Raelene Boyle Dinner - Kingaroy
Former Olympian Raelene Boyle (pictured at right) will be a special guest speaker at a dinner being held at the Orana Lutheran Complex at 24 MacDiamid Street in Kingaroy at 6:30pm tonight. The legendary athlete will share her experiences and stories about her sporting career. Raelene represented Australia at three Olympic Games as a sprinter and won three silver medals. She also won seven gold medals at the Commonwealth Games. The dinner will feature a 2-course buffet meal, lucky door prizes, raffles and live entertainment for 20 tables of 10 guests. Proceeds of the night will go towards equipment for Orana and Breast Cancer Network Australia. Tickets are $44 per head or $400 for a table of 10, and you can make a reservation by phoning (07) 4162-6555.
Friday Social Golf - Kingaroy
- The Kingaroy Golf Club on the Bunya Highway at Kingaroy will holding their regular Friday 9-ers 9 hole social golfing sessions for men and women from 8:00am until dusk today. Everyone is most welcome (including non-members) and green fees are $11 for members or $14 for non-members for the nine holes - but this also includes a card draw for prizes in the clubhouse in the evening (there's also a Jackpot card draw on the last Friday of each month). More details? Phone the Golf Club on (07) 4162-1720
Junior Blue Light Disco - Kingaroy
The final bi-monthly Junior Blue Light Disco for 2012 will be held at Kingaroy Town Hall in Glendon Street, Kingaroy from 6:00pm to 8:30pm this evening. Entry to the Junior Disco is restricted to young people aged 14 and below who can produce their student ID, and in addition to a fun night out tonight's disco will also have some great prizes to be won as well (courtesy of sponsors Blooms The Chemist and the Kingaroy RSL. Admission is $5 and - as usual - attendees are asked to remember that Blue Light Discos are drug, alcohol, chewing gum and tobacco free and no passouts or early exit will be given without parental permission and/or collection. More details? Contact the Kingaroy police station on (07) 4160-4900 or send them an email. PS: Junior Blue Light Discos will resume in 2013 - the next one will be held on February 15.
South Burnett Pantry - Kingaroy
The South Burnett Pantry will be open from 11:00am to 1:00pm today at 10 Kingaroy Street in Kingaroy. The Pantry is a not-for-profit registered charity run by a Board of Management and staffed by volunteers, and it helps low income families, couples and singles stretch their shopping dollar further. The Pantry offers $35 pantry hampers that contain most of the food and personal cleaning items that most people need to get through part of the week (though you'll need to shop elsewhere for extras or special items). And anyone who's finding it hard to make ends meet is very welcome to make use of it. More details? Phone Danny on (0429) 803-820 or send him an email. PS: If you'd like to help The Pantry in any way - either by volunteering or donating goods - please contact Danny about this too.
Karaoke Night - Tingoora
- The South Burnett Lively 50s & 60s Singles Social Group will be holding a Karaoke Night at the Tingoora Hotel on the Bunya Highway at Tingoora from 8:00pm until late this evening. Everyone is welcome to this fun night of singing and dancing and admission is free. More details? Phone Geoff or Sue on (0468) 694-438 or email him.
You can also find out about the group's other social events on their website (set the region to "South Burnett").
World's Greatest Shave Big Night Out RSVP Deadline
- Today is the last day you can RSVP for the World's Greatest Shave Big Night Out being held at the Kingaroy Sports Club on December 1st (see entry that day for all details).
Endeavour Foundation Bingo - Kingaroy
- The Endeavour Foundation will be holding bingo games at Kingaroy RSL from 10:00am this morning. More than $1,000 in jackpots will be on offer. More details from the RSL on (07) 4162-1755
