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THE&nbsp;photos which tell the story of the past seven days in your region

The photos which tell the story of the past seven days in your region

DUBBO: Amy McIntyre with her son Max. The Yellow for Max fundraising event is on next weekend, May 30 and 31, at Club Dubbo. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE

FORBES: Following a social media frenzy created by the sculpture last week artists Gillie and Marc Schattner have decided to donate the Dogman and Rabbitgirl Pyramid sculpture to the Forbes community.

ORANGE: Kate Bracks shows Love Food Hate Waste workshop participants the finer points of breaking down a chicken into different cuts. Photo: STEVE GOSCH 0520food2

DUBBO: The future of the Dubbo Dream Festival is in grave doubt after Dubbo City Council said it would not contribute any funding to the event after this year’s festival.

COWRA: Solicitor Stephen Zahr and barrister John Korn leave Orange Local Court on Monday after an unsuccessful bid to have two Cowra men, charged over the manufacture and supply of ice, released on bail. Photo: STEVE GOSCH 0805court5

PARKES: The scene of Tuesday morning's three-vehicle accident involving a sedan and two trucks at the intersection of Brolgan and Westlime Roads. Photos: BILL JAYET

DUBBO: Police are investigating the discovery of a suspected clandestine drug laboratory in Dubbo. Detectives attached to Orana Local Area Command went to a Hutchins Avenue house about 2.15pm Monday, declaring it a crime scene and taping off the premises.

ORANGE: Mourners flocked to St Joseph’s Catholic Church in Orange yesterday to pay their respects to much-loved motorcycling identity Peter Kircher. Close to 200 members of the community attended Mr Kircher’s funeral - which was marked by a Harley Davidson cavalcade - after the man dubbed a master leadlight craftsman died suddenly from an acute asthmatic episode on Monday, May 11.

FORBES: With the majority of local crops now planted firmly in the ground, farmers were able to stop and smell the rain brought to Forbes on Tuesday. 

BLAYNEY: On Saturday Blayney will be holding its annual "Crazy Hair and Sock Day" supporting The Kids Cancer Project.

CANOWINDRA: The Canowindra Pythons Rugby ladies day was a great success with many turning out for the event on Saturday. The great weather accompanied with delicious food made for an enjoyable day by all.

WELLINGTON: 25-year-old Amy George has tested positive to the Huntingon gene. A killer brain disease which has no cure but she’s fighting not for herself but the many others who are fighting the rare disease.

ORANGE: Orange builders Bret Warrender and John Spanjer are planning to travel to Nepal to help with the rebuilding effort and are inviting other tradesmen to join them on their voluntary mission. Photo: STEVE GOSCH

PARKES: On Wednesday, May 27 at 11am Parkes Library will join organisations from Darwin to Hounville in a simultaneous reading of the picture book The Brothers Quibble.

DUBBO: An elderly woman hit by a vehicle as she rode her mobility scooter in Dubbo has died in hospital. The 87-year-old rider was struck by a westbound vehicle at the intersection of Cobra and Darling streets about 11.30am Monday.

COWRA: Guy Salisbury, one of our districts talented local artists opened his latest exhibition at the Japanese Garden and Cultural Centre Gallery, Binni Creek Road on Saturday, May 9. 

ORANGE: Hoons are using parkland near the base of Mount Canobolas as a late-night racetrack, prompting residents on neighbouring properties to ask police and Cabonne Council to intervene.

DUBBO: There were colourful skivvies as far as the eye could see at the Dubbo RSL Club on Tuesday for some highly anticipated guests. The Wiggles were in town, performing two shows to very excited children and their parents as part of the Rock and Roll Preschool tour.

FORBES: Red Bend Catholic College will officially open their brand new multi-purpose hall and look forward to showing off the state-of-the-art facility to the public.

DUBBO: Former tennis player Bob Hewitt was sentenced to six years in jail on Monday for sex crimes against young girls. Hewitt was found guilty of two counts of rape and one of sexual assault while a tennis coach in the 1980s and early 1990s.

ORANGE: RSPCA’S never-ending work to vaccinate and de-sex dogs and educate the community about responsible pet ownership received some much needed funding from Sunday's’s Million Paws Walk.

LITHGOW It was truly a VIP delegation that inspected progress on major works at Hartley Historic Site this week. Carrying out the inspection of development work under way in the village were Member for Bathurst and Minister for Local Government Paul Toole, Minister for Environment and Heritage Mark Speakman and Minister for Planning Rob Stokes.

OBERON: Oberon Public School students Keelie, Ben and Joziah with their Waste 2 Art projects that will be exhibited next Wednesday to Saturday at the Robert Hooper Community Hall. 

MUDGEE: Blake Tattersall will wear a specially made brace for 23 hours a day to correct the curvature in his spine. The brace was partly funded by donations from family, friends and the community.

BATHURST: Ane Nery regularly brings her children Indi Clifton and Noah Clifton to the Adventure Playground and is looking forward to seeing the site prosper. Photo RACHEL FERRETT 051215rfplayground1

BATHURST: Former firefighter Graham Gibbons has called it a day after serving the community for the last 35 years. He is pictured outside the St Barnabas’ Anglican Church which was destroyed by fire in February, 2014.

BATHURST: Henry Bialowas is proud to have designed Bathurst's flag staff. Photo CHRIS SEABROOK 050915cfair7a

LITHGOW: An important part of Lithgow's past has been reclaimed with the opening of the Old Zig Zag Brewery.

LITHGOW: It has been a very long time coming but when Lithgow’s new indoor heated pool opened to the public at the weekend the reaction was ‘wow'.

MUDGEE: A very noisy morning session kicked off the first of three days of  the speech section  at the 2015 Gulgong Eisteddfod. Pictured: students from Mudgee Public School’s KM washed their noses during After a Bath.

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