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Items marked with * require bookings.

Contact the relevant library or
3403 8888.

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Babies, Books and Rhymes
Tuesdays, 2pm
Fridays, 9:30am

Toddler Time
Wednesdays, 9:30am

Children's Storytime
Thursdays, 9:30am

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CORINDA LIBRARY

Second Saturday book club*
2-3pm, Sat 11 May
For May, read and discuss The Dry by Jane Harper. New members always welcome.

Android skills two*
11am-12:30pm, Wed 15 May
Bring your own Android tablet and Google Play Store account details.

Carbon gardening - the biological foundations of organic gardening*
1-3pm, Sat 18 May
Find out how to boost your soil carbon to grow nutrient dense vegetables and healthy ornamental and native plants. Presented by Paul Plant, Registered Horticulturist.

National Simultaneous Storytime: Alpacas with Maracas*
11-11:30am, Wed 22 May
Celebrate Library and Information Week by joining children from all over Australia for a special reading of Alpacas with Maracas by Matt Cosgrove across the country at the same time.

Simple photo editing for smartphones and tablets*
11am-12:30pm, Wed 22 May
Bring your own device. Basic tablet or smartphone skills required.

Library and Information Week: Tea and trivia*
2-3pm, Thu 23 May
Join the Corinda Library staff in celebration of all that is wonderful about our libraries as we share a cuppa together, and engage in a friendly round of literary trivia.

The life and times of J R R Tolkien*
1-:30-11:30am, Tue 28 May
A revealing talk by local authority Peter Kenny that follows Tolkien's life through his early years, his romance with Edith Bratt, war service, Professor in Oxford, the Inklings, the development of his famous stories, the cult of the sixties, and his later years.

Online safety and security basics*
11am-12:30pm, Wed 29 May
Basic computer and internet skills required.

Yarning and poetry with Aunty Theresa Creed*
2-3pm, Wed 29 May
Theresa's poetry tells her story and the history of her family, from the undisturbed times to war and invasion, the Aboriginal mission and reserve system, the land rights movement, and life today.

First Friday craft group*
1:30-3pm, Fri 7 June
Drop into our First Friday craft group and bring your favourite craft to work on and share.

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GOLD

Swiss Ball and Pilates*
9:30-10:30am, Mondays
Until 10 June (except public holidays)
A low intensity, easy workout that includes a mixture of strength, balance and pilates exercises.
Chelmer Community Centre

*Requires booking. Please contact 3403 8888 to secure your place.
$ - costs involved

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SHERWOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE
38 Thallon St, Sherwood
3379 6963

SEALS
Seniors group
1-3pm, Tuesdays

Western Suburbs Clay Workers
10am, Wednesdays
Contact Gai on 0411 090 370

Mudlarks Pottery Club
11am, Fridays
Basic pottery skills required
Contact Muriel on 3379 8539

Physiotherapy Classes
10:30-11:30am, every second Monday
Contact 3379 6963

Grumpy Old Men's Group
10am-12pm, Thursdays

Computer Lessons
Six one hour lessons for beginners to intermediate.
$30.00
Contact Leigh on 3379 5395

Computer Hardware
2-5pm, every 2nd and 4th Wednesday
Contact Gary 3278 5395

Clutter Group
2nd Wednesday of the month
Contact David on 0400 903 663

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Western Suburbs Anxiety and Depression Support Group
Mondays
Contact Roy on 0400 921 510

Social Group
10am-12pm, Mondays
$3 per session

Sherwood Neighbourhood Centre
Graceville Social Soccer
Friday mornings from 6am to 7am

Graceville Memorial Oval
Players of all standards welcome for an easy going kick around (no hard tackles!).
Contact Paul if you would like more information: 0414 228 736

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Nature Babes
9:30am - 11:30am Wednesdays
0-5yrs Playgroup

Benarrawa CDA
79 Waratah Ave, Graceville
Ph: 3379 9925

English Classes
Advanced: 10am -11:30am Tuesdays
Beginner: 10am - 11:30am Thursday
Acacia Ridge Community Centre

Parenting Conversation Corners
1:30 - 2:30pm Thursdays
Indooroopilly Uniting Church

Ukulele Community Group
2pm - 4pm Sundays
Ph: Ian on 0439 715 144
Corinda State School

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Chelmer Speakers Group
Learn to speak in public and enjoy it
Sherwood AFL Club
41 Chelmer Street East, Chelmer

Sherwood Senior Citizens' Club
9am-12pm Every Thursday
Uniting Church Hall, Cnr Sherwood Rd and Thallon St, Sherwood
Morning tea at 9am followed by group meeting and activities
For more information ph: Margaret 0407 075 446

Rotary Club Taylor Bridge
Tuesdays 6.45pm for 7pm
Sherwood-Indooroopilly RSL
2 Clewley St, Corinda
Ph: 3379 2002 for more details.

Chelmer and District Probus Club
9:45am, every 4th Tuesday of month
Croll Memorial Precinct, (opposite Sherwood Services Club)
2 Clewley St, Corinda
Kathy - 3379 7237 for more details

Sherwood Probus Club
Every 3rd Friday of month
Magpies AFL Club
Chelmer St E, Chelmer
3372 7525 for more details

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Oxley Creek Common Carers
Tuesdays 7-9am
Volunteer weeding group
Meet at the red shed
Sherwood Rd, Rocklea
Ph 0429 911 555

Gardening Club
10am every second Tuesday
Acacia Ridge Community Centre

Sherwood Arboretum Working Bee
8am - 10am every third Sunday of the month
Joseph Street Garden Shed, Sherwood

Graceville Community Garden
Sundays 7am
Benarrawa Community Centre
79 Waratah Ave, Graceville
Ph: 3379 9925

Work will begin next week on the new playground at Dunlop Park, Corinda.

The $130,000 project, to be undertaken in two stages, includes:

Stage 1:

• a new playground, including interactive fort ($110,000), which includes:
• climbing and agility equipment for both toddlers and older kids;
• swing set, including toddler and basket swings;
• Jeep rocker;
• spinner/carousel;
• shade sail (approx. $25,000);
• new tap and dog bowl;
• new bins; and
• top soil to level the entrance to Oxley Rd.

Stage two (when funding permits):

• learner bike circuit; and
• footpath to the playground from Oxley Rd.

For a more detailed view of the design, visit my website here.

The park is due for completion by mid-June 2019, weather permitting, and I will be in touch closer to this time with details on the official launch.

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Work on the new footpath in Central Ave, Sherwood is now complete and ready for use!

Thank you to residents in the street for your patience during works. The new footpath looks great and will very much improve safety for those walking down the street with prams, wheelchairs and walkers.

Council will return in August 2019 to assess any minor maintenance works. However, if you notice any damage to the footpath, please let me know and I will ask Council to undertake repairs.

With the help of local school students and residents, the Sherwood-Indooroopilly RSL has released its book The Great War 1914-1918, which tells the stories of the 84 local men and women who lost their lives during World War One.

Released on the centenary of the armistice on 11 November 2018, the book consists of brief bios on the 84 local fallen service men and women as written by local students and residents and is available in hard copy at local Brisbane libraries and in digital form on the RSL's website here.

Local schools that participated include: 

• Ambrose Treacy College
• Brigidine College
• Christ the King Primary School
• Corinda State School
• Corinda State High School
• Graceville State School
• Holy Family School
• Indooroopilly State School
• Indooroopilly State High School
• Oxley State School
• Sherwood State School
• St Aidan's Anglican Girls' School
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
• St Peter's Lutheran College

Well done to the Sherwood-Indooroopilly RSL and local students on all your hard work. The book is a wonderful local history resource that helps honour those from our community that fought and lost their lives in The Great War.

Council is seeking donations for those experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

You can assist by donating non-perishable food and/or toiletry items until Friday, 14 June at my office at Fairfield Gardens Shopping Centre, 180 Fairfield Rd, Fairfield.

Homeless Connect brings together business and community groups at a one-day event to give free services to people experiencing homelessness or those at risk of homelessness. The project has helped more than 16,580 people since Brisbane City Council held the first Homeless Connect in Australia in November 2006.

Homeless Connect events provide the following:

• volunteer medical and allied health care professionals including doctors, dentists, optometrists, podiatrists and massage therapists;
• housing support;
• haircuts by volunteer barbers and hairdressers;
• immunisation delivered by Council's immunisation team;
• personal grooming items such as towels and face washers, toothbrushes and toothpaste, shampoo and deodorant;
• clothes and shoes for adults, children and babies;
• bedding; and
• non-perishable food items.

The event will be held on Thursday, 27 June 2019 at the Brisbane Racing Club, Doomben Racecourse (Hampden Street, Ascot). Guests can enjoy a meal, socialise, participate in activities and access much needed services.

Congratulations to Braille House at Annerley and the Sherwood Indooroopilly RSL at Corinda on being selected for funding as part of the Brisbane Airport Community Giving Fund! The Fund  is available to community organisations within the Brisbane area that provide health and wellbeing, safety, education, environment or other community benefit initiatives.

The Community Giving Fund is open every year and funds grants ranging up to $1000. If you would like to be notified when the next round opens, sign up to the Giving BAC eNewsletter here.

the Queensland Government's Road Safety Grants are now open and accepting applications for funding up to $20,000 for community organisations working to drive fundamental culture change about road safety in their area.

The 2019 Round is offering funding up to a maximum of $20,000 for short-term, small scale projects across the following areas:

• childhood road safety;
• bicycle education;
• road safety education;
• motorcycles;
• seatbelts (rural and remote communities);
• fatigue;
• pedestrians; and
• safer seniors.

Applications close at Midnight, 7 June 2019. For more information, visit the Road Safety Grants website here or email the grants team at roadsafetygrants@tmr.qld.gov.au.

Queensland Urban Utilities (QUU) have made some changes to their Concealed Leak Policy to help improve the experience for residents who have a concealed leak on their property.

A concealed leak is an underground water leak in the private plumbing pipework servicing a property. These leaks occur on the private property side of the water meter and are usually underground and hidden from view. There are often no visible signs of dampness, which can lead to costly water consumption costs. 

QUU's Concealed Leak Policy aims to assist residents who have experienced a concealed leak by offering different levels of compensation, depending on the type of leak and property. For more information on these changes and the Policy, visit QUU's website here.

Khaki Weed Spray Program
During the week of 13 May 2019 (weather permitting), Council will undertake a one-off spray program for khaki weed within the dog off leash areas in the region.

The dog off leash areas will remain open, as the treatment is targeted directly at the weeds and presents no danger to dogs. However, if you have any concerns, the treatment will no longer be present the week following the spraying program.

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Mosquito Spray Program
Council manages a number of known breeding sites that are monitored and treated for mosquito larvae around the City. The program includes treating standing water with larvicide to prevent the emergence of adult mosquitos. Known sites include drains, outlets and pools of water that remain after rain events. For a list of known sites within the Tennyson Ward, visit my website here.