20 YEARS AT OAKEY NEWSAGENCY

Ken and Sandra Pott are celebrating twenty years of owning the Oakey Newsagency on Campbell Street and reflect on their time in the community.

Ken and Sandra Pott showing off their commemorative plaque they received in the post!

Ken and Sandra, who have a rural background working with cattle, moved from the town of Gayndah to Oakey to seize a great business opportunity.

“We bought the business and moved here twenty years ago,” Ken said.

“We’ve seen a lot of kids grow up.”

Ken and Sandra have had other careers, including working as a truck driver and for Queensland Health respectively.

Sandra said over the last two decades, the Oakey Newsagency has had its fair share of luck and has been responsible for selling a handful of winning tickets.

“We’ve sold two first divisions,” she said.

“As well as a few second divisions.

“We’ve even had one fella win about $83,000 from an accidental ticket!

“We inputted it wrong into the system and asked if he still wanted it and he said yes.”

To thank Ken and Sandra for their hard work and to acknowledge this special milestone, Newspower sent them a commemorative plaque to display in store.

Timely reminder about e-scooters

Personal mobility devices or ‘rideables’ are growing in popularity and are considered a cleaner and greener commuting alternative.

Personal mobility devices include a range of devices such as electric scooters, electric skateboards and self-balancing one or twowheeled devices.

However, Police remind users of these devices that they must comply with the road rules whilst riding in public spaces and road related areas in Queensland.

“You must be at least 16 years of age, or 12 years with adult supervision,” Senior Constable Belinda Elks said. “A helmet must be For all your Pharmacy Needs always worn while

Darling Downs Police are reminding the community to always follow road rules when riding personal mobility devices amid their growing popularity and as the Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) considers an e-scooter trial.

travelling on rideables. “Rideables are designed for single person use only, and are not permitted to travel faster than 25km/h. “Rideables may only be ridden on paths or roads where the speed limit is 50km/h or less. “They are prohibited from travelling on a main road or highway. “Riders must keep left and give way to pedestrians.” Snr. Const. Elks said as personal mobility devices or rideables grow in popularity it is important to comply with the road rules.

Oakey Museum Open Day & AGM

The Oakey Historical Museum Society will be holding its annual general meeting on the 18th September at 1.30pm at the Museum Grounds, as well as an Open Day in November.

The Museum is planning to hold an Open Day on Saturday 12th November from 9am to 3pm.

The theme for the day has been revealed - ‘Embracing the future, cherishing the past’.

Secretary and Treasurer Fay Telford encourages interested organisations and local residents to go along and display their wares in an effort to help raise funds for the group. “It’s been a couple of years since we have held our event, so it would be great to make this an enjoyable day,” she said. “There will be a gold coin entry and a raffle will be drawn on the day for a chance to win a meat tray among other prizes donated by Oakey businesses. “The museum buildings will be open and we would appreciate if anyone would like to donate items. “We will have a morning tea and barbecue lunch available.” For more information, call Fay on 0427 623 117.

Donations can be made in Store or Online

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Goombungee Gallery: What’s on this month

There’s lot on this September at Goombungee’s Rosalie Gallery, including an opportunity for locals to submit their work to be displayed!

I Love Goombungee

The Rosalie Gallery is calling for submissions from all local artists, community groups and schools in the Goombungee area to participate in the I Love Goombungee exhibition, which will assist in Jacaranda Day celebrations.

Each artist can submit up to four artworks, which if selected will be on display from 19th October until 13th November.

Bataille de Fleurs (Battle of the Flowers)

Continued on from last month, the Bataille de Fleurs (Battle of the Flowers) (pictured) display is here to stay until 18 September 2022 in honour of the Carnival of Flowers.

The exhibition brings together some of Toowoomba’s best floral artists to showcase the beautiful Garden City during Toowoomba’s Carnival of Flowers.

Perceptions of Paradise

Starting 21st September, this group exhibition depicts the concept of ‘heaven on earth’ inspired by the hills and hollows, waterways, and flora and fauna of South East Queensland. Exhibiting artists include Jeanne Cotter, Liisa Gosper and Rosemary Williamson. For more information, visit the Toowoomba Region Events Register.

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Catching up in Condamine

WITH Pat WEIR MP

Late in the afternoon on Friday the 26th of August the Minister for Resources Scott Stewart released the following two-sentence statement: ‘After careful consideration I have approved the mining leases for stage three of the New Acland project. The project also requires an associated water licence from the Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water.’ After 15 years campaigning for the development of New Acland Stage 3 the approval for the mining leases has been given. There has never been a justifiable reason given by the Palaszczuk Government for this approval not to be granted and the result of them dragging their political feet has been the loss of 450 jobs, businesses closing and families having to move away from the Oakey community to find employment. All the conditions have been met several times over with the Federal government having approved all aspects of the leases and the associated water licence. It now lies in the hands of the Minister for Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water to grant the associated water licence to get the community up and running again, the mine operational. The people of Oakey have been treated like political pawns and it is time this state government provided some certainty for the Oakey community’s future development, employment opportunities, small businesses and families. I call on Minister Butcher to make this decision sooner rather than later, the decision could be made today. Do not let the people of Oakey hang on to false hope, provide them with a certainty for their future and grant the approval for the associated water licence.

(07) 4570 4100 101 Campbell Street, Oakey QLD 4401 PO Box 65, Oakey QLD 4401 condamine@parliament.qld.gov.au patweir.com.au PatWeirMP