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• Sacrilegious thieves targeting Toowoomba churches | Chronicle

  

  SACRILEGIOUS thieves have targeted a Toowoomba church is what has become a worrying trend around the city.Toowoomba Criminal Investigation Branch Detective Senior Sergeant Paul McCusker said offenders had broken into St Stephen's Uniting Church on Neil St sometime overnight Tuesday.He said while nothing had been reported stolen, police had been called to a number of similar incidents in recent weeks."There have been a number of churches in the Toowoomba area that seem to be the target of thieves..

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• Food van needs funds to roll out across Toowoomba | Chronicle

  

  BASE services co-ordinator Nat Spary is going for the trifecta; a transportable food van, kitchen upgrades and a social enterprise project Soup for a Soup Kitchen.(left) Alex Cooper and Milton Carballo from Teen Challenge volunteer to dish up lasagne and salad to (right) Mark Ordell at the Base Services soup kitchen.Elouise QuinlivanHe said after about a two-year dry spell in donations to the service, the future was now looking increasingly bright.Mr Spary said the Soup for a Soup Kitchen social..

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• Toowoomba beer drinkers raise a toast to home town | Chronicle

  

  The True North Bottle, Toowoomba.ContributedTHERE'S nothing better than a cold beer after a hard day's work and now lager drinkers in Toowoomba can raise a toast to their home town.The Garden City was chosen as one of 36 Queensland towns to appear on the label of the limited edition XXXX Origins - a new beer that has been brewed just for Queensland locals.Queenslanders around the state are now able to raise a toast to Toowoomba as the city's name appears on the bottle in their hand.XXXX Origins ..

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• Christmas angels visit sick children in appeal launch

  

  CHRISTMAS came early to the paediatric ward of the Toowoomba Hospital when angels dropped in from Clifford Gardens Shopping Centre.They were joined by a face painter and balloon maker, all with one goal in mind - to put smiles on dials.Yesterday was the official launch of the shopping centre's Angel Appeal which supports the Toowoomba Hospital Children's Appeal.Two angels graced the corridors of the children's ward visiting children, spreading Christmas cheer and handing out gift bags.Even docto..

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• 48 HOURS: Your guide to the weekend's sport

  

  CHECK out all the sport on across the Toowoomba region and Darling Downs this weekend.SATURDAYCRICKETTCI A grade. Open competition, round three day two. Highfields Railways v Metropolitan-Easts at Heritage Oval, University v Wests at USQ. Play resumes 12.30pm.RACINGClifford Park. Seven races starting at 5.17pmRoma. Eight race TAB meeting starting at 12.57pm. Roma Cup 5.23pm.Gatton. Five races starting at 1.05pm.RODEONational Rodeo Association. Finals round two at Clive Berghofer Stadium. Action ..

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• World Premmie Day celebrated at special care nursery

  

  Toowoomba Hospital's Special Care Nursery (SCN) Wendy Carlish with Lydia Tuapola, whose daughter Gloria is being cared for in the SCN.ContributedToowoomba Hospital's Special Care Nursery (SCN) Associate Nurse Unit Manager Wendy Carlish said World Prematurity Day was a great opportunity to raise awareness of the prevalence of preterm birth."Worldwide one in ten babies is born prematurely," Ms Carlish said."We have around 50 admissions to theSpecial Care Nurseryeach month and while not all babies ..

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• Askew comfortable with his call to end boxing days

  

  DARREN Askew is a never-say-never person, but for now he is happy to let his head rule his heart in his decision to end his pro boxing career.Askew decided six weeks ago to end his competitive ring days highlighted by a successful three-year stint in Toowoomba.The 31-year-old Englishman fought 10 times under the Smithy's TGW Gym banner for eight wins.His crowning moments were capturing Queensland and Victorian state titles and being part of the Aussie team which defeated Brazil at Rumours Intern..

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• Ljung in spotlight with important mounts

  Toowoomba apprentice Emma Ljung is set to burst back onto the city racing scene with two key rides at Doomben on Saturday.Ljung was being tipped to be the next leading apprentice in Brisbane after she rode her first city winner on Tukiyo at Doomben on June 27.However, Ljung, who had ridden 57 winners for the season, went to the Toowoomba night meeting where she broke her collar bone in a fall.She didn't return until early October and has since ridden six winners including Taiyoshin at Ipswich on..

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• We are lucky to live in a place of peace

  

  Toowoomba's tribute to the people of Paris.Kevin FarmerMAYOR'S DESK:The recent tragic events in Paris have reminded us again that not all of our brothers and sisters around the world enjoy the same remarkable freedom and peace as we do here in this region and indeed Australia.This week we have lit the Victoria St Bridge in the CBD blue, white and red as a show of solidarity with the Parisians.We want to send a message that we share their grief and disbelief at these terrible acts of evil.We also..

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• New city golf driving range complex takes shape

  

  City Golf Club golf operations manager Andrew Webb checks out the start of work on the club's new driving range complex.The state-of-the-art complex is currently under construction adjacent to City Golf Club on the corner of Water and Healy Streets.The $2.1 million City Golf Club project will occupy land on the Wilf Gowlett detention basin under a long-term lease arrangement with Toowoomba Regional Council.After an initial delay to the start of work while lease conditions were finalised, stages ..

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