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Community news from Mt Nebo and Mt Glorious www.gloriousnebo.org.au/MTN/ September 2004
Community news from Mt Nebo and Mt Gloriouswww.gloriousnebo.org.au/MTN/
September 2004
2 September 2004
From the News Desk
REMEMBER IN CASE OF FIRE:
Telephone 000 then
Terry Bradford: 3289 8181
or Bob Snowdon: 3289 0150
Our trusty Mac, which is five years old, (ancient in computer years!) isback in action after by-pass surgery and a bit of a steam clean,although we are still having a few problems with the pictures! Pleasesend your photos in JPEG or TIFF format at 266dpi as this really helpswith the reproduced clarity .
The community website is up and running again, and for those thatprefer their local blurb in digital form, the Mountain News will beavailable for download as a PDF at www.gloriousnebo.org.au
At the moment there’s plenty of opportunities to get involved incommunity activities. The puppet pageant needs participants. Helpersare desperately needed for the Mt Nebo hall. The school is runningsome wonderful art workshops. The Mountainfolk bulletin board isstarting to take off. There’s the upcoming Peace ‘n’ Choir concert.Laughter Club. The MEPA AGM..... and there’s always the ongoingdebate about roadside political and artistic expression. Where elsewould you want to be?SR
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Mount Glorious will be the venue for a concert on
October 16thThe performance includes
PPeeaaccee ''nn'' CChhooiirr, and theSSttrraaddddiiee SSiinnggeerrss
The rest of the evening will be aprogram of ensemble and individualswho will show case the talent of the
members and friends of Peace 'n' Choir.
Entry will be $5, children free.A reminder to past members of Peace 'n' Choir
to register for the afternoon workshop.
Contact Lyn Needham on 32890157 [email protected] for further information
JOY ALONG THE ROAD
Ialso journey back up the mountain after being (as Eye CandyCavities wrote in the previous MN) 'downstairs'.
Having the best of both worlds is not hard to take and I am luckyenough to be able to enjoy the jazz, art shows, theatres and great cof-fee that New Farm and the inner city offer and also the wonderful quietand fresh air of Mt. Glorious which I have taken a keen pleasure in forthe past 19 years.
I was delighted to see the piles of lantana painted in glorious colourslining the road just past the picnic grounds - what joyous soul took thetrouble to spend time to brighten the world in just this small way?More power to the artist and may he continue to bring happiness intojust a small corner of the globe.
The bower birds probably think all their Christmases have come atonce - and as the paint is non-toxic there is no danger to our wildlife.
It was Coleridge who said: "Do not let us introduce an act of unifor-mity against poets". and Laurie Thomas (well known long departed artcritic) wrote:"For Pete's sake don't let us introduce an act of conform-ity among artists".
Perhaps Eye Candy Cavities would do well to look at the things that areimportant.
Yvonne Mills
Letter
Local Plants on CDROMNow available from MEPA, this CDROM has over 50 colour
photographs of our 'Desirable Locals', as well as some of the morecommon weeds encountered in the Mt Nebo/Mt Glorious area.
Photographs are named and can be viewed via the included slideshow shareware (Fotoalbum 3), or selected for printing out so youcan put together a handy field guide to help you work out which
plants are which. $5.00 each (all profits to MEPA).
Please phone 3289 3486 or attend any MEPA meeting to orderyour copy. Now also available at Boombana Cafe!
The Headmistresses
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Mt Nebo Residents’Association Report
PUT YER’ HANDS UP
We desperately need a few hands to help with some urgent safety andrenovation work for the Mt Nebo Hall. The Hall is the centre of ourcommunity. It holds after-school care classes, choir, yoga, school func-tions, the annual Valentines and P & C Ball, trivial pursuit nights, araft of fund-raisers, art shows, art and puppet workshops, public meet-ings and not to mention a heap of local parties etc. The Hall was donat-ed and built by the community some 50 years ago and it would be won-derful to see that the spirit of community life still lives on in our mod-ern speedy society.
We’ve got some funding from the Pine Shire to cover material costs torebuild the front steps from the main road, put in hand rails, concretea few danger spots, install rubbish bins, fix gutters and upstairs kitchenbenches and walls, put in a fridge and stove downstairs, fix the toilets– and buy a decent broom. We are seeking some willing hands to helpwith this work and hope to get it done by 30 October before the GiantPuppet Pageant where a biggish crowd is expected. Please phone me(3289 8337) if you have some time to get yer’ hands dirty.
PUT YER’ HANDS TOGETHER
We want to applaud the many unsung heroes in our community whowork behind the scenes and make outstanding contributions. If you’veever spotted a bloke riding a push bike on the Mountain roads holdingplastic bags full of rubbish, it’s probably Don Francis. For years Donhas been picking up roadside litter as he does his early morning exer-cise. He does this quietly without fanfare or expectation of recognition.We salute you Don and thank you for your work. Don sometimes leavesthe bags ready for pickup at various places, so if you spot one of thesealong the road pick it up if you have a chance and help keep our roadsclean and safe.
Off the Mountain, we wish to thank Lorenzo Nobilio from The GapVillage Market who regularly donates his yummie dips and sauces forlocal community functions.
PUT YER’ HANDS IN YER’ POCKETS
The Residents’ Association promotes healthy community life in ourMountain paradise. We welcome your support and encourage partici-pation. Yearly subscriptions or donations can be paid to treasurer TerryBradford (3289 81281 or c/ PO Mt Nebo). Our meetings are the firstWednesday of each month, 7:30pm-9pm at the Hall.
Cheers.Robert Lachowicz, President (ph 3289 8337)
Mt Glorious Community
Association
General meeting on Wednesday 15 September at 7.30pm in CampConstable hall. Barry Norton from Mt Glorious will speak on "Travelsin Ethiopia - a new nation emerging from an ancient kingdom". Barrywent on a University of Queensland mission to Ethiopia in 2000 to seeif they could develop an agricultural training and research programwith their Agricultural ministry which had just been given a largeWorld Bank loan for that purpose. He says he was fascinated by thepeople, the country and the possibilities offered for Australia to helpdevelop their agriculture after a long history of political instability, warand drought. With plenty of visuals accompanying a PowerPoint show,this will be of great interest to all ages.
Bob MacLennan, Secretary,Tel: 3289 0160
for the Puppet Pageant on Saturday 30th October….
We are recruiting now! Each puppet requires between 3 and 8 people
to handle and operate them!
We need some strong people for centre pole positions and some
enthusiastic people for operating arms and other attachments!!
This will be loads of fun and the positions require
NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE!!
All that is needed is that you available for
a rehearsal the week before the pageant (Sunday 24th October)
and on the day of the pageant from 3pm onwards.
We also need people who are prepared to act
as procession marshals
(you get to wear cool fluorescent shirts!)
and to help organise the pageant on the day.
Please call
Ingrid (32898337) or Rhonda (32898020)
for further information
Wanted:30 Puppeteers
4 September 2004
At last, a shower of rain has hit the ground as I write in mid-August.
And it was a whole lot more than the few showers that have toucheddown over the last four months or so. They didn’t do much more thankeep the local orchids thriving, but thriving they are. Spring in thismild climate is the season for spectacular flowering orchids,“drought” or not.
All around the local forests these orchids cling to trunks and branchesof large trees and rocks, seeming to live off nothing but the air itself—their roots wandering through bark and into stone crevices. Now, as thetemperatures rise again these plants will begin to show off their extrav-agant blooms.
The grandest of these are undoubtedly the King Orchids. Their huge
flower spikes are as long as a forearm and twice as fat, with hundredsof white flowers hiding their colourful hearts. A huge local plant thatis probably older than my grandfather has scores of spikes and willsoon turn on its annual display. Each year the local bees spend longperiods inspecting and tasting its flowers, as if all their Christmaseshave come at once.
Looking up high in the Brush Box tree where the plant has grown andthrived, you can see its huge display like an entire flower shop laid bare20 meters off the ground.
On the branches below it grow much smaller Tiger Orchids. Plants of
long thin pencil-like canes can be seen dangling their yellow andbrown-spotted flowers off modest spikes. The Tiger and King Orchid areapparently promiscuous cousins, and the product of their botanicalliaison can be seen growing nearby, a plant of intermediate size withlong stems of yellow flowers. As with so many of our locals, the indi-vidual flowers are small but produced in such profusion as to putcamellias and roses to shame.
Further down the hill in the beautiful Ironbark forest, white fluffy-looking bunches of flowers of the Ironbark Orchids contrast sharplywith the black trunks of their host trees. Lining the south side oftrunks, sometimes from top to bottom, the clusters of plants betraytheir position with an elegance that is breath-takingly beautiful.Nearby, pink and white Rock Orchids carpet the stone boulders andledges with small flowers dazzling in the morning sunlight.
Back up on the ridge-top Orange-blossom Orchids, Pencil Orchids,Spider Orchids, Rasp-root Orchids, Tongue Orchids, Lily-of-the-ValleyOrchids, Cockleshell Orchids, Tree Spider Orchids, Fairy Tree Orchids,Tangle-root Orchids and Rat’s Tail Orchids will again compete to seewho wins this year’s prize for the most outrageously spectacularblooms. Oh to be an insect!
Bush TalesBulletin Board Bits
By now you have probably heard of the electronic Bulletin Board soI thought I would update people on its progress. We now have over
40 members, and it is steadily growing. Topics posted have been quitediverse including notices for local meetings, interesting links to othersites, recipes, requests for information on local services or wanted tobuy or sell.
At the moment most people are 'lurking' i.e. reading posts but not put-ting things on the board themselves, but I know that many lurkershave found the information supplied on the Board to be very useful(myself included - I have an excellent new dentist, and have sold sev-eral things, plus got a heap of information regarding ISPs and readsome interesting articles on climate change!).
I have just made a folder on the board where anyone can upload arecipe file, so we can start to put together a local 'tried and true'Mountain recipe archive. Anyone can contribute, and anyone canprint off the recipes, it is very easy.
So...visit the website(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mountainfolk/messages)
and read the messages...put a notice up if you like...but you need to bea member, which fortunately is easy..and free.
This is *not* an email list (so you don't get sent emails from thegroup, you just decide when you want to visit the website and read it.)You CAN CHOOSE to receive an email every time someone posts a mes-sage, but that's up to you. You can change this option whenever youlike easily, by editing your membership details. You can leave theBoard at any time just by deleting your membership yourself. You willnot receive any SPAM or unwanted email as a result of joining theBoard. You can just read messages and never post anything yourself,it's up to you.
To join, or to ask any questions, send an email [email protected]
and I will then send you an email back with an invitation to join theBoard. You will be asked to 'subscribe' - this does NOT cost anything,it is just the terminology used. If you decide you don't want to goahead, just do nothing and that's the end of it! But hopefully you willfind it a useful idea and we can all use it as a quick, free way to furtherenhance our communication as a Mountain community.
regards,Michele
Laughter ClubEach Saturday 8:30am -Boombana“You’ll have a really laughly time”
September 2004 5
Workshops are led by our experienced team of mountain artists and qualified teachers whoprepared the Brilliant Beginnings Integrated Arts Program and Exhibition. Share their skills andenroll your children for their Brilliant Beginnings.All workshops produce ‘take home’ treasures.
Suitable for ages 7 yrs onwards…
Two Sessions Daily10-12 am and 2-4 pm
Fee: $5.00 per two hour sessionLimited numbers
Bookings essential
Phone: Mt Nebo SS 3289 8162 till 18th Sept. Pine Rivers Regional Gallery 3205 6011 or Penny 3289 [email protected]
6 September 2004
There's been changes at the Transfer Station
and the bins have moved around!
Well, they're moving again.....
Although I found having the recycling bin closeto 'Treasure Island' was definitely an advantage
as I could sort the Monday morning mess more quickly, due to diffi-culties experienced by the truck driver when removing the full recy-cling bin, I have now had the container put back into its original posi-tion alongside the wire fence. The bin will be more accessible as one ofthe flower beds has been removed allowing residents to load the binfrom both sides. (Although some residents never knew it had two sidesthat opened!) And, there is still one prolific resident who keeps up aconstant flow of dated clothing and shoes which are dumped in pileshigh on the tables instead of being put in the charity clothing bins.
At the time of writing, the PRSC is busy tracking down another glassrecycling contractor who hopefully will place a skip container on theconcrete slab for bottle collection. In this way a larger load of bottlescan be collected as against the small 44 gallon drum loads.
The recycling bin and contents are working well. Most residents arecutting up or crushing their cardboard boxes down to size, but someless fit residents still leave the larger boxes (which usually have con-tained body building equipment!) for me to deal with.
Often when peering into the depths of the recycling bin, I see plasticbags tied up full of milk containers. If these items are not separated,the sorters will not open the bags and the items become landfill. Plasticshopping bags are not recyclable. Why not purchase a couple of thegreen bags on sale at the shopping centres for $1 each and give upusing or accepting plastic.
During the dry period, try keeping garden refuse to a minimum. It'sOK to bring your loads to the Tip, but remember, we can't burn offeither. So, perhaps you and your neighbours can consider the option ofjointly purchasing a shredder to share. Shredded material can certain-ly help retain moisture in your garden beds.
Last week Nationwide Oils Pty Ltd collected almost 1,000 litres of sumpoil from the Transfer Station. This oil will be cleaned and re-used.
And, finally, if you're on Mt Glorious and you need a good feed anddecent coffee at a fair price, try the Elm House Cafe. You will be pleas-antly surprised. Yum!
Keep sortin' yer piles!!
Vic xxx
First puppets come tolife!!Well our first community spiritpuppet danced and caused muchexcitement for passers by as itroamed up View St. to the mainroad last Sunday. As locals andtourists driving past at the timewill testify, it is a fantastic sight...the puppets are really so hugeand have a life of their own! Andthere are three more of thesecommunity spirit puppets to come, not to mention the rest of the wildcast. We are at a very exciting stage of this project and all are welcometo join in the fun. Puppet making workshops are FREE, and will beheld from 10am to 3pm on the following Sundays:September 12th and 26th, and every Sunday in October!
Even if you can only come for part of the day or just want to satisfyyour curiosity about these amazing puppets really are come down andhave a look. Please bring a plate to share for lunch and lots of energyand enthusiasm!! No experience necessary – just come along and joinin the creative fun!! Our giant puppets are really coming alive now andbreathing the essence of this community.
A HUGE THANK YOU for all the puppet materials we have received atpuppet treasure island and we will use them so please keep it coming.We have also been buying many materials from Reverse-Garbagewhich is a fantastic cooperative organisation in West End that collectsa wealth of industrial “rubbish” for re-using and recycling. We havefound many treasures there!
If you have any puppet questions you can call Vanessa 32890061, Rhonda 32898020 or Ingrid32898337
PUPPETNEWS
ParentalkTwenty Alternatives to Punishment Numbers 1 to 3
(Taken from Aletha Solter)
1. LOOK FOR UNDERLYING NEEDS example: Give yourchild something to play with while waiting in line.
2. GIVE INFORMATION AND REASONS example: Ifyour child colours on the wall, explain why we use paper.
3. LOOK FOR UNDERLYING FEELINGS Acknowledge,accept & listen to feelings. example: If your child hits his baby sister,encourage him to express his anger and jealousy in harmless ways.He may need to cry or rage.
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Tuesday night by appointment
The completed Michael Jackson puppet
First up!!
Extreme make over
Brain insertion
The sweatshop
8 September 2004
The MEPA
Annual General Meeting
WWhheenn: Saturday 9 October 3:00pm
WWhheerree: Mt Nebo Hall, View St..
WWhhaatt: General business and election of
Office Bearers for 2004
Been promising yourself you'll go to a MEPA meeting one day? Theydon't get more exciting than the Annual General Meeting, where weelect office bearers (don't worry, we have nominations for all positionsso there's no pressure to put your hand up!) and revisit the highlightsof the past year.
We have been very grateful for the community support we havereceived lately. I particularly value the hard work put in by our mem-bers to make MEPA a source of camaraderie, inspiration and informa-tion.
Whether you are a rocket scientist or a complete nature novice, we wel-come your attendance. We'll even bribe you with a cup of tea and bis-cuits! (But only if you sit through the meeting).
Enquiries please phone
Suzanne (Secretary) on 3289 0175 or myself on 3289 3486.
cheers,Michele Dale
(President, MEPA
News from MEPA
Already we have had several residents take advantage of the 'DoYour Block!' project that we launched at a recent MEPA meeting.
As detailed in the last News, the project, supported by Pine Rivers ShireCouncil, is offering free advice and site visit/s to locals who are wantingto regenerate bushland on their properties, or just want ideas aboutwhat native plants to grow in their gardens.
These residents have received the complementary gift pack containinga copy of John Bowden's book, Living in the Pine Rivers Shire, a colour-ful laminated poster showing 20 of our worst weeds and better still, 60native plants to replace them, as well as wildlife brochures.
We have already seen some excellent work on a property in the Blocks,and whilst it takes many years for forests to return to full health, it isreally amazing how damaged bushland can start to recover once weedsare removed and other simple management practices are implement-ed. The rewards are immediate as people discover some of our 'desir-able local' plants re-emerging.
You don't need to have any prior experience, but you will soon becomean expert! Please phone 3289 3486 if you have any questions orwould like to book a site visit.
Don't forget the guide to our desirable locals, 'Plants of Mt Nebo/MtGlorious' on CDROM, is now available at Boombana Cafe (thanksguys!). Still only $5.00 each (all meagre profits to MEPA).
It would be great to see as many Mountain residents as possible at ourAnnual General Meeting (October 9 - see elsewhere in the News). If youonly attend one MEPA meeting, let it be this one! We are planninganother Reveg Ramble soon and will advertise it in the News.
regards,Michele Dale
(President, MEPA)
P l ay g ro u pNews
The children were amazed to find actual mud in their playground fol-lowing the exciting day of rain received on the mountains in August!
Here are Caleb, Lewahna, Parker and Alexandra examining a puddleand having a terrific time getting a bit grubby.
Playgroup is full of the joys of spring at the moment, with excellentattendance and friendly chatter (the children have a great time too).
Come and join local parents/carers for a cup of tea, bring a plate toshare if you can manage it. Babes in arms are welcome, as well as tod-dlers and pre-schoolers, when they get a break from their busy sched-ules.
Cost is $2 per family (not per child) to cover hall hire costs, and wemeet every Wednesday at the Mt Nebo Hall from 10am till noon.
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50mm female camlock fitting. With this set up the brigade can nowhook into your water supply when needed and you can set up yourpump to be compatible with this.
If the tank is in a situation that you can gravity feed from it (remem-bering that in a fire situation it is highly unlikely to have power) youhave options of further fittings to convert to garden hose size. Thesefurther fittings will allow you to perhaps fill your gutters with water ormaybe wet down the side of the house closest to the fire and to even fillbuckets etc with water. Install a tap below your tank so that you alwayshave gravity feed water source.
If you want to put a fitting on the tank but use the outlet you alreadyhave then you will need a T section and fittings to convert to a 50mmgate valve and female camlock. In this situation drawing of water willnot be as fast as would be with a larger opening. Remember that whereyou have this fitting you also need room for a pump and to be able tooperate it in that situation.
YOUR PUMP SETUP
I have had numerous requests as to what type and brand of pump toget for fire fighting purposes. There are pumps available that are soldas fire fighting pumps and all of these are quite satisfactory. Petrol driv-en of course is the best as there is no guarantee of having power. Theintake on the pump should have a male 50mm camlock; your suctionhose has a female camlock on one end and a male camlock on theother. This way you can plug straight into your tank if it is setup asabove.
If you can access the top of the tank readily and wish to throw the suc-tion hose in through the top then may I suggest that you put a footvalve on the end of the suction hose. In this way the hose can be filledwith water and you are less likely to get an airlock and hence no waterthrough your pump. Purchase good hoses at least 18mm –25mm(3⁄4” - 1”) and attach to the end a spray nozzle. These hosesshould be of a length that you can reach around your whole property.At the pump outlet you may want to put gate valves on so that waterdoes not instantly pour from the pump and you can control which out-lets the water goes to. The brigade uses Stortz fittings to join the lengthsof hoses and also to attach all other fittings, (they are 1⁄4 turn fittings).You may choose to follow this if you wish or the normal thread is fine.Contact Terry Bradford for an inspection of how the pumps are setup,if you wish.
Any further questions on any fire matter contact Terry Bradford 3289 8181, or Bob Snowdon 32890150
Daphne Elsley Hon. Secretary
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Perhaps at this time of the year we need to sit back and think aboutour priorities in regard to water and water usage. The brigade
would like to see all households with a supply of water reserved solelyfor the purpose of fire fighting. Harland road residents already havethis stipulation as part of the requirement of living in that area. Thefire management plan for the Mount Glorious Estate – subdivisions oflot 42 Parish of Parker states: the owner shall supply and install stor-age capacity of 12500lts or 3000gal separate from the domestic supplyand maintain this storage full of water, to be used exclusively for firefighting purposes. Maybe all residents of Mount Nebo and MountGlorious should consider doing this. While considering purchasingwater for your personal use, also give consideration to maintaining asupply of water solely for fire fighting purposes – especially when allforecasts depict an early start to the bushfire season. If a fire comes andyou have a supply of water with which to attack it, at least you have abetter chance than the person who has none or very little water in theirtanks with which to defend their property.Well how about some ideas to do this..
1. You can install a tank (12500lt) separate to the household supplyand maintain this full of water for fire fighting purposes.
2. If you are like us and cannot afford a new tank or have no roomfor one, then this may be a viable option. On your tank that youcurrently have, why not get the household outlet moved up the sideof the tank so that you can only draw water out to the 12500lt level.What is left is your 12500lt reserve for fire fighting purposes. Toaccess the fire fighting water you can install a larger opening at thebase, with gate or ball valve and then fittings (camlocks etc) that willconnect to brigade pumps and also to your own petrol driven firefighting unit.
3. If you have more than one tank then when you get to the 12500ltlevel turn one off and do not use it for household usage. This is theoption that I choose to use but it does require some diligence,because I have to remember to turn the tap off and then when therains start to turn it back on so that water levels equalise in both ourtanks.
These are just 3 options that I can think of. Maybe someone else hassome more ideas.
FITTINGS FOR TANKS
The Brigade uses 50mm fittings on its pumps and hoses and recom-mends that residents do the same (standardisation).
If you wish to install a larger opening in your tank to take the brigadefittings there are available PVC or rubber corrugated outlets that formthe fitting in the side of the tank. This is much easier than solderingand sealing and we have had ours installed for nine years and haven’thad any trouble with it.
Once you have your opening you need to fit a 50mm ball valve or gatevalve – both do the same job; one is faster to get open than the otherand one is considerable more expensive. Your choice! Next comes a
REMEMBER IN CASE OF FIRE:
Telephone 000 then
Terry Bradford: 3289 8181
or Bob Snowdon: 3289 0150
10 September 2004
School NewsJUMP ROPE FOR HEART
July 30 was our Jump Off Day, raising money for the Heart Foundation.The students jumped their way through an hour of rotational activitiesand certainly had a good cardio workout.CITY SMALL SCHOOLS’ DAY
Nine competitors represented Mount Nebo State School at the CitySmall School Athletics Carnival towards the end of July, vying for selec-tion in the Small School Team. We had a great day, but did not comea place in the carnival. Congratulations to Lawrie and Liam Wenckwho tied for the honour of 11 years Boy Champion on the day.
A very strong team of 53 students has been selected, including four ofMount Nebo’s finest. Congratulations to Lawrie (100m, 4x100m relay,200m, long and high jump) and Liam Wenck (100m, 4x100m relay,200m, long jump), Isabel Taylor (shot-put) and Chris Bobbermen(discus) for their progression to the next level of competition. Theteam will compete at the City District Carnival spread over two days,August 24, 25.YEARS 3, 5 & 7 TESTS
On Tuesday August 17, the children in Years 3, 5 & 7 completed theNumeracy section of the test and on Wednesday August 18, studentsworked hard to complete the Literacy section. The children in Years 3,5 & 7 completed Dictation, Proofreading, Reading and Viewing, andWriting tasks. In the ‘Writing’ task students were required to select aschool issue and write to the Principal. The details included a lettergenre, developing a school issue persuading the readers to take actionand possibly explain and justify this stance. Congratulations to all Year3, 5 & 7 students for your work on the Year 3, 5 & 7 Tests. Thanks toMrs Ashton and Mrs Kent for taking the P-2s and 4/6s whilst MrsBarnes, Mrs Moffatt and I worked with the 3, 5, 7 students.GARDENS
The P-3s, together with Mrs Moffatt, Mrs Kent and Mrs Buchanan havebeen revegetating the gardens around EEC over the past few weeks. Thearea is looking fantastic. Photos will appear in next month’s edition.BRILLIANT BEGINNINGS 2
I wish to invite one and all to the opening of our ‘Brilliant Beginnings2’ art exhibition and view the works of our students to be held at thePine Rivers Regional Art Gallery at Strathpine on Wednesday 15thSeptember 2004, at 7pm. An extension of the exhibition will be work-shops run by local artists during the first week of the school holidays.
Liam and Lawrie with their award
Lana Prior in actionon the Jump Off Day
Sophie Gray putting the aluminium foil on her mask
One of the masks under construction
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All students have submitted works as part of the Integrated StudiesProgram completing a range of two-dimensional and three dimen-sions disciplines. Venus Ganis, Michael Riddle and Penny Taylor havebeen working Friday afternoons to create new pieces of work to add tothose displayed at our exhibition earlier this year. You will even seesome of the clay masks the students have been working on for thePuppet Pageant.
Brilliant Beginnings 2 has developed and evolved with the support, col-laborative teaching and resourcing efforts of our school and in associ-ation with The Gap High School Art Department, community membersand local artists of Mount Nebo and Mount Glorious.
Mr Kerry Lofgren
Principal
Mount Nebo State School
Ph: 3289 8162
Fax: 3289 8318
The Mount Nebo team
Our City Small School Stars with the new City Small SchoolCluster banner created by David Atkinson
MT NEBO OUTSIDE SCHOOL
HOURS CARENow operating before and after school care.
Hours of operation:
6.30am – 9am & 3pm – 6pm
This service is available to all school age children
To confirm a booking or find out
more information please contact
3289 8353 between 2pm – 6pm
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NNAATTIIOONNAALL PPAARRKKTHE Pine Rivers Shire Council has combined with National Parks toalert users of the Mt Nebo transfer station to dangerous weed infesta-tion in national park land surrounding the facility.
A Council spokesperson said madeira vine, cats claw creeper and black-eyed susan has already been detected in national park around thetransfer station.
The spokesperson said transfer station users should try to separate theseweeds and place them in the general refuse bins at the transfer stationrather than put them on the green waste pile.
There already was evidence of infestation by these weeds in the nation-al park surrounding the transfer station and the Council expected tospend about $5000 in the next financial year towards eradicatingthem.
"However, the worst scenario is that if these weeds were to infiltrate fur-ther into the national park the damage could be irreversible," thespokesperson said. "They are very fast-growing and are easily repro-duced and spread. It is important that users of the transfer station iden-tify and separate these weeds."
Further information on the weeds can be obtained from Dave Kingtonof the EPA.
Regards,Christine Blanchard
Waste Minimisation Officer Pine Waste 07 34806556
12 September 2004
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Wednesday September 15 - Mt Glorious Community Association, 7.30pm. Barry Norton presents"Travels in Ethiopia - a new nation emergingfrom an ancient kingdom".
Saturday October 9 - MEPA AGM at 3:00pm. Mt NeboHall, View St..
1st.Wednesday of the month - Mt Nebo Residents’Association meeting at the Hall. 7:30pm
Every Wednesday - Playgroup every Wednesday, 10am-noon at Mt Nebo Hall, $2 per family, babies,toddlers, preschoolers welcome, please bringa plate to share.
WORK WANTED - Domestic Duties.Reliable/trustworthy Phone Tani 3289 8296FOR SALE - Canon LBP 660 Laser Printer.Workswell. Instruction book & software - $75 Phone SamBrown 3289 0172FOR SALE - 1/2 SIZE PRIMA VIOLIN - case, bowand rest included - needs two new strings - $180Phone Louise 3289 8348ART SPACE/WORKSHOP - large area to rent atMt Glorious Phone 3289 0226 or 0410 655 504WANTED - a working computer monitor for an oldcomputer. Phone 3289 8348FIREWOOD - LOCAL Phone 3289 0156YOGA - Mondays 7.00pm, Fridays 10.00am at Mt.Nebo Hall. All welcome. Phone Jeanne - 3289 0235
Classifieds
Please submit all articles by the 15th of the month to the Mt News Box located at the Post Officeat Mt Nebo, or, if e-mail, by the 20th of the month to [email protected] supply your e-mail article with MTN in the Subject . Put articles in the body of the e-mail, asattachments can be messy. Pictures should be in JPEG or TIFF format, resolution 266dpi, copy inTEXT.We hate Microsoft Word.The articles in the Mt News reflect the views of the contributingauthors and not necessarily those of the Mt News Committee. If you are reading this bit, you areprobably the first to ever do so. Either you need to get a library card or you really do care.Thank you.
Di Clark - 3289 8309
Steve Jolley - 3289 8390
Steve Reinthal - 3289 8281
Paul’s Collect-a Cap Please collect all your milk bottle caps off Paul’s Milk bottles.Each cap is worth 10cents to the school. Please drop theminto the box in the school office, or leave with a child thatattends the school so they can bring them in.Thank you foryour help in our fundraising efforts.
Casual / Relief staff
Mt Nebo Outside School Hours Care is seeking
energetic persons to fill the position of assistant.
School days only 3-6pm.
Duties include assisting the coordinator in the daily
running of the programme.
Experience in caring for children desirable.
Please send resume along with 2 references to:
ASC vacancy c/- Mt Nebo P&C Association Mt Nebo 4520
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She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was veryhot in bed last night.
Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.
On the second day the knee was better, and on the third day it disappeared.
The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.
The patient has been depressed since she began seeing me in 1993.
Discharge status: Alive but without my permission.
Healthy appearing decrepit 69-year-old male, mentally alert but forgetful.
The patient refused autopsy.
Patient has left white blood cells at another hospital.
She is numb from her toes down.
While in ER, she was examined, X-rated, and sent home.
Examination of genitalia reveals that he is circus sized.
The lab test indicated abnormal lover function.
Patient has two teenage children, but no other abnormalities.
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