28 July 2018 Issue 99 POP UP NEWS Mapleton, Queensland New this Week APIA will give a short talk on Insurance schemes for pensioners and be available for discussion at the Mapleton Bowls Club on Tuesday 17 July. The club would like a good turnout on this occasion so please put it in your diary. All visitors are most welcome. Please arrive at 4.15pm. Plastic Free July Every July, over a million people around the world participate in Plastic Free July, a challenge to refuse single-use plastics for one whole month. We thought Mapletonians might be up to the challenge and have listed a few tips to get started * BYO shopping bag and reusable produce bag for fruit and veg ( or skip them entirely never could understand why a hand of bananas need to be bagged ) * Use a refillable bottle instead of buying bottled water * Get a Keepcup and encourage your local coffee shop to provide discounts for customers with their own refillable mugs. ( or at least refuse the plastic top and stirrer with your takeaway ) Myer has a good range of specially designed cups and mugs which are barista friendly * When you have the choice, choose products packaged in cardboard or glass rather than plastic * Refuse plastic straws and ask drink outlets to get rid of them altogether * Shop in bulk. Nambour has a new bulk foods store the Wellness Mill opposite Coles, as well as Nambour Organic Provisions in Nambour Heights. Both provide paper bags or are happy for customers to bring their own containers.htt http://www.plasticfreejuly.org/ p://www.plasticfreejuly.org/ Photo Caption Another good concert to support the Nambour Hear and Say Centre, which provides cochlear implants for deaf children. Afternoon tea provided. Tickets are available from Rosetta s Bookshop, Maleny. Quota Club of Maleny fundraiser. http:// www.plasticfreejuly.org/
Local fauna and flora Acacia fimbriata Mapleton garden flowering across the region Photographer: nita Green Figbird, Post Office Road Thank you Andrew Melville Mapleton Bowls Club: The results for Tuesday Bowls. Winners with a 2plus27 were Dick van Zandan, Graham Patterson and Mike Linfoot. Runners up with a plus 21 in the second game was Joy Lilley and Sandra Jordan. Photo Caption 'The Song Keepers' screening for NAIDOC Week in Nambour on 8 July The Australian documentary 'The Song Keepers' will be screening at Majestic Cinemas in Nambour this Sunday at 4.40pm as part of NAIDOC Week. The film tells the uplifting story of the Central Australian Aboriginal Women's Choir, which includes two men, and how they have preserved century-old German baroque hymns in their Aboriginal languages. The Central Desert women learned the hymns from Lutheran missionaries who arrived in Central Australia in the 19th century. The choir's 'master' Morris Stuart - a Caribbean-born, London-raised former pastor who moved to Australia with his family - has worked with choirs around
the world. He encouraged and developed the choir and together they visited Germany, bringing home a collection of 'lost' and early romantic hymns of the German Lutheran church. The choir featured on ABC's Australian Story recently. If you love choral singing or are in a choir you should enjoy this warm story. Visit www.majesticcinemas.com.au for more details. Mapleton community Library: July Art display NAIDOC Week. Will be on display all month plus books featuring Aboriginal writers. Mapleton Foundation Over the past 12 months a number of community members have suggested setting up a community foundation similar to the Buderium Foundation. Please follow the link below plus search Buderium Foundation and any other like organisation, and consider the concept: http://australiancommunityphilanthropy.org.au/community-foundations/ community-foundations-in-australia/ If you are interested and wish to hear how this concept could support our community, please email mapletonqueensland@gmail.com Winter Book Sale and Mini Market Saturday 30 June at the Mapleton Community Library was a great success. Thank you to community members for your continued support. All stall holders have booked for our summer date 1st December. Community Service UPDATE Speed through the Mapleton village medical/café precinct raised successfully at the MADCA meeting. If you support the idea of reducing the speed from 60 to 40 please register your support. Email mapletonqueensland@gmail.com or sign up at the Mapleton Community Library. Old pairs of spectacles: Thank you from Lions many donations received. All are appreciated. If you have any that you no longer require, Lions is happy to take them off your hands. They are recycled to needy communities. Glasses can be left at the Mapleton Community Library. Glasses cases not necessary. Old mobiles Lions also collecting. Money raised will go toward Lions Medical Research. Leave at Mapleton Community Library. JP service at the Mapleton Community Library: telephone 5445 7182 to arrange an appointment. Continuing News Blackall Range Woodcrafters Guild Inc. It s on again, the very popular Wood Expo at the Montville State School Assembly Hall on July 7 and 8, 9am to 4pm.
The Expo is conducted by the Blackall Range Woodcrafters Guild and admission will be FREE. Pieces created by Guild members will be on display; many for sale and some for judging purposes only. The school is kindly making the sporting field available for parking, weather permitting of course. Mapleton Bowls Club Dinner nights Friday: 13 and 27 July. Costs are from $10 to $14, we have ten raffles and a ditch board offering 3/4 prizes. Have a night out, meet friends and make new friends Probus Club of North Blackall Range Inc meets on the second Friday of each month for Fun, Fellowship and Friendship. Come along and join the group. Meeting commences at 10am at the Mapleton Bowls Club. Contact the club on nbrprobus@gmail.com or phone the Secretary on 5499 9238 for further information. Friday 13 th July: The speaker will be Gordon Ferguson the Scottish Piper, relating the interesting paths in life opened by his piping and perhaps entertaining us with a little performance. Friday, 10 th August: An informative session by a lawyer about Retirement Living Options. The focus of the talk will be on common issues that arise for residents of retirement villages and manufactured home parks (over 50 s resorts). Attendees can expect to learn about documents and contracts, fees and charges, maintenance responsibilities, and questions to ask before signing on the dotted line. Can we request that any community members who wish to join us as guests at any meeting contact us at 0403 134 153 or nbrprobus@gmail.com for catering purposes. Meeting fee is $6 including a great morning tea. Mountain Sessions 8 July Mapleton Bowls Club 2pm to 6pm Entrane $5 More details see the new Mapleton Bowls web site www.mapletonbowlsclub.com Disclaimer: Articles included in this Pop up News are provided by community members or groups. MADCA distributes this enews as an information service to the community.
Date Claims 7 July Blackall Range Woodcrafters Guild Inc. annual show Montville State School 8 July Mountain sessions Mapleton Bow ls Club. 13 July P robus meeting Mapleton Bow ls Club. 13 July Dinner night Mapleton Bow ls Club 6pm. 20 July Christmas in July, Anglican Church morning tea 20 July W hite Christmas in July, Trivia w ith a Tw ist, Mapleton Community Library at Mapleton Bowls Club. 21 July, Saturday Working bee at The Old School House garden 8-10am followed by morning tea. Further information 5445 7813 22 July Mapleton Hall in co-operation with Velethon Sunshine Coast 1 and 3 Day Cycling Event through the Hinterland. 27 July Dinner night Mapleton Bow ls Club 6pm. 27 July Dinner night Mapleton Bow ls Club. 28 July Mapleton Hall - Mapleton Flea Markets from 8am - 12pm. 4 August P hotographic exhibition opening Myall P ark Botanic Garden. 10 August P robus meeting Mapleton Bow ls Club. 26 August Run Queensland QCCC. 26 August Gym Health talk - Mapleton Bowls Club. 26 August Spring Day Myall P ark Botanic Garden. 14 September Gym Trivia Mapleton Bow ls Club. 14 September Maleny Youth Festival. 22 September Mapleton Hall - Mapleton Flea Markets from 8am - 12pm. 12 October Country singer and dinner night Mapleton Bow ls Club. 19 and 20 October Blackall 100 The Mapleton Hall in partnership with the QCCC and Run Queensland. 9 November to 11 November The Marriage of Figaro - Maleny Singers, Maleny Community Centre. 11 November Remembrance Day. 24 November Mapleton Hall - Mapleton Flea Markets from 8am - 12pm. 1 December Summer Book Sale and market Mapleton Community Library. 7 December Mapleton Community Christmas MADCA. 14 December Annual Christmas Concert Maleny Singers, Maleny RSL. 2019 6 December Mapleton Community Christmas MADCA Mapleton and District Community Association Inc (MADCA) meets first Wednesday of the month [NOT December and January] 7pm at Mapleton Bowls Club. Membership is free so come along and participate in community discussions. For further information contact madca.inc@gmail.com www.mapletonqueensland.com Send news: mapletonqueensland@gmail.com To contribute to the Pop up News and/or the web site, please email mapletonqueensland@gmail.com Please send your beautiful Mapleton photographs so everyone can enjoy. Small Group Exhibition St Mary's Hall, Montville Friday 29 June Sunday 8 July 2018 10:00-16:00 Artworks for sale by seven members of BRVA All sale commissions and donations go to the maintenance of the heritage listed St Mary's Hall, Montville