Issue 2 2016

Volume 11, Issue 2

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11 - 25 February, 2016

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Community represented at Cabinet visit- pg 3

High hopes for new school A look into the life of world year - pg 6 recognised former local - pg 10

All smiles for new school year

Year One students Hani Camm, Amarli Martin and Macauley Coleman were among dozens of young locals to kick off a new school year this fortnight. See page 3 for story.

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The Father, Chris Norbury Herbert (known as Herb) and his wife Ivy raised 7 children in Mount Morgan.

Herb was well known to all as he was superintendent of the Q.A.T.B. from 1929 – 1959, 30 years of dedication to his work. In that era if you had minor cuts, abrasions, or other minor problems you could go to the Ambulance station and receive the necessary treatment and often returning daily for dressings. It was most convenient and must have saved the hospital work.

Their first son, Herbert followed in his Dad’s footsteps and joined the Q.A.T.B but sadly at the young age of 21 died from pneumonia.

Second son Gordon, initially joined the ranks of the Railway Department but soon changed his career path to Banking. After a few years he became a bank manager in places like Armidale and finally in Sydney.

The only daughter Valma started her working life in the office of the “Mountain Echo” and then MML but found that the call for nursing was greater. Val ventured overseas then later spent time in Melbourne. She finished her career as nursing superintendent at the Aramac hospital.

Norbury, son no. 3 is remembered more for his sporting ability than his career, as Norbury was a very keen and accomplished cricketer and after many years of playing the game he then became an experienced umpire in the Rockhampton district.

Athol was the academic of the family and took to school teaching but furthered his education obtaining many degrees in various subjects. His teaching career took him to places in Australia and then on to India for some years.

Thankfully he has returned home to enjoy his retirement.

Then Gerald, a fine experienced carpenter from the MML days is now a very good citizen quietly performing many tasks that benefit our town. Gerald has a lovely flower garden at the base of the Crematorium wall at the Cemetery. His voluntary work at the Golf club was appreciated by all players. Gerald is still a willing person to assist our town when requested.

Lindsay, last son, was a motor mechanic but sadly in a motor bike accident he was hurt and became a quadriplegic. One of Lindsay’s pleasures was singing which he did on various occasions.

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Ivy Brewster, Wife, Mother and neighbour was a person who shone in all categories and was a lady one enjoyed knowing. One of the grandsons is training paramedics on Campus at the Bathurst University.

How life turns a circle.

Mount Morgan community represented at Cabinet On Sunday, 31st January the Palaszczuk Government held their fifth Community Cabinet. The event was held at Tannum Sands State High School where Premier Palaszczuk and her Cabinet addressed attendees and answered questions from the floor before attending private deputations. This was an opportunity for locals to meet with the state government and discuss their ideas and issues directly with a Minister or senior departmental official.

In attendance were MMPAD President, John Steinberger and Project Officer, Paul Johnstone who met with a number of Director-Generals from various state government departments to discuss issues directly affecting Mount Morgan.

The first topic up for discussion was the securing of water supply for the mount. Director-General of the Dept. of Energy and Water Supply, Paul Simshauser announced that a Regional Water Supply Security Assessment (RWSSA) will be undertaken on Mount Morgan’s water supply within the 1st quarter of 2016. It is expected that the investigation will take around 8 months to complete and a number of options will be looked at to secure the town’s water supply. One of the options to be considered is a pipeline from Gracemere to Mount Morgan.

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MMPAD’s own Project Officer, Paul Johnstone is currently working with volunteers of rail background to get the Hunslet operational. However, support from local and state government is required to ensure that there is track available for operations now and into the future.

Director-General James Purtill of the Dept. of Natural Resources and Mines met with MMPAD representatives to discuss access to the fire clay caverns. Mr Purtill acknowledged that the footprints from the early Jurassic period are of great historical and tourism value. These Jurrassic period footprints are unique and unable to be found anywhere else in Australia. A report investigating options to allow access to the caverns is expected to be released in the coming months. This follows on from the community workshop that was carried out by state government to assess access options. Once the report is finalised by the consultant group undertaking the report, it will be released and a clearer picture of the caverns’ future will be known.

Pictured below: Director General of Natural Resources and Mines James Purtill, MMPAD Project Officer Paul Johnston and A/Executive Director, Natural Resources Jason Riethmuller.

MMPAD’s annual fingerling release into the dam was also discussed at Community Cabinet. For a number of years now there has been no official count carried out to determine the success of the release from previous years.

MMPAD asks the community to let them know of any fish caught in the dam to help give an idea of which fish are doing the best, however, an official survey is really needed.

Revitalisation of Morgan Street is an issue that’s considered to be of great importance to promote a positive image of our town not only to the visiting public, but to inspire pride within the community. Rockhampton Regional Council is working on draft proposals to revitalise the main street and at Community Cabinet, state government reconfirmed their support for the project. It was also announced at Community Cabinet that a lookout will be developed on the Mount Morgan range as part of a statewide project. More details will be released as they come to light.

The reintroduction of steam train rides at the Rail Complex was discussed with Director-General Megan Houghton of the Dept. of Tourism, Major Events, Small Business and the Commonwealth Games. Ms Houghton expressed her interest in the Hunslet steam locomotive held at the Mount Morgan Rail Museum and has said that she will liaise with DirectorGeneral Neil Scales of the Dept. of Transport and Main Roads to discuss funding of a track feasibility report.

Pictured below: MMPAD President John Steinberger; MMPAD Project Officer Paul Johnston; Director General of Department of Tourism, Major Events, Small Business and the Commonwealth Games Meagan Houghton; and Director General of Department of Energy and Water Supply Paul Simshauser.

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Last Wednesday marked the beginning of the brand new school year for Mount Morgan students. For some, it meant the first day of a new grade and classroom, and for others, the first day of school altogether.

Those to don the red and black uniform for the very first time were 32 young locals, who make up the Prep class for 2016.

As with each year, the day saw a mix of excited and brave faces.

All nerves seem to have faded just one week into the school year however; with the entire class appearing all smiles Monday when the Argus stopped by for a group photo.

Also appearing every bit settled were the 26 students who this year transitioned from the prep classroom, and are now official Year Ones.

The junior grades were among 197 local students to head through the gates of Mount Morgan Central.

(Pictured top) Proud Preps: Proudly donning their first official uniform.

Mount Morgan Central’s Prep Class of 2016.

(Pictured left) Official Yr Ones: Mount Morgan Central’s Year One class of 2016.

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Name: Noah Hixon-Russell Year: Prep Favourite thing at school so far this year: Making things with playdough.

Name: Beccy Ireland Year: Prep Favourite thing at school so far this year: Doing puzzles.

Name: Halarney Bishop Year: One Favourite thing at school so far this year: Writing and spelling.

Name: Kris McCrory Year: One Favourite thing at school so far this year: Making things out of Lego.

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High hopes for new school year

2016 has seen another group of awesome grade seven students graduate from primary school and start at Mount Morgan High. Some of us have compared being at high school to visiting another country because whilst you are super nervous you are also excited too.

Some challenges we have faced include getting used to the timetables and bells, finding your way around and getting used to the bigger crowds. But the benefits far out way the challenges as there are opportunities to participate in sporting competitions like lunch time handball tournaments and Friday afternoon sports, as well as being invited to sign up for netball and rugby league teams.

Some exciting new hands on subjects we have include Project Gold which is a mix of technology and design, with the first project being creating a kitchen garden at the Home Economics building.

Overall our start to high school has been made great knowing that our adventure has just begun and our circle of friends is only going to grow bigger.

Written by Miss Webb’s Yr 7 English class.

Pictured: Year 7 students Cody Brown, Claire Noonan, Brooke Passmore and Tyson Ireland.

We found the tuckshop is open for both lunches every day with a cool menu of home style cooking on offer. On top of this we have found our teachers are welcoming and have made our learning experiences fun.

Love your library Get on down to your local library next week and celebrate Library Lovers’ week starting from Monday 8 – Friday 12 February 2016.

Rockhampton Regional Council’s Communities Committee Chair Councillor Rose Swadling said she was excited about the range of romantically themed and fun activities our libraries offered during the week.

“We have some great activities to help celebrate Library Lovers’ Week including romance trivia, blind date with a book and for those wanting to challenge the mind, specially designed love-heart chess pieces for a spot of chess - there’s bound to be something for everyone,” Cr Swadling said.

“Our libraries are all about discovering, connecting and bringing people of all ages together and what a great opportunity to do exactly that leading up to Valentine’s Day on Sunday 14 February.

“We even have a piano at Rockhampton Regional Library for loved ones to serenade each other – what a lovely, special and unique opportunity to make someone feel extra special!

“I’m really encouraging everyone, whether they’re young or young at heart, to get on down to their local library as I’m sure they’ll discover something entertaining and enjoyable, and I guarantee they’ll fall in love with our libraries.”

Library goers can pick up a ‘blind date’ at any of Council’s Libraries, by selecting a book wrapped in newspaper and discovering what’s inside! They’ll also go into a draw for prizes.

For more information on activities, please contact Rockhampton Regional Libraries on 4936 8044.

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News from Mount Morgan Promotion & Development Hi Argus readers, It’s been a busy couple of weeks since our last update, and we are very excited about some of the projects we have underway at present.

Announcing our new Town and Business Map! MMPAD is proud to sponsor a new Town and Business map for Mount Morgan; highlighting the key places to see and visit. This is currently being developed by APN, The Morning Bulletin. It’s looking great and we can’t wait to see its final look!

This is a great opportunity for local businesses to be promoted throughout the Central Queensland Region.

Spaces are limited so make sure you secure your spot today.

Interested in helping get our steam train back on track?

Our Project Officer, Paul is currently working with two volunteers of a rail background to get the Hunslet operational once again. This is a complex project which requires work to be carried out on the steam locomotive as well as the track.

Once the project is scoped we would love some more volunteers who are interested in steam trains to come down and lend a hand. Even if you haven’t worked on a steam loco before there is still plenty of opportunity to be involved.

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Happy birthday!

Again, we finish off our column with a few birthday wishes!

Our Treasurer Jenny King celebrates her birthday on the 15th of this month. We hope you have a wonderful day Jen. Happy birthday also to Rail Complex team member, Val Ritchie who celebrates her birthday on the 27th of this month!

Birthday wishes also go to local resident, Bette Broom – who celebrates her birthday of the 13th of this month and also to our former Project Officer, Camille Steinberger for the 11th. Happy birthday!

Council at Cabinet Mayor Margaret Strelow and Rockhampton Regional Councillors took Mount Morgan’s future growth prospects to Community Cabinet in late January in a bid to raise the area’s profile and investment opportunities.

“There is great potential in Mount Morgan, so we talked with the Deputy Premier Jackie Trad and Cabinet Ministers about the need for further investment and the job opportunities that will result from new business in the area,” Mayor Strelow said.

“The Carbine Resources project was one significant investment opportunity which was discussed in detail.”

We also warmly welcome new members to our team, interested in becoming involved with the Visitor Information Centre and/or MMPAD’s projects.

Councillor Cherie Rutherford said several other things were also discussed including local infrastructure and current services.

Free the fingerlings!

“The Community Cabinet meeting was a great opportunity to also talk about essential services, but importantly to showcase our smaller communities and their future prospects,” Cr Rutherford said.

For the past few years, our team has taken pride in seeing the Mount Morgan Dam become home to thousands of native fish fingerlings.

This is achieved through a restocking management plan for our local water way, which was established with the assistance of Fisheries Qld in 2010. The management plan outlines a number of native fish to be released– including Golden Perch, Saratoga, Silver Perch and EelTailed Catfish.

It’s almost that time of year again and we will once again be releasing fingerlings into the dam in late February/ early March. On the cards for this year’s restocking are 8,000 Golden Perch and if in stock also 400 Eel-tailed catfish, 400 Sleepy Cod and 40 Saratoga.

Be sure to keep an eye on our regular updates for details – as we would love to welcome you to come along and join us for the next release.

While the fingerlings released this year won’t be legal catching size for some time, there are still those released in previous years. Remember, if you do catch a fish in the dam please let MMPAD know so that we can monitor the success of the program.

“I believe we achieved that, not only with the Carbine project and the benefits it would bring to Mount Morgan, but also the need for the Government’s continued support for the area’s sewerage infrastructure and alternative water sources.

“It was very encouraging, particularly with Deputy Premier Jackie Trad very keen to visit Mount Morgan during her future visits to the Region.”

Other subjects raised included the government’s continued support for the education and health programs in the area.

Mayor Margaret Strelow, Deputy Mayor Tony Williams and Councillors’ Cherie Rutherford, Neil Fisher, Ellen Smith and Rose Swadling met with Deputy Premier Jackie Trad, Minister Shannon Fentiman (Communities), Minister Grace Grace (Employment) and Assistant Minister Jennifer Howard on Sunday 31 January in Gladstone.

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10 This issue of the Argus, we bring you part two of an impressive biography ofBill Sweetenham, AM. Bill spent his youth in the local area and our local pool before becoming a world recognised and celebrated swimming coach.

Bill Sweetenham has served as Head Coach of national swimming teams at 5 Olympic Games for 3 different countries, and has coached swimmers to success at 9 World Championships and 8 Commonwealth Games.

Under Bill’s management as National Performance Director of British Swimming, Britain’s swimmers won 18 World Championship titles, broke more than 200 domestic records and produced their best ever Commonwealth Games, World Championships and Olympic Games results.

Bill is internationally recognised for his strategic planning capabilities in high performance sport.

Rocky Mountain High I have been back to Mount Morgan on several occasions and visited the pool which surprisingly is still in great shape and has been maintained meticulously.

I have travelled the world since then and always think how well designed the old pool really was. It was ahead of its time in design and remains an historic well-designed and well maintained facility. It is my favourite swimming pool in all the world. I can still pinpoint the spot where I landed on the concrete that particular day.

The Mount Morgan Swimming Club with its Sunday night club competition was a pretty important event in those days with a diving competition to commence the evening, and a compulsory entry into at least two events by each member. This was an accepted standard by all members. I can clearly remember how bad I was at diving but tried to make up for it with my swimming.

Ian Kirkman was my No. 1 competitor and Donny Buckston was my idol. Donny was a special person and even today, I remember with fondness his determination, enthusiasm and commitment to the swimming club. In all my swimming years in Mount Morgan, I don’t think Donny ever missed a Sunday club night. I also admired greatly that he could throw a stone from one side of the road opposite the Copper Dam and land it in the park in the scrub on the other side. None of us could do this, although we tried to emulate this feat many times. Being able to throw a stone accurately in the early 1960s in Mount Morgan was a greatly admired skill. There were many a rock fight between Mount Morgan Primary School and the Catholic School which are situated only one street apart. Obviously none of us were very good at it as I don’t think anyone ever got hit by a rock. Surprisingly, we were all great friends after school regardless of the rocks.

A few years ago, I had the opportunity to be re-acquainted with Donny Budge. Donny originated from Mount Morgan and played rugby league in Mount Isa. In this regard, we had similar backgrounds. Donny and I talked about what we believed was the Mount Morgan triathlon.

You had to achieve the following to be accepted into the Mount Morgan male sporting culture. That was where you received recognition if you swam across the dam, rode your bike down Razorback and you could ride to Bauldercome. If you could do all this and not get caught, you were of a noted and significant status amongst the youth of Mount Morgan. The problem with these feats was that when you achieved them, the reality was that you had to return from these journeys and the return trip was much more difficult than the achievement itself.

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As I said earlier, as young people we were allowed make decisions but we would have to be fully accountable and responsible for them. Mount Morgan provided ample opportunity for this learning advantage. I can remember deciding to walk across the Copper Dam and falling into the Copper Creek where my clothes and I were covered in copper tailings that took days to remove so you had to admit to your parents what had happened due to this fact.

I can also remember vividly sitting by the side of the road near Wettig’s shop after I had observed Bunny Williams from Rockhampton going past on his newspaper run to the Callide Valley. On his return trip, he would pick me up and take me to Rockhampton for swim training and drop me off at the Town Hall where I would have to walk to the North Rockhampton Pool. This created two very important factors for me. The first one was my first venture into private enterprise where I had caught sparrows during the preceding week and while I waited on the side of the road, I had painted them with yellow water colour paint and was selling them to passers-by as canaries. This only happened twice as it was pretty obvious that the painted sparrows were not canaries and all who were amused by my private enterprise effort reported this to my father who ensured that this did not happen again and I had to pay back the money I had gathered from my entrepreneurial activities.

Secondly, in Rockhampton I had to get from the North Rockhampton Pool across the river to my grandfather’s house at No. 1 Brown Street. To achieve this after my early morning swim training on both Saturday and Sunday mornings, I either had to walk from the North Rockhampton Pool to the old bridge and once on the other side, double back on myself to reach this destination. Right beside the North Rockhampton Pool was the railway bridge and the trains would all slow down to go across this bridge around 11.00 am each day. Because of this, I began practising in Mount Morgan on the coal trains coming up through the culvert near Mount Morgan Mines on their way to the Callide Valley to learn effectively the skill of “jumping the rattler”. This is where you would wait and at the appropriate moment, you would launch yourself onto the steps of the carriage without the guard at the back of the train seeing you. This meant you had to understand where the guard would be looking for this to be achieved – not always an easy task. However, after practising on the trains coming through Mount Morgan, I was able to achieve this every Saturday morning from the North Rockhampton Pool across the railway bridge without being injured or caught.

It became a contest between myself and the guards, until I was eventually caught. It was a great game and I got neither injured nor paid a penalty for my silly behaviour.

However, from an early age I was offered great support and dedicated leadership from a very special person in Ron (Speed) Harding. Ron was in charge of Yeppoon Surf Club and his intervention strategies in guiding me through a difficult growing up period have always been a special part of my development. I cannot thank Speed and his wife enough for what they did for me in these growing up years of maturation.

My friends in crime and fun in those days as I remember them fondly were Johnnie Penrose, Ian Kirkman, Bevan Morgan, Jeffrey Spence and my neighbours, Jeffrey and Lee Wellington. My arch enemies were the Barnham family at the top of the hill and Scotchy Walker who would frequently run past, throw rocks at me (and they were very good shots), or beat me up if I happened to go by their house. It was in this situation that I had to rely on my big sister to protect me. This protection was required especially when using old prams modified for the purpose of being billy carts to be ridden from the top of West Street to see if we could get to Gray’s house at the bottom of the hill without incident.

I remember fondly Mullens’ milk bar where my good friend, Keith Mackay’s mother served great milkshakes if you save your money and afford them. At great expense in those days, my parents arranged for me to have a raw egg milkshake each afternoon as they believed it would help my swimming and sporting opportunities. Fruit was always a valued food growing up in Mount Morgan, and we were would always look forward to stopping off at Bauldercome on any trip to or from Rockhampton and I remember on one occasion, Bevan Morgan and I (knowing that the Mount Morgan Show was coming up) did a preshow tasting of Mr Greaves, the local taxi driver’s fruit from his yard. Unfortunately, we did this at night and ate as much fruit as we could and kept some for the next day, only to find out that his prize fruit which we had enjoyed the night before was full of grubs. Even so, we were made to go and apologise to him for what we had done. I might point out that this was the only year he did not win the awards at the Show for his fruit, but we never stole again so the unintentional lesson was well learnt.

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In regard to fruit, my friends and I would walk the hills of Mount Morgan and we knew every old run-down and derelict house where the mango trees, ju-ju trees, tamarind trees, loquart and guava trees still abounded in fruit. I remember this as a favourite pastime of mine and would walk for miles on the weekend to savour these delights. I think everyone in Mount Morgan would have a memory at that time of the old Chinese man who delivered fruit utilising his bamboo shoulder yoke and baskets as a means of transport.

I extend my apologies to the Warry family whose horses I “borrowed” on many occasions after school to ride home.

I did so knowing that the horses would return immediately to their horse yard beside the Primary School. My borrowing skills later developed to “borrowing” a bicycle from the wharfies pub just near the Town Hall to ride out to the North Rockhampton Pool after Bunny Williams (as Curator at the Rockhampton School of Arts) dropped me off there each Saturday morning. It did not take the wharfies very long to work out that every Saturday morning they lost a bike from the hotel and found it every Monday morning or Sunday afternoon at the North Rockhampton Pool and that I was the culprit. I remember vividly being caught and hauled into the pub by a couple of wharfies who had all put in and bought me a bike so that I could use it on the weekends and I could pick it up from the hotel on Saturday morning and return it there Sunday afternoon, and it would be waiting for me each weekend. This was my first form of sponsorship and it ended my need to jump the rattler after training on the weekends.

Towards the end of my years in Mount Morgan, I was able to contribute to the tradition on weekends of borrowing the two man trolley from the railway siding where two people in a see-saw motion would drive the trolley along the tracks towards either the siding at the railway station where it could be turned around, or towards the golf club where there was a gentle decline but you had to jump off before the trolley became out of control and hit the two stoppage barriers at the bottom. Great fun!

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RSL news The Mount Morgan RSL Sub Branch is on the verge of shutting its doors.

Bringing you happy snaps and comments from some of the visitors who stop by Mount Morgan’s Visitor Information Centre this fortnight.

Beth and Mal Heron

We held our 2016 AGM on Sunday 17 January 2016 where we had 14 members attend. When we called for nominations to fill executive committee positions we did not have any nomination for any of the committee positions.

The club has been in a precarious position for the past 5 or 6 years with much of the administration of the club falling on the shoulders of the President, a situation he can no longer do. Three years ago we came close to amalgamation with Gracemere, but this process did not complete. The members at the time and since then have worked to keep the club operating.

This RSL Club has served Mount Morgan in some form or other since the 1920’s and it would be a shame to see it end.

Travelling from: Townsville, Queensland Background: This was Beth and Mal’s first visit to Mount Morgan. Beth has been volunteering at the information centre in Townsville for over 30 years.

Thoughts on Mount Morgan: “A bit of surprise and a real gem! Off to Kinaroy and eventually Stanthorpe.”

Beth was most impressed with the comprehensive information she received from the volunteers.

Jim Killeen and Anne Punch

Travelling from: Rockhampton, Queensland Details: Jim and Anne often visit Mount Morgan to catch up with relatives however this was their visit to the railway museum. Jim worked at Jilalan in Sarina as a track worker. Jim is a third generation rail worker.

Thoughts: “Were most impressed with the Museum and only wished that Sarina had something like this!”

I have been in contact with the RSL District Office to see what our options are and I am calling a meeting to be held at the Community Service Club starting at 10am on Sunday 21 February 2016. I invite all members (financial or not) and interested citizens to attend where we will be discussing these options.

Mike Johnston

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John Hawkey Plumbing ABN:93587510453 QBSA:43778

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ABN 52 081 926 QBSA 19514

Domestic & Commercial Work Specialising in: • Restumping • Extensions • Renovations • New Home

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ALAN HOUSMAN BUILDER

Mobile: 0448 168 939

M.A.W. Mowing & Handyman Services Mr Mark Williamson 2 Clarence Street “Lawns fear me women want me”

MAW Mowing 0403 571 561 ABN 3070630026

MARK HUMPHREY’S ELECTRICAL 8 Baldwin Street Mount Morgan 4714 Electrical Lic. No. 74711

PHONE 0439 727 609 FAX 4938 2885

DOMESTIC, RURAL, COMMERCIAL I N S TA L L AT I O N A N D R E PA I R S P R O M P T LY S E RV I C I N G M O U N T M O R G A N & W O WA N D I S T R I C T S

CONCREATURE CONCRETING SERVICE All aspects concreting Restoration old slabs a specialty Exposed - Colour - Stencil Jobs under $3000 value

0428 154 172

Phone: 4938 1887 ~ Mobile 0419 741 611

Building locally for over 20 years ~ Quality Workmanship Guaranteed

#FELIX EXCAVATIONS P/L 04470 33549

Body Tipper COMBO *$90 + GST P/HR Excavator with buckets and ripper Owner Operator *minimum 3 hour hire*

Skid Steer Loader with 4in1: forks/augers/road sweeper/slasher

16 Dee River Oldies - first meeting for 2016: Our first Meeting for the year will be held as usual in St Mary’s hall on Tuesday, February 16th commencing at 1pm, and also our street stall on Thursday, Feb 18th.

Trivia Night fundraiser for Headspace: Headspace is the national youth mental health foundation providing services to 12-25 year olds. Come along to the fundraiser for this charity at the Grand Hotel, Feb 27th at 7pm.

Get well wishes: Members of the Mount Morgan Social Club send best wishes to Doris Tremaine with her health issues. Also to another member Frank Molloy best wishes for a speedy recovery. Thinking of you and Rose both.

Get well wishes also for Olive, Jenny, Maree.

Special thank you To Father Paul, Keith & Noel for their prayers.

Sincere thanks to doctors, nursing, domestic and office staff of the Mount Morgan Hospital for their care of my dear husband, Don, during his stays in the Hospital. Special thanks also to the Mount Morgan Ambulance Service.

Now in God’s care.

- Lavina & family.

CLASSIFIEDS NEED AN ELECTRICIAN?: RJ Electrician Pty Ltd. Licence no. 72288. Phone: 0431 576 101.

RAGDOLL KITTENS FOR SALE: 2 x kittens - male, white, fluffy, playful, red points. $100 each.

Phone: 0428 380106.

NOW THAT’S GOOD VALUE!

GOOD THERAPY - TAKE 2 MOVIES & GO TO BED PH: 4938 2222 * TOWN CENTRE EVERY WEEK THERE ARE LOTS OF GREAT NEW MOVIES THAT YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF.... COME IN & SEE WHAT YOU’VE BEEN MISSING OUT ON; OVER 10,000 TITLES & CHANGING ALL THE TIME!

SOME OF THIS WEEK’S BIGGIES NOW AVAILABLE: 007- SPECTRE: HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2: SICARIO: BONE TOMAHAWK: ODDBALL: WALK IN THE WOODS: STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON: PAN (... & MANY MORE ...)

DOB IN A PIRATE: 1800 251996

MOBILE RWC: Mobile road worthy certificates.

Phone Bruce on 044 790 3106.

Date Claimers Feb 11: Bingo! Golden Mount Festival Association. St. Mary’s Church Hall. Doors open 6.30pm. Play 7.30pm.

Feb 13: Blue Care & Valentines Dance. Community Services Hall. 7.30pm $6 Adult-$2 Children. Raffle & light supper. All donations to Blue Care.

Feb 20: Cent Sale. Rodeo Committee. School of Arts 2pm start.

Feb 22: Australian Government Mobile Service Centre.

Vacant area near Grand Hotel and School of Arts.

9.30am - 3.30pm. Find out about Government payments and services for rural families, older Australians, students, job seekers, people with a disability, and more.

Feb 27: Cent Sale. O.E.S. Masonic Hall Gordon Street.

2pm. Good prizes, lucky door.

Feb 27: Monster Garage Sale. Rodeo Committee.

School of Arts Morgan Street. 7am start.

Feb 28: Archer Park Rail Family Fun Day 9am-1pm. $2 Adults and over 14. Under 14 free.

Mar 4: World Day Of Prayer. Anglican Church Gordon Street. 10am.

Mar 12: Golden Mount Festival Magic of Movies Trivia Night. School of Arts Hall. Doors open 6.30pm for 7pm start. $60 per team (6 in a team).

Mar 18: Mount Morgan Twilight Family Fair! School Oval, Mount Morgan Central State School. 5-8pm.

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