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20 Aug 10 | Wool competition sponsors Beecher Wool Services are scratching their heads and wondering how they can boost entry numbers in this year's Cowra Show wool competition.
Not only have they subsidised the entry fee - making the competition free for woolproducers - they embarked on a very public appeal to remind people of the benefits from entering.
20 Aug 10 | Former Cowra High School Captain Adrian Kiely has shown that just because you attended a country high school does not mean you cannot achieve your goals.
Kiely has been awarded the Sir Richard Williams Trophy for the Royal Australian Air Force’s Fighter Pilot of the Year for 2009.
18 Aug 10 | If I was PM for a day…that’s what we asked these students of Cowra High School
Bridgette Cowell
I would build a series of houses for the homeless in town where there is no place for them to go. There is a definite need for
houses for women who have been abused.
18 Aug 10 | Cowra voters will have a choice between seven candidates in the Federal Election, all vying for the seat of Hume.
The candidates in ballot paper order are: Charles Liptak (Family First), Greg Butler (Australian Democrats), Robin Saville (ALP), Lisa Milat (Liberal Democrats), Kevin Watchirs (The Greens), Karen Buttigieg (Christian Democratic Party) and Alby Schultz (Liberal).
18 Aug 10 | More than 280 of Cowra’s opera lovers enjoyed a dazzling night of entertainment with Oz Opera’s La traviata last week at the Cowra High School hall.
Cowra Arts Council president Jonathan Wright said Cowra showed great support for the event and says the highly anticipated performance met all expectations.
18 Aug 10 | Producers keen to tap into new ideas and explore how they may help their own farming practices can be inspired at an upcoming open day.
A grazing project partnership between Mid Lachlan Landcare and Lachlan Catchment Management Authority aims to engage graziers to learn about and implement sustainable grazing practices and support a peer network who have already changed their management.
18 Aug 10 | Veterans from two wars will join together to remember those who did not return during a sunset ceremony today.
Cowra RSL sub-Branch and Cowra Vietnam Veterans, their families and friends will gather at the Cenotaph and Vietnam war memorial in Brisbane Street at sunset on August 18 to commemorate VP Day and the anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan in South Vietnam, in 1966.
18 Aug 10 | Cowra residents are set to enjoy a home improvement boost with the opening of Bunnings on Thursday.
Formerly a Mitre 10 store, the revamped Bunnings Cowra on Redfern Street will offer local residents a wide range of home, garden and hardware products at the lowest prices.
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18 Aug 10 | It is the question on everyone’s lips – what storage level is Wyangala Dam at?
Officially, State Water listed it at 17.2 per cent capacity as of yesterday morning and it continues to rise steadily since an initial dramatic gain on Friday morning.
16 Aug 10 | Supporters of the Cowra Breakout Association believe it is time for the next generation to step forward and take the story on to a new chapter.
The group is calling for ideas, inspiration and events from the general public on how to commemorate the anniversary and promote the story behind Australia’s only WWII land battle.
16 Aug 10 | Former Wyangala Dam Public School and Cowra High student Laura Marsh graduated from university on April 21, with a Bachelor of Science Honours from the University of Western Sydney.
16 Aug 10 | improved.
The improvement occurred after Cowra Shire Council sent letters of demand to 243 ratepayers.
In a report to last week’s council meeting, Corporate Services Director Graham Apthorpe said the letters had been sent to ratepayers who had not paid their rates.
16 Aug 10 | Mayor Bill West has flagged CENTROC’s recent Recharging the Region summit as “very successful”, with transport and environmental issues discussed at the top of the agenda.
Representatives from councils across the central west headed to Mount Panorama in Bathurst at the end of last month to exchange ideas and to meet with government officials.
16 Aug 10 | If you happened to pass by Mulyan Public School or Holman Place Public School on Thursday morning you could have been forgiven for thinking the team at Backyard Blitz was in town.
More than 30 Bunnings employees from Dubbo, Orange, Mudgee, Bathurst and Sydney worked in drizzly conditions last Thursday to help build new garden areas in both the schools.
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16 Aug 10 | In less than 72 hours, emergency services crews in Canowindra dealt with two disaster extremes, the worst a severe fire that extensively damaged the Canowindra Services and Citizens Club on Sunday morning.
13 Aug 10 | Do you want to get healthy?
At some stage most of us would like to eat healthier, be more active or lose some weight.
13 Aug 10 | AN observation I find strange is that, with some people, whatever they do never turns out right
13 Aug 10 | Peregrine’s Brasserie at the Cowra Services Club offers a new menu and new dishes as well as some old favourites.
13 Aug 10 | The exhibition Crusty Oceania is featuring at the Cowra Regional Art Gallery until September 18.
13 Aug 10 | Comments from Cowra’s natural resource management committee raised the ire of several Cowra Shire councillors at this week’s council committee meeting.
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