DECEMBER 2018

THIS EDITION OF THE NEWSLETTER IS

KINDLY PRINTED BY

ORIGIN ENERGY.

URANQUINTY PROGRESS ASSOCIATION Inc

URANQUINTY NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2018

Summer and preparations for Christmas are well under way – why is it always a surprise that this time of year is so busy! On behalf of

UPA I should like to wish everyone in Uranquinty a peaceful and happy Christmas and our very best wishes for a prosperous New Year.

COMMUNITY HALL UPDATE Bookings for the Hall have been ongoing, and it is satisfying to see how popular this venue has become. If you would like to book

the Hall for any kind of celebration or meeting, please contact Maree Crosskell, Hall Coordinator by email at uran-

quinty@hotmail.com or via the venues tab on our website, www.uranquinty.com.au

Taekwondo classes continue to be a success every Tuesday and Thursday evening, but more members are always welcome so come

along and have a look if you and your kids are interested.

COMMUNITY STREET LIBRARY

Uranquinty Public School and UPA are working with the Men’s Shed to get bookshelves organised at the school and at the rest area

so that visitors and community members will be able to be part of this worldwide project.

WAGGA WAGGA CITY COUNCIL UPDATE

Dunns Road We have been advised by Council that this issue will be discussed at the Council meeting on Monday 17 Decem-

ber and hopefully a decision will be announced on the recommendations of the consulting engineer’s report. Once the Business

Paper agenda has been finalised on Thursday 13 December and made public, we will be able to lodge a Public Address applica-

tion form

DA 2016/0595 – Aboriginal Lands Council Block: To date we have had no further information from Council on the status

of this application.

URANQUNTY COMMUNITY SAFETY GROUP

The UCSG has regular meetings and these will be advised in the Uranquinty Resi-

dents Facebook page. The UCSG will meet again on 22 January 2019 at 7.30pm at

the Hall. All welcome. Volunteers are needed in various capacities so please consider

coming along.

Thanks to a grant received from WWCC, the UCSG is now constructing a permanent

sand bay at the rear of the Men’s Shed property. The slab is down, now for the walls!

CHRISTMAS CAROL CONCERT This year’s concert took place on Saturday 1 December and everyone had an enjoyable evening. Santa arrived on his firetruck with lol-

lies for the kids, and the Wagga Wagga Rugby Men’s Choir entertained us all with a medley of Christmas carols, as well as the choir

from Uranquinty Public School.

Our thanks to everyone who helped make this annual event a success, from the Rural Fire Service in providing the truck, the CWA ladies

who helped with decorations, the Uniting Church BBQ and the UPS P&C cake stall. Our thanks also to our sponsors Origin Energy,

Riverina Water, the General Store – and of course to Ged Madden for his role as MC and to Santa for making a special effort to get to

Quinty!

Don’t forget the annual Christmas Tree decorating competition and the decorated cow competition. Winners will be announced before

Christmas. Please send an email of your cow to uranquinty@hotmail.com so we can identify the winners.

Deb Bewick M:0427 007 261

President E: uranquinty@hotmail.com

Uranquinty Progress Association Website: www.uranquinty.com.au

Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year!

URANQUINTY SKATEPARK NEWS

We were hoping to have our skatepark completed by the end of 2018, unfortunately a few contractor hiccups meant

we have pushed completion back to 2019. Council’s Parks & Recreation officers have been working on getting the

best set of outcomes for the skatepark with the funds we have. The park design should be finalised before Christmas

and we can progress from there.

The committee thanks the Quinty community for their continued support and looks forward to seeing our skatepark

come to fruition.

Uranquinty Skatepark Committee

Barry Alexander

Jackie Close

Amanda Bell

Uranquinty Christmas Carlos 2018

Canberra Excursion

Mr Ridley accompanied our students, along with

Tarcutta and Kapooka students on a three day

excursion to Canberra. They saw all the attractions

that are key to Australian children’s primary school

education – War Memorial, Parliament House,

Questacon, Dinosaur Museum and more!

Grandparents Day Talent Quest

Our students showed they had some very impressive

and varied talents, when they performed to a packed

audience of Grandparents and family members. Our

senior students also prepared some lovely scones for

the Grandparents to enjoy with a cuppa after the

performance. We had singing, dancing, magic tricks,

archery, poetry and jokes

Uranquinty Public School

Term 4 2018

K-3 Excursion

Our younger students headed into Wagga this term to

attend the performance of The Big Bad Wolf at Wagga

Civic Theatre. Whilst we were there, the students had

a drawing workshop at the Art Gallery and tours

through the Art Gallery and the Glass Gallery.

2019 Kinder Orientation

We have had a very successful Kinder Transition

program this term. We are happy to welcome 12 new

Kinders to our school next year.

Quinty OOSHC

We are very pleased to announce that we are able to

provide Out Of School Hours Care (OOSHC) in 2019.

I’m sure many families will appreciate this

opportunity.

Coles Sports for Schools Tokens

Thanks to everyone who donated Coles tokens to our

school. We were able to purchase some awesome

new equipment with all the tokens.

Proud and Deadly Awards

Congratulations Kai and Martha on receiving your well

deserved Proud and Deadly awards this Term.

The students and

staff of Uranquinty

Public School wish

readers a safe and

happy Christmas

season and a

wonderful

New Year!

Preschool News December 2018

Uranquinty Preschool recently had their end of year concert and art show.

Although, the weather was cold and windy the children were so proud to show

off their art and sing for their families. We also showcased our special weaving

project that we had worked on over the term. With money for the CSU CUP

Grant we were able to employ artist Trish Harrison to work with the children.

We created a fish sustainably made from twisted willow and wool.

Another highlight of the term was our Indonesian Day. This was a celebration

of our work with the ELLA program during the year. Our Indonesian friend Will

Darmawan came to visit and we set up a number of play experiences where

the children could practice their Indonesian. This included a shop in the home

area, games and the BeeBot robot. We finished the day with an Indonesian

book of words. The children took it in turns to name the objects with Will.

The children have enjoyed the Spring weather outside. They have particularly

enjoyed hunting for bugs and creepy crawlies. We have found that we have

lots of slaters in our garden and they can be found under the rocks and pavers.

Indie’s Nan donated four butterfly nets which the children have used to chase

the butterflies. We are always let them go so they can return to their natural

habitats.

We have lots of children going on to school in 2019. As part of our Transition

to School program we have completed School Transition Statements and have

offered the children various experiences to further develop literacy and

numeracy skills for school.

Enrolments are now being taken for 2019. We do have two vacancies on

Wednesdays for three and four year olds. Please contact the preschool on

6922 9787 for more information. The preschool is open Wednesday to Fridays

8.30 am to 4.00 pm.

Social Chat. Welcome to any new families to the village.

Pauline Inch has moved to Temora to live and be near her im-

mediate family We wish her well and will miss her beautiful

garden

Congratulations go to Susan Joyce and Mark Colley on their

recent engagement ,

Congratulations also go to Krystal Bowditch on her recent

marriage, with the reception held at the Uranquinty Hotel.

Congratulations to Daryl and Josephine Cave on the safe arrival of of their daughter Isabelle Grace.

If you have or know of anyone that has dead batteries laying around please contact

(text or call)

Maree 0408676832

(Please call for drop off instructions or we are happy to arrange collection.)

Condolences go to the family and friends of Stephen Lang. who recently passed away

A long time resident of Best St, Uranquinty (and supporter/organiser of the Uranquinty Folk Festival).

20/12/1949 - 9/11/2018 (Aged 68) peacefully with his loving family by his bedside, following short battle with illness.

Survived by wife Kathleen, daughters Jayne and Emily, and grand daughter Marlee.

Eric Koth.

Long time residents of Uranquinty and district were saddened to learn of the Passing of Eric Koth who resided for many years

at “Sunnyside” on the Mangoplah Road. The Koth family have been associated with the area for over a hundred years.

Eric’s grand father Herman, moved to the district from South Australia and purchased land during the break up of Sandy Creek

Station. He married Minna Kohlhagen who resided at “Pine Grove” . Unfortunately Minna was killed in a level crossing acci-

dent in 1923 while on holiday in South Australia .Eric’s father Les and mother Isobel carried on the family farm “Leelisdale”

and resided in the district all his life.

Eric and Mary were very involved in district life and their children attended the Uranquinty Public School .

Our condolences go to Mary and family

The Uranquinty History Book as compiled by the

Uranquinty Public School P&C Committee in 1980

has been reprinted. This book was published to

commemorate the centenary of education in Uran-

quinty. The book covers the history of the school

and the district from 1880 to 1980.

Copies are available from the School Office, The

Bakery, Caltex Uranquinty and by contacting

Maree Hill 0408676832.

Books are $20 each. All proceeds go to Uranquinty

Public School P&C.

URANQUINTY NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE The Neighbourhood centre, located in Connorton Street is the venue for Playgroup and Preschool. It is also

the perfect place to hold a child’s birthday party, meeting or small gathering.

It is well equipped with a new kitchen, TV with inbuilt DVD player, heating and cooling and an enclosed yard

with playground.

We can also hire out tables and chairs for your party at home.

Rates are very reasonable. A daytime function is $25.00 and a night time

function is $50.00.

For bookings or more information please phone Sue on 69229772 or

Belinda on 69229886

URANQUINTY HOTEL SOCIAL CLUB

The Social Club recently held their Christmas party which was enjoyed by all who at-

tended.

We hold a variety of functions throughout the year including a mystery bus trip, trips

to the races, winery tour and functions at the hotel. Our raffles are run every Friday

night with 5 meat trays and a meal voucher at the bistro to be won. We are currently

running ham raffles until Xmas.

There will be no raffles on Friday 28th December.

New members are always welcome. Membership is $30 for a family or $20 for a single .Renewals can be

given to Sue at the servo.

We would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a happy new year.

For information please contact Vicky Hogan on 0403827040 or Sue O’Brien on 0428229772

. Saint Patrick’s Uranquinty

CHRISTMAS MASSES 24 December Vigil: 7pm Outdoor Mass, 9pm Mass in OLOF Church, 10.30pm Syro Malabar Mass

Christmas Day: 8.30am St Patrick’s Uranquinty, 10.30am OLOF

RECONCILIATION—2ND RITE Tuesday Dec 18: 10am Our Lady of Fatima, Tuesday Dec 18: 7pm Sacred

Heart, Kooringal. Reconciliation is also available Saturday Mornings at Our Lady of Fatima from 10:30AM to

11:30AM, and before Mass at St Patrick’s.

Congratulations to children from local schools, including Uranquinty PS and Henschke, who made their First

Reconciliation on 5th Dec.

Mass on Sundays at St Patrick’s is at 8:30AM. On the first Sunday of each month, we have a cuppa and

brunch afterwards. Everyone is welcome. Times of Mass at Our Lady of Fatima, Bourke St are 5:00PM Satur-

day and 8:30AM and 10:30AM on Sunday; Syro-Malabar rite is at 5:30PM on Sunday.

Please Note There will be no 8.30am Mass at Uranquinty from SUN 30 Dec to SUN 20th Jan. Masses will

resume on SUN 27th Jan.

FOR YOUR CALENDAR: In 2019, the Vigil Mass for Easter will be early Easter Sunday morning.

If you would like to receive the parish bulletin and have an email address, please contact Katrina or Cheryl at

olofparishsouthwagga@gmail.com, and they can put you on the mailing list. This is a good way of hearing

about news and events in our parish. The office is open Tues – Fri 9AM to 1PM

Any families who wish to have their children baptised should contact Father Paddy at Our Lady of Fatima Presbytery for the times of

the next preparation meetings.

Sacraments to home-bound - Please notify priests when a member of your family or a parishioner is in hospi-

tal or in need of the sacraments, especially the Anointing of the Sick or Communion in hospital.

Anointing Masses are held every month in the Marian Hall Foyer (behind Our Lady of Fatima Church). All are welcome to attend.

A cup of tea follows the Mass.

AFTERNOON CUPPA GET-TOGETHER (3rd Wednesday of the month). An opportunity for a social gathering with OLOF parish-

ioners in a relaxed setting with delicious temptations! All welcome. (A Social Justice committee initiative) Time and venue is avail-

able from the office.

Plenary Council 2020 “Listen to what the Spirit is saying”

Visit the website and sign up for the newsletter www.plenarycouncil2020@catholic.org.au

Best wishes and safe travelling to all for the coming Christmas – New Year break.

This has once again been a busy year for the Quinty Mens Shed. A lot of time was

spent at the beginning of the year completing the work on the grounds of the Shed,

levelling and laying road base.

We sponsored the Uranquinty Community Safety Group in their successful bid for

a WWCC grant to build a sand bay. The construction of the slab is now complete

and the retaining walls will be added once the slab is cured.

The latter part of the year has been spent in the ongoing restoration of a pulpit

which was built for the first Kapooka Chapel around 1950 and taken out when the

new Chapel was built. The intention is for this pulpit to be installed in the foyer of

the new Chapel in a ceremony in March of 2019.

The Quinty Mens Shed, in conjunction with Uncle Toby’s and the Australian Mens

Shed Association, has organised a series of health and wellbeing presentations

which have been open to all members of the Community. The topics covered

were on the effects of prescription medication and on diabetes. We welcome any

suggestions for future topics as we hope to make this an ongoing feature of Shed

and Village life.

We hold weekly fundraising raffles at the Quinty Pub and our last raffle for the

year will be a monster raffle on Wednesday 19th December. Our thanks to all who

have supported the Mens Shed.

URANQUINTY TENNIS

CLUB INC

ABN 50307651355

Email: uranquintytennisclub@gmail.com

PO BOX 34

URANQUINTY NSW 2652 Wow what a term and a fantastic start to the 2018 season. The clubhouse renovation is complete and the courts are resurfaced and lines are down. A huge thank you to all who came and helped demolish the interior, put permanent lines down and put the clubhouse back together. The transformation is amazing!! The club attended the NSW Tennis Awards as one of for finalists for the most outstanding club –country category. Whilst Tennis Central took out the prize we were honoured to have been acknowledged for all the efforts the community and club have put in to make our club the amazing place it is. Just a month later Maree and Skye attended the Newcombe medal in Melbourne. (Tennis Australia’s night of nights) It was at these awards that a video was presented to the tennis community on what the club and Uranquinty community have achieved through tennis in the past 12-18months. This video was very well received and had a lot of people talking on the night. Community Play Coaching and Match play were a success again this term. With children who are able to rally taking part in Match Play playing the Pedal Tractor Cup. This has allowed children to play a timed match of tennis allowing the skills they have learnt over previous coaching sessions to play a fun game whilst still receiving some “tips” whilst they refine their skills. Community Play Hot shots coaching has seen a huge improvement in children’s skills and ability to hit different shots. Next term we will continue with coaching and match play. Over the past month two more coaches have been trained and gained their qualification through Tennis Australia. We look forward to Coach Mark and Coach Tarryn getting out on court next term. Keep an eye out at the beginning of January for days and time slots for both Coaching and Match play.

The Tractor Cup Grand final was held on Dec 14th. Congratulations to the John Deere team on taking out the trophy. Their opponents Case iH played well all term however fell short on the night. A close final was held for third and fourth place with only one point separating them at the end of the night. Well done Claas on your win and better luck Massey Ferguson next term. On January 10th four club juniors will travel to Sydney to be part of a Hot Shots show case on centre court at the Sydney International. We wish Freja, Tilda, Leon and Oliver all the best.

On Feb 8th the club will be hosting a fundraising event for type 1 diabetes. All money raised on the evening will go to Juvenille Diabetes Research Foundation. There are some amazing items up for raffle, entertainment, sausage sizzle and entertainment on offer. Please see the event facebook page for details (24hr HIT for T1D) and the Uranquinty Tennis Club facebook page for more information. Have a merry Christmas and a safe New Year. If you would like access to the courts over the holidays please contact the Uranquinty Tennis Club Facebook page or a committee member or see Sue at the servo. Skye Lewington Uranquinty Tennis Club Secretary.

Des and Rhonda welcome you to the

URANQUINTY HOTEL PH 69229623

Find us on Fb @ Uranquinty pub

Opening hrs Mon - Tues 1pm

Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day

Entertainment, Christmas Eve, free sausage sizzle

With Santa

New Year’s Eve, come on down for a great night of fun.

$10 Lunch Specials Fri - Sun

choice of meals

Kids Meals $ 8.50

Pizzas from $10

Light meals from $10.00

Eat in or Take Away

Courtesy Bus picks up from Wagga

and The Rock min 4 people.

Des and Rhonda congratulate their daughter Krystal and New husband Chris on their

wedding held at the hotel recently

Cook or chef

Award wages

Casual hours

Fully equiped

kitchen

Call into the ho-

tel or ring for an

appointment.

CALTEX URANQUINTY HIRING STAFF CASUAL PART TIME AND FULL TIME

TAKEAWAY OPENING TIME MONDAY -FRIDAY PHONE SATURDAY & SUNDAY

4:00 pm - 7:30 02 6922 9659 11:30 AM - 7:30 PM