75 years ago this week 25 Feb 1948

Celebrating International Women's Day ... with Payback to Reg who loves printing jokes about women.

Across

1 Wonderful (10)

7 First letters (8)

8 Cab (4)

9 Wet thoroughly (4)

10 Erudite (7)

12 Amused (11)

14 Bunch of fowers (7)

16 Second-hand (4)

19 The Orient (4)

20 Broken down, worn out (8)

21 Dramatist (10)

Down

1 Collieries (5)

2 Withdraw (7)

3 Dutch cheese (4)

4 Nevada city famed for casinos (3,5)

5 Express in speech (5)

6 Stretch out (6)

11 Amiable (8)

12 Self-centred person (6)

13 Savings (4,3)

Cryptic Crossword

Across

What do you call a man with half a brain? > > Gifted.

What's the diference between government bonds and men? > > Bonds Mature.

What did God say after creating man? > > I can do better.

Husband: Want a quickie? Wife: As opposed to what?

What are two reasons why men don't mind their own business? > > 1. No mind.

> > 2. No business.

What is an Aussies idea of foreplay?

> > "You awake Sheila?"

If men got pregnant.... abortion would be available in convienience stores and drive through windows.

7 Wavering badly in the holidays (11)

8 A long trip to a country in Africa (6)

9 Irish city gettin' twice as big, we hear (6)

10 Suit passed out (6)

12 Indian city for crazy artists (6)

13 Some other age or epoch (3)

14 Pressed for De Niro production (6)

16 Injured hothead with weapons (6)

18 Threaten people with an expert (6)

20 Told jokes with one's mouth covered? (6)

22 No specialists in a 5050 game (3-8)

Down

1 Terrible Russian providing one with transport (4)

2 Harmony provided by one of the strings, we hear (6)

3 Send lace out to be purifed (8)

4 Fat boy? About right! (4)

5 Vice and evil for an Arabian sailor (6)

15 Game bird (5)

17 Float along (5)

18 Mark left by wound (4)

6 Hint that's very personal (8)

11 Cheese chopped by spearman (8)

12 Wood ordered for Hogmanay (8)

15 Almost noble in New York (6)

17 Untidy sort of dagger (6)

19 Observe revolutionary public school (4)

21 Some conversed in Gaelic (4)

SODUKU Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9, with no number repeated.

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Cabonne Council has the following positions vacant:

• Department Leader Transport Infrastructure

• Transport Contracts Coordinator

• Innovation and Technology Support Ofcer

• Ranger

• Technical Ofcers – Transport and Water & Waste Water

• Apprentice Mechanic

• Out of School Hours Care Supervisor –Clergate

• Out of School Hours Care Assistant –Various Locations

Please visit Council’s website at www. cabonne.nsw.gov.au to fnd information about these positions and to begin your application, for confdential enquiries please contact Council’s Leader of People & Culture, Glenn Meehan on 63923218

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MOLONG NSW 2866

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Anglican Parish of Cudal-Molong

St John’s Molong

Every Sunday 10.00am

Communion with Kids Church - If available (Cnr of Edward & Bank Sts, Molong)

St James’ Cudal

1st & 3rd Saturday of the month

9.00am

Communion with Kids Chat (Corner of Wall & Toogong Streets, Cudal)

St Luke’s Manildra

2nd & 4th Saturday of the month

10.00am

Communion with Kids Chat (Packham Dr, Manildra opposite Old Orange Rd) St Alban’s Toogong

2nd & 4th Sunday of the month

3.00pm

Communion with Kids Chat (Forbes Street, Toogong - top end)

B J Byrnes

General Manager

Come and join our great team and get on the job training. We are currently looking for an enthusiastic person who has a genuine interest in children, to join our little team in 2023.

This is a certifcate 3 traineeship. The position will be 3 days per week working with children, as well as additional paid hours for study.

For further information please contact Jenny at, Yeoval Preschool (Wednesday to Friday) on 68464292, Or email yeovalpreschool@westnet.com. au

Please note you will need to complete a working with children check prior to commencement.

Please forward your application, with resume and 2 contactable referees to: The President Yeoval Preschool Inc, King street, Yeoval, NSW 2868 ph: 0459689711

Abbey, formerly of 17 Shades Hairdressing is now operating in Poppy and Frank Salon at 141 Peisley Street, Orange. Working primarily Wednesday through to Saturday with late night appointments available as well.

Wanted

WANTED:

A fantastic experienced cleaner to do an end of tenancy clean. Must have own equipment and be super thorough.

Phone Rozzi 0490734650

Molong Assemblies of God

Contact Ps Deon Stapelberg

Ph 0498 659 703

For

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Sunday 26 FEBRUARY

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March

2 Molong Men’s Shed meets 14 Molong Probus meeting

April

6 Molong Men’s Shed meets 11 Molong Probus meeting

May

4 Molong Men’s Shed meets 9 Molong Probus meeting

June

1 Molong Men’s Shed meets 13 Molong Probus meeting

July

6 Molong Men’s Shed meets 11 Molong Probus meeting

Molong Bowls

A well attended meeting was held at the Molong Bowling Club on Sunday 12 February where the executive (Chris Beatty, Ben Brown and Yvonne Clyde) updated members and interested residents about current negotiations with the insurance company assessors about the seriously food damaged building.

Whilst volunteers have worked hard to rebuild the greens to prepare for the forthcoming pennants competition, social bowls, BRAG bowls, and Croquet - the Clubhouse, kitchen, bar, cool-room, and other indoor facilities remain out of action.

Clubhouse Future? Yvonne Clyde reported that negotiations continue with the insurance company.

Members and the community will be kept informed as negotiations and fnal outcomes are achieved.

(Above) The once best polished and biggest dance foor in town now standing critically damaged, empty and idle after the November 2022 food. Rebuild? Repair? Or move to a new location away from the Molong Creek?

Molong Golf

Sunday 19 th February saw twelve players at the Royal Molong Golf Course for the usual twelve hole ambrose event. Paul and Bro were the winners with Harry and the Ghost Walker as runners up. Apparently Paul and Bro and the other two in their group all played with Taylormade branded golf balls and thought that this made them “special”. I won’t say what politically incorrect terminology I would use to describe them. My golfng partner and I played the “not to think, not to care” type of game. The trouble was that the golf ball travelled the furthest when hit in the wrong direction. I believe Bro did have a “birdie “ on the fourteenth hole. Thanks also to Bro for cooking the bbq. Many thanks to the fourteen or so that turned up for the working bee on the Saturday. We got plenty of cleaning up done and thanks to Kerry for organising lunch for us.

Did you know: it takes about seven seconds for food to pass from the mouth to the stomach. A human hair can hold three kilograms. The length of a penis is three times the length of the thumb. The femur is as hard as concrete. A woman’s heart beats faster than a man’s. Women blink twice as much as men. We use three hundred muscles justo keep our balance when we stand. A woman has read this entire text. A man is still looking at his thumb.

This Sunday we are teeing of one hour earlier, 7.30am for 8am because this will be a eighteen hole individual stableford event. Those who only want to play nine or twelve holes can fnish early if they wish. Of course everyone and anyone is most welcome to join us.

In the meantime, happy bowling and croquet.

Evangeline Ellis heads to Olympic Park

Saturday February 18, 2023 Australia’s Mixed 4x2km relay team raced into Australian athletics history with a bronze medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships Bathurst.

Leading from the front as the world’s best runners battled both the terrain and conditions in an instant classic down under.

A day that started with scorching temperatures and ended in a thunderstorm at Mount Panorama provided a true test for distance stars from around the globe, with the home nation faring to secure a bronze medal and two fourth-place fnishes.

Australia’s highly anticipated quartet of Oliver Hoare, Jessica Hull, Stewart McSweyn and Abbey Caldwell delivered under the immense pressure of a home World Championships – clinching bronze behind Kenya and Ethiopia to cement Australia’s status as a heavyweight nation of the distance running world.

“We wear the guernsey with pride and we all executed good races. To compete with the powerhouses of Ethiopia and Kenya hopefully puts Australia on the map and shows that we are part of the bigthree of distance running now,” McSweyn said.

With Hoare leading out the team, it was Hull who made signifcant inroads on the second leg to move Australia into the lead with a 12-second turnaround, before McSweyn did what McSweyn does and Caldwell anchored the team to a 23:26 performance – fve seconds behind silver (Ethiopia) and 12-seconds behind gold (Kenya).

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Javelin is the chosen competition sport of James Sheahan High School student, Evangeline Ellis of Molong.

This weekend, Evangeline will head to Sydney’s Olympic Park to throw in the 2023 NSW Junior Championships after a sensational year of competition.

In January Evangeline won gold in the NSW Athletics Country championships. She also won gold at the Little Athletics Region Championships last weekend - which will mean another opportunity to compete at Olympic Park.

We wish Evangeline all the very best in the competitions ahead.

“There is always pressure when it comes to racing on home soil when you have the resumes that we have and the anticipation of what was to come. That’s why we do this sport, we handle the pressure the way we handle it and being at home, I know personally that people have come here to cheer us on,” Hoare said. The comments were echoed by Hull and Caldwell who were delighted with all four athletes securing their frst World Championships medal:

“There is no pressure when you have three superstars with you, you know that everyone is so professional that they will do their jobs,”