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Around 100 tickets remain on sale for this year’s Mayoral Prayer Breakfast at Rumours International on Tuesday, 14th May. Almost 800 tickets have been sold to this, the 21st annual event. Guest speaker for the 2013 annual Mayoral fundraiser is Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton.

Additional tickets have now been released for sale due to the rush for seats in the seven business days since tickets became available for purchase.

Toowoomba Clubhouse and Fresh Hope Association will share the day’s proceeds.
Tickets can be purchased at all council Customer Service Centres from 8.30am to 5pm. Tickets can also  be bought by calling 131 872 or from www.trybooking.com/clcp

All credit cards, except Diners Club and American Express, can be used.

The Toowoomba Hospital Foundation will stage the annual Leon Treadwell Memorial Charity Golf Day at the City Golf Club this Friday, 19th April, with all funds raised going to the Oncology (Cancer Care) Unit at the Toowoomba Hospital.

This event is held in memory of Leon Treadwell who passed away at the young age of 32 from a very rare cancer disease in his appendix. Leon was an ardent golfer and a former City Golf Club representative in the DDSWGA Pennant Competition.

The previous memorial golf days have been highly successful, raising more than $20,000 in funds to go to the Oncology Unit.

The event will be a 4-a-side Ambrose competition with a shotgun start at 11:00 a.m. Entry costs $35 per player ($140 for a team) and there will be an array of great trophies to be won. The Leon Treadwell memorial shield will also be presented to the team with the best nett on the day. If you cannot make the day but would like to support this great cause, please contact the Toowoomba Hospital Foundation.

For nominations and further information please call 4616 6166.

Submitted by:
Peter Rookas
CEO
Toowoomba Hospital Foundation

Local artist and curator, Catherine Parker has a passion for India and its vivid culture. Since being accepted as an Artist in Residence in New Delhi, India in 2005, Catherine has made an annual return trip, each time sharing her experience with fellow artist travellers.

During her 2008 visit, she met Kamal Swami, an Indian artist based in Jaisalmere, Rajasthan, who works in the traditional miniature painting style with local (Mewar – Rajasthan), Mughal and Persian influences. This style is highly regarded for attention to detail; recording day to day scenes of the country’s vivid customs and culture,” said Catherine.Visiting India and meeting Swami changed the direction of my own artwork; shrinking from large scale paintings to 30cm square works on board and paper.”

Recently returned from her latest trip, Catherine is now looking forward to welcoming Swami to Toowoomba as Artist in Residence at the University of Southern Queensland. Although the two artists have collaborated on a number of occasions in the past, this will be Swami’s first visit to Toowoomba and indeed, Australia.

Swami has a degree in the ancient language of Sanskrit and Parker a degree in Fine Arts, allowing a certain dialogue that creates dimensional shifts incorporating Catherine’s contemporary influence with Swami’s traditional background. Both artists continue to work outside their comfort zone and although from vastly different backgrounds connect on a deep level of mutual respect, philosophy and a common love of the narrative. “The discipline of working small and collaborating involves intuitively considering the other person; it takes the ‘I’ and the ego out of the process as the prime concern is sharing each other’s vision.”

Catherine and Swami will share their most recent works in an exhibition at the USQ Arts Gallery from 16 April-12 May.

DRAWN TO INDIA will also feature works by other artists who have also travelled to India on Catherine’s art tours. We have artists from wonderfully diverse backgrounds and their works are an eclectic assortment of art made both during and post tour. Some are spontaneous observations made on the crazy streets of Rajasthan surrounded by elephants, camels, goats, holy men, temples and on the ghats of the holy lake of Pushkar amongst the sacred chanting of prayers, while others are of the peaceful Shekhawati region amongst sari-clad women in mustard fields carrying brass pots and jangling their feminine forms.

‘Our sketchbooks will also be on display – precious jewels of daily drawings, paintings, mini snapshots of life, colour, people, culture, meditations and memoirs.

DRAWN TO INDIA will be officially opened on Tuesday 16 April at 5pm and continues until 9 May in the USQ Arts Gallery. The Gallery is open from 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday and admission is free of charge.

Submitted by:
Michelle Fox
Marketing Manager
USQ Artsworx
Email: michelle.fox@usq.edu.au

The Toowoomba Hospice has arranged a bus to take footy fans down for the BIG game between the Brisbane Broncos and the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Friday 3rd May 2013.

Promotions and Fundraising Manager Mr. Mark Munro said he and the Director of Nursing Mrs. Alicia Trimingham-Turl, as well as the Chairman of the Toowoomba Hospice Association Mr. Graham Barron OAM are going head to head. As Graham and Alicia are huge fans of the Broncos. I will support the Bunnies for this game as I like to be naughty!”Mr. Munro also said he will put a $50.00 bet that the Bunnies will win and if they lose I will donate it to the Hospice I would like to challenge the Director of Nursing and The Chairman to do the same for the Broncos.”

The Bus trip is $60.00 per person which includes entry to the game, the bus will be leaving the Hospice at 4.00pm SHARP, those who are interested can call Jodie or Mark at the Hospice on 07 4659 8500, there will be some raffles and prizes to give away on the night.

Toowoomba Hospice is a not-for-profit, community facility, caring for people with a terminal illness and their families, at no cost. The Hospice is located in O’Quinn Street and needs to raise valuable funds to keep the free service running.

The XXXX GOLD Container Bar is a converted shipping container which transforms into the ultimate entertainment utility, providing race goers with the perfect spot to enjoy the day’s activities, and home to the XXXX Island Challenge” that will offer XXXX GOLD fans the chance to win a trip to the XXXX Island for them and three mates, valued at $10,000.

XXXX GOLD consumers will be invited to participate in a series of skill-based challenges, including the XXXX Island Challenge,” for a chance to win a trip to XXXX Island for themselves and three mates.

XXXX Island is designed to be the ultimate destination for mates’ trips away, offering Aussies the chance to experience what XXXX GOLD terms the ‘good life’ – a relaxing few days where you can do as little, or as much, as you want with activities including fishing, touch footy, beach cricket, swimming in the ocean or simply barbecuing the catch of the day with a beer in hand. For more information on the XXXX Island go towww.xxxxisland.com.au
The upper deck of the XXXX GOLD Container Bar has an entertaining area for 15 guests and provides a great viewing platform while enjoying an icy-cold XXXX GOLD. A fully integrated audio visual system in the lower deck ensures punters won’t miss the action, or they can simply soak up the atmosphere  in the surrounding beer garden.

XXXX GOLD will be upgrading  punters to GOLD Class at the XXXX Container Bar. People will be  randomly selected and provided a Gold Class Card to spend an hour on the upper deck of the XXXX  Container Bar enjoying a cold XXXX GOLD.

Racegoers looking for an upgrade are encouraged to hang out at the Container Bar and wear something to help them stand out from the crowd with some GOLD added their outfit.

Submitted by:
Jessica Travers
Account Executive
Res Publica Pty Limited

PS: A record crowd attended Saturday’s Weetwood Day, with Miss Imagica ridden by Skye Bogenhuber taking out the $150,000 Weetwood Handicap, winning by a head from Toowoomba gelding Double Impact and New Day from Sydney a half head away, third. Miss Imagica is only the 4th horse to win successive Weetwoods, and Skye the first female jockey to ride the winner of the race.

The Heritage Toowoomba Royal Show is on this week, Thursday 11th, Friday 12th and Saturday 13th April at the Toowoomba Showgrounds, Glenvale Road, Toowoomba, QLD.

The Darling Downs Model Railway Club Inc. will have the Model Railway Museum & Display Centre open from 9am till 6pm each day of the show. Drop in and see operating model train layouts in HO and N scales, see the worlds smallest commercial model trains, enjoy the Baillie Boys Carnival Show with day/night lighting effects and many operating rides for the HO people to enjoy. The Baillie Boys have even imported some animated ‘chooks’ – you will be amazed at these true to life operating miniatures.

3D Printed samples will be on display, the new avenue for enjoying model railroading and many other hobbies. Museum artefacts going back to the Clockwork Days, Hornby Dublo, Marklin and many other items are on display and  constant screening of train oriented subjects can be seen on the in-house TV.

The Museum & Display Centre is wheelchair friendly and can be found just across the road from the southern end of the Berghofer Pavilion. Entry is Free, but we always appreciate a gold coin donation to help keep this wonderful attraction going and expanding for your enjoyment.

Yours in Model Railroading,
Ted (Teditor) Freeman
Secretary – DDMRC Inc.