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THURSDAY 25 July 2019 Email: molongex@bigpond.net.au www.molongexpress.com.au
Chilling out with Miss Llara and Mr Liam
The Express caught a glimpse of a typical Monday morning at the Molong Early Learning Centre when we called by to see the little ones during their morning tea break. With blue skies and the sun shining bright these little ones were sitting together enjoying their play-lunch, lovingly packed in their 'little school' bags by mums and dads. (Above left) In the day care area - Jack and Jameson were happy sharing time in the playground with Mr Liam (MELC Trainee) whilst (above right) Fletcher, Lincoln and Willow were happily sitting with Miss Llara (MELC Trainee). It's full steam ahead this year for the Molong Early Learning Centre after decades of hardwork and fundraising by generations of families, committees, educators and the wider community to bring specialised buildings, grounds, new
rooms, resources, facilities and the best educator and care teams together to service the growing day-care and pre-school needs of families in Molong and district. The MELC now provides 16 day-care places per day and 45 pre-school places per day with 21 educators employed to provide the services. Miss Llara andMr Liam See P.7
Molong Players
2019 side splitting take on local life.
Pensioner / Seniors preview Sun 4 Aug 3pm $10 inc afternoon tea
(Show pension/seniors card at door) Ph: Paula 0425 645 396 to book for catering
Supper night Friday 9 Aug BYO supper $25
Good Tickets still available other nights - get in now!
Book at the Molong Express (Freemasons Hotel Bldg, Bank St - open Mons-Weds or Ph: 6366 8017 E: molongex@bigpond.net.au
$2.00 inc gst
Bank St trees is it time up? by Paul Mullins As most of you may know the Molong Advancement Group is conducting a survey as to whether it should recommend to Cabonne Council that the Liquidambar trees in Bank Street, Molong be removed and replaced by a more appropriate and attractive advanced tree. Of the hundreds, maybe thousands, of trees that grace the streets of cities and towns across the world, Molong has this breed of Liquidambar and their annual shedding - for weeks on end - of seed pods. But there is more to it than this. Aside from the potential danger posed by the round slippery seed pods and their reputation for causing falls it needs to be borne in mind that these trees have only reached a young (for them) age. Liquidambar can grow to a height of 50 m, with a root system to match. They are renowned for seeking water, targeting pipes containing sewer and town water, and have large feeder roots that expand and lift kerbs, footpaths, roadways and foundations. Bank St will lose parking spaces and the pods and their seeds will increasingly fill the gutters and drains and dump their seeds into our waterways. This is what is in store for Bank Street in future years if the trees remain. More power to MAG and the survey - but I fear that the Council might have to engage in some good governance here, with an eye to the future, and go ahead and replace the trees anyway.
Climbing Uluru -
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