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26 Jul 10 | Eventing rider Megan Bryant has joined the list of Cowra’s greatest sportspeople after being named Sportsperson of the Year on Saturday night.
Megan joins the likes of Gerard Beath, Mathew Cahill and Karen Lunn to be recognised as Cowra’s most outstanding athlete for 2009/10.
23 Jul 10 | Cowra has a new player in its Rural Real Estate and Livestock Market.
Ray White Rural Emms Mooney Cowra is the brand new result of the merger between some of the Central Tableland’s largest Rural Real Estate and Livestock Businesses.
23 Jul 10 | It may be a bit early for spring cleaning but right now you have the opportunity to not only rid yourself of unwanted furniture and items in good condition but also lend a helping hand to the local community.
23 Jul 10 | By Ashley Leal
The Cowra Rotary Club is well known throughout Cowra for many of its fundraising efforts and sponsorships.
What young people in Cowra might not know is that there are many programs and sponsorships available to them through the Club.
23 Jul 10 | Graham Traves named NSW Dorset Championships Member of the Year for 2010
23 Jul 10 | The Cowra Art Group finished the year on a very positive note with a ‘Christmas in July’ lunch and the launch of its Positive Ageing Project.
23 Jul 10 | The latest exercise craze has hit Cowra.
Demand for Zumba classes is on the increase as locals embrace the party-like workout to burn away the kilojoules.
23 Jul 10 | Remember Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman in Driving Miss Daisy, the Academy award winning movie that captivated so many?
23 Jul 10 | Former Day Care bus presented to community care group
21 Jul 10 | Cowra High School general assistant Craig Simpson has a humble wish, that students learn of his oversees peacekeeping work with the military and become inspired.
The 38-year-old is currently serving with the Australian Defence Force Reserves in the Solomon Islands and was hoping to set an
example for youngsters unsure of their future.
21 Jul 10 | Members of Cowra Inner Wheel and guests recently celebrated another year of service and friendship at their Changeover Luncheon at the Cowra Golf Club.
Cowra member Beverley Bundy called the assembly to order and proposed the Loyal Toast to the Queen and Australia.
21 Jul 10 | A captive Cowra audience was treated to the history of our longest serving colonial leader Lachlan Macquarie during an information talk at the library celebrating the bicentenary of his
governorship.
Paul Brunton, Senior Curator of Mitchell Library at the State Library of NSW-who has expert knowledge on the topic-presented the talk and also brought with him many original items including examples of the holey dollar and dump which was the currency instigated by Macquarie.
21 Jul 10 | A number of Cowra and Canowindra community groups will benefit from this year’s Volunteer Grants program, announced on Friday by the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin.
21 Jul 10 | Cowra will head to the polls along with the rest of the nation on Saturday, August 21 after Julia Gillard called an election just three weeks into her prime
ministership.
Following a redistribution last year, Cowra will now vote in the electorate of Hume and not Calare.
21 Jul 10 | The annual Sportsperson of the Year (SOTY) awards has seen previous
winners and guests treated to some
quality celebrity speakers over the past three decades.
Some of Australia’s greatest sporting figures have made the trip to Cowra to speak at the awards ceremony.
Memorable previous guests include: Doug Walters, Jack Newton, Tommy Raudonikis, Mark Waugh, Steven Bradbury, Anne Sargeant, Dawn Fraser, and Lee Freedman just to name a few.
19 Jul 10 | Have you been contemplating the long term protection of the environmental integrity and biodiversity of your land?
Would you like to leave a lasting legacy for the environment?
Not sure how to go about doing it?
19 Jul 10 | The Cowra Community Development Trust, which has donated more than $1 million locally in the past 15 years, had a request for a refund of development
application fees approved at Cowra Shire Council’s
committee meeting last week.
Council’s general committee will now consider the application at its meeting at the end of the month.
19 Jul 10 | by Ashley Leal
Parents who have not yet bought proper child restraints for their cars will be risking fines under the new child restraint laws enforced this month.
The new laws came into effect in March, but parents were given a three month grace period to purchase the right equipment.
19 Jul 10 | The movie Paradise Road – starring Cate Blanchett, Glenn Close and Julianna Margulies – and its story of women imprisoned in Sumatra during WWII – captured not only moviegoers’ hearts, but that of writer John Misto.
19 Jul 10 | A Cowra resident subject to a prank call that could have developed serious consequences wants to warn
others.
The call victim answered the phone one evening last week to a person saying a very bad file had been
detected on the Windows operating system and if they turned their computer on, they would talk them through how to get rid of it.
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