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Wednesday 21 December 2011
Can you
believe it is almost time to wave goodbye to
another year? 2011 has come, and is almost gone.
Even though Parliament is finished for the year
I have been busier than a mouse in a cheese
factory. This is the time of year when I get to
go to a myriad of Christmas functions (which are
a disaster for the waistline), as well as
catching up on lots of local
appointments/meetings. I attended the health
task force final meeting for the year and
recently met with Professor Greg Hill from
University of Sunshine Coast, and with Nelson
Mark, the Manager of the Public Trustee office.
I also presented certificates at the Wide Bay
TAFE graduation and chaired the Maryborough
Gliding Club inaugural meeting.
It was also a privilege to award Justice of the
Peace Silver Certificates for 25 years service
to Muriel Hislop and Ross Jeffress and to also
present a cheque for $100 to Roy Tucker from
Tinana State School for winning the Best All
Rounder award for 2011. Glenys and I attended
the very enjoyable Maryborough Pensioners
luncheon, I was the guest speaker at the Rotary
Club of Maryborough City monthly meeting and
presented certificates at the National Green
Jobs Corps graduation ceremony at the TESS farm.
The outgoing Provost of USQ Hervey Bay,
Professor Ken Stott has had a very significant
impact on USQ Fraser Coast, despite having
significant health problems. Ken has been an
energetic and mature leader who has presided
over a very significant period of growth at the
University. I really enjoyed catching up with
Ken for a coffee last week, and I wish him and
his wife Kim all the best and Godspeed, as they
head south for a new chapter in their lives.
Yesterday was the official opening of the
Craignish Fire Station and the rest of the week
will be finishing up with a number of
constituent appointments in the office before
the Christmas break. This Christmas will be a
very happy one for our family, as my daughter
and her husband, and my son, are all coming home
from England, so we will have the whole family
back together for a couple of weeks.
This is my last Herald Column for this year. My
office will be closed from 5:00pm on Thursday 22
December 2011 and reopen on Tuesday 3 January
2012. I would like to wish everyone a wonderful
and safe Merry Christmas and a very Happy New
Year, from myself, Barbara and Paul in my
office, as you remember the real reason for the
season…
To stay up to date with what I am doing and to
read all the questions, answers, speeches and
issues that I raise in Parliament, visit my
facebook site at www.facebook.com/chrisfoleymp
Til Next
Time
Kind Regards
Chris…
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