Category: Community Noticeboard

Paluma Games Night, October 18th

Peter and Dorothy Klump have announced that this year’s Paluma Games Night will be held on  Saturday, October 18th, at the Community Hall starting at 5:30 pm.

The evening will start with a sausage sizzle dinner ($3.00) at 5:30 pm, with the bar open for the purchase of drinks, including Lynda Radbone’s famous Mulled Wine. By 7:oo pm, the teams of two will have been announced and the various games will commence. These will include darts, indoor bowls, ping pong, and soccer pinball to name a few.

Previous years have proved a great success with lots of friendly participation mixed with bouts of enthusiastic competition. There are probably a few residents looking to topple the previous winners in some categories, so the spirits will be high.

This year will include a special “Children’s Competition” (12 years and under). Prizes included.

If possible, please let Peter or Dorothy know (pdklumpp1@bigpond.com) if you will be coming so we can ensure we have plenty of food and drinks for all .

Hope to see you there!

Paluma & District Community Association Executive Meeting Notice

The PDCA will be having its executive meeting on Saturday August 23rd at 5pm at the hall. All residents are welcome to attend and engage with the agenda though voting rights are for executive members only.

The meeting will start promptly at 5pm with drinks available for purchase at the bar after closure of the meeting.

Bring along some bar snacks to share if you wish.

Funeral for Les Hyland

Les is being privately cremated this Thursday 10th and A Celebration of Life Service will be held next Tuesday 15th July at Morleys Lakeside  Chapel at 2.00 p.m. with refreshments to follow on site.

Hope you have plenty of volunteers for this year’s Paluma Push and that all goes well on the day. Les had so enjoyed being a part of it all for many years at Checkpoint One.

Lynn Hyland

Les Hyland – the end of a life of social commitment

It is with great sadness that I report the passing of Les Hyland on Wednesday, July 2nd. Les was a well-loved respected part of the Paluma Community who served in numerous roles with passion, humour and dedication. A more detailed obituary will follow, along with information about the funeral, but here are some words from Lynn regarding his last days.

Les had taken a very sudden decline in mental and physical health over the past month and had suffered a number of falls , fortunately with no serious obvious  injuries. His last fall on June  24th resulted in an admission to TUH in the early hours of the morning. Each day he rapidly declined further and was finally admitted to the Palliative Ward at 4.00 a.m. yesterday Tue. 1st July. He hadn’t slept for 7 days which made matters a lot worse. He had accepted using his CPAP mask on Mon.30th and was a lot more settled but we knew by then that he wasn’t going to be coming home. At no time was he in pain or distressed. The decision was made at 2.30 p.m. to remove the mask and up his morphine levels. He was gone from us by 3.15 p.m. – very quiet and peaceful, the way he would have wanted it to be.

Lynn Hyland

Volunteers Needed

The Mike Carney Toyota Paluma Push will be held on July 12 this year. Hidden Valley Cricket Grounds will be the HQ Central as well as the start and finishing points. This event has been supported by our community and the SES and RFS in the past with manning of checkpoints as well as the very important job of manning the PDCA bar at the campgrounds.

Having done both, I can highly recommend donating your time and effort to such a positive and very social event. It is worth all the laughs, joy and fun this kind of event pulls in, not to mention the dollars for our community.

If you would like to help at a checkpoint please contact Charlie Allen on 4777 5112.

If you’d like to help out at the PDCA bar, please contact Wilfred on 0447 822 626