Over 150 people representing businesses from across the Glass House electorate had their moment to shine last night when Member for Glass House, Andrew Powell MP, held his second annual Glass House Small Business Awards Gala Event aka the Glassys at Flame Hill Vineyard at Montville. With almost 100 businesses…
AND THE WINNERS ARE……… GOLD GLASSY Business – Renae’s Pantry (Palmwoods) Employee – Rhylie Coutts (Wamuran IGA) D’Aguilar Region Bronze Business – Scissor Magik Hair Design Bronze Employee – Maria Catlin (Wamuran Water Babies) Silver Business – Clews News (Woodford Newsagency) Silver Employee – Sarah Sweeney (Ray White Wamuran)…
Winners for round two of the Local Heroes Grants are: Wamuran Earth Protectors at Wamuran State School – to assist with the cost of purchasing landfill crates as part of their mission to become a sustainable school; Combined Glasshouse School Chaplaincies; Josh Penfold from Palmwoods – who will represent Australia…
Winners for round one of the Local Heroes Grants are: •Peachester State School P & C to purchase a microwave for their Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program •Elimbah Uniting Church to purchase a small zip hot water system for their kitchen •Palmwoods Netball Club towards a netball team building camp…
Recently the Queensland Redistribution Commission released proposed changes to the State Electoral boundaries which will ultimately affect some of the Glass House electorate. In short the changes would include: •a proposed name change from Glass House to Tibrogargan; •Palmwoods, Chevallum, the small part of Landsborough that was in Glass House and…
I am sponsoring a petition requesting the Minister for Main Roads to investigate and fund safety upgrades at the intersection of Landsborough-Maleny Road and Maleny-Montville Road. I would like to thank Rachel Fentiman of Maleny who has agreed to be Principal Petitioner. The whole community seems to be in agreement that…
I caught up with my little mate Andre De Clara from Beerburrum State School who took out first place in my Christmas Card Comp. Congratulations Andre!
In case you missed the story in last week’s Glasshouse Country & Maleny News, the new Maleny Indoor Aquatic Centre and new school “Drop N Go” took a huge step in the right direction recently. The Education Department has agreed to a new aquatic centre being built on the school’s lower…
Round five of my Local Heroes Grants have been announced and another three community groups and two individuals in Glass House have been presented with a cheque for $250 each for much needed equipment or for individual sporting pursuits. The winners in round five include the Palmwoods Christmas Committee to…