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10 Mar 10 | Eugowra horticulturalist David Herbert has been named a ‘Show Champion’ ahead of the 2010 Sydney Royal Easter Show in recognition of his ongoing dedication.
Each year, the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW (RAS) selects a group of exhibitors, entertainers and participants from across regional NSW who represent the myriad of Sydney Royal competitions to be ‘Show Champions’.
10 Mar 10 | Four Canowindra tourism leaders are challenging themselves to go back to the classroom and learn how to take their business even further.
10 Mar 10 | Educating young people about safe driving doesn’t just involve teenagers.
Sometimes it’s a matter of educating parents too.
That was one of the messages at last week’s Rotary Youth Driving Awareness Program, when dozens of senior students from Cowra, Canowindra and Grenfell high schools converged on the Cowra airport for a program aimed at reducing the representation of young drivers amongst accident statistics.
10 Mar 10 | The next meeting will be held in the CWA rooms, Blatchford Street, Canowindra on March 18 at 2.00pm.
All welcome.
10 Mar 10 | Moorbel Hall Markets will be held every 2nd Saturday of the Month, commencing on the 13th March.
They will be open from 8am til 12 noon and there will be a variety of stallholders and BBQ, Coffee and Teas will be available.
10 Mar 10 | The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Lachlan Area has been conducting Hazard Reduction burns at Weddin Mountains and Nangar National Parks.
10 Mar 10 | Twenty eight Year 9 & 10 students from Canowindra High School travelled to Red Bend Catholic College, Forbes on Thursday March 4th to compete in the 2010 Mid Lachlan Science & Engineering Challenge.
10 Mar 10 | This month marks four years since supporters of a Canowindra Skate Park began a community-driven campaign to construct their own facility in the town.
And although construction of the facility is still some months away, progress is continuing, stressed key supporters.
10 Mar 10 | Gaskill Greens might be the focus of a well known television program screening later this year but the benefits are really for Canowindra and the wider region, believes owner Greg Kocanda.
03 Mar 10 | The Volunteer for the Month of February is Mr Cec Balcombe of Canowindra.
Cec is a dedicated citizen of Canowindra who has providing many hundreds of hours of volunteer work to his community.
03 Mar 10 | Longtime Canowindra Balloonists Graham and Jan Kerr have thrown down the gauntlet to their aerial colleagues and are organising an April School Holiday ballooning competition.
03 Mar 10 | A band of Canowindra children are busy rehearsing for the latest production from Bean Shed Productions.
The children have been delighting Canowindra audiences for a number of years and are currently in the middle of seven weeks of rehearsals which will result in their own special take on Hamlet at the Canowindra High School Hall in late March.
03 Mar 10 | The identification of Cowra as a prime location for a container freight terminal was one of the key findings in a report released on Friday focusing on reviving the Cowra Rail line network.
03 Mar 10 | The issue of police numbers assigned to the Canowindra station isn’t as simple as petitioning for more, explained the head of the Cowra station and one of the Canobolas Local Area Command’s highest ranking officers.
03 Mar 10 | Blayney Shire Council General Manager, Aaron Jones, will have the authority to act on behalf of council for all decisions concerning Cadia Mine as the council is unable to raise a quorum to vote on issues regarding the mine’s new Cadia East development.
03 Mar 10 | The Rotary Club of Canowindra Inc. will again participate in the national Bowelscan Program.
Rotarians will be selling kits on Saturday 6 and March 13, and kits will also be available for purchase from Canowindra Pharmacy.
03 Mar 10 | Dear Editor,
Through your paper I would like to let your readers know that Billican Productions Inc. is in rehearsals again.
It is over a year since our last production, but many of our favourite actors plus some new ones are underway, getting ready to perform starting May 22.
03 Mar 10 | Catering effectively for the educational needs of talented students can be a challenge in itself, but when the students are spread far and wide and often isolated, the challenge becomes even harder.
24 Feb 10 | Canowindra P A & H association will be holding their AGM on Saturday March 6 at the Nangar Room, Canowindra Services Club at 7pm.
24 Feb 10 | The 2010 Student Representative Council (SRC) was elected last week by students.
Congratulations to the students pictured above who were successful.
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