Herald 20170905

You are
Invited!
Tour the
Brisbane
on October 11 with the Friends of
Peacehaven, leaving Peacehaven at
8am, returning at 5.15pm
Cost is $50, payable at
the Peacehaven nursery
on Thursday or Saturday
morning, or by direct
deposit to A/c Friends of
Peacehaven Botanic Park
Inc No 11419504 S1,
BSB 638-010.
With direct deposit,
please give your name with the reference letter B, and
emailcontact details to joy_d3@westnet.com.au
The Friends will provide morning tea at the gardens.
Lunch with an Indigenous flavour is available at
IndigiScapes, with a choice of two tasty packages.
If you are buying lunch, please let us know which option
you have chosen at least a week before the trip.
Details are available on the Friends’ website
at www.peacehavenpark.org.au/events
Deadline for coach bookings and payment
is October 3, 2017.
Updates from the
Toowoomba Region
Events Register
Looking for something to do or planning an
event? Check out the events register to see
what’s on in the region and advertise your event
for free! Go to www.tr.qld.gov.au/events
Council meetings
The next meetings of Council’s Standing
Committees will be held on 12 and 13 September
commencing at 9am. The next Ordinary
Meeting of Council will be held on 19 September
commencing at 10am. All meetings are at City
Hall, 541 Ruthven Street, Toowoomba.
Indoor Cricket
Players and teams wanted! Indoor cricket is
played at the Crows Nest Indoor Sports Centre
every Monday & Tuesday night at 7pm during
school term. No experience required. $8.00/
player or $65.00/team. For further information,
please contact the centre on 07 4698 1101 or
email aquaticandfitness@tr.qld.gov.au
Stay Active
A range of free and low-cost opportunities
are available in Crows Nest and Highfields
each week to help residents of all ages get
out and active. To join or find out more visit
www.tr.qld.gov.au/change
TO THE EDITOR
Backyard swimming pool safety
I write to you as CEO of Royal
Life Saving Society Australia
with an important message for
your readers. Please check your
backyard pool fence, gate and
latch.
Inadequate pool fencing and
pool gates that are faulty remain
a major contributing factor in
the rate of drowning in backyard
swimming pools among children
under 5.
Royal Life Saving have developed
a home pool safety checklist
which allows you to conduct
Payments to Council
Making payments to council has been made
easy with our online options and 24/7 phone
payments. You can pay rates, water notices
and animal registrations by credit card on
1300 451 206 or online www.tr.qld.gov.au
Please note that a credit card surcharge applies
Three Lakes Survey
Whether you splash, paddle, walk or fish, we
know how much people love visiting our dams
and we’re working on a review to optimise
our recreational opportunities. We want to
hear from you on how you use the dams and
suggestions for the future. Be sure to have your
say at yoursay.tr.qld.gov.au
Community Survey
We’re conducting a region wide survey to find
out your satisfaction with Council services. This
is your opportunity to let us know what you think
we are doing well and where we could improve.
The results will help us identify priorities for our
region and improve services and communication
with our communities. To find out more go to
yoursay.tr.qld.gov.au/trsurvey
a self assessment of your home
pool and its surrounds to ensure
it is safe for everyone to enjoy
and minimises the risk of young
children drowning.
Often pool owners don’t realise
that their pool fence or gate
is faulty which poses a threat to
children’s safety. Pool fences,
pool gates and latches should
be regularly checked and maintained
as parts can break or become
defective over time.
Please visit www.royallifesaving.com.au
and download
Highfields Lions Show
and Shine
The Highfields Lions Show
and Shine will be a great day out
for all on Sunday, September 17,
at the Cabarlah Showgrounds.
There will be a live band playing,
an event from FAD Fitness
and Dance and Batmobile!
For the kids, there will be a
free jumping castle and face
painting and plenty to do.
The best presented car or bike
club will be awarded $500 cash
and a trophy.
There are also many trophies
across many vehicle types including
cars, bikes 4WDs and
trucks and we have top ten V8s,
six cyclinder and four cylinder
trophies and more.
We are hoping for more than
200 cars this year. Many families
are expected to attend this
year which should hopefully be
a beautiful and sunny September
day.
I would like to thank all of our
sponsors for their good and kind
support as without them there
would be no show.
I would like to give a special
thanks to Toowoomba Regional
Council who has given us their
event grant support for another
year which gives us the ability
to bring such a fun community
event to Highfields.
If anyone has any questions
please contact me on 0438 086
777 or visit the Highfields Lions
Show and Shine Facebook page.
- Liam Boundy.
To mark World Suicide Prevention Day, Lifeline
Darling Downs and South West Qld Ltd, in
conjunction with the Toowoomba Suicide Prevention
Network, are inviting the community to attend
a walk at Picnic Point on Sunday, September
10, starting at 10am.
The Out of the Shadows walk is an annual national
Lifeline event designed to raise awareness,
remember those lost to suicide, and for family and
friends to unite in a commitment to prevent further
deaths by suicide.
Australia is in the midst of a national emergency
with suicide rates at an all time high. In 2014 there
were 648 confirmed suicides in Queensland which
is higher than the lives taken by road fatalities
each year.
the home pool safety checklist
to make sure your pool fence,
pool gate and latch is in working
order.
The checklist does not substitute
for a pool inspection.
We urge you to get professional
advice about your pool’s compliance,
check regulations with
their local council or go to the
local hardware or pool shop to
discuss how to ensure the pool is
made safer in time for summer.
Adequate pool fencing is not a
substitute for active supervision.
“The sobering facts are that every three hours
a person takes their own life in Australia and it is
the leading cause of death amongst those aged 15
to 44 years, with men being three times more likely
to die by suicide than females,” LDDSWQL,
CEO, Derek Tuffield said.
It is sad to note that the Darling Downs region
is over represented in the national suicide statistics
with over 45 suicides each year being recorded.
It is important to remember that help is available
24/7 by calling Lifeline’s Crisis Support line 13
11 14.
Entry to the event is free. However, attendees
are asked to register their participation on Event-
Brite http://bit.ly/2x5V2qf.
ADVERTISEMENT
Always keep watch of children
around water. Last summer saw
a tragic number of lives lost to
drowning, with rates more than
four times the 10-year average
between Christmas and New
Year. Sadly, children accounted
for a significant portion of these
preventable tragedies.
We don’t want to see the same
devastating impact this summer
so please make this weekend
your home pool safety weekend.
- Justin Scarr, CEO, Royal
Life Saving Society Australia.
Price of idyllic lifestyle
To Marg NcNamara of "Development
Concerns," last
week’s Herald - two questions:
1. What happened to the
trees that were destroyed to
allow your house to be built
among the "idyllic lifestyle?"
2. Where did the timber
come from to frame and line
your house. Timber which
helps keep your house warm
and strong?
Plus a note, the tree stumps
depicted on television news
last week were certainly not of
the gum tree variety, the habitat
of koalas. - Len Wilmington,
Crows Nest.
Flag - symbol of the nation
September 3 commemorates the day in 1901 when our Australian
national flag was flown for the first time, marking the federation
of the Australian colonies to form the Commonwealth of Australia.
Our national flag was the result of a competition in which there
were 32,823 entries. Five of those which contained almost identical
designs were placed equal first with a prize money of 200 pounds. A
14-year-old school boy was among the winners.
Apart from changes in the magnitude of the stars and the number
of points, some eight years later, they had produced the present Australian
National flag which demonstrates our national identity, our
heritage and our geographical place in the world.
September 3 has been proclaimed Australian National Flag Day.
Let us keep it as our internationally acclaimed symbol of Australia.
- Winsome Rusterholtz, Highfields.
Walk to recognise suicide emergency
Pat
WEIR MP
Member for Condamine
To find out more details,
please call 131 872 or
visit www.tr.qld.gov.au
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129 Cunningham St, Dalby, Qld. 4405 • PO Box 417, Dalby, Qld. 4405
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