{"id":35749,"date":"2013-06-10T09:44:59","date_gmt":"2013-06-09T23:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=35749"},"modified":"2020-09-17T11:54:08","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T01:54:08","slug":"citizen-of-the-year-made-oam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/06\/10\/citizen-of-the-year-made-oam\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizen Of The Year Made OAM"},"content":{"rendered":"

June 10, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sue Currie – curator of the Kilkivan and District Historical Society Museum since 1996 – has been awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in the 2013 Queen’s Birthday Honours List announced today.<\/p>\n

Mrs Currie, wife of former Kilkivan Shire CEO Ray Currie, was rewarded for her service to the community of Kilkivan.<\/p>\n

She was Kilkivan Shire’s Citizen of the Year in 2005.<\/p>\n

Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service Board chairman – and former Queensland MP – Mike Horan has been made a Member of the General Division of the Order of Australia (AM).<\/p>\n

Mr Horan was rewarded for significant service to the Parliament of Queensland, and to the community of the Darling Downs.<\/p>\n

He represented Toowoomba South in the Queensland Parliament from 1991-2012, and was leader of the National Party and Opposition Leader from 2001-2003 and Health Minister from 1996-1998. <\/p>\n

Mr Horan has also been chairman of Downs Rugby since 2013 and a Board member since 2009.<\/p>\n

Other people honoured today who would be well-known to many South Burnett residents include show ring announcer Angus Lane.<\/p>\n

Mr Lane, from Highfields, was made an OAM for his service to agricultural shows.<\/p>\n

He has been a show ring announcer at Royal, local, regional and State agricultural shows since 1980.<\/p>\n

Former QCWA president Elvia Slack, from Gayndah, was also made an OAM for service to the community of Gayndah.<\/p>\n

Mrs Slack has been an active member of the QCWA for 40 years; as well as secretary\/treasurer UGA and then secretary, AgForce, for approximately 10 years up to 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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