Wednesday July 16, 2025
Volume 40 No. 25
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The Cobar Weekly Tony Brown heads to Darts Nationals Pg 3
Museum Coach House project progresses Pg 5
Police appeal for information regarding thefts Pg 5
Cobar Rotary welcomes District Governor The Rotary Club of Cobar held their an- A $1,000 donation was also made to ROAR Riley is the club’s new treasurer with Molly nual Changeover Dinner on Saturday night (Rural Outback Animal Rescue and Respite) Patton support treasurer; Mr Hill has stepped at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club with at the dinner and Mr Hill said the club will be down from the secretary’s role and it will be Past District 9660 Governor Bruce George making more donations to the community in now shared by two members, Demi Smith in attendance. the coming weeks. (admin secretary) and Peter Patton (minute (Mr George, from Inverell, is the immediate As part of the changeover process Fr Paul secretary); and Tony Punzet was returned as outgoing 9660 District Governor having Finucane is the new vice president; Andrew the Sergeant at Arms. handed over the reins to Evan Burrell last month.) Mr George officially welcomed David Snelson to the second year of his two year term as the Cobar club’s president. Mr George gave members an update on various Rotary programs and provided an overview of what Rotary members have been doing throughout the 9660 District, which spans from Newcastle to Cobar. He praised the Cobar club for their ongoing service to the Cobar community and for “still hanging in there” with their small band of volunteers. Mr Bruce said it’s not the membership size of the club that matters, it’s the quality of the people in it that keep it going. He praised the club on their Return and Earn fundraising efforts which have raised $13,400 for the club over the past financial year. Outgoing secretary Gordon Hill said the profits from Return and Earn have enabled the club to support Rotary programs as well as local community groups. The Cobar club recently contributed $2,000 to the Central Coast Flood Appeal. Mr Hill, who is also the Chair of the Rotary Rotary Past District 9660 Governor Bruce George (at centre) with Rotary Club of Cobar District Disaster Relief Committee, a role he’s members Geoffrey Langford, Tony Punzet, president David Snelson, Gordon Hill, held since 2019 when he coordinated drought relief for the western region, reports this ap- Therese Hill and Fr Paul Finucane at the Cobar club’s Changeover Dinner at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club on Saturday night. Photo contributed peal has raised almost half a million dollars.