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Free BBQ afterwards at the Robert Gray Memorial Park.

For more information contact the EHO on

4741 2900.

Flinders Shire will get the talents of former bodybuilding champion Pauline Schaefer when she starts her FREE weekly circuit classes at Prairie Hall from this Thursday February 16, 2012. Classes start at 5.30pm and run for an hour. All ages welcome.

Contact Pauline on 47415145 or email pscha14@eq.edu.au.

Zumba classes hosted by a professional instructor will be held at the Diggers Entertainment Centre every Tuesday from February 21, 2012. Cost is $5. Contact Mel Driscoll at Council on 47412900 or email sportandrec@flinders.qld.gov.au.

Upcoming First Aid and CPR Courses in Hughenden

Apply First Aid FASTTRACK $140 Monday 27 February (8.30am - 4.30pm)

Perform CPR FASTTRACK $65 Tuesday 28 February (8.30am - 10.30am or 12.30pm - 2.30pm)

Electrical Safety and Low Voltage Rescue $95 Tuesday 28 February (8.30am -11.30am)

Perform CPR Plus $85 Tuesday 28 February (12.30pm - 4.30pm)

Contact Max Gehring at Council on 47412900 for more information.

Council is still seeking applicants for the 2012 Council University Scholarship. Council provides a $5,000 per annum University Scholarship for the duration of the successful applicant’s full-time studies towards a Bachelor degree in either Environmental Health, Civil Engineering, or Accounting (or another approved course). As part of this Scholarship, Council also offers paid work experience during University holiday breaks. More info contact Council on 47412900

Flinders Shire Library will have 150 new books and DVDs for loan from Monday February 20 as part of their quarterly exchange with the State Library of Queensland. These titles will be across a range of genres.

For more information contact Tracey Edwards at the Library on 4741 2976 or email: librarian@flinders.qld.gov.au

Check out the new look Flinders Discovery Centre! Open 9am to 5pm, seven days a week, closed only Christmas Day and Good Friday (from November to March: open 9am to 1pm on Saturdays and Sunday, with normal hours during the week).

Entry fees to the display area are $5.00 per adult and $2 for children aged 5 – 12 years. Pre-booked groups of 25 adults or more are at a set price of $112.50.

Pool opening hours have extended, with swimmers now welcome Monday to Friday 6am-10:30am and 1:30pm-7pm, Saturday 11am-6pm and Sunday 1pm-6pm.

There are now also options for family fun nights and weekend birthday parties and there is also a swimming club. A `Mums and Bubs’ program has been introduced, learn to swim classes, as well as five other squads will be held at the pool during the week. More info contact Lynette and Shane on 0427411564 or email: emacpastoral@hotmail.com.au

Do you still have your wedding dress or your mothers, grandmothers or great grandmothers dress? Or know of someone with a wedding dress hidden at home for keepsakes! Help us create an exhibition at the Flinders Discovery Centre of wedding dresses from women of Flinders. Email info@flinders.qld.gov.au or phone 47412970 for more information.

Councillor nominations open on March 10 and close March 27.

There are six Councillor positions to be elected on April 28 - an additonal two from the previous Council. Current Mayor, Brendan McNamara is also stepping down.

This is the chance to have an input into how your community is run.

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Latest News

Prairie Gets Fitness Training by Former Bodybuilding Champ

Tuesday February 14, 2012 YOU only need to look at Pauline Schaefer to know why she is known among Flinders Shire locals as Shorty. But the popular pint-sized bundle of energy does anything but fade in to the background. This Thursday, February 16, Ms Schaefer,...

Cowboys Players Bring a Taste of the Big League to the Shire

Thursday February 9, 2012 NORTH Queensland Cowboys Rugby League players side-stepped in to Flinders Shire on February 6 to give local junior rugby league enthusiasts a taste of the big league. The February 6 visit was the chance for local fans to meet and greet the professional football...

Health and Fitness Expo Comes to the Shire

Wednesday February 9, 2012 WITH the great climate in North Queensland, it would be a waste to not take advantage of the great outdoors when it comes to get fit and healthy. For that reason, Flinders Shire Council is holding a Health and Fitness Expo to show residents that the new shiny red...

Flinders History to be Restored

Tuesday February 7, 2012 THE State Government has committed $15,000 to restore significant historical graves in the Hughenden, Torrens Creek and Prairie cemeteries. Flinders Shire is one of 12 community memorials across the Mount Isa Electorate benefitting from the...

Library Gets 150 New Books

Tuesday February 7, 2012 FOR bookworms who have trawled every shelf at the Flinders Shire Library, Thursday February 9 cannot come too soon – this is the day locals will have a whole new selection of reading material to choose from. Every quarter the State Library of...

Young Rider Receives Council Funding to Travel to the UK

Tuesday February 7, 2012 JEAN Read may be just 18 but the Hughenden equestrian champion has already been competing on horses for 16 years. It’s little wonder then that the young rider is the most recent recipient of Council’s Contribution for International Sporting Participation...

New Look Pool a Cool Relief for Humid Conditions

Friday February 3, 2012 WITH clearing skies forecast in to the weekend, it’s the perfect chance to test-run the new-look Hughenden Aquatics Centre. Managers Shane and Lynette McCarthy promised to breathe new life in to the facility and after just one week on the job have already...

New Shire Office Starts to Take Shape

Friday February 3, 2012 IT’S not quite bricks and mortar but with a clear building structure in place, and the roof sheeting to start going on this week, there is little doubt the new Flinders Shire Council building is on track for a June completion date. While the cyclonic storm hit...

Bligh Creates Local Government Election Chaos

Friday February 3, 2012 FLINDERS Shire Council Mayor Brendan McNamara has described the State Government decision to hold their election a week before the date set for Local Government elections as an act of ``arrogance’’ and expects it may come back to bite them. Premier...

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