Cooroora Connect June 2012

1 Locals Supporting Locals - Pomona Community House Funded by Department of Communities

An Initiative of Pomona & District Community House Inc. June 2012

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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.

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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

Starting

Thursday

19 July

With Tax

Volunteer

Brenda White

At Pomona Community House

See Tax Help eligibility

** Conditions Apply **

Bookings Essential

PH: 5485 2427


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)

Next Dates - 10 & 24 July

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL

Phone 07 5443 7827

Suncoast Community Legal Service

provides Family & General Law

ADVICE & REFERRAL SERVICES

** A $5 donation is appreciated to help this

service continue **

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.

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 sub-station 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 sub-

station 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.

COOROORA CREEK GROUP

Community Nature Conservation

* Learn about native plants & wildlife

* Bush regeneration & planting

*Learn bush tucker & plant identification

Meets the 3rd Sunday of the month at the

car park in Cooroora Creek Park.

8am - 10.30am

15 July, 19 August, 16 September

For more information ph: 5485 2155

[email protected]

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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 300-horsepower 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.

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!


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

Bookings Ph: 54471766

25 July / 26 August

Bus available for

Hinterland Residents

**conditions apply**

Time: 11am - 1pm

Pomona Pixel People

Pomona Community House - Lawson Shed.

Monday **Fortnightly**

9 & 23rd July 2012

at 7pm

Cost $2 per person

**Helpful hints on how to use your camera**

Our camera club meetings are open to all & cover any & all facets of photography including camera basics and

creativity.

Cooran Acoustic Night

Entry is only $4.00!

Come early if you want to be part

of the show for a 7pm start.

Cooran Acoustic Night Dates

28th July & 1 Sept

For further information please contact:

Malcolm on 5485 1003

Email: [email protected]

All proceeds go to Cooran Memorial School of Arts

ANDREW PIKE Physiotherapist BSc (Hons) PGD Manip, Reg Acu

0415 734 180 Physiotherapy

Acupuncture

Sports Injuries

Cranial & TMJ Therapy

Yoga Therapy / Teacher

Trauma Release Exercise

Po Box 109, Pomona

Email: barefootphysio.com.au

Www: barefootphysio.com.au

Do You Play Chess?

Looking for a mentor to help

Students improve their chess

abilities and coach for chess

tournaments.

If your interested please

contact

Heather on

5485 2427

For further

details.

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COLOUR & BLACK/WHITE

PRINTING & PHOTOCOPYING ,

INTERNET, COMPUTER

LESSONS, ROOM HIRE,

LAMINATING, FAXING,

LIBRARY FOR MEMBERS,

RESUME SERVICE,

REFFERAL & INFORMATION

CHILD HEALTH CLINIC

MONDAY

9.30AM - 12.30PM

FOR APPOINTMENT

CALL 5449 5944

CREATIVE WRITING

TUESDAY

9.30AM - 11.30 AM

FREE LEGAL ADVICE

TUESDAY

6PM - 7.30PM

FORTNIGHTLY

54437827

MAHJONG

WEDNESDAY

1PM - 3.30PM

MUSIC LESSONS

Piano/Guitar....

Cost Donation

THURSDAY

9AM - 4PM

COMPUTER LESSONS

Mon/Wed

Donation $2 per visit

Lawson Shed Hire

Contact Heather

5485 2427

POMONA & DISTRICT

COMMUNITY HOUSE

GROUPS &

SERVICES

PH: 54852427

Find us on Facebook

We play Mah-jong

On Wednesday

1pm to 3.30pm

At Pomona

Community House

Cost $2.00 donation

NEWS FLASH........

Pomona Community House

has a NEW

Colour Copier......

Colour printing & scanning

available through reception....

Printing/Copying

Prices

Black/White 20cents per page

Colour $1.00 per page A4

Colour $2.00 per A3

Pricing available for bulk copies.

Newsletters, booklets

price on application.

ADVERTISE IN COLOUR

in Cooroora Connect Colour Business Card 5.5cm x 9cm $25.00 x 4 editions = $100

Colour Banner 5.5cm x 18cm $50 x 4 editions = $200

Colour 1/2 Page $100 x 4 editions = $400

Advertising with Pomona Community House - Cooroora Connect helps fund our community newspaper......

Copy Deadline the last day

of the month.....

30th June 2012

Cooroora Connect is also

published on Facebook.....

check out

Pomona & District Community House Facebook Page.

Computer Lessons

One on one tuition

Cost $2 donation

Monday & Wednesday


Contact 5485 2427


MOBILE PHONE RECYCLING

Pomona State

School

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.

VIEW Clubs throughout Australia are about to reach a milestone as they eagerly await their 1000

th 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 [email protected].

Road closures for Pomona King of the Mountain Festival The 33

rd 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 33

rd 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.

Cooroy Blue Light Disco

14 July

6.30pm to 9pm

$5 Entry @ Cooroy RSL Hall

http://www.kingofthemountain.com.au

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Regional Achievement &

Community Awards

Stand Up and Be Counted

Member for Gympie, Mr David Gibson MP

encouraged local businesses and organisations to nominate for the Queensland Regional Achievement & Community Awards.

“The Regional Achievement and Community Awards are a fantastic way to encourage and support local individuals and groups dedicated to enhancing our local community.”

Mr Gibson said “Without the efforts of such

individuals and groups our community would not be as vibrant as it is today. These Awards help to highlight community success, so if you know of someone, who you feel is worthy of recognition, please take time to nominate through this year’s Awards.”

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

Nominate for a chance to win a share in $10,000 thanks to the Commonwealth Bank or an advertising package on WIN Television. All category winners will also receive a magnificent glass trophy.

Winners will be announced on the Sunshine Coast at the Gala Dinner Presentation hosted by the event sponsor the Rydges Oasis Resort, Caloundra, on Saturday 3rd November 2012.

For more information or nomination forms please contact the Awards Office on 1300 735 445 or visit the website at www.awardaustralia.com

Nominations Close 17th

August 2012

COMMUNITY NEWS

Councillor says be prepared with a Will with Red Cross Community Wills Days coming up soon in Nambour (Aug 8) and Maleny (Aug 9) Councillor Jenny McKay of Maleny says “everyone needs to be prepared with a well drafted Will. "When loved ones are left to look after your affairs, an up to date Will is a vital document. “If you need assistance with preparing a Will I encourage everyone to take advantage of the professional assistance offered at a Red Cross Community Wills Event” says Cr McKay. Red Cross National Bequest Manager Ian Williamson says “Australia is one of the most charitable nations in the world, with almost three in four of us supporting a charity at some time during our lifetime. “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. “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 vulnerable people in our local communities. “Red Cross and local solicitors have teamed up to help people prepare simple Wills for only $75 each. “This is a great opportunity to update or make a new Will” says Mr Williamson. For appointments and more information phone Nola on (07) 3367 4772 or email [email protected]

What: NAMBOUR Community Wills Event When: 11am to 3pm, Wednesday 8th August Where: Red Cross Hall, 21 Price St, Nambour What: MALENY Community Wills Event When: 11am to 3pm, Thursday 9th August Where: Uniting Church Hall, 1290 Landsborough Maleny Road, Maleny

http://www.awardaustralia.com/

mailto:[email protected]


Pilates Classes

Tuesday 9am & Thursday 6pm


“Lawson Shed”

1 Memorial Ave, Pomona

All levels welcome.

Call Amy on 0409 766 634

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 Treasurer - Ben Stoffl Secretary - Debbie Schouten

Manager - Brian Lawson Coordinator - Heather Manders 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: [email protected] WEBSITE: WWW.pomonacommunityhouse.com

A Touch of the Past Antiques

Coffee Shop

Open 7 Days ….7am - 5pm Antiques, Gifts,

Flowers,

Jewellery,

Teddy Heaven

******

Coffee, Cake

Pies &

Sandwiches

Group Bookings

available

BABY HEALTH

CLINIC

Child Health

Nurse Deb Daley

This is a free Qld Health Service provided by highly trained health professionals offering contemporary information and relevant support to families. Our Child, Youth and Family Health Team consists of child health nurses, early intervention specialists, occupational therapists, speech pathologists and Dieticians.

Monday Mornings 9.30 - 12.30pm

@ Pomona Community House

Ring Noosa Community Health

Phone 5449 5944 for appointments

Pomona Has Been Named The

Perfect Town…..

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.

Read what the club says about Pomona at its website: http://www.kleverklikk.com/kleverhealth/2010/04/the-perfect-baby-boomer-town-pomona-queensland-australia/

Reserve Street, Pomona

(Opposite Stan Topper Park)

Ph: 5485 1883

http://www.kleverklikk.com/kleverhealth/2010/04/the-perfect-baby-boomer-town-pomona-queensland-australia/



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Cooran Collectables &

Second Hand Cooran Trading Post

Barry & Pam Hanlon

28 King Street, Cooran 4569

PH: 5485 2312

Shop 2C Memorial Ave Pomona (next to the pub)

Fri-Mon 10 am - 4pm We Buy & Sell

POMONA

True Value Hardware

PH: 5485 1351

10 Reserve St Pomona

FOR ALL YOUR HARDWARE,

TIMBER, GARDEN, PAINT, GAS,

RURAL & PRODUCE NEEDS

Caltex Pomona PH: 5485 1630

Trading Hours:- Mon-Fri 6am-6.30pm /Sat 6.30am-

6pmSun / Pub Hol 7am-5pm

Pomona Automotive

& Tyre Service

PH: 5485 1383

19 Factory St, Pomona

All Cuts Mowing &

Dog Clipping Service

Matt Fulton

PH: 040 4808 449

E: [email protected]

Great Rates & Prompt Service

Ab$olute Carpet & Vinyls

The Floor Covering Specialists

Commercial & Domestic

Motels, Units, Shops, Commercial Properties

Quality 2nd Hand carpet also available

Ph: Mark 0437 896 164

E: [email protected]

Free

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