‘The guest speaker at the Catholic Mens Dinner Club on Monday 24^th February was Mackay Regional Councillor Kevin Casey.

Kevin who has been the longest serving councillor has decided not to contest at the next council election. Kevin has served on the council for 16 years. During this time he has served under 4 mayors and for one term he was Deputy Mayor which was a huge honour as this was a third generation of the Casey family to serve as a councillor and as Deputy Mayor.

Serving the people of Mackay with great distinction was paramount for Kevin, talking to people directly about their problems and finding solutions where possible. During his time on the council he has been there during various natural disasters, the mining boom and other events, all of which caused numerous problems to infrastructure.  Now, Kevin is quite proud of the achievements of council in not only having all maintenance up to date but also in having infrastructure that can handle future growth.

Kevin has been a member of the Mens Dinner Club for over 25 years and was Chairman for several years.  Kevin is also in the parish of St Mary's, Mackay and has been on various committees.  He has also been involved with various sporting groups.

He will be missed on the council; he enjoyed his time there. However, he is looking forward to spending more time with his wife Tricia and family and grand children in America.

The Mens Dinner Club meets again on Monday 30th March 6.30pm for 7pm start at the Boomerang Hotel with a Mystery Guest Speaker. Visitors welcome’

Left to Right:-    Mick Tweddle, Kevin Casey, Frank Doolan.

justice@mercy Clothes Sorting

The Mercy College service committee ‘justice@mercy’ recently assisted the Apostolic Church members to sort donated clothing, to be recycled and sent overseas to the Philippines. Students had the huge task of sorting bags and bags of donated clothing into ladies, mens, boys, girls and baby winter and summer clothing as well as sorting work clothes that needed to be repaired, washed or thrown out.

After one and a half hours of sorting many bags, larger bags were packed and ready to be transported and distributed to new homes and grateful people in the Philippines.