DECEMBER 2019 ISSUE 321 Howard State School and Howard & District Progress Association Inc
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A Volunteer Initiative of the Howard & District Progress Assn Inc. Voice of the People Since August 1990 Distribution 1600 Copies VOLUME 11 DECEMBER 2019 ISSUE 321 Howard State School and Howard & District Progress Association Inc Invite you to Friday December 6th Gates open at 4.30 Come early for a Sausage Sandwich supplied by Howard State School P&C Concert starts at 6.00pm with entertainment by Burrum Heads Ukulele Group. Howard State School Ukulele Group will make a special appearance to entertain us. Van Cooten’s Read the Burrum River News on Progress Association’s Web Page. www.howardtorbanlea.com.au or find it on our Facebook Page. Ph: 4129 4785 Ph: 4129 4806 Burrum River News Specialising in Your Local Supermarket is a FREE publication. Patchwork Fabric & Hardware Store ADVERTISERS INDEX Local Businesses & Trades Outback Sheds p18 41290040 101% Garden Lawn Care p41 0498830665 Outback Slashing & Mowing p32 0417275 510 4 x 4 Mobile Mechanical p24 0429303032 Out N About Computers p14 0415323163 Alan Licciardi Plasterer p51 0438743409 Painter and Decorator p51 0413525841 All Wide Bay Plumbing & Gas p44 0428116131 Painter by Trade and by Name p51 0457077599 A&M Floor Sanding p39 0439009394 41286057 Rudy Fischer Electrical Contractor p6 0417623404 Astra Electrical p6 0438196869 41295083 Serenity Hair & Beauty p29 41294366 As U Wood Carpentry p39 0414860586 SS Concreting p26 0402013681 Bamboo Land Nursery p41 41294470 Timber - Bert Vicca p39 0412702168 Beauty Therapaist Rita Dudley p44 41290402 Toogoom Hair Studio p31 41280449 Burrum Body Works p31 0428158757 Totally Toes p31 0431344142 41217751 Burrum District Realty p43 41290588 TV Antennas p6 0404811218 Burrum Hair Lounge p29 41295990 Van Cooten’s Howard Drapery p34 41294785 Burrum Landscape Supplies p15 41294442 Van Cooten’s Friendly Grocery & Hardware p35 41294806 Burrum Plumbing & Excavation p15 0407151895 41294449 Vicky Squires Realty p42 0477773822 0438399219 Chris Jones Security Services p12 41294295 Webbys Handyman & Maintenance p14 0401002145 Coastal Wastewater Specialists p33 41288019 Local Organisations, Groups, Clubs Coast to Coast Pest Management p43 0428292400 41290013 Alcoholics Anonymous p4 0427751420 0427745915 Cr. James Hansen p27 0448074310 Bruce Saunders MP p52 41141100 Daniel Glock Electrical p6 0407172671 Burgowan Bowls Club p7 41294921 Designs & Delights Market p8 0402207982 Burrum And District Heritage Society p48 41290677 Dukes Bros Tree Lopping p32 0474910953 Burrum Benevolent Society (Op Shop) p19 41294277 Emmett Technique p30 0418187347 Burrum District Community Centre p17 41290996 Ezi Flow Plumbing & Gas p12 0427294873 41286211 Burrum District Garden Club p42 41294659 Flynn’s Mowing & Yard Maintenance p14 0422179144 Burrum District Golf Club p10 4129 4099 Foodworks Supermarket Burrum Heads p37 41295222 Burrum District Respite p54 41290995 Fraser Coast House Restumping p14 0408797873 41290185 Burrum Heads Bowls Club p10 41295169 Fraser Coast Mobile Trailer Maintenance p25 0428161404 Burrum River News 0401496958 Fraser Coast Regional Council p16 1300794929 Friends of the Burrum River System Group p50 41290609 Garry Martin Painter & Decorator p9 0412740694 Homestead Christian Fellowship p38 Good Life Lifestyle Resorts p21 0432553311 Howard & District Aged Units p9 41290925 Grand Historic Hotel p20 41294906 Howard & District Creative Arts Group p28 41290154 Howard Butchery p45 41294902 Howard & District Progress Ass Inc p3 0458167701 Howard Country Style Milk Bar p27 41294428 Howard Baptist Fellowship p11 41294568 Howard Motor Repairs RACQ p25 41294813 Howard Dog School p13 4129 4448 41294394 Howard Pharmacy p54 41294711 Howard Library p16 41294144 Howard Veterinary Clinic p24 41294336 Howard State School p46 41932333 Howard Water & Tilt Tray p33 0475084802 Howard/Torbanlea Rural Fire Brigade p32 41294777 Iridology & Naturopath p30 0438724345 Kids R Us p28 41290377 Jake's Rural Fencing p41 0433143336 Meals on Wheels p48 41281334 KC Concrete Services p19 0439004497 Pacific Haven Emergency Awareness Group p13 41290201 Lief Design p16 0490033680 Qld Country Women’s Association p53 0413167957 Local Tax Services p13 0419736312 RSL Burrum Sub Branch p40 0428180131 MGH Mobile Mechanical Services p25 0487388520 The Not Forgotten Ones p9 0455043924 Mick Macs Carpentry p14 0421042530 41287022 Toastmasters G’Day Club p48 0410190310 Miners Arms Hotel p49 41294707 U3A p5 41290893 41290078 Naughty Coffee p52 0458016562 Uniting Church p48 0428849128 41284783 Page 2 - Howard & District Progress Association Inc December 2019 Howard & District Progress Association Inc. President: K.Burry 0458167701 Please address all correspondence to: Vice President: G.Adams 41290183 The Secretary Secretary: F.Wilkes Johnson 0417156144 PO Box 132, Howard Qld 4659 Treasurer: N. Stroop 0401496958 Email: [email protected] Committee Member: J.Sheean 0417616765 News from The Howard & District Progress Association Howard & Torbanlea James Hanson supplied the funding from his The Northern Gateway to the Fraser Coast discretionary funds to make this happen. This money was put to good use as it is the beginning Remember the Carols by Glowlight at the Howard of a series of murals in the twin towns. As the State School 6/12/2019 Gates open 4.30 pm Northern Gateway to the Fraser Coast we carols start 6.00 pm need to get people to pull off the highway and Remember Santa is catching a lift with a fire visit us and to make the area a pleasant place to truck. Hope he doesn’t get stuck in a fire zone. live. Our next Mural will be at the Howard State We hope by this time the fires will be under School, this will be a community event with the control students and the Public involved, and again We have a raffle, the profit will go to the mural we James Hanson has stepped forward to help us are putting on the wall of the resource center at and the school with some funding. This is the school So please support this raffle and keep PUBLIC FINE ART. It is there for all to see and Judy and her team busy It will be drawn before well into the future. once again we made good the last song of the night. There will be a song list use of James discretionary funds. Future murals available and glow lights for a gold coin donation if we get permission and some funding will be to cover costs. The Howard Police station, Water Tower opposite Remember the Christmas lights competition for Brooklyn House, The Torbanlea Hall also the business. The $500 prize money was donated by toilet block next to the hall All the murals will be M P Bruce Saunders the state Member for our on the history of our district area. I would like to thank Bruce for all his help Judy and myself attended a small communities though out this year. At the moment we have advisory group meeting on Wednesday night 20th approximately 7 businesses on board and top of our agenda was the walk bridge across growing. With the help of the Progress Assn we Maria Creek at James Street so people do not hope to improve the image of the district. have to use William Street which is a very busy Remember to thank the businesses who are street. More improvements to the shelter shed. joining in the xmas seasons festivities. Future murals and more public spaces in The last meeting for this year is on Thursday 5th Howard. Members of the association attended a December at 5 pm there will be a curry and finger meeting re writing grant applications for funds food on the night and we have invited guests who from the council. Also a meeting re good have helped us through the year. Hope to see Governance put on by the council This ran over 8 you all there months I have attended 7 of them. 4 hours and There will be no BRN in January or a general 60km per person for each meeting. meeting we all need some time off. The first Our web page is up and running meeting in 2020 will be 6th February at 5.00 pm www.howardtorbanlea.com.au it is very basic at and our AGM will be on 5th March 2020 at 5 pm the moment but will be updated over the next few The Progress Assn had a good write up in the months The Burrum River News will be put up Fraser coast Chronicle about the Murals on the there every month and later on will be archived shelter shed opposite the post office. We are on the web page. Please log on every month to very lucky to find our Artist Akos. As he is very get the e-version in colour, of the BRN. talented and a great asset to our district. We had a opening day on Tuesday the 19th With the state From the members of the Howard and District Member Bruce, Councilor James Hanson, FCRC Progress, all the best for the xmas period and the CEO Ken Diehm, council staff, Akos and his new year. To all the emergency personal rostered Wife, Members of the Progress and our Piper on for the Public Holidays we say a special Bruce from the Hervey Bay RSL Pipe Band. thanks to you and your family. Howard & District Progress Association General Meeting will be held 5:00pm THURSDAY 5thth DECEMBER 2019 at Torbanlea Hall. Come along and support your community. December 2019 Burrum River News - Page 3 DISTRICT DIRECTORY ALL EMERGENCIES 000 GREYHOUND LOVE ADOPTION INC. Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000 Adoptions available and foster carers needed POLICELINK 131444 Contact Gaynor 0447 294 851 Office Hours Mon, Tues, Wed 9.30am - 1.30pm Police Admin Officer 41932000 VET Childers 4129 4336 Howard Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm AMBULANCE EMERGENCY 000 Non Urgent Calls 131 233 Mike Chapman [LAC President] 0438101210 Justices of the Peace APPLE TREE CREEK Royce Duxbury 0450454580 HOWARD S.E.S 132 500 DUCKINWILLA Riley Roos 0429 008 718 Fraser Coast Regional Council 1300 794 929 Water & Sewerage 1300 808 888 HOWARD Vaughan Casey 0488 228 841 Snake Catcher Roy McGrath 4128 0262 TORBANLEA Marea Kleba 4129 0158 or 0418745329 Animal Control 1300 794 929 MARKETS Boating & Fisheries Hotline 1800 017 116 Howard: 1st Saturday of each month FIRE BRIGADE [Fire Warden] 4129 4777 Inquiries: 41290996 Howard (Designs & Delights): 2nd Sat.