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ANZAC spirit is very much alive

Cobar RSL Sub Branch president Kain Neale said it was evident the ANZAC spirit is still very much alive and well after a good crowd turned out for the local Anzac Day commemoration events in Cobar on Sunday.

In addition to a large contingent of locals marching this year, a good crowd of residents lined the main street on Sunday morning to pay their respects to those who have served and also to those who continue to serve our country.

Marching alongside veterans and wives and descendants of veterans this year were representatives from the three schools, Cobar’s police and emergency services, as well as members of community and sporting groups.

Special guests at this year’s Anzac Day services were Australian Navy Captain Micheal Jacobson and his wife Lieutenant Commander Gean Campbell, who are based in Canberra.

Captain Jacobson is the Director of Submarine Development and a former Commander of the HMAS Rankin Submarine, which is named after Cobar-born Lieutenant Commander Robert Rankin who served and died in World War II. In his Anzac Day address Captain Jacobson spoke about the first ANZACs along with others who have served after them.

“These men did not set out to be immortalized,” Captain Jacobson said of the first ANZACs. “But their conduct on that day—and over subsequent months—has made them immortal.”

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Councillors get sneak peek of museum upgrade Pg 4

Community urged to have a say on new mining project Pg 5

Sandfire helps Little A’s over hurdle

A very generous donation of $15,000 from Australian mining and exploration company, Sandfire Resources, has helped the Cobar Little Athletics Club to update their equipment. Little A’s club president Troy Knight is pictured above with Sandfire Resources’ project geologist Matthew Porter on Monday with some of the newly purchased equipment which includes 50 hurdles and a starter/PA system. Mr Porter said as Sandfire Resources were new to the area they were keen to do what they could to help the community and were pleased to be able to help locals kids to become active and engaged in local sport.

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Evidence Anzac day spirit is alive and well in Cobar Continued from Page 1.

Captain Jacobson said Anzac Day not only honours the ANZAC soldiers of World War I, but it was also a time to acknowledge and remember those who have followed in the ANZAC tradition, through WWII, Korea, Vi-

Commander Rankin when under fire from the Japanese enemy and his efforts to protect not only his HMAS Yarra crew, but also those on another three ships in his escort.

“Today we are thankful that Australians have fought and died for peace and justice, for the sort of society where we don’t fear being locked up for our opinions, for the sort of society where no-one is held in contempt or viewed as worthless on account of gender, or race, or belief or some other difference.”

In his Anzac Day speech Mayor Peter Abbott spoke about the “genuine respect” he had observed that Australians showed for WWI and WWII veterans when he was growing up.

Cr Abbott said he was however appalled that this respect was also not automatically given to returning Vietnam vets who were “treated disgracefully upon return to home soil”.

“I don’t recall the soldiers involved being given a choice in where they were sent,’ Cr Abbott said.

“It took a long time for them to finally be given the respect and honour they deserved.”

Cr Abbott said over the years returning defence personnel continue to be poorly treated with the incidences of suicide among veterans very high.

“There is no difference in courage and dedication from veterans through the generations,” he said.

Cr Abbott said he had been one of the lucky ones in the national conscription “birthday ballot” introduced in 1964 and he wasn’t sent Members of Cobar’s Anzac Day official party Cobar RSL Sub Branch president Kain to serve in the Vietnam War. Neale with Australian Navy guests Lieutenant Commander Gean Campbell and Captain Cr Abbott praised all those who did, and all Micheal Jacobson with Cobar’s mayor those who have served before and after, and thanked them for their service.

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“These people have offered themselves in the service of our nation, and in the service of peace and justice,” Captain Jacobson said.

He recounted the bravery of Lieutenant

Pavey pledges pipes will be replaced While I was in Broken Hill last week for the Western Division Conference, I spoke with the NSW Minister for Water, Property and Housing, Melinda Pavey, concerning the pipeline replacement from Hermidale to Cobar.

While Minister Pavey guaranteed we would get the pipes she would not however put a timeline on the replacement, except to say that she and Deputy Premier John Barilaro were working on it.

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Anzac Day had a large crowd attend the ceremony at Drummond Park. All schools were represented and the Cobar Army Cadet 221 Unit were their usual well-drilled selves.

Kain Neale, president of the Cobar RSL Sub Branch, did a great job as MC and guests Captain Micheal Jacobson and his wife Lieutenant Commander Gean Campbell were delightful people who represented the navy with distinction.

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Councillors get a sneak peek at museum’s transformation Cobar Shire Councillors toured the Cobar museum building last week to get an insight into how the renovation work is progressing.

The former administration building, built in 1910 for the Great Cobar Copper Mine, and has been home to the museum for more than 40 years, is now being restored.

Funding for the project, which totals just over $2.5million, comes from the Regional Culture Fund with $295,603 granted to Council in Round 1 plus another $398,188 which came from Round 2.

An additional $1,425,000 was granted to the museum restoration project from the Far North West Joint Organisation funding with Council’s contribution to the project totaling $435,000.

During last Thursday’s tour councillors could see that much of the top floor demolition and restoration work has now been completed.

The focus for the specialised building team from David Payne Constructions is now on the lower ground floor along with finishing the external work to verandahs, the amenities and the construction of new garden beds.

Cobar Shire Councillors (and The Cobar Weekly’s photographer) were given a tour of the museum last week to see first hand how the renovations of the building are going.

The councillors are pictured on the ground floor with council’s general manager Peter Vlatko, project coordinator Carly Hunter and architect Ashley Dunn.

Warm days and cool nights continue Our warm days and cool nights are set to continue with the Bureau of Meteorology predicting a top of 26 degrees each day for the rest of the week.

The Bureau has forecast a sunny week ahead with an expected top of 26 degrees for tomorrow, Friday, Saturday and Sunday while today is also sunny and it should get to 25.

After last Thursday’s very cold start, when it got down to a very chilly 3.5 degrees at 5am,

the nights ahead will be still be cool.

Apart from tomorrow night when it’s expected to drop to nine degrees, the mercury should stay in double figures for the rest of the week with 10 degrees expected overnight Friday, 11 Saturday and 12 is the expected low for Sunday and Monday.

There’s not much chance of rain this week with the Bureau only suggesting there’s a slight chance of rain on Monday.

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Council’s project coordinator Carly Hunter, accompanied councillors on last week’s tour to explain how exhibitions will be laid out and how each room is to be re-purposed.

Mrs Hunter was pleased to report to councillors that the building work is on target and is expected to be completed by mid June.

She said the development and fit out of the exhibitions will then take place and Council expects the final fit out should be completed by late June/early July.

The project’s architect, Ashley Dunn from Dunn and Hillam Architects, also joined the tour to explain to councillors how the building was being brought back to its original state and also explained some of the work that was being done to ensure the building is preserved for the future.

Mr Dunn pointed out partition walls (that had been added in later years) have now been removed and doorways that had been previously closed off, have been re-opened.

He said all of the windows in the building were being restored including a number of windows that had badly deteriorated after they had been covered over by displays for many years.

Mr Dunn said he was particularly pleased to see the old pay windows in the paymaster’s office, which had previously been boarded over and which were an important historical feature of the former mine administration office, have been brought back to life and will be used as part of the museum’s exhibition.

The mine’s original safe room (which he said would have only been accessible by the mine manager) is also going to be brought back into service and has been earmarked for storing some of the museum’s most important relics.

Mr Dunn said the building itself has its own story to tell about Cobar’s history and he was pleased to see the engineer’s original northern side entry door into the building is also brought back into use.

He said returning this access to the building will allow museum visitors in the future to move easily out of the building onto the restored wrap-around verandah and then to continue on to view the outside exhibits.

Mr Dunn told councillors by relocating the staff offices, along with rooms that were previously used for filing and storage, from downstairs to upstairs, the bottom floor of the building will be able to offer visitors the same amount of exhibition space as there was prior to the renovations with all of the displays now on one accessible level.

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New mine project

The Nymagee and surrounding communities are encouraged to have their say about Aurelia Metals’ proposed Federation Project at Nymagee.

The Federation Project is a proposed underground mine development located approximately 15km south of Nymagee and 10km south of Aurelia’s Hera Mine.

High grade lead, zinc and gold mineralisation was discovered at Federation in April 2019 and subsequent surface drilling programs have indicated a substantial gold-lead-zinccopper-silver mineral deposit.

Aurelia is evaluating the development of a satellite underground mine at the Federation site that will use the established infrastructure at the Hera Mine to minimise environmental impacts and allow for the continuation of mining operations in the Nymagee area.

It is estimated that a workforce of approximately 200 people will support operations, maintenance and ongoing exploration at the Federation Project.

Aurelia held a community information session at Nymagee on March 31 to give locals an overview of the project and invited feedback.

Dr Jamie Seaton, from Element Environment, the lead on Hera’s community engagement team, said the session was valuable to identify and discuss potential impacts (both positive and negative).

“Hera resources appreciates the input from the community and confirms that a similar session will be held in future,” Dr Seaton said.

Interested members of the community are encouraged to also complete a survey, which can be accessed online at https:// forms.office.com/r/4ACSQ4FPxt.

House fire deemed suspicious

When Fire & Rescue NSW Cobar Station 256 crews arrived at a house fire in Becker Street last Tuesday at approximately 1pm they found the unoccupied home well alight.

Fire captain Tony Walkinshaw reports that it took crews approximately 1.5 hours to bring the fire under control. “The building was totally destroyed by the fire,” Captain Walkinshaw said. “The cause and origin of the fire is currently under investigation, however the cause is currently deemed suspicious.” Captain Walkinshaw also said that due to the unexpected Telstra outage, some firefighters were delayed in responding to the fire as they could not be contacted. Cobar Police Sergeant Chris Power said following police enquiries, they have determined that the fire was deliberately lit by a child. “The child will be dealt with under the Young Offenders Act,” Sergeant Power said.

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Getting down to business

Shadow Minister for Finance, Small Business and the Gig Economy, Daniel Mookhey MLC was in Cobar last Wednesday speaking to local business people about how they were recovering from the drought and COVID pandemic. Mr Moohkey is pictured with Wendy Robinson and Kelly Randall from Cobar Furniture One who reported trade had been mostly “pretty good” over the past year. Mr Moohkey also met with the Cobar Business Association executive who reported that while many local businesses are doing well many have problems in recruiting staff (both skilled and unskilled). The Association’s president Sharon Harland said one of the main causes of businesses’ inability to attract staff is a lack of childcare facilities. Mr Mookhey said he has been hearing that other regional towns are also facing similar problems and was pleased to see that Cobar’s economy was recovering well.

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Health inquiry comes to Cobar Cobar residents, health workers and clinicians will have the opportunity to share their experiences at a public hearing of the Parliamentary Inquiry into rural health in Cobar this Friday.

The inquiry attracted more than 800 submissions, including many from Cobar.

Shadow Minister for Health, Ryan Park, said many of the submissions included shocking revelations of towns without doctors, hospitals without bandages and people without the care they need.

Mr Park said over the past 12 months a number of concerns have emerged in Cobar, including the story of a man having his toe amputated after being turned away from the hospital and another man losing part of his bowel after being repeatedly turned away.

He said the Inquiry will examine funding arrangements, staff shortages, the availability of specialist treatment and concerns around telehealth replacing frontline clinicians.

“Avoidable deaths can be twice as likely in rural and regional communities compared to cities.

“Patients and their families have a right to safe, high quality health care and, at the moment - especially in parts of rural NSW, that’s not happening,” Mr Park said.

“This is an inquiry the NSW Government never wanted to happen.

“The Minister himself said it was unnecessary and the National Party have sat in Cabinet for a decade and allowed residents in rural areas to have to put up with a health system that’s failing them,” he said.

“I want this inquiry to navigate a path forward with clear recommendations around how we improve the delivery of health services in rural and remote locations because for the last decade this issue has been ‘out of sight, out of mind’ for the Government.

“Whether it’s reduced life expectancy, an increase in the prevalence of chronic conditions or avoidable deaths - it’s clear residents living in rural and regional NSW are not getting a health service they expect or deserve.

“I don’t accept that health outcomes should be determined by postcodes. This is a systemic healthcare crisis and it must be addressed.

“This Inquiry is about equality, fairness and a fundamental right to healthcare” he said.

The hearing will be held at the Cobar Services Club Auditorium.

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Be unique if you want the judges’ vote at Cobar races If you want to impress the Fashions on the Field judges at the Cobar Miners Race Club on May 8, not only will you need to be well dressed, your outfit should also be unique.

This year’s chief judge, Leah Le Lievre, who herself has won a handful of ‘Best Dressed’ prizes over the years at various country race meetings, said while the standard autumn/ winter racing fashions criteria will apply, judges will also be looking at a number of other factors when deciding who the winner of each category will be.

“We’ll also be looking to see how entrants carry themselves, are they comfortable in what they are wearing, does the outfit suit them and also how well do all of the components of their outfit compliment each other.

“An outfit that is unique will help. Entrants don’t necessarily need to have a custom-made outfit—it could be they have bought separate pieces from different retail stores but when they put them all together, they look nothing like anyone else,” Leah said.

Prior to taking on the judging role, Leah has followed racing fashions for a number of years.

As a former regular fashions entrant and also a milliner, Leah was keen to ensure that not only were her race day outfits always in fashion, but also the millinery she was making for her clients were also on trend.

“The headpieces and hats I have made have won more places than me,” Leah said.

“I’m proud to say they’ve donned a number of high profile heads in NSW Racing as well as some international clients in Singapore and England.”

Assisting Leah this year with the fashions judging is a former men’s Fashions on the Field winner, John de Bruin and keen racegoer and former Cobar Miners Race Club president, Tracey Kings.

Between them, this year’s panel of judges has spent plenty of time checking out the fashions at numerous country and city race meetings (as well as at the Melbourne Cup), so they know exactly what to look for when it comes

to best dressed.

With prizes for the seven categories this year valued at over $2,500, it’s well worth making an extra effort with your outfit.

“We have split the Best Dressed Lady into two categories after feedback from participants,” Leah said.

“The fashion for the younger generation is very different to those of us 40 and over.”

The prizes for Best Dressed Young Lady, Best Dressed Lady and Millinery winners are cash, vouchers, flowers and a sash while the Gents winner will pick up $350 cash.

Apart from Best Millinery, there are also more prizes on offer for the runners-up in each of the other six categories.

Leah said they were thrilled to have support this year from Gold sponsor the Tronic Group along with Silver sponsors the NAB, GreenCollar and Elders.

“Judges will be on the lookout for the best dressed in the crowd and we will approach anyone we think is dressed appropriately and invite them to enter the Fashions on the Field.

“If there’s a big crowd, it is however hard to see everyone, so people should also feel free to approach any of us to self-nominate,” Leah said.

Theft and trespass Police are investigating the report of a theft and trespass incident at Nymagee.

It’s alleged six drums, believed to be containing 260 litres of fuel, were stolen from the Hera Mine site at Nymagee and dumped on an adjoining property earlier this month.

The dumped drums were discovered by the landowner on April 14 who then reported it to Hera Mine management and also to local police.

Working in conjunction with the mine, the landowners had two cameras installed in the vicinity of where the fuel drums had been left in an effort to catch the thief when they came back to collect the stolen goods.

On April 20, the landowners found the stolen goods had been taken the night before along with one of the cameras.

Sergeant Chris Power from the Cobar Police Station said police have conducted an investigation into the matter and a 24 year old man from Orange is currently assisting them with their enquiries.

Since the incident, a Nymagee resident has expressed their concerns over the environmental issues regarding the dumping of fuel onto their neighbouring land.

A quick meeting

Cobar Shire Council’s Ordinary April Meeting on Thursday was a quick one that was done within an half an hour.

Having already previously discussed a number of the agenda items at the Council workshop held earlier that day, many of the meeting’s agenda items were given ‘a tick and flick’.

Some discussion however took place regarding the future of landfill operations, the lifting of water restrictions and Council’s inability to recruit a number of tradespeople (three mechanics and an electrician).

Cr Peter Yench once again raised his concerns about the “contaminated” or noncompliant soil used during the Water Filtration Plant build and was advised the matter is in the hands of the EPA. Page 8 The Cobar Weekly Wednesday April 21, 2021

NSW Conservation Council opposes west’s gas project The NSW Nature Conservation Council has spoken out in support of western area landholders opposed to the development of a gas mining industry in the far west.

Nature Conservation Council chief executive Chris Gambian has called for the NSW Government to protect the area’s water supplies, farmland, communities and wildlife that would be adversely affected if gas mining were to go ahead.

Mr Gambian said farmers in the area “have reacted angrily to the proposal and the failure of the Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Environment to consult adequately”.

“The development of a gas mining industry in the Far West will waste millions of litres of water this region just can’t spare,” Mr Gambian said.

“Gas mining in the west will require fracking, a process that uses vast amounts of water and chemicals to crack the rock to make the gas flow.”

He said the fossil fuel industry’s own figures (from the American Petroleum Institute) show fracking requires about 15 million litres on average for each well, which is enough to fill six Olympic-sized swimming pools.

“If this proposal goes ahead, there could be several hundred wells dotted across the Far West requiring possibly billions of litres of precious water,” Mr Gambian warned.

“We proudly stand with local farmers and Traditional Owners who utterly oppose fracking on their land.

“It is a cruel irony that gas mining is being contemplated in a region that is already suffering the effects of climate change.

“Burning the gas will add CO2 to the atmosphere when the rest of the world is urgently trying to eliminate its CO2 emissions.”

Mr Gambian said an industrial gasfield would not only be bad for the climate, it would have significant on-the-ground impacts.

“Industrial gas fields are criss-crossed with roads that are bulldozed to give installation and maintenance crews access,” he said.

“In major gas fields, hundreds of kilometres of roads cut through wildlife habitat and grazing land and trigger erosion.

“Habitat fragmentation is a key threat endangering the survival of many unique rangeland species, including the plains wanderer.”

He said the far west area is home to numerous vulnerable species, endangered species, critically endangered species, endangered populations and endangered ecological communities that would all be affected.

Rotary supports RFDS

The Rotary Club of Cobar has recently made a $1,000 donation to the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Dubbo Support Group from funds raised through their successful Return and Earn recycling program. Rotary secretary Gordon Hill (pictured above making the donation to Terry Clark a member of the Dubbo RFDS Support Group) said the donation will be used locally to support the purchase of equipment for RFDS’s emergency medical services base in Dubbo. ▪ Photo contributed

Next lot of vaccinations to be rolled out The Australian Government has approved the rollout of the next phase of the COVID19 vaccination program with Phase 2a to commence next month.

Adults aged 50 years and over, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults aged 18-49 years and other critical and high risk workers are eligible to be vaccinated as part of Phase 2a.

Starting next week, people 50 years and over can receive the AstraZeneca vaccine at General Practice Respiratory Clinics and state and territory vaccination clinics and from mid-May, they will also be able to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine at a participating general practice.

National Cabinet has agreed that, in line with the advice of the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI), the Pfizer vaccine will be prioritised for people under 50 years of age across all phases.

The AstraZeneca vaccine will be prioritised for people aged 50 years and over.

Cobar residents 50 years and over can start lining up for their vaccinations next week at the Cobar Respiratory Clinic. (See advertisement on Page 14 for details of how to book in for a vaccination.)

Residents are advised to go to the Australian Government’s COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility Checker online to see if they qualify.

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Outstanding achievers

Earning Principal’s Awards at Cobar High School’s Term 1 awards assembly on Friday were: Sosie Barton for achievement in Year 7 Languages Other Than English (LOTE), Science/ Technology/Engineering/Mathematics (STEM), PACE (which encompasses English, History and Geography), Music and PDHPE; Maddie Bruce (Year 8 STEM, LOTE, PACE and Visual Arts), Ethan McLeod (Year 7 LOTE, STEM, PACE and Visual Arts) and Todd Polack (Year 11 Biology, Business Studies and Geography) who are pictured with principal Shane Carter. Also earning a Principal’s Award in Term 1 was Benjamin Griffiths (Year 12 Construction, Mathematics Standard 1 and Sport/Lifestyle/Recreation Studies). ▪ Photo contributed

Traditional view

Cobar VIEW Club ladies remembered the ANZAC tradition during their April meeting at the Empire Function room last week, where rosemary sprigs, red and black serviettes and poppies decorated the tables.

Secretary Faye Ansin read ‘Anzac Cove’ by Leon Gellert and a minute’s silence was observed. In keeping with the theme, the menu consisted of Bangers and Mash and Beef Stew served on enamel plates along with baked Queen Pudding and fruit salad.

Members shared memories of relations or family who had served in Australian and New Zealand Armed Forces, forming an interesting display of old photographs, post cards, albums, official documents and mementos from major world conflicts.

Business matters included the announcement that Her Excellency Mrs Linda Hurley (wife of the Governor General) has accepted the position of the first ever Patron of VIEW. Her background in youth and education will boost VIEW’s profile in their ‘Learning for Life’ student initiative.

Birthday ladies were Jean Poulter, Kay Saddler and also Margaret Potter, who received her belated ‘significant’ birthday flowers.

Discussion on view clubs 38th birthday party resulted in members encouraged to dress in 1980’s style and bring a photo and a friend.

Guest speaker, Cobar Shire Council’s General manager Peter Vlatko spoke about comprehensive upgrades and developments the Shire is undertaking and his message of the ‘glass half full’ and ‘build it so they will come’ left all with positive thoughts for Cobar’s future.—contributed

A Message for the Community from Cobar Shire Council

WATER RESTRICTIONS LIFTED

Cobar Shire Council advises all residents that water restrictions throughout the shire have been lifted as of Monday April 26, 2021 Cobar Shire Council appreciates your patience throughout the restrictions and we thank you for your cooperation We look forward to greening up the town again!

If you have any questions in relation to the above matter, please feel free to contact Council on 02 6836 5888. We thank you for your continued support.

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April 2021 28 Festival of Small Halls at Nymagee 30 Yabbies 2020/2021 Presentations 28 Festival of Small Halls at Nymagee 30 Yabbies 2020/2021 Presentations May 2021 1 Cobar Show photography entries taken 2 Arts Council card making workshop 4 Royal Far West Ride for Country Kids 4 Cobar Show Non Perishable entries taken 5 Cobar Swimming Club AGM 5 Cobar Business Assoc AGM 5 Cobar Show Displays set up 6 Cobar Little Athletics AGM 6 Cobar Show Perishable entries taken 7&8 Cobar Show 7 Ballz ‘N’ All at Services Club 8 Cobar Races 8 Ballz ‘N’ All at Empire Hotel 18 CHS P&C AGM September 2021 3 Cobar Public School Spring Fair October 2021 2 Cobar Rodeo 23 Nymagee Flower Show 23&24 Cobar Yabbies Reunion December 2021 3 Biz Assoc Christmas Street Parade September 2022 21-25 Running On Empty Festival

Kobe Peatey and Indi Burke took home the Cobar Athletics Club’s main trophies from the club’s presentations at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club on Monday night. They were the highest point scorers of the season. See the full list of winners on Page 20. ▪ Contributed • Hooray! Cobar Shire Council has lifted water • We hear Cobar Preschool is looking for old

restrictions throughout the shire. Council’s general manager Peter Vlatko hopes that local residents will take the opportunity to start regularly watering their lawns and gardens so that we might once again green up Cobar.

• Sympathy is extended to the families and friends of former Cobar residents Ray Loughran and Les Pascoe who have recently passed away.

• We hear Cobar born and bred, Iron Ringer, Stu Harland (now Dubbo resident) has put his hand up to support the 2021 Tour de OROC charity bike ride. Stu will ride 1,140km over six days, in October 2021, in lycra and on a mountain bike! Some of his Yabbies mates might call him mad but Stu is determined to last the distance to help raise as much money as they can for the Macquarie Home Stay. The Macquarie Home Stay facility is well used by Cobar residents as a “home away from home” when they need to go to Dubbo to seek medical treatment. Established by a group of community members who saw the need for low cost but not low quality, affordable accommodation to be provided, it ensures the cost of accommodation is not a hindrance to seeking treatment when you need to go to Dubbo for medical services.

• Have you got your tickets to the Festival of Small Halls event at Nymagee tonight? As of yesterday (when we went to print) you could still buy tickets online at https:// festivalofsmallhalls.com/nymagee-2021/.

• Looking for something creative to do this weekend? The Cobar Arts Council is holding a card making workshop on Sunday. More information is available at www.eventbrite.com.au • The playing field at Tom Knight Memorial Oval was looking good on Saturday and is a credit to the many hours of hard work put in by their talentented groundsman, Chris Deighton (who is also their club president).

photos and artwork from former Preschool students for their Cobar show display. Check your cupboards mums, there’s sure to be something made of macaroni, pipe-cleaners, felt, a milk carton, toilet rolls (we were allowed to use them back in our day), cellophane paper, glitter, sequins or buttons that you could ‘lend’ for the display.

• COVID-Safe check-ins are very much becoming a way of life and it was good to see the public patiently lining up to check-in at Drummond Park on Sunday for the Anzac Day service. Check-in will also be required at this year’s Cobar Show. Please remember this year you can only enter the show through the main gate in Maidens Avenue.

(Horse entries only are an exception.)

• Are you planning to enter craft, photography or perhaps produce you’ve grown in your backyard in this year’s Cobar Show? Then make sure you check the pavilion entry dates in the Cobar Show’s ad on Page 7 this week.

• How’s the planning for your outfit for the Cobar Miners Race Club meeting on May 8 going? If you’relao enter Fashions on the Field and want win some cash and fantastic prizes, make sure your outfit meets all the criteria and is also unique. See our article on Page 8 this week for some race fashion tips.

• We hear John de Bruin is on the lookout for dance partners (both female and male) for this year’s Dancing Under the Stars charity event. If you’re a bit of a ‘Fred’ or a ‘Ginger’, then Johnny would love to hear from you!

• Good on Ya to Shirley Fisher who was spotted picking up rubbish near the golf course while she was out walking her dog last week.

• Local strongman Andrew Rorke competed last week in Minot at the Newcomers Challenge 2 Novice Strongman event and finished in 4th place.

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National Cabinet has agreed to a series of changes to recalibrate the Australian COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy including bringing forward the commencement of vaccinations for Australians 50 years and older to May 3 2021 for State, Territory and Commonwealth Vaccination Clinics.

This means that from May 3, the Cobar Vaccine Clinic will be offering the AstraZeneca vaccine to all people aged 50 years and over.

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The Cobar Vaccine Clinic operates 4 mornings per week (Mon-Thurs) from 9am to 12pm.

If you are 50 years or over, you can book online via Cobar Respiratory Clinic - Book Doctors Online with HotDoc. Alternatively, people can call the CPHCC practice on 02 68365 500 to enquire about an appointment.

The CPHCC team has delivered over 300 vaccines during the first 4 weeks of operations and the experienced GPs are available to consult with anyone with questions about the COVID-19 vaccination.

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Sport

Hardwick and Brien win Nutrien Russell golf days Sixteen golfers fronted the starter on Saturday for the Men’s Golf Nutrien Russell sponsored Stableford event.

Men’s Golf captain Peter ‘China’ Brien was the winner of the day with 37 stableford points and Mark Fraser claimed second place with 36 stableford points.

Alec Fraser finished third on a countback from Scott Mayne after both finished with 35 stableford points. Peter Robinson was back in 5th place with 34 stableford points.

Nearest to the Pin (NTP) prizes were won by Brien (3rd hole), Robinson (7th), Peter Lawrence (8th), Alec Fraser (11th) and Max Phillips won the 15th hole.

There was another good roll up on Sunday with 15 players taking part in the Stableford event.

Bannister cleans up in Ladies golf

Fay Hardwick and Peter ‘China’ Brien were the winners of the Ladies and Men’s Nutrien Russell sponsored Stableford events contested on Saturday. ▪ Photo contributed

Cobar Shire Council mail@cobar.nsw.gov.au PO Box 223, COBAR, NSW, 2835 Peter Vlatko, General Manager

ORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING 5pm Thursday May 27, 2021

Agenda & Business Papers will be available Friday May 21.

Copies are available from the Council Administration Office or may be downloaded from the website: www.cobar.nsw.gov.au/ council/council-meetings

COVID-19 update: Virtual Council Meetings On March 25, 2020 the Local Government Act 1993 was amended to allow Councils to meet remotely to reduce the Coronavirus (COVID-19) risk. The amendment allows our Council Meetings to be closed to the public if a livestreamed webcast is made available.

Sally Bannister cleaned up in last week’s Ladies Golf competitions starting with a win in Wednesday’s stroke event.

She won with a 72 net score and was also the best with the short stick having 26 putts for the day. Marlene Wynd was the runner-up on 75 net followed by Geraldine Francisco (76 net) and Fay Hardwick, 77 net.

The Nutrien Russell sponsored Stableford on Saturday attracted a field of 14 lady golfers with Fay Hardwick’s brilliant score of 41 points giving her the win.

She was two shots clear of second placed Fran Samios on 39 points. Glenda Peebles had 38 points for third spot followed by Sally Bannister (36), Robynne Morton, Geraldine Francisco and Marlene Wynd, all on 34 points.

Fay Hardwick collected both Nearest the Pin prizes on the 3rd and 11th holes for A Grade, Susan Goonrey and Marlene Wynd were closest for B Grade while Alma Rogers and Karen Mann’s collected the prizes for C Grade.

Sally Bannister finished off the week where she started by taking out the Flag (Stroke) event on Sunday winning on the 19th hole (not to be mistaken for the clubhouse!)

She finished with 70 net and another putting prize, with 24 putts all up for the round.

Julie Livingston came home in second place with 75 net and a countback was then needed to separate Fay Hardwick, Ann Dunn and Marlene Wynd, after all had 78 net.

Today is a graded Par game and a Foursomes (draw for partner) game will be played on Saturday. The Cobar Men’s Open will take place on Sunday so there will be no women’s or social golf games on that day.—T’d Off

COBAR

The Council Meeting on May 27, 2021 will be closed to the public and livestreamed from 5pm. Until further notice, all future Council meetings will be closed to the public.

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Stewart Fraser, with 37 stableford points, was the winner on the day ahead of Jason Hampel with 35 stableford points.

Mark Fraser pipped Max Phillips on a countback for third place with both finishing with 33 stableford points.

NTPs were won by Phillips on the 3rd hole and Tim Coupe on the 15th.

This Saturday the Herford Cup will be played in a Four-Ball-Best-Ball Versus Par format.

The Epiroc sponsored Cobar Open will be played on Sunday over 27 holes.

All grades should be closely contested.— Three Aces

Smith is too strong Bian Smith proved too strong for Peter ‘China’ Brien when they met for a bowls Singles Championship game at the Golfie last week.

According to China, Smith was on fire taking four shots on one end when China’s worst bowl was under two feet from the jack!

Also in another Singles Championships game, David Thomas ran into a wall (named Don Roberts) when he was down 26-3.

When offered an early finish, Thomas was heard to say: “No way. This is a loss that is a pleasure to watch!” The final score was 31-10.

There were 17 bowlers taking to the green for the later start on Sunday.

On rink 8, Frank Singleton (playing double lead), Dean ‘Bogga’ McLeod and John Daly were always in control against the two Jimmy’s (Goonrey and Carter) finishing with a +4 win.

On rink 10 there was another close tussle between ‘Turk’ Kershaw, John Goonrey and Aaron Finn in their match against Cameron van Breugel, Bob Clark and Doug Hudson with only two shots between them with one end to go.

Unfortunately Hudson and Co. gave away seven shots on the last end to lose the second place money going down -5.

The money game seemed to be a one-sided affair with Randall Hall, Karen Daly and Craig Grimmond being easily defeated by David Schofield, Peter ‘Skeet’ Goonrey and David ‘Ooze” Knight with a +13 result.

This was a great effort considering Schofield had a day to forget when he bowled three wrong bias bowls.

While he did win George’s Giraffe award, it is reported that Schofield may have had some leftover honey on the brim of his hat as the swarming bees were apparently putting him off.

As expected there is very little to report from the Golfie bowlers that travelled to Hillston last weekend apart from that a great time was had by all.—Not so biased this week

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Sport

Roosterettes suffer a disappointing loss to Unicorns The Cobar Roosterettes suffered a disappointing loss to the Coonabarabran visitors in Round 3 of the Castlereagh League Tag competition on Saturday at Tom Knight Memorial Oval.

After having plenty of possession and with the Unicorns only travelling with just 11 players the Roosterettes squandered their 22-10 half time lead to let the Coonabarabran side go home with a 38-22 win.

The Cobar girls made a confident start to Saturday’s match with the Roosterettes’ Players’ Player, Brianna Watson sprinting away in a brilliant individual effort to score their first points within the opening minute of the game.

The Cobar side continued to have plenty of possession but then after conceding a couple of penalties, the Unicorns levelled the score at 4all with a try on the far wing just before the first drinks break.

The Cobar team was making a number of mistakes with captain/coach Bianka Jacobson admonishing her players in the break after they had been called for being offside on a number of occasions by referee Paddy Hallcroft.

Roosterettes’ co-coach Jay Egan also warned the team that they couldn’t be complacent as the Unicorns had the ability to quickly switch play and turn the ball to the opposite side of the field.

Jacobson called for her players to work harder in defence and to let their attack happen.

Cobar had the ascendency after the re-start and were constantly attacking the try line, however Coonabarabran’s defence remained tight and kept them out.

A number of missed tags by the Roosterettes let the Unicorns back into the match with a runaway try and they took the lead at 10-4.

Shortly after, Cobar’s playmakers Tyler Chiswick and Watson combined and a welltimed pass from Chiswick to Watson resulted in Watson scoring under the posts.

Watson’s successful conversion brought the score to 10-all.

Cobar was back in control and after sustained pressure on the try line, Aisha Schofield fooled the Unicorn defenders with a “show and go” dummy pass and dived over to score.

Watson’s conversion took Cobar’s lead to 16-10.

Kayla Hasson firmed up Cobar’s lead shortly after with a busting run from halfway and she scored Cobar’s next try after avoiding a number of Coonabarabran defenders.

Watson’s third conversion put Cobar ahead 22-10 going into the half time break.

The Roosterettes’ mistake-riddled second half let the fighting Unicorns back into the match and they had levelled the score to 22-all by the drinks break.

Cobar continued to have the lion’s share of

possession but failed to convert that into more points on the board.

The Unicorns however made the most of their limited possession and were able to find the gaps in the Roosterettes’ defence to score three unanswered tries to finish with a 38-22 win.

Watson collected Cobar’s Best & Fairest three points with Schofield picking up two points and winger Grace Burge earned one point for her excellent team talk.

The Roosterettes will travel to Dunedoo this Saturday to play the Swanettes in Round 4 of the competition.

Brianna Watson, pictured above pivoting away from the Coonabarabran defender in Saturday’s Round 3 Castlereagh League Tag match at Tom Knight Memorial Oval, was a standout for the Roosterettes. Watson scored two tries and kicked three goals which earned her the Players’ Player and Best & Fairest honours. After leading 22-10 at half time, the Roosterettes unfortunately were eventually beaten 38-22 by the visitors.

First Graders pick up easy points The Cobar Roosters First Grade side picked up easy points in the Christie & Hood Castlereagh Rugby League competition when they received a forfeit from Coonabarabran on Saturday.

A win this Saturday over the Swans at Dunedoo in Round 4 will see the Roosters claim outright top spot on the competition ladder.

The Swans will however be confident at home after recording a hard fought 24-12 win over Gulgong in Round 3 last week.

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ANZAC DAY a success May 7

Little A’s celebrate a successful season The Cobar Little Athletics Club held their end of season presentations on Monday night at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club.

The overall Point Score winners of the season were Kobe Peatey who had the highest points tally for the boys with 78 points while Indie Burke’s 59 points for the season was the highest tally for the girls.

Collecting this season’s Point Score trophies in their age groups were: Under 6 boys—1st Jack Preisig; U/7 girls—1st Indie Burke, 2nd Ariella Nardi and 3rd Ella Armstong; U/7 boys—1st Corey Compton, 2nd Max Ellison and 3rd Joshua Gillett; U/8 girls—1st Lauren O’Sullivan; U/8 boys—1st Eligh Ritter and 2nd Dusty MacDonald; U/9 girls—1st Ashlee Compton and 2nd Isabelle Gillette; U/9 Boys 1st Kobe Peatey, 2nd Tom Preisig and 3rd Thomas Knight; U/10 girls—1st Harpa Martin; U/10 boys—1st Jaxon Waugh and 2nd George MacDonald; U/11girls—1st Lila Armstrong; U/12 boys—1st Nate Martin and 2nd Clay MacDonald; U/13 boys—1st Malcom Gillette; U/14 girls—1st Rebecca Hibbert; and

U/15 girls—1st Sarah Morley.

Picking up medals as the Club Champions in each age group were: Under 6 boys—1st Jack Preisig; U/7 girls—1st Indie Burke, 2nd Ella Armstrong and 3rd Ariella Nardi; U/7 boys—1st Julius Blackmore, 2nd Corey Compton and 3rd Max Ellison; U/8 girls—1st Lauren O’Sullivan; U/8 boys—1st Eligh Ritter; U/9 girls—1st Isabelle Gillette and 2nd Ashlee Compton; U/9 boys—1st Thomas Knight, 2nd Tom Preisig and 3rd Kobe Peatey; U/10 girls—1st Harpa Martin; U/10 boys—1st George MacDonald and 2nd Jaxon Waugh; U/11 girls—1st Lila Armstrong; U/12 boys— 1st Clay MacDonald and 2nd Nate Martin; U/13 boys 1st—Malcom Gillette; U/14 girls— 1st Rebecca Hibbert; and U/15 girls—1st Sarah Morley.

Benjamin Landsdown collected an Encouragement Award while a Certificate for Outstanding Effort was awarded to Clay MacDonald for completing the 1,500m run and not giving up. All of the Tiny Tots (5 years and under) received medallions.

Back-to-back wins for Real Steel Three and a half games of netball were played in the Cobar Senior Netball competition on Saturday.

In B Grade, Real Steel recorded a back-toback win over Gumnuts (30-17) and Sharpe Shooters edged out Golfie Mystics (36-31).

In A Grade Pumpettes accounted for Hot Shots (39-34) and Divas were ahead 20-5 over JKM Dynamic Fitness at half time when their game was called off due to injuries.

Pumpettes and Hot Shots were evenly matched in the first quarter of their game before Pumpettes raced out to a 10 goals lead at half time.

Hot Shots rallied in the third quarter and outpointed Pumpettes 10-4 to narrow the margin to just four goals going into the final quarter.

The final quarter mirrored the first with Pumpettes holding on to finish with a five points win.

Pumpettes’ Jo Carter and Hot Shots’ Sandie Mitchell shared the Sportsmanship award.

After forfeiting last week, JKM was struggling to field a team again this week and took the court with just six players in their match on Saturday with Divas.

Just before half time, two JKM players suffered injuries and so the match was forfeited to

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Divas who were up 20-5 by that time.

JKM’s Elleise Woodbridge and Molly Broughton shared Best & Fairest points with Divas’ Lauren Urquhart.

Real Steel continued their good form winning their match over Gumnuts by 13 goals.

Gumnuts matched Real Steel for the first and third quarters with just two goals the difference in each period. However with different tactics deployed in the second and fourth quarters, Real Steel were able to surge ahead and eventually claim a 30-17 win.

Best on court for Real Steel was their captain Nicola Harbison while Nicola Inkley was Gumnuts’ best player.

Sharpe Shooters and Golfie Mystics played a close game with Sharpe Shooters eventually coming out on top with a five goal win, 36-31.

Sharpe Shooters were well-served by their new recruit this season, Judy Watt, who shared both the Best & Fairest and Sportsmanship points. This Saturday in the A Grade competition, last season’s grand finalists, Pumpettes and Divas, will meet while Hots Shots will take on JKM Dynamic Fitness in the other game.

In B Grade, Gumnuts and Golfie Mystics will go head-to-head and Real Steel will take on Sharpe Shooters.

Sport

Cobar’s footballers named among FWAS award winners The Far West Academy of Sport (FWAS) Rugby League boys and girls squads celebrated the success of the 2020/21 season with a presentation evening at Club Dubbo on Friday.

Special guest on the night was Ronny Gibbs who is not only a founding member of the Academy, but also a huge supporter of the FWAS program, coaches and athletes.

Ronny assisted the coaching staff in presenting awards and certificates to athletes.

With the introduction of women’s tackle into the Academy this past year and the changes to squad ages, 2020/21 has been a very successful season!

The presentation also gave FWAS the opportunity to show their gratitude to all of the coaching staff, sports trainers and volunteers involved this year.

The FWAS squads are made up of a number of Cobar players with two Cobar athletes picking up major awards.

In the 15’s Girls squad, Sophie Clark earned the Coaches Award while Ebony Aumua was named the Girls’ Academy Club Person of the Year.

A highlight from the night was a personal message from NSW Rugby League Blues Coach, Brad ‘Freddy’ Fittler.

Freddy praised the Academy for the opportunities and development it provides athletes as well as praising athletes and coaches on their successful campaign earlier this year in Wyong.

He also acknowledged the FWAS families for the support they give their kids to be part of the Academy.

Freddy sent up a NSWRL football for each of the athletes which Ronny presented on the night.—contributed

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Cobar’s Sophie Clark earned the Coaches Award in her Girls Rugby League 15s team at the Far West Academy of Sport presentations on Friday night in Dubbo. Sophie is pictured with FWAS coaching staff Jess Skinner and Meegan Seymour along with guest presenter Ronny Gibbs, founder of the FWAS. ▪ Photo contributed

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“He would have been a huge impact to our scrums,” Oliver said.

Both coaches said fitness would be a focus at training this week.

“Fitness and taking that extra step off the breakdowns making sure the boys are back onside to cut the penalties out,” Oliver said.

Both are hoping that a couple of players who were injured in Saturday’s game would

be fit for this week’s match against the Nyngan Bulls.

With Jacklin and Oliver having both joined the Bulls team last season during the COVID pandemic when the Camels were unable to field a team, and given their first hand knowledge of how the Bulls play, it should give the Camels a bit of an advantage when they meet in Round 2 on Saturday.

“It’ll be a hard game for sure,” Jacklin said.

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Junior soccer season kicks off in beautiful weather

It was beautiful weather on Saturday morning for the Cobar Junior Soccer Club’s first games of the 2021 season.

Four Minis teams chased the ball around the field at Ward Oval with some great goals being scored.

Among the Minis award winners wer Joe Arnold took home the Gumnuts Milkshake Award as a stand-out in his United team while Josh McMillian won the Cobar Hotbake Donut Award.

In the Mids division, an even game was played with the final score tied at 3-all.

Phoebe Travis and Henry Ntamuhanga scored for Rovers while Piper Allen and Alfie Toomey goaled for Liverpool.

Spurs and Rangers battled it out in the Seniors division with Rangers narrowly taking the game with a 3-2 win.

The Skills awards went to Greg McKervey and Ethan McLeod while Braiden Jones and Jayden Cryer collected the Sportsmanship awards. Registration is still open for new players.—contributed

10 years ago …

• Craig Dillon won the Cobar Men’s Golf

Open 2011 title with Jacob Ryan the Junior title winner.

• The CRL Far West Academy team were runners-up in the 15s division of the Nyngan Easter Rugby League Challenge.

Mini’s players from the Cobar Junior Soccer Club’s Wanderers team, Max Ellison, Jake • Daniel ‘Howie’ Howard scored a hat trick of McKervey, Abigail Theakston and Sam McKervey were excited to play their first soccer tries in the Cobar Camels’ emphatic 73-5 win game of the season on Saturday morning at Ward Oval. ▪ Photo contributed over the Warren Pumas.

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Good performance by Camels debutantes

The Cobar Camels had their first hit out Oval in sunny conditions. “very impressed” with their team’s on-field of the Western Plains Rugby Union 2021 While the visitors may have gone home with performance up against the more experienced season on Saturday hosting their Coonam- a narrow 16-12 win, Cobar Camels co-coaches, Coonamble Rams side. ble visitors at Ailsa Fitzsimmons Memorial Tony Jacklin and Simon Oliver, were however This year’s Cobar Camels team features a number of former rugby league juniors who have made the switch this year to play rugby union with the Camels.

Jacklin, who led the side on the field while Oliver called the shots from the sideline, said while the Camels did make a number of silly mistakes during Saturday’s game, it was however understandable coming from a team that is made up of players who are mostly new to the game.

“Coonamble has plenty of experience and they are used to playing together.

“And they understand the rules whereas 95 per cent of us don’t,” Jacklin said in a post game interview.

Oliver said he was impressed with how the younger players stepped up and showed leadership in Saturday’s match while some of their senior players were off injured or having a break.

“The stand out for me would be our halfback, Jay Ellison, coming over from league.

He took control of the game and led the boys around the paddock pretty well,” Oliver said.

Ellison earned the Players’ Player award and shared in the Best & Fairest points, Best & Fairest three points went to Brad Crawford, two points went to Jacob Christie with Ellison and Brandon Jones picking up a point each.

Both coaches are confident their team’s skills will develop in the coming weeks as they settle into the game.

The Camels were without their veteran prop, Steve Gillett, for Saturday’s opener, New rugby union convert, Jacob Christie (with the ball), was one of the Cobar Camels’ who both coaches said would have been a stand-out players in the opening round of the 2021 Western Plains Rugby competition calming influence on the side which could match played at Ailsa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval on Saturday. Christie is one of a possibly have made a difference in Saturday’s number of former junior rugby league players who have crossed codes this season. The final outcome.

Camels were narrowly beaten by the Coonamble Rams 16-12 on Saturday.

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