Come along to great family entertainment with Brisbane City Council's free outdoor movies in the park. Bring your own picnic and a rug or chair and enjoy an evening of big screen cinema for the whole family in your local park.

Saturday 21 March from 6.00pm in Booker Place Park, 
Sugarwood St, Bellbowrie.

Movie screening at 6.45pm

Catering by the Moggill Scout Group as a fund raising event.
Supported by The Lord Mayor's Suburban Initiative Fund
and The Pullenvale Ward Office

"The Chaplaincy program at Kenmore State High School provides much-needed support for those students who are trying to cope with very challenging, personal problems.  The support they confidentially receive from skilled, well-trained chaplains is vitally important to their welfare.  Chaplaincy at Kenmore High is strongly supported by both the school administration and the Parents' and Citizens' Association.  Chaplaincy is NOT about providing religious education that is foisted on students" 

These are not my words but a direct quote from the Executive Principal Mr John Fitzgerald.

Government funding provides about a quarter of the financial need and local churches and the P&C provide about another quarter.  However the major proportion of funding has to come from private (tax-deductible) donations from individuals and businesses.

Please join me and many others at the fundraising dinner on Friday 27 March 2015 at the Carroll Community Centre, Moggill Road, OLR.  The special guest will be Phil Smith who many will know from his years on ABC radio and TV.  He is a great story teller with an amazing story to tell.    

There is NO CHARGE for this dinner but donations will be requested to cover the cost of the dinner and to ensure the continuation of this valued Chaplaincy Service.  For further information contact Lyle Schuntner on 3378 5229 or contact the High School.

From Thursday 5 March, the inbound bus stop at the corner of Moggill Rd and Princeton St (Kenmore Central - 37) will be closed for approximately 4 weeks while construction works take place as part of the Kenmore Suburban Centre Improvement Project (SCIP).

All passengers who wish to travel inbound on bus routes 430, 443, 444 and 446 are requested to use the Kenmore Village bus stop at the roundabout, near the War Memorial.

Construction works will generally be undertaken as night works, from 8pm to 5am, Sunday to Thursday, to ensure minimal disruptions to the local traders and the safety of motorists and pedestrians. All landscaping, rectification and cleaning of the project site will be completed once the civil (footpath and driveway) works are completed for the entire project.

Copies of the project plan are on display at the Kenmore Library, H&R Block, the Kenmore Medical Centre and in the Ward Office. For all enquiries about the project please contact the SCIP team on 1800 669 416, email cityprojects@brisbane.qld.gov.au or follow this link to the BCC website.

My Mobile Office will be set up on Saturday 28 March from 10am to 12noon at the Karana Downs Shopping Centre, corner of Tanderra Way & College Road.

Come down and have a chat and discuss any local issues that are important to you.

In the last 18 months with the assistance of generous donations, the Buy a Bale fundraising organisation has provided over $2 million dollars of hay or direct cash donations in drought assistance to worthy Australians. 

To help remind Australians of the issues our farmers face, the Buy a Bale Day has been created so we can think of their farmers each year and support them through Buy a Bale.

BUY A BALE DAY 25 MARCH 2015

The plan is to ask Australians to donate just 50,000 small bales at $20 each. This will help push through the upcoming winter and provide support across the worst hit areas of QLD and NSW.

Join in the month long campaign this March and make a difference to the lives of farming families. There are posters, bumper stickers, flyers and everything you need should you wish to hold an event.

To register for a Buy a Bale Fundraising kit or make a donation, please follow this link to the website. 

The West Brisbane Orchid Society Inc. will host the Charity Orchid Spectacular to assist the Kidney Support Network.

28 & 29 March 2015
Saturday 8.30am to 3.30pm
Sunday 9.00am to 3.00pm

Entry $4 Adults
Children FREE

Beautiful flowering orchids will be en masse for display, as well as a wide variety of bromeliads, ferns. There will be potting demonstrations, cultural advice, sale of plants, fertilizers, pots etc., great floral art and raffles. Food and drinks will also be available but please note there are no credit card facilities or ATMs on site, so make sure to bring cash.

Contact 3378 8735 for more information.

The Lord Mayor now has a 6m x 3m marquee available for community groups to hire for events.  I also have a marquee,  3m x 3m, available  for community groups to use.   

Please contact the Ward Office on 3407 0220 for more details.

The new Brisbane West MyPolice Blog has launched. The website provides important, up-to-date public safety and public interest information including crime alerts and statistics, community news and safety and security tips. Follow this link to the website.

Crimes reported for the period from 23/02/2015 to 01/03/2015:

Pullenvale 2
Kenmore 1

Policelink 131 444 is the new number to report non-urgent incidents 24 hours a day. If the crime is not happening right now, is not life threatening or there is little likelihood the suspected are still in the area, phone policelink on 131 444 to report the crime.

Save Triple Zero (000) for emergencies!