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27 Aug 10 | Despite predictions of rain Cowra will shine bright yellow today in support of the Cancer Council’s annual Daffodil Day fundraiser.
27 Aug 10 | Year 7 science students from St Raphael’s Central School left the classroom recently for an interactive tour of environmental initiatives undertaken by Cowra Shire Council, as part of the Lachlan CMA Natural Resource Management Project.
27 Aug 10 | EIGHT young Cowra apprentices have been learning on the job again this week, continuing with the
construction of the newest house under the Cowra Community Development Trust.
26 Aug 10 | Storage levels at Wyangala Dam have reached more than 20 per cent of capacity continuing to boost confidence in water supplies across the region, with the State Government lifting the temporary water restriction on the Lachlan River this week.
25 Aug 10 | Cowra singer/songwriter Melissa Robertson is still on cloud nine after learning one of her songs has again made the shortlist of the Australian Songwriting Associations Annual Competition.
The Australian Songwriting Contest is highly respected and extremely prestigious and is the largest competition in the country.
25 Aug 10 | Past and present students who have participated in the Cowra-Seikei exchange program-one of the longest running in the country-celebrated the 40th anniversary last weekend.
Since 1970, the exchange program has provided
students from both schools with the opportunity to
experience a different cultural environment, learn a new language and develop new friendships.
25 Aug 10 | Cowra police officers have helped raise more than $5,000 for the Cowra Police Citizens and Youth Club’s new building on the Young Road.
The amount was a result of a combined charity Golf Day, raffle and monster auction, hosted on Friday, August 13.
Now that the final figures are in, it was time to say thank you, explained Sergeant Terry Johns, one of the key organisers.
25 Aug 10 | Minotaur Exploration is continuing their search in the Cowra region for copper and gold, with drilling finding interesting geological rock types.
Senior Geologist Barry Vanderstellt said last year was very busy for the exploration work with major helicopter airborne surveys identifying areas of interest and 100 targets.
25 Aug 10 | Cowra Mayor Bill West has welcomed the announcement by NSW Minister for Water Phil Costa that a new bridge will be built across the Lachlan River to ensure continued access to Wyangala Dam, Wyangala village and areas to the north.
“This is an excellent result for the Councils of Cowra and Boorowa but more particularly the Wyangala community,” explained Cr West.
23 Aug 10 | On Wednesday 8th September, Country Women’s Association members in Cowra and around the state will celebrate the inaugural CWA Awareness Day. Local branches across the state will hold their own form of celebration including open days and community celebrations to bring attention to the roles played by this community conscious organisation.
23 Aug 10 | AFGW (Australian Federation of Graduate Women), also known as ‘The Graduates’ is an organisation promoting the advancement of education for rural women, by funding scholarships and prizes.
23 Aug 10 | A busy pharmacy is not normally a venue for a morning tea.
It was certainly the case however, for Guardian Pharmacy with staff hosting a thank you function for their army of knitters who participated in the national Guardian Angels Knitting program.
23 Aug 10 | Tidy Towns assessors were busy travelling to various sites around Gooloogong last Thursday morning to judge whether the town deserves the Australian Sustainable Cities Award.
This year Gooloogong was nominated for the award, which comes under the Tidy Towns and Keep Australia Beautiful initiative.
23 Aug 10 | The State Government finally confirmed on Friday a new bridge will be built across the Lachlan River just outside the village of Wyangala to ensure continued access for
residents during a $31 million upgrade of Wyangala Dam.
NSW Minister for Water Phil Costa made the announcement, guaranteeing a form of an alternative route before the road atop the wall is closed.
23 Aug 10 | Cowra voters made a significant contribution towards returning sitting member Alby Schultz with a massively increased margin for his fifth successive term in the Federal parliament in Saturday’s Federal election.
Whilst the overall results remains uncertain Schultz was a clear winner in Hume.
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21 Aug 10 | Sitting Member Alby Schultz returned for a fifth successive term in Hume.
20 Aug 10 | On August 5 the Cowra Garden Club held their monthly and annual meetings.
The past year has been busy and interesting with guests speakers, garden visits and the Cowra Open Gardens weekend.
20 Aug 10 | Many of you may have noticed a number of changes at JGW Harvest & Tillage Support over the past year that involved the relocation to newer and bigger premises on Olympic Highway.
The growing demand for our services meant that we had to increase our capacity by expanding our operations. We have now completed a custom fit out of what used to be the wool stores into a fully functioning service workshop, built a new spare parts showroom and offices.
20 Aug 10 | The blue and white building that has dominated Redfern Street for years has had a new coat of green and red paint which can only mean one thing-Bunnings has arrived in Cowra.
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20 Aug 10 | Staff at Westpac in Cowra helped support the RSPCA’s Cupcake Day on Monday to assist in the care and
protection of Australia’s animals.
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