The Parkes Que Club new committee members are Lyndall Bowen, Colleen Mitchell, Miriam Luyt, President Jeanine Boland, Cathy Clarke, AnnMarie Wynter, Raelene Rout, Karen Ritchie, Kay Craft and Ingrid Stephenson.
Parkes Que Club has a new board. Regrettably, one of its first tasks was to cancel our annual International Women’s Day luncheon at the Services Club, which so many of our citizens enjoy – another victim of the current COVID crisis.
This was to be Bev Laing’s last contribution to our club. A former president of Que and member of the Parkes Shire Council, she has been a wonderful contributor for a long time, with the organisation of the IWD event being her prime job in the last few years. Bev and Lew have moved from Parkes to be closer to their family and they will be greatly missed.
Que Club is roaring back to life after the holidays with a wonderful day at the races where, with so many people enjoying a beautiful day out, we manned the canteen offering punters great food and big smiles and earning a good amount to help with our service work.
Que members work to help the speech and hearing impaired in our community and to improve the lot of disadvantaged women and children in particular. We also host events such as Open Gardens and support the community whenever the opportunity presents itself, while at the same time we make great friends, and enjoy lots of fellowship and fun.
Caterers unmasked: Wendy Neville, Helen Heraghty, Anne Steel, Raelend Rout. Lyndall Bowen, Kay Craft and Susan Ball.
March will see Rhonda Brain OAM, of birth to kindergarten fame, coming to our business meeting bringing with her an expert in early literacy from the Blue Mountains to talk to us, and that should be really interesting. The club provides a book to each new mother in Parkes, and at birth to kindergarten day when requested.
I remember the year when Rhonda asked us to hang about down the street, dressed in red and reading books. Malcolm and I did that, and we even got some washable red dye to put in our hair. Mine came out at the first wash, but Mal had pink hair for a fortnight! Needless to say, we haven’t tried that again.
We are as always looking for new members to bring new ideas and invigorate our club. We will need at least three of you to take Bev Laing’s place, so if you think you might like to join the Que, please give me a call on 0407 894 498 for more information.
By Pam Nankivell