2021 award recipients
Noel Desmond Saal from Top Camp received a Medal of the Order (OAM) for service to the community of Southeast Queensland. Key contributions include:
Lions District 201Q3
1992-1993: district governor
1972-1973: deputy district governor.
1991-1992 and 1999-2000: district secretary.
1996-1999: administration officer.
Lions District 201Q1
1969-1970: zone chairman.
1972-1973: deputy district governor.
1986-1989: district secretary.
1989-1991: re-districting chairman.
1980-1985: Lioness chairman.
1970-1972: Leo Clubs chairman. 1972-1973: deputy district governor.
Toowoomba West Lions Club
1983-1984 and 2006-2007: president.
1976-1978, 1984-1985, 1993-1994, 1995-1996, 2001-2002, 2003-2004 and 2007-2010: secretary.
Past vice-president.
2009-2017: membership chairman.
1972: member.
Clifton Lions Club
1968-1969: president.
1967-1968: inaugural vice-president.
1971-1972: secretary.
1969-1970: membership chairman.
1967: charter member.
Awards:
Melvin Jones Fellowship.
Lions Clubs International life member.
District Governor Excellence Award – Lions Club International.
100% District Governor Award.
2009-2010: Lion of the Year Award.
District Governor Appreciation Award – Toowoomba West Lions Club.
The late Peirce David Edwards from Middle Ridge received an OAM for service to the communities of Quilpie and South West Queensland.
Key contributions include:
Quilpie Shire Council
1997-2021: Mayor.
1969-1975 and 1990-2012: councillor.
Local government
One term: former chair – southwest local government association.
Former chairman – Bulloo Park user group.
Former board member – Quilpie Hospital, South West Hospital and Health Service.
Former member – South West Regional Economic Development board.
Former member – South West Regional road group.
Former member, Disaster Management Committee.
Former member – South West Natural Resource Management board.
Fifteen years – former member – Wild Dog Barrier Fence Panel (formerly Dingo Barrier Fence Panel).
The Queensland Dog Offensive Group (QDOG)
2009-2018: chairman.
2009-2015: founding member.
Community
Former president – Toompine Progress Association.
Former member – Quilpie Diggers Race Club.
Former member – Quilpie Polo Association.
Former member – The Quilpie All Horse Sports Association.
Former member – The Quilpie Club.
Carol Ann Paterson from Texas received an OAM for service to horse sports.
Key contributions include:
Pony Club Australia (PCA)
2015-2018: chair.
2013-2018: director.
2000-2015: Queensland Pony Club representative.
1990-2000: Queensland Coaching representative.
Pony Club Association Queensland (PCAQ) 1992-2007: vice-president.
Since 1988: member – state chief instructor panel.
Since 1980s: accredited dressage judge.
Since 1990s: team manager and team coach – Queensland and Australian representative teams, nationally and internationally.
Former zone chief instructor – zone 21.
2000s: chair – organising committees for the state dressage, combined training and horse trial championships.
1990s: Queensland national coaching accreditation scheme director.
2006: life member – zone 21.
Texas Pony Club
Chief instructor.
1971 – founding member.
Texas Show Society 1972-1980s: secretary.
Since 1990s: co-ordinator, show jumping classes, annual show.
Equestrian – Other
Since 1980s: accredited dressage judge – Equestrian Australia.
Community
Former supporter – Texas Kindergarten.
Former Supporter – Texas Cottage Industries Craft Shop.
Ronald Keith Lindenberg from Toowoomba received an OAM for service to rugby league.
Key contributions include:
Toowoomba Valleys Junior Rugby League
1992-1993: president.
Trophy named in honour.
1997: life membership.
Coach for 29 years.
Current: mentor.
Toowoomba Junior Rugby League
Former member – judiciary panel.
Former committee member – 20 years.
Life member.
Richard Kent Bligh from Toowoomba received an OAM for service to the community of the Darling Downs.
Key contributions include:
Royal Agricultural Society of Queensland Toowoomba 1999-2017: vice-president.
2000-2019: executive committee member.
1999-2019: chair – grounds committee.
Since 1995: general committee member.
Irrigation and Water Supply Commission
1968-1994: founding member – Condamine Plains Water board.
Order of Saint John of Jerusalem – Knights Hospitaller
Since 2010: Marshal of the Order – Darling Downs branch.
Betty Merle Denning from Pittsworth received an OAM for service to the community of Pittsworth.
Key contributions include:
Pittsworth Show Society
Since 2015: patron.
Since 1949: member.
Since 1984: steward – horticultural section.
1986: life member.
Community Health
Since 1989: volunteer – Beauaraba Living Auxiliary.
1978- mid 2010s: member – Ladies Auxiliary – Pittsworth Hospital.
Former volunteer – Pittsworth Ambulance.
Current: volunteer – Meals on Wheels.
Community Sport
Current: involved with the Pittsworth Polocrosse Association.
Ten years: volunteer – Kurrajong Pony Club.
Former volunteer and caterer – Pittsworth Basketball Association.
Community
Sixty years: member – Pittsworth sub-branch Ladies Auxiliary – Returned and Services League of Australia.
Former tuckshop volunteer – Pittsworth State Primary School and Pittsworth High School.
Former volunteer – local opportunity shop.
Former member – Pittsworth Historical Society.
Current: volunteer – local Uniting Church.
Awards
2015-2016: District Governor Distinguished Service Award for outstanding service to her community – Pittsworth Lions Club.
2002: Pittsworth Citizen of the Year.