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Chinese Buffet Night - Wondai

The Wondai Hotel and Cellar will be holding a special Chinese Buffet Night from 6:00pm until late this evening as a fundraiser for the Wondai State School, whose library was destroyed by fire over the Christmas holidays. Guests will get to enjoy a wide range of Chinese family favourites prepared by a certified Chinese cookery chef, along with live entertainment from half a dozen different South Burnett musicians, fun raffles, auctions and drink specials. Tickets are $25 per head and to help plan the catering, bookings would be greatly appreciated. You can make them by phoning the Hotel on (07) 4168-5274, by emailing them, or in person over the counter at the hotel. You can also read more about this great community event on our website.

Friday Afternoon Scroungers - Nanango

The Nanango Bowls Club in Henry Street will be holding their reglar Friday Afternoon Scroungers at 3:00pm. New players are welcome. More details from the club: (07) 4163-3363.

Blue Light Disco - Nanango

The Nanango Blue Light Disco committee will be holding their first monthly U18s Blue Light Disco for 2015 at the Nanango Skating Rink in George Street, Nanango from 6:00pm to 8:00pm tonight. Because it's Friday 13th, tonight's disco will have a Black Friday theme. There'll be a fully equipped DJ providing the beats, plus games and prizes, and a canteen will be operating too. Admission is $5. More details? Phone Nanango Police on (07) 4163-1211.

Blackbutt History Morning

The Blackbutt and District Tourism and Heritage Association will be holding a History Morning at Nukku Nook opposite the skate park in Hart Street, Blackbutt from 9:30am to around 12:00 noon this morning. The focus of this fortnight's meeting will be the Googa Googa Creek State School, which opened in 1921 and closed in 1950. The morning is free and a great cuppa will be available for a gold coin donation. Everyone is welcome to come along and interact with long-time residents of the Blackbutt and Benarkin districts! More details? Phone Iris on 0418-741-254, send her an email or visit the BDTHA website

Junior Blue Light Disco - Kingaroy

The first bi-monthly Junior Blue Light Disco for 2015 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. 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.

Last Man Standing Bowls Competition - Murgon

The Murgon Bowls Club in Macalister Street, Murgon will be holding a "Last Man Standing" knockout bowls competition at 5:30pm this evening. This fun event is for teams of four players, who take to the green with two bowls each and try to get their two bowls as close to the kitty as possible. At the end of each round, the bowl furthest from the kitty is removed from play, and this elimination process continues until there’s only one bowler left (who is “The Last Man Standing”). Matches take about 45 minutes and the green fee is a modest $2. Both bowlers and non-bowlers are very welcome! You can find out more by phoning the Murgon Bowls Club on (07) 4168-1043, President Allen Mitchell on (07) 1468-1664 or Secretary Richard on (07) 4168-3093.

Friday Morning Bingo - Kingaroy

The Endeavour Foundation will be running bingo games at Kingaroy RSL from 10:00am this morning (eyes down at 10:30am). There'll be four jackpots on offer, along with book games and raffles, and proceeds will go to help people with an intellectual disability. Everyone is welcome. More details? Phone Endeavour's Kingaroy Kitchen on (07) 4162-2254

RSPCA Trivia Night - Kingaroy

The Kingaroy RSPCA will be holding a Trivia Night with a Black Valentine theme in the Tobruk Room of Kingaroy RSL in Markwell Street, Kingaroy at 6:00pm this evening as a fundraiser. Tickets are $10 per head or $60 per table of eight, which includes finger foods, and there'll also be games and raffles. More details? Contact the Kingaroy RSPCA on (07) 4162-5501.

South Burnett Pantry - Kingaroy

The South Burnett Pantry will be open from 11:00am to 1:00pm today at 22 Stolzenberg Road 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 Joane on (0427) 496-684 or Ruth on (0447) 812-789. PS: If you'd like to help The Pantry in any way - either by volunteering or donating goods - please contact Joanne or Ruth about this too, or visit the website.