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March 2012, Edition 46 Page 10<br />
<strong>Glenden</strong> Library Weekly Activities:<br />
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday<br />
9.30am - 10.30am<br />
Baby Bounce<br />
Ages up to 5 years<br />
2.30pm - 3.30pm<br />
Research Assist<br />
School Age<br />
2.30pm - 3.30pm<br />
Research Assist<br />
School Age<br />
3.00pm - 4.00pm<br />
Junior Bookclub<br />
Ages 10 to 17<br />
9.30am - 10.30am<br />
Storytime<br />
Ages up to 5 years<br />
2.30pm - 3.30pm<br />
Research Assist<br />
School Age<br />
2.30pm - 3.30pm<br />
Craft Activities<br />
All Ages<br />
Local company takes celebrating their staff to next level<br />
9:30am - 10:30am<br />
Storytime<br />
Ages up to 5 years<br />
2.30pm - 3.30pm<br />
Research Assist<br />
School Age<br />
Birthdays at one local business just got a whole lot better with the announcement staff will be entitled to extra paid<br />
leave for their special day. Queensland Country took the extraordinary step of gifting their staff with an extra day of paid<br />
leave as part of a broader initiative to reward and recognise staff.<br />
Queensland Country CEO Aileen Cull said while recent staff survey results were considered some of the best for a<br />
workplace there was always room to do more. “We wanted to introduce something that all staff could celebrate at an<br />
individual level, and Birthdays are the perfect occasion to do that,” she explained.<br />
Further to the Birthday leave, staff are now also encouraged to participate in a reward and recognition program called<br />
‘Share The Love’. “While our culture is underpinned by treating staff with equality, it’s also important that we celebrate<br />
exceptional performance. ‘Share the Love’ encourages staff to recognise their colleagues for outstanding effort,” she<br />
explained.<br />
The paid Birthday leave is on top of an already generous five weeks annual leave and is available to all staff who have<br />
successfully completed their three to six month probation period. Queensland Country is also recognised as an employer<br />
of choice for women, one of only 19 businesses in Queensland with this honour.<br />
Giant Pumpkins - Time to Sow<br />
Now is the time for all those entrants in this year’s Clermont Show -<br />
the Isaac Region’s Show - to get their pumpkin seeds planted and<br />
start planning how to grow their record breaking pumpkins.<br />
Show Committee Chairman, David Keene, advises that more than 40<br />
nomination packs, which include giant pumpkin seeds and growing<br />
instructions, have already been sold throughout the region.<br />
“This is one area of the show where anyone from anywhere in the<br />
Isaac Region can become involved in their local show. Schools,<br />
commercial businesses, home gardeners, or professional farmers all<br />
have what it takes to compete - a small area of land, access to<br />
modern technology and a desire to present the Isaac region to the<br />
rest of Australia as a great place to grow. What better way than to<br />
produce a record breaking pumpkin with your name on it!”<br />
Competition organiser, John Burnett<br />
advises that there are still plenty of seed<br />
packs available for anyone who missed<br />
out at last year’s show. Fiona James, at<br />
Elders Clermont will be able to supply<br />
your needs, but it is important to get<br />
active now, as it takes approximately<br />
100 days to produce a giant pumpkin.<br />
The Queensland record stands at over<br />
300 kg, but with good planning and the<br />
right weather, anything is possible.<br />
Good luck to all growers!<br />
For more information please contact<br />
Fiona James 4983 1388,<br />
Melinda Nicholas 4983 3023 or<br />
Jan Burnett 4983 5175.
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