July 8, 2013
South Burnett councillors are called on to do some strange things at times… and Sunday was no exception for Division 5 councillor Kathy Duff.
At 9:00am, Cr Duff officiated at the “opening” of one of the Wondai Kindergarten’s two new highway billboards.
The large signs have been erected on the Bunya Highway between Tingoora and Wondai on the southern approach to the town, and near Up Country Bed & Breakfast on the northern approach.
Wondai Kindy president Jane Iszlaub said the signs were “awareness-raisers” to let locals and visitors know that Wondai has a kindy where children between the ages of 3 and 5 can be prepped for school.
“We also have a lot of working mums in the Wondai area and the kindy is a real help for them,” she said.
The kindy’s committee received a grant to pay for the billboards and local supporters helped with finding locations for the signs and erecting them.
The South Burnett Regional Council also came to the party, waiving most of the fees and charges that usually apply to erecting new road signs because of the kindy’s not-for-profit status.
“Council were incredibly helpful and we can’t speak highly enough about them,” Jane said.
“So when we got the signs up we asked Cr Duff if she’d do the honours and open them for us.”
As it happened, Cr Duff was on her way to Wondai on Sunday morning to take part in Reserve Forces Day.
So she came a little earlier than planned to perform the ceremony.
[Photo: Wondai Kindergarten]
