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10 - HIGH COUNTRY HERALD, NOVEMBER 14, 2017 To advertise phone 4615 4416
Local decorator takes the cake Pam Orton, Highfields, a member of the Darling Downs Branch of the Queensland Cake Decorators Association, has returned from Perth with a national award from the Australian National Cake Decorators seminar and national competition. She gained first place in the open sugarcraft category. This section required competitors to make an arrangement of Australian wildflowers and foliage, make the container or form in which they were presented had to be sugar and the whole exhibit had to fit within a 400 mm square. The competition was open to decorators from all over Australia, New Zealand and other affiliated countries. The standard of competition was extremely high with every minute detail scrutinised and marked by the judges. The biennial seminar brings together cake decorators from all states and territories as well as leading Just a reminder that the Crows Nest Seniors are holding a morning melodies on Wednesday, November 15. At the annual general meeting held recently, the president for the next year is Pat Williams, secretary Valda Fowler and Barbara Weier is the treasurer. Our Christmas lunch is on December 13 decorators from around the world, to share skills and ideas in demonstrations and workshops, over five days. The next Seminar will be in Victoria in 2019. Pam competes, pictured, locally, often winning many prizes including Champion Exhibit at the Toowoomba Show and also competes in State Competitions. She describes herself as a sugar artist whose hobby became a passion. As a member of the QCDA she shares her skills and knowledge with fellow Morning melodies members at their monthly meetings and workshops, at State seminars and has often demonstrated at national seminars too. She believes in and puts into practice the aim of the association, to foster an interest in the art of cake decorating.” Pam does a variety of cakes for all types of celebrations but her favourite skill is in making flowers that look so real that people smell them, mistaking them for the natural flowers. and names need to be in by Novembver 29. There will definitely be no late bookings. Membership fees are now due and we would welcome anyone who would like to become a member. Further information contact Pat Williams 4698 1607. Oddfellows conference On November 12, 13 and 14 visitors from Townsville, Victoria and New South Wales will attend the Queensland Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows Annual Moveable Conference. It will be held at the Toowoomba Motel and Events Centre at 2 Burnage Street, Toowoomba. Bro Ashley Newton, LOCAL Goombungee, is the Grand Master of the Order in Queensland and will be chairing the conference. Toowoomba Regional Council Mayor Paul Antonio will open the conference at 9am and welcome visitors to Toowoomba. The incoming Grand Master Bro Charles Lee from Townsville will be installed into office on NEWS Tuesday at 6pm. - Lynne Newton. The last week in October was Birds in Backyards Week and we were asked to do 20-minute surveys around our homes. We did ours at a different time each day and found the 6am one the most profitable. In all we listed 41 species and that did not include a couple of common ones like Willie Wagtails and Pied Butcherbird, pictured. Two weeks before we had a Restless Flycatcher and a Mistletoe Bird. The Restless Flycatcher looks like a Willie Wagtail from the back but has a white throat, Hot talk to us about... 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