ plan could be the difference between staying safe or putting yourself and your family in danger. October to April is the peak time for natural disasters, exposing our communities and infrastructure to repeated damage from devastating cyclones, floods, fires and other natural disasters. Visit getready.qld.gov.au for tips and factsheets to help you prepare for the upcoming disaster season. In the Isaac region, you can check the Disaster Dashboard for up to date information in case of an emergency at dashboard.isaac.qld.gov.au
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SPORTS NEWS CLERMONT SPORTING SHOOTERS The Committee would like to wish all our members and the Clermont community a Merry Christmas and a happy and safe New Year. If you are travelling for the festive season, please stay safe.
CLERMONT RIFLE CLUB Firearm Safety Courses are available at Clermont Rifle Range. Contact Jan Thornhill on
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CLERMONT CLAY TARGET Clermont Clay Target shoot the fourth Sunday of the month. If anyone would like to give it a go just turn up, or call Allison on 0427 792 562 or Wayne on 0447 228 030.
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