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Wednesday 9 December 2009
Two weeks till Christmas?! It feels like last
time I checked it was February!!
Erma Bombeck once observed that “There's nothing
sadder in this world than to awake Christmas
morning and not be a child.” I hope you enjoy
this Christmas season with a childlike joy.
I’ve had lots of constituent appointments in the
lead up to Christmas which keeps us all in the
office very busy. The final Chamber of Commerce
breakfast for the year, with guest speaker John
Crittal, couldn’t help but be interesting with a
message titled “Why use a shotgun when a pareing
knife will do?”
I have been very busy with commitments as
diverse as presenting school awards and
attending the 60th Birthday of the Tinana QCWA
(love those Jenny Burton pikelets). Volunteering
is something that Maryborough does really well,
and last Saturday morning Cr Anne Nioa and I
presented what seemed like hundreds of awards to
dedicated volunteers who often volunteer for
multiple organizations. I have been to lots of
other ceremonies and Christmas parties for
committees and groups I am involved with, but
they are just too numerous to mention.
The Premier Anna Bligh opened the fabulous new
“WetSide” water education park at Hervey Bay,
which the Foley family and our overseas visitors
attended. I almost always ask the kids if they
want to come with me to various functions and
they usually give me some polite excuse, but
they definitely gave the new water park two
thumbs up.
Don’t forget if you’re between 18 – 40 (or still
young at heart…), go to the last Fraser Coast
Young Professionals event for 2009 - on
tomorrow! Booking deadline is today, so jump
online to fcyp.com.au/next-event/maryborough to
confirm your booking asap! The morning is set to
be a fun networking breakfast with Dr Riitta
Partanen as guest speaker and with the FCYP
committee presenting a donation to the residents
of Yaralla Place Nursing Home. As a community we
should all get behind groups such as this that
support our younger generations and continue to
make our region thrive in a positive way.
This Christmas, take time to remember that if
our greatest need had been information, God
would have sent us an educator; if our greatest
need had been technology, God would have sent us
a scientist; if our greatest need had been
money, God would have sent us an economist; if
our greatest need had been pleasure, God would
have sent us an entertainer; But our greatest
need was forgiveness, so God sent us a Saviour.
As this will be my last column for 2009, I wish
everyone a wonderful Merry Christmas and a safe
and happy New Year. Let’s make 2010 a fantastic
year.
Til Next
Time
Kind Regards
Chris…
Thank you to The
Maryborough Herald for this picture and
Illustrator Jason Ball
j.ball@ozemail.com.au
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