Local News
09 Aug 10 | Cowra Shire Council workers were busy cleaning up a southern section of Redfern Street last Friday morning after vandals ripped out hundreds of plants that Council planted as part of the beatification program for the area.
06 Aug 10 | Cowra High School staff and students were privileged to have acclaimed artist, actor and musician Stan “Yarramunua” Dryden visit for their NAIDOC Week activities.
06 Aug 10 | By Gerald Cowan
Vintage car enthusiasts are a dedicated bunch. Many spend decades forking out money and painstakingly restoring a car built sometimes more than 80 years ago, with the hope that the car will run as it once did.
Most restorations begin with the chassis, and from there the brakes, suspension, steering and engine, parts are sourced from all sorts of places and stored in the collectors’ private workshop.
06 Aug 10 | There may have been 835 entries from 77 schools in The Sun-Herald Ultimate Story Competition but none of them could compare to Cowra High School’s Billy Robertson who was awarded first prize.
It was a nice surprise the Year 9 student never expected when entering the competition.
06 Aug 10 | Woolgrowers are being urged to support the Wool Competition at this year’s Cowra Show.
The competition has become a showcase for the annual event and sponsors Beecher Wool Services want to maintain and actually build on its status.
06 Aug 10 | Cowra Showground is the place to be tomorrow Saturday the 7th when the annual Legacy auction takes place commencing at 10am. Prior to the auction a garage sale of small nick knacks will commence at 9am. Tom’s sausage sizzle and cake stall will be operating with a delightful array of home baked cakes accompanied by tea, coffee and light refreshments.
06 Aug 10 | The uniqueness of Cowra internationally due to WWII’s Japanese PoW Camp Breakout was highlighted during yesterday’s ceremonies as part of the 2010 anniversary of the tragic event.
04 Aug 10 | The NSW Government is encouraging women to apply for the annual RIRDC Rural Women’s Awards for 2011, Minister for Primary Industries Steve Whan said today.
The Australian Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation (RIRDC) Rural Women’s Award, showcases outstanding women who make a contribution to industry and their rural communities.
04 Aug 10 | The all singing, all dancing fabulous Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club with special guests, Chris Duncan, Catherine Strutt, String Theory and more will tour regional towns in NSW, including Grenfell, for the first time later this year.
04 Aug 10 | IN ONE respect the residents of Grenfell are lucky - they have two doctors on call; in another they aren’t: neither GP is registered to work in, or admit patients to, the small local hospital. For that reason the former goldmining town is eagerly awaiting a GP to fill its Visiting Medical Officer (VMO) position.
04 Aug 10 | Cowra Council has been successful in receiving $109,000 in funding from the Federal Attorney General’s Office for a project targeting security for over 55’s.
04 Aug 10 | Local residents will benefit from the expertise of a combined service network in the region after the formation of the Cowra and District Rural Service Group on Wednesday, July 28.
04 Aug 10 | Once a year the St Raphael’s Parents and Friends ask you to put your thinking caps on and join them for their annual Quiz Night.
That time of year is coming around again.
04 Aug 10 | When the Imperial Hotel’s Tommy Jeffs read a story in the Cowra Guardian about people going without in the local area and the need for warm clothing and blankets, he decided to do something about it.
04 Aug 10 | Two indigenous women who identified themselves as Ngunnawal people and one a Ngunnawal Elder believe Cowra Council is disrespecting them and their ancestors by erecting signs saying Welcome to Wiradjuri country.
04 Aug 10 | Picture a place where life is easy, a town where tranquility and harmony are embraced every day.
A haven of fresh air, open spaces and natural beauty.
02 Aug 10 | The House With No Steps, a leading provider of support services for people with disabilities, would like to extend an open invitation to the Cowra community to join us and celebrate the official opening of our new group home in Cowra.
02 Aug 10 | A 1,250 km charity cycle ride from Bourke to Sydney will pass through Cowra in a bid to raise money for
disadvantaged young Australians.
The inaugural BT Future2 Wheel Classic is an
initiative of Ray Griffin and Peter Bobbin, founding trustees of Future2, the foundation of the financial
planning profession.
02 Aug 10 | Members of the public are invited to inspect the new Weeroona on Saturday and Sunday of this week.
The extensions will be open from 10am to 2pm on both days.
The expansion of Weeroona will ultimately result in the creation of 20 new jobs progressively over the next 12 months to provide the care for the new residents in the
extension.
02 Aug 10 | Torchbearer's for Legacy's Garage Sale/ Auction will be held on Saturday August 6 at Sheep Pavillion at the Showgrounds.
The sale starts 9am, with the auction at 11am.
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