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The Sunny Cowgirls are no newcomers to the country music scene. They’ve had 7 consecutive #1 video clips on Foxtel/Austar’s Country Music Channel. Their Summer Tour continues to produce sell-out shows. Sisters Sophie & Celeste aka The Sunny Cowgirls were the recipient of the 2011 Telstra Horizon Award – the award recognises established artists who have made significant inroads into the industry.

As well as their national tour, the girls recently appeared at the Gympie Music Muster & the Deni Ute Muster and tonight (28th October) in Highfields at the Cultural Centre.

Supporting the girls will be Sunshine Coast native, Liam Brew. Liam was named 2009 Toyota Star Maker (country music’s equivalent to Australian Idol,  and released his debut album, Wild Heart” in August 2009. The album earned Liam a finalist placement in the 2010 CMAA Country Music Awards Of Australia in the New Talent Of The Year” category. Wild Heart” has produced two Top Ten video clips on The Country Music Channel and Top Ten singles.

The Sunny Cowgirls and Liam Brew tonight at Highfields Cultural Centre – doors open at 7.30pm, show starts at 8pm – Liam is on first.

Tickets are $30, call: (07) 4699 6500

Submitted by:
Ms Kris Katsanis
KrisKat Publicity & Management
M: 0414 334 348

The Toowoomba regional community is invited to a FREE Family Fun Day this Sunday, 30th October at the Milne Bay Aquatic & Fitness Centre, to help raise the awareness of the need to take a stance against all forms of violence and to culminate Family Week 2011 celebrations.

The Toowoomba Says No to Violence (TSN2V) family event, from 3.00pm – 7.00pm, includes FREE ENTRY to Milne Bay Aquatic & Fitness Centre, Entertainment with James Anderson, Crazy Candles, Outdoor/Indoor Inflatable slide, Balloon Twisting, Face Painting, Food, lots of Family Fun PLUS FREE on the Village Green across the road at 7.00pm, the fun family movie ‘Gnomeo & Juliet’. With the generous support of the Toowoomba Regional Council TSN2V has been able to arrange this wonderful family fun day at NO COST to families.

The ‘Toowoomba Says NO to Violence’ committee has planned this day of family fun to make a statement about the need to reduce violence. Whether it be domestic violence, street violence, sexual violence or violence against children, the message will be made clear. Toowoomba says NO!!  

This family fun day also will bring together community champions of  Toowoomba to promote that violence is preventable and not inevitable.

Submitted by:
Peter Rookas
Ph 4616 6166 

Submitted by:
Chris Moar
Newsletter Publisher
Pilton Soldiers Memorial Hall Committee Inc

Time is running out if you want to Trash Ya Boss’s Hair just like the 2 senior management staff members did at the Toowoomba Hospice!

Chairman Mr Graham Barron OAM wasn’t too sure what was going to happen when he said he would participate in this years ‘Trash Ya Hair For Hospice Care’ especially when it was being done by his two senior staff – Alicia Trimingham-Turl (Director of Nursing) and Mark Munro (Promotions and Fundraising Manager). “All I heard was Alicia saying this is sweet revenge time to Mark” said Mr Barron.

Trash Ya Hair finishes at the end of October and there is still time to be part of it, said Mr Barron. “Trash Ya Hair finishes on Monday and we hope that some more businesses will come on board to help us raise money so we can continue to provide the professional palliative nursing care to those who come and stay with us”

Some Trash Ya Hair action will be happening at the Clifton Arms Hotel this Friday night from 5pm, and on Sunday you can participate in the Irish Club Hotel’s annual Trash Ya hair bowls day at the City Bowls Club – 9am for a 9.30am roll then wander down to the Irish Club Hotel about 12noon to have Ya Hair Trashed until 2pm!

Heritage Building Society has announced the eight local organisations that will share this year’s proceeds from its annual Charity Golf Day – the richest one-day amateur charity golf event on the Darling Downs.

Heritage is aiming to raise $40,000 on Friday, 25 November when more than 200 players tee off at the 14th annual Charity Golf Day at the City Golf Club in Toowoomba. If this occurs, it will surpass the $400,000 milestone in total funding raised in the event’s 14-year history.

The beneficiaries of this year’s event are:

· Clifford Park Special School
· Darling Downs and South West Region Crime Stoppers Committee
· Friends of the Birth Centre
· Multicap Disability Support
· St John’s Ambulance
· Toowoomba Food Co-operative
· Toowoomba Youth Services
· Toowoomba PCYC

The fund recipients will each use their donation to complete key projects that will help educate, support and benefit their community.

Submitted by:
Andrew Fox
Heritage Public Relations

The East Creek Community Centre of  Toowoomba is one of three finalists for the Prime Super Community of the Year Award, whilst Sharon Boyce of Toowoomba is one of three finalists in the Clark Rubber Regional Service Award in this year’s Queensland Regional Achievement and Community Awards.

The Awards Program is presented by WIN Television and recognises groups, business, individuals and communities who play a vital role in enhancing the social, environmental and economic prosperity of regional and rural Queensland.

East Creek Community Centre

Since its inception in 1988, the East Creek Community Centre has been staffed by volunteers who have a passion to provide leadership and support by providing their community with a vital resource. The centre initiated a program -Back to work- Wages subsidy Scheme” as well as the Skills for Life” Program which offers basic numeracy and literacy skills to those over 18 to assist them in gaining employment within the local community. The Centre also actively supports the local youth of their area including assisting migrants and refugees by providing programs which allow them to easily assimilate into the community.

With the support from the local community, East Creek Community Centre hopes to continue their strong relationships with volunteers and those who use the centre on a regular basis; with the hope to further develop programs and initiatives that will benefit the disadvantaged in their local community.

Sharon Boyce

Sharon Boyce of  Toowoomba is one of three finalists in the Clark Rubber Regional Service Award.

With a strong passion to work with children with learning difficulties, Sharon works part time in early childhood education at the University of Southern Queensland and with students across the Toowoomba and Darling Downs Regions. Suffering herself with a physical disability, confined to a wheel chair, Sharon has worked in conjunction with Dr Michael Furtardo to run an educational consultancy program Discovering DisAbility and Diversity”, a program which has a major focus on the promotion of inclusive practices within an educational setting. With the success of the program Sharon hopes that with the support of the Regional Disability Council in Toowoomba (she is currently the Chair) the program will continue int0 the future.

Through the program, Sharon promotes the need to encourage, motivate and the help people celebrate diversity and practice equality in all things and in all ways of life. Sharon has also developed a disability and diversity awareness program which travels the Toowoomba Region to ensure adults understand how to teach their children about difference. Sharon hopes to continue to promote the message of disability and ability and continue to network her program with other programs in the community for years to come.

The winners will be announced at a Gala Dinner on Saturday 12th November at the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Surfers Paradise. Tickets are on sale now, to book please phone 1300 735 445.

A charity Melbourne Cup luncheon will be held at the Picnic Point Function Centre, Toowoomba  next Tuesday November 1, to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer in Queensland.

The Rotary Club of Toowoomba will host the luncheon on Melbourne Cup day and the  community is welcome to attend. Highlights of the day will include a fashion parade with new season clothing and accessories from MYER, sweeps, auctions and food from Toowoomba’s top restaurants, with funds raised going to Cancer Council Queensland.

Fundraising Co-ordinator at Cancer Council Queensland, Nicole Woodward, said funds raised from Pink Ribbon Day events and activities will help Cancer Council Queensland in many ways. The Pink Ribbon Day Melbourne Cup luncheon will raise vital funds for Cancer Council Queensland’s work in breast cancer research and support for patients and families affected by breast cancer.

By getting involved you are showing your support for the thousands of grandmothers, mothers, sisters, aunts, daughters and friends diagnosed with breast cancer each year,” Ms Woodward said. This year Cancer Council Queensland will open its first accommodation Lodge is Toowoomba, which will provide free accommodation to South West Queensland families who travel to Toowoomba for cancer treatment.”

The Pink Ribbon Day Melbourne Cup luncheon will be held at the Picnic Point Function Centre, Toowoomba on Tuesday November 1 from 10am. Tickets cost $90 and can be purchased by calling 0417 987 838, online at www.stickytickets.com.au/rtct or email jheidric@bigpond.com.au.

For more information, please contact:
Event organiser, Cheryl Abberton
Ph: 4631 2777

The Lions Club of Toowoomba West will once again stage the Toowoomba Christmas Wonderland in December.

Toowoomba’s Christmas Wonderland (TCW) has now grown into Queensland’s biggest public Christmas lights extravaganza with over 50,000 people visiting the lights display each & every year since 2006. In all, close to $300,000 has been raised for charity and the Lions Club of Toowoomba West is keen to keep this established event going.

The major beneficiaries of TCW include: Toowoomba Hospital Foundation, Lifeline and Toowoomba Hospice, with a number of other local charities also to benefit.

The Toowoomba Regional Council has again approved the use of the Botanical Gardens for this year’s event and in fact, has granted even more park space for the extra lights displays. The site is excellent for families, being close to the CBD, with adequate parking and an ambiance that is ideally suited for holding a Christmas lights wonderland.

Already many sponsors have committed to the event.

TRC Mayor Peter Taylor officially launched this year’s event at a function at City Hall recently. Toowoomba’s Christmas Wonderland will run from the 3rd December to 24th December 2011 in the Botanical Gardens area of Queens Park.