Zonta Club of Bowen NEWSLETTER June 2012
25 June Committee Meetings
26 June Bowen Show
4 July Board Meeting
7 July Coffee Club 1:30 Blenderz
Juice Bar 21 Gregory St
11 July Dinner Meeting
Date Claimers
Club Contacts
President Cath Morgan
4720 4433 (w)
4786 4345 (h)
Correspon-
dence
Secretary
Lisa Raisbeck
4786 4288 (w)
0411 743 195 (h)
Minutes
Secretary
Raynee Bidgood
0437 755 567(h) [email protected]
Treasurer Lynette Klukas
4785 0000 (h) [email protected]
Newsletter Colleen Aberson
Roslyn Boyce
News Club 1476 Area 5 District 22
PO Box 916
Bowen Queensland 4805
Change of Location
Dinner Meetings and Board Meetings
will now be held upstairs in the
Function Room at the RSL Club, 38
William Street, Bowen. Meeting time
is 6.00pm for a 6.30pm start.
Committee Meetings will be now held
in the Conference Room at Bowen
FlexiCare, 44 William Street, Bowen.
Meeting time is 5.00pm.
The start of the 2012
“Relay For Life” The
Survivors and Carers lap.
Christine Blunt Madison
English, Emma Nebauer
and Conner Titmarsh and
Sid the seagull cut the
cake.
We once again provided
afternoon tea to the
Survivors and Carers.
Special News
Our Incoming Area Director is Hillary Grant who has
had two professional careers, one as a school teacher
and the other as a journalist. Hilary is pictured with
Cath, Veronica and Lynette.
The District 5 Area Meet-
ing was held in Towns-
ville on the 14 & 15 April
2012.
Veronica Hickmott, Lyn-
ette Klukas and Cath Mor-
gan attended.
Main Points of Interest
Membership is vital to
the overall organisation.
member numbers have
dropped across all Clubs.
Area Meeting
Relay For Life
The 2012/ 2013 Executive and Board members . Lisa Raisbeck, Fay McDonnell,
Shelley Tait, Bon Wharley, Kerry Picknell, Cath Morgan, Hilary Grant—Area 5
Director, Nan Hansen, Sandy Smith, and Jill Knight.
Bon Wharley congratulates Gillian Deckert the
winner of the 2011– 2012 Zonta Tertiary Bursary
Award.
2012 Handover Dinner
Hillary Grant presents Cath Morgan
the President’s badge.
The Club inducted two new members at the Handover
Dinner. Pictured are Angela Zyla, with President Cath
Morgan presenting Gertrud Tissen with her Zonta
membership pin.
President Cath Morgan and Membership Committee Chair
Hortense Ingram are pictured with the guest speaker of the
evening, Alethea Youse from the Whitsunday Australian South
Sea Island United Community.
Shelley Tait presented Kate Jacka and Karenne
Williams from the Bowen Community Council with
a donation cheque from the Zonta Club of Bowen.
Representing the Rotary Club of Bowen are Mark and Ann
Steen. Mark also supplied the sound equipment for the eve-
ning
Representing the Lions Ladies are Christine Blunt, Dale
Ockenden, Ruth Morton and Bev Dyne.
2012 Handover Dinner
Angela Stevens presents past
President Kerry Picknell with a gift
from the Club.
Nutty Chocolate Slice
Base Ingredients ½ cup flour
½ cup SR flour
½ cup desiccated coconut
½ cup caster sugar
100g melted butter
Topping Ingredients 150g milk chocolate baking chips
395g can sweetened condensed milk
1 cup toasted hazelnuts, skin rubbed off
Method
Combine the sifted flours in a bowl with the coconut, sugar and melted butter, stir
to combine. Press into the base of a greased and base-lined 28cm x 18cm slice tin.
Bake in a moderate oven 180ºC for 10 minutes or until lightly browned and
cooked through.
Scatter the chocolate chips evenly over the base: pour over the condensed milk,
then top with the hazelnuts. Return to the oven and cook for 25 minutes or until
golden brown
Recipes
2011 - 2012 Community Sponsors
Newsletter Editors Comments
Bowen Flexi Care Ladies Bowen Quilter’s Group Bowen Show Association Bowen Small Motors Bowen State High School Christine’s Home Hair Care Collinsville State High School Neil Cross and team from WRC Friends of Zonta Glennis Maltby Hickmott’s Supanews Judah Kelly Kindee Investments Pty Ltd Vanessa Knight Lions Club of Bowen Lions Club Ladies Mathew Magin G & S Engineering Services – Mackay Merinda – Denison Hotel Shuttle Bus North Qld Bulk Ports Corporation Pat McDonnell Earthmoving Ros-Lea House of Beauty and Hair Rotary Club of Bowen Bowen Home Hardware Rotary Club of Whitsunday RTM Engineering Pty Ltd Summergarden Theatre Walter and Judy Wilcox Xstrata Coal Queensland – Abbott Point Bulk Coal Pty Ltd & Newlands Coal Pty Ltd Queensland Government’s Building Rural Communities Fund Blueprint for the Bush
Colleen and I would like to thank Cath Morgan and Hortense Ingram for their guidance and assistance in helping us to complete
our first newsletter. If any members would like to contribute any stories, recipes, interesting facts and quotes or a picture please
feel free to drop Colleen or myself an email at [email protected] or [email protected]
Hope you all enjoy.
The Editors, Colleen Aberson and Roslyn Boyce