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LOCAL NEWS AND EVENTS FOR THE LITHGOW REGION

03 July 2015

Springvale extension a step closer to approval prevention is .......

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By Rich Evans The preliminary determination on the Springvale extension was handed down by the Planning Assessment Commission on Tuesday and it held some hopeful news for the local coal industry After the large crowd showing at the May public hearing meeting, the local coal community has been holding its breathe to see what the determination of the PAC would be in their response to the Minister.

There has been a great deal of interest in the proposal from beyond Lithgow as concerns were raised in regards to the mine’s impact on the region’s water resources that eventually flow into the Sydney Catchment.

The report states, “The Commission has carefully weighed the key areas of concern, including discharge impacts on the region’s water resources and swamp

impacts, against the significance of the resource and the socio-economic benefits. The Commission is satisfied that the project’s benefits as currently understood outweigh its potential impacts, and on balance is approvable.”

The process now gives Centennial time to respond to the recommendations, a process that Centennial says will happen very quickly from their point of view. “Most of what was in the report we have already considered and we will be able to respond very quickly,” said Katie Brassil, Executive General Manager External Affairs from Centennial Coal.

Whilst the full approval may still be many weeks away, it is a sign that the community getting behind the project and showing that they wanted to be heard has, at this stage, seen some positive results.

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This week has been a tough one for me. It's been tough because I’m saying goodbye to the Village Voice. I’m not moving far, and I’ll still be in the region (so if you see me, then say hi!), but I’m leaving the paper and that’s not going to be easy.

I’ve never written an (assistant) editor’s letter before, but I wanted to write something this week. In particular, I wanted to write and say thank you.

I’ve loved my time as the assistant editor, and I’m going to miss a lot of things about the paper. First and foremost, I’m going to miss coming to work each day and seeing the team in the office. So - to Rich, Kellie, Cass - I’d like to say thank you for making my time working at the paper so wonderful!

I’ll also miss working with our contributors each week.

So, thank you to everyone who contributes to our paper. I will look forward to reading your articles in future - even though I’ll no longer get a sneak preview!

But, most of all, I’ll miss you.

Working at the paper has offered me an amazing opportunity to see firsthand how much every single person in a community matters. Without you, this paper would not exist. So, thank you to every single person in the region who has ever taken the time to read the Village Voice. It has been a true privilege working with you.

I’ll just finish by adding - If this job has taught me one thing, it’s that everyone has a story that should be shared.

I’d like to encourage you to continue sharing your stories because they really do matter. The Lithgow region seems to suffer from a general sense of pessimism, but I’ve seen so much while working at the Village Voice that makes those notions of doom and gloom entirely unfounded.

There are so many vibrant, energetic, passionate people in this community doing amazing things that I’m shocked every time someone says something pessimistic about the region. Then, I realise that most of the community *doesn’t know* about those vibrant, energetic and passionate people working to make Lithgow a better place…

So - let’s keep telling the positive stories. From everything I’ve seen, Lithgow has a bright future, and I’m excited to be a part of it.

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the Editor We received a piece of ‘fanmail' this week from someone who decided that it was ‘high time to put a few facts straight’ and that ‘constructive criticism’ is the best form of advice.

I would agree with the writer that putting facts straight is very important, and that constructive criticism can be an effective way of giving advice. However - there was very little that was constructive, and most of the letter was criticism.

Firstly, we have deliverers in many areas of Lithgow, Wallerawang and Portland. Some areas have been dialled back, and there are times when one deliverer finishes, and another one cannot be found straight away.

However we have increased the bulk deliveries to our drop off points to compensate.

Secondly, I am not sure how often the writer attends media opportunities, but we do make an effort to attend a number each week. We also utilise technology like telephones and email - so we can run stories even when it’s not possible for us to attend an event.

As for the accusation of plagiarism - we receive many press releases from all sorts of organisations and we often choose to run them, as do other publications. This does result in some of the same stories being run, none of which are plagiarised.

No one put me in charge. In fact I am not in charge.

We are a group of people trying to help one another and the entire business community as a whole. To date I have built a website, given a number of presentations, provided artwork, marketing plans and a number of other professional services. What has been in it for me? Nothing.

I am doing it because it needs to be done. Even now - when the group has a marketing campaign rolling out with some paid advertising - because of our low advertising rates, other media outlets will receive more in terms of actual dollars than what we will.

All the other businesses involved in our group share the same ideal. Our agenda is doing what is right for the whole town. If we all benefit from a better economy, where is the harm in that? Suggesting the group is in some way self-serving is not only factually incorrect, it is actually quite offensive in the face of the size of the contribution all members of the group have made.

As for my choice of clothing - I spend upwards of 12 hours per day behind a computer, working. I like to be comfortable, and wearing jeans and a tshirt worked ok for one of my business idols, Steve Jobs, so I think I’ll continue to take his lead.

As for the ‘juicy bit’ I have decided not to publish this as as the writer named business owners in Lithgow and provided very rude comments relating to them. This is categorically not constructive.

The reality is that the writer felt so strongly about all these points, but did not put their name to them and own them.

So, to the writer - if you feel we and the businesses you called out are doing such a bad job at all these things, perhaps a better way, is to do something yourself. Show us how it should be done. Lead by example. I invite you, whoever you may be, to join us at one of our meetings. I believe you know when and where we hold them.

Note: we removed part of the letter where it named others

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Lithgow Aged Care reaching out to the community

Lithgow Aged Care Ltd recently extended an invitation to the General Public in the Lithgow regional area, to attend an Information Day about Aged Care.

The day was held at the Lithgow Workman’s Club & the community took the opportunity to attend.

The CEO of Lithgow Aged Care Ltd, Alanna Grosfeld welcomed everyone and outlined the Mission and values of Lithgow Aged Care Ltd. With the help of her Senior Team, Sharon Holt (Financial Operations Manager) & Rebel Bullingham-Evans (Admissions Coordinator) information was given about the process of entering an aged care facility. Cooinda Homes & Tanderra Nursing Home amalgamated to become Lithgow Aged Care Ltd. Guest Speakers for day included:Dr Michele Chandler from the Maevis Group (Clinical Specialists in Aged Care; Bryan from AgeingLIFE (Fees & Charges for residential aged Care); Pat Joyce from TARS (The Aged Care Rights Services) and David Cook from Crowe Horwath (Financial & Accounting Services).

Information was also distributed by Tanya Slaven from Lithgow Community Transport.

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Hodson & Dodson home in with R&W opening Christine and Graham see a bright future ahead for Lithgow especially as Sydney’s runaway property market causes more people to look further afield for affordable housing and a decent lifestyle.

The opening of a new Richardson & Wrench real estate office in Lithgow is a sign of changing times in a town that is fast reinventing itself as a destination for people seeking a lifestyle within a strong and close-knit community.

The two principals of the agency, Graham Hodson and Christine Dodson, both have long-standing ties to Lithgow and were drawn back from Sydney by reasons that are as much sentimental as professional.

Yet the two were unknown to each other barely a year ago and the newly minted business partnership is considered by both as something that was simply “meant to be”.

Graham was born in Lithgow, moved away with his family when he was young and carved out a real estate career in the Mountains and Western Sydney. With his own children now grown up the dream of returning to his birthplace was cemented when he opened his own One Agency real estate office in late 2013.

Christine grew up in the Mountains but had a sister and brother living in Lithgow. On a visit more than 10 years ago she made her love of the town official by buying a home. She continued to live and work in Sydney where she was headhunted by McGrath but always, Lithgow kept calling her back.

When she finally made the move permanent she knocked on Graham’s door for a part time sales job which quickly became full-time. Knowing that he’d had the good fortune to find an agent with a rare talent, Graham offered Christine a partnership and together they made the decision to rebrand under the Richardson & Wrench banner.

What drew Graham and Christine back to Lithgow was the opportunity to be part of a close community and to play a role in its transformation as the economic base shifts from a reliance on coal mining.

“I could see an opportunity to do things a bit differently,” says Graham. “Although Lithgow is the place that I was born I came here as an outsider and while that has some disadvantages there are probably more advantages.

“The biggest of these is our approach to marketing.

Pictured: Isla Czarnota, Christine Dodson, Graham Hodson, Andrew Cocks Christine and I are able to offer our Lithgow clients the This is a fantastic community with a progressive council benefit of many years working in the competitive Sydney and a real sense of direction and purpose. market where there are extremely high expectations “Coal has been important for the town but it’s around presentation and strategy. diversifying and we’re seeing the emergence of a food and “This has always been one of our points of difference cafe culture that is changing the perception of Lithgow.” which will become even more marked when we have The importance of Sydney buyers to the Lithgow market access to all the systems and marketing tools under the means that R&W Lithgow will be open for business seven R&W banner.” days a week making sure that weekend house-hunters are Before moving to Lithgow Christine branched out of well looked after. “Our priority is getting the best price real estate to build her own property styling business, a for our vendors so that means being available for people valuable extra that their Lithgow clients are able to take visiting on the weekends,” says . advantage of as part of the service.

Having fallen in love with Lithgow and its lovely old Both Christine and Graham see a bright future ahead miners’ cottages and Federation homes, Christine is in no for Lithgow especially as Sydney’s runaway property doubt that Lithgow’s charms can’t remain hidden for long. market causes more people to look further afield for “It used to be a place that had the faint smell of coal affordable housing and a decent lifestyle. dust but now the air is clear and while the mines are still “A few years ago you could buy a basic home in Western being worked, there are other business and industries are Sydney for around $200,000 but your absolute entry springing up,” says Christine. level is now double that and if there’s any development “There are a growing number of creative industries and potential at all the price goes through the roof,” says . a cafe culture that appreciates our fresh local produce.

“Prices in Lithgow have gone up too but not by such Council is pushing events like Halloween and Ironfest large margins. There is opportunity for a family living in to support local business and we can see a time when the Mountains or Sydney to sell out and move to Lithgow Lithgow is viewed a bit like Bowral. trading up to a better house with some land or live “It’s the same distance from Sydney just with a bit more mortgage free. genuine charm!”

“One of the great drawcards for people who do make the R&W Lithgow is located at 89 Main St Lithgow, phone move is that they are buying a lifestyle, not just a house.

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Extended hours Business group continues to grow at Lithgow Indoor Pool Indoor Pool Patrons will now be able to enjoy the Lithgow Indoor Aquatic Centre with no weekday lunchtime closures.

Lithgow’s premier new facility is now providing even greater access for patrons after desire was expressed by working patrons to swim during their lunch breaks.

“I am so pleased to announce that the Lithgow Indoor Aquatic Centre will now be opening its doors from 6am to 7pm on weekdays and 8am to 4pm on weekends” said Lithgow City Council Mayor, Councillor Maree Statham.

“Council previously said that it would reassess this issue once the pool was opened and now that we have a demand for the extra hours, especially from local schools, the lunchtime closure has been eliminated” said Mayor Statham.

Council’s Swim School will be soon be commencing and will coincide with the NSW school terms, with morning and afternoon sessions on offer. There are limited places left in Council’s vital swimming and water safety skills programs for babies from 6 months of age and preschool & school aged children with registrations closing Friday, 10th July 2015.

A large range of Zoggs products including goggles & equipment and swimwear is also now available for purchase all year round from the Lithgow Indoor Aquatic Centre. Look out later in the year for the new High Summer & Peppa Pig ranges.

“If you haven’t yet experienced our community’s new attraction come down ready to make a splash in the balmy 27°C pool water and experience all Lithgow Indoor Aquatic Centre has to offer” concluded Mayor Statham.

The end of the financial year is a busy time for some business owners, however on Tuesday night over 30 local business owners got together for the inaugural night meeting of the Lithgow Business Networking Group.

The group, which regularly meets of a Wednesday morning, were joined by a number of new faces eager to hear about the activities of the group to date, the special promotion that starts next week for Christmas in July, and how they can become involved in the newly developed shoplithgow.com.au website.

The PCYC provided a fantastic venue for the evening with many guests remarking that they were not aware that facilities like that were available from the PCYC. Businesses were given the opportunity to introduce themselves, network with other business owners and get an insight into the group’s activities in the 4 months

since it started.

“I joined the group because I wanted to do something to help the town, and I’ve gotten to know a lot of my fellow business owners a lot better in the process,” said Karyn Mitchell, owner of Respectfully

The next night meeting will be held 28th July, at 6:30pm in the PCYC. For more information search for the Lithgow Business Networking Group on Facebook.

NAIDOC week at Lithgow Library The community is being invited to free NAIDOC Week events at Lithgow Library celebrating the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

As part of NAIDOC Week 2015, which is celebrated not only in Indigenous communities, but by Australians from all walks of life, the Library will host an exhibition of artworks by local Aboriginal people, as well as by local school students from 29 June to 31 July 2015. This exhibition may include paintings, drawings, collage, weaving and any other traditional or contemporary creations.

An official opening and morning tea will be held at the Library on Monday 6 July 2015 at 10.30am. This free event will be open to everyone in the community with no bookings required. Join us to enjoy a special celebration of music and dance, a viewing of the artworks and a taste of bush tucker.

NAIDOC Week Storytime will be held at the Library on Wednesday 8 July at 10.30am. Aimed at pre-schoolers, this celebratory Storytime will feature storytelling by Aunty Helen, and an Aboriginal themed craft activity. Everyone is welcome to this free session.

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#1 WEAK GROSS MARGINS Weak/negative gross profit-margins are one of the key problem areas with reference to cash flow.

In most cases, this problem tends to be small at the outset and goes undetected for some time; eventually, the result is all the same – you face a cash crunch. This problem can impact companies that operate in highly competitive markets as it compels you to lower prices. If you are not careful and set the prices too low, you can end up generating a loss Solution: The one way to avoid this is to determine what the all-inclusive cost of delivering your services and products is. Now compare those against revenues that are being generated by those services and products. Modify or eliminate the programs whose margins prove to be too low #2 HIGH OVERHEAD EXPENSES These are the costs that are associated with running your business such as rent, phone etc. In some instances, these expenses can overstep the revenues you are generating and the subsequent imbalance can impact your available cash Solution: Review your overheads & eliminate

expenses that aren’t absolutely necessary. If a particular expense is required, then look for options that are less expensive #3 MONEY TIED-UP IN SLOW-PAYING INVOICES Typically, small businesses that cater to commercial clients, have to allow 30-60 days to pay an invoice. This ties-up cash in accounts receivable.

So, your business may be profitable, but it could still be cash poor. Check your financial statements and if you see a large number of unpaid invoices and very little money in your account, slow payments could be the culprits causing poor cash flow Solution: Implement better collections; first follow-up with all your clients & make sure they pay on time. You can also consider offering clients an early-payment incentive. Consider using invoicefactoring to finance all the slow-paying invoices. #4 TOO MUCH BAD DEBT This occurs when you extend any credit to your commercial clients who have bad credit. It can be a very serious problem as it’s very difficult to collect.

At times, the best option is to write it off & move forward Solution: In order to solve this issue; provide credit terms (net 30 to net 60). This should be given only to clients that have good credit. Clients with bad credit should prepay you before they receive any product or service #5 EXCESSIVE INVENTORY This is applicable only for the companies which sell products. They buy too many products and this ties their funds Solution: You can sell-off inventory, but its best to maintain lean inventory. It’s better to purchase in larger quantities only when you have received a confirmed order from the client.

It’s also a good idea to work with a Certified Public Accountant if your business is facing severe cash flow problems. They will help you understand what the exact problem is and will help chalk-out the best solution.

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A guide to investing in property Over the past six months we’ve had an increasing number of queries from clients looking to invest in bricks and mortar.

By Catriona Swan, Fitzgerald Swan Real Estate With Sydney property prices soaring and the Blue Mountains and Central West markets spiking significantly in recent weeks, it’s not surprising that Lithgow has emerged as a viable investment option.

After all, property prices remain affordable, there’s a strong demand for rental accommodation and people are seeing real value in their returns.

Investing in real estate is largely about capital growth, so buying a property for the right price in a market set to grow is absolutely crucial. The key is to have a good overview of the town. Things you’ll need to know are: Is one part of town more desirable than another for renters? What are properties in your chosen area currently rented for? Where are the local facilities located? How close is transport? Where are schools? Who are your likely tenants going to be?

Before you start looking at properties, talk to your bank so you know exactly how much money you have to negotiate with when you see a property you like. When forecasting an annual budget for your investment, don’t underestimate the ongoing costs.

Remember to factor in rates, insurance, repairs and property management fees. If you’re planning to buy into a block of units, you will also be responsible for strata levies.

Rental properties should be conveniently located, clean and liveable, not luxurious or highmaintenance, so don’t overspend on a fancy house just because you like it, if it won’t give you the return. Unless you have the skills, avoid properties that require serious renovation. Instead, look for a property that you could potentially update with a coat of paint and a few hours spent in the garden.

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Pick of the week

I’d highly recommend watching the ‘Pick of the week’ this week.

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SATURDAY on ABC at 9.05pm

The Bletchley Circle Smart and intriguing, The Bletchley Circle makes the most of its fascinating historical moment to become something more than an old-fashioned whodunit.

By Irene Bowie-Johnson The show surrounds four women who worked at Bletchley Park during the Second World War where they helped decipher German codes. Their work helped Britain win the war, but has gone unrecognised and unmentioned ever since, buried beneath several levels of classification and hidden even from their families.

Nearly a decade later they are all living low-key domestic lives, struggling to adjust to a life without the pressure and responsibility that was required of them at Bletchley. None of them are coping well.

In particular, Susan (Anna Maxwell Martin) is struggling to turn her considerable energy and intellect to being a housewife and mother. So, when she discovers a spatial patter involving a series of slain girls, she can’t resist digging a little deeper in the

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hope of preventing further murders. Eventually, by untangling the geographical puzzle, she discovers what she thinks is the location of the next murder.

She tries to tell the authorities what she’s discovered, but she’s summarily dismissed by the police and her bureaucratic husband, who knows nothing about her heavily classified past.

Undeterred, and convinced that she is on to something, she turns to her past for help. Susan gathers the old team from Bletchley Park, overcoming their initial reluctance to convince them to help her unravel the mystery.

The Bletchley Circle tells a highly compelling story, not least because of its unique protagonists. Susan and her friends aren’t super-heroines, but they have formidable talents that put them ahead of their cohort, and the striking contrast between their past and their current circumstances makes the show utterly engrossing to watch.

The cast is amazing across the board, but Anna Maxwell Martin does stand out as Susan. Her vulnerability and pluck, as well as her sharp intellect and the way she is struggling with channeling her energy in child-rearing all combine to create a strong, realistic and compelling female lead.

Overall the biggest strength of the Bletchley Circle is that it doesn’t overplay its hand. It’s a neat little package that’s easy to watch, but also tightly written enough that nothing is ever given away too easily.

A great watch, particularly for those who enjoy British dramas with a difference.

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VILLAGE VOICE TV GUIDE - SAT 4 - FRI 10 The Voice is back and it’s been revitalised this season by the arrival of a new judge - Jessie J. Jessie is tougher and more forthright than Delta Goodrem - meaning they work well on the show, contrasting in everything from attitude to appearance.

The Voice is one of the few singing talent shows I consistently enjoy. The focus on singing skill - not on that elusive ‘x’ factor - appeals. The show also draws an amazing calibre of competitor, which makes every week a pleasure to listen to, as well as engaging to watch.

Pick Of The Day

The Voice on WIN at 7.00pm Pick Of The Week

The Bletchley Circle on ABC at 9.05pm

SATURDAY 4 JULY SBS ONE

6.00 WorldWatch 10.30 German news 11.00 Spanish News 12.00 Arabic News 12.30 Turkish News 1.00 PBS NewsHour 2.00 IN Search Of Hayden 3.50 Sol3 Mio Down Under 4.20 Sol3 Mio: Live In Concert 5.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 6.30 World News 7.30 Secrets Of The Manor House 8.30 RocKwiz 9.30 Cycling 2.00 The Bridge

SBS2 6.00 WorldWatch 11.05 Japanese News 11.40 Hong Kong News 12.00 Hindi News 12.30 Dutch News 1.00 Mysterious Cities Of Gold 2.00 Kung Fu Changed My Life 3.00 The World Of Jenks 4.00 Monster Moves 5.00 The Climb Starts Here 6.30 Heston’s Feasts 7.30 If you are the One 8.30 Where the Wild Men Are 9.30 Dig 11.00 > The Big Picture 1.05 > Inju 3.05 CCTV News in English 5.00 French News 5.50 Urdu News

ABC

6.00 Rage 11.30 Spicks And Specks 12.00 Two Men In China 1.00 Antiques Roadshow 2.00 The Restaurant Inspector 2.55 Rick Stein’s India 4.00 QI 4.30 Landline 5.00 Midsomer Murders 6.30 Gardening Australia 7.00 News 7.30 Father Brown 8.30 Doc Martin 9.05 The Bletchley Circle 9.55 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering 10.25 Adam Hills: The Last Leg 11.05 Rage

ABC2

6.00 Children’s Programs 3.30 Play School 4.00 Bananas in Pyjamas 4.10 Hoopla Doopla 4.25 Mister Maker 4.45 Thomas And Friends 5.00 dirtgirlworld 5.10 Fireman Sam 5.25 Peppa Pig 5.30 Octonauts 5.45 Peg + Cat 6.00 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 6.10 Peter Rabbit 6.25 Curious George 6.50 Shaun The Sheep 7.00 Spicks and Specks 7.30 Total Wipeout 8.35 The Home Show 9.20 Live At The Apollo 10.05 Dirty Laundry Live 10.55 The IT Crowd 11.20 Archer 12.05 This Is Jinsy

PRIME

6.00 Morning Programs 7.00 Weekend Sunrise 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend 12.00 > Step Up 2.30 > Guarding Tess 4.30 Better Homes and Gardens 5.30 The Lucky Country 6.00 News 7.00 > The Mummy 9.30 > Tears Of The Sun 12.00 > The Operator

ABC3 Children’s Programs Trop Jr Deadly Pole To Pole WAC: World Animal Championships 3.55 Pixelface 4.25 The Aquabats Super Show!

4.50 Slugterra 5.15 Studio 3 5.20 Star Wars: The Clone Wars 5.40 Operation Ouch!

6.10 The Penguins Of Madagascar 6.35 Mortified 7.00 Outnumbered 7.30 Operation Ouch!

8.00 Deadly Pole To Pole 8.30 Good Game: SP 9.00 Degrassi: The Next Generation 10.45 Close

6.00 2.50 3.00 3.25

WIN

TEN

6.00 Morning Program 7.00 Weekend Today 10.00 Mornings: Saturday 12.00 Cybershack 12.30 Food CIA 1.00 Nine Presents 1.15 Hot In Cleveland 1.45 > Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 4.00 Australian Geographic Adventures 4.30 Deep Water 5.00 News 5.30 Getaway 6.00 News 7.00 The Voice 11.30 > Interview With The Vampire

GO!

6.00 Morning Programs 8.30 Studio 10: Saturday 11.00 The Living Room 12.00 The Talk 2.00 Dancers On Tour 3.00 Everyday Gourmet 3.30 iFish 4.00 What’s Up Down Under 4.30 Paced We Go 5.00 Eyewitness News 6.00 Bondi Vet 7.00 > Night At The Museum 9.15 > Prometheus 11.45 48 Hours

ELEVEN

6.00 Children’s Programs 11.00 Heidi 11.30 Move It 12.00 Kitchen Whiz 12.30 Spongebob Squarepants 1.30 Shopping 2.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal 3.00 Thunderbirds 3.30 The Amazing World Of Gumball 4.30 The Looney Tunes Show 5.30 ScoobyDoo! Mystery Incorporated 6.30 > Dolphin Tale 8.45 > Jumper 10.30 > Mortal Kombat 12.30 > Cadillac Records

6.00 Toasted TV 8.00 Totally Wild 8.30 Scope 9.05 The Loop 11.35 Diagnosis Murder 1.30 MasterChef Australia 5.30 Becker 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 8.30 The Graham Norton Show 9.30 Sex and the City 10.50 The Late Late Show with James Cordon 11.50 The Loop 2.25 Frasier

7TWO 6.00 Morning Programs 12.00 Creek To Coas 12.30 Sydney Weekender 1.00 Queensland Weekender 1.30 WA Weekender 2.00 Tennis 3.00 Rugby Union 5.00 Intolerant Cooks 5.30 Homes under the Hammer 6.30 Bargain Hunt 7.30 Cities of the Underworld 8.30 Tennis 12.00 Tennis

GEM 6.00 > High Country 8.00 Shopping 8.30 Destination WA 9.00 Our State On A Plate 10.00 > I Was Monty’s Doublt 12.05 Postcards 12.35 Duncan’s Thai Kitchen 1.05 > A Shot In The Dark 3.15 > The Sundowners 6.00 Antiques Roadshow 7.00 Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple 9.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 11.00 The Mentalist

7MATE 6.00 America’s Game 7.00 A Football Life 8.00 Shopping 9.00 Shannon’s Legends Of Motorsport 10.00 Zoom TV 10.30 Trash To Treasure 11.30 Construction Zone 12.30 Selling Big 1.30 AFL 4.30 Footy Flashbacks 6.00 Turtleman 6.30 AFL Pre-Game Show 7.00 AFL 10.30 > Wanted 12.45 > Smokin’ Aces 2

ONE 6.00 Morning Programs 11.00 Trans-Tasman Muscle Car Battle 11.30 Motorsport 12.00 RMP 1.00 Motorsport 2.00 Black Gold 3.00 Undercover Boss 4.00 Merv Hughes Fishing 4.30 Reel Action 5.00 Escape With ET 5.30 Extreme Fishing with Robson Green 6.30 Monster Jam 7.30 Cops 8.30 48 Hours 9.30 Ross Kemp 10.30 To Be Advised 11.30 Extant

Cement Works Update The demolition continued in at The Foundations in Portland this week with the removal of the old cement store building being the biggest sign of progress on the site to date.

The weather has been quite cold, but with a minimum of rain over the last two weeks,

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the works have been able to progress without much interruption at all.

Many locals have had mixed emotions about the buildings coming down on the site as they recall time spent working in the Cement Works.

Demolition works should be finalised in the next two weeks and hopefully the first major milestone can be achieved which is the closure of the site as a mine site. Once this occurs, future plans and developments can begin in earnest.

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VILLAGE VOICE TV GUIDE - SAT 4 - FRI 10 This week’s episode tackles the 60s problems with asbestos related diseases and fatalities.

It starts off with the discovery of a woman’s body. Everyone assumes it is a suicide, but George Gently believes that it may be a case of foul play...

Inspector George Gently is genuinely enjoyable to watch. Ultimately, despite the fact it deals with some intense themes, it doesn’t leave you feeling depresed.

Gently himself is an admirable officer and an honest man, which makes the show enjoyable to watch.

Pick Of The Day

Inspector George Gently on ABC at 8.30pm

SUNDAY 5 JULY SBS ONE

6.00 Football 8.00 Tour De France 8.40 WorldWatch 1.00 Climbing Great Buildings 1.30 Cycling 3.30 Speedweek 5.00 World Of Cycling 5.30 Cycling 6.00 Grand Tours Of Scotland 6.30 World News 7.30 Michael Scott: The Story Of Luxury 8.30 Cycling 2.00 > Little White Lies

SBS2 6.00 WorldWatch 9.00 PopAsia 11.00 Portuguese News 11.30 Croatian News 12.00 Hindi News 12.30 Dutch News 1.00 Mysterious Cities Of Gold 2.00 Lily Cole’s Art Matters 3.00 The Jo Whiley Session 3.30 Cycling 5.30 FIFA Woman’s World Cup Highlights 6.00 Secret Life Of 6.30 Cycling 7.30 If you are the One 8.30 Nick Helm’s Heavy Entertainment 9.00 Drunk History UK 9.30 Housos 10.00 Pizza World Record 10.35 Indie Sex 11.50 The Sex Show 12.30 In Her Skin

ABC

6.00 Rage 7.00 Weekend Breakfast 9.00 Insiders 10.00 Offsiders 10.30 Australia Wide 11.00 The World This Week 11.30 Songs of Praise 12.00 Landline 1.00 Gardening Australia 1.30 The Mix 2.00 Light From The Shadows 2.30 The Redfern Story 3.30 Ripples From Wave Hill 4.25 Father Brown 5.10 Restoration Man 6.00 The Book Club 6.30 Compass 7.00 News 7.40 Grand Desings 8.30 Inspector George Gently 10.00 The Darkside 10.30 Mystery Road 12.30 Tudawaii

ABC2 6.00 3.30 4.00 4.10 4.25 4.45 6.00

Children’s Programs Play School Bananas in Pyjamas Hoopla Doopla Mister Maker Thomas And Friends Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 6.10 Peter Rabbit 6.25 Curious George 6.50 Shaun The Sheep 7.00 Spicks and Specks 7.30 Total Wipeout 8.30 7/7 10.00 Forbidden Love 10.45 Bodyshockers 11.30 Louis Theroux 12.30 Don’t Blame The Dog

PRIME 6.00 7.00 10.00 11.00 11.30 4.00

Morning Programs Weekend Sunrise The Weekend Show Malibu Country To Be Advised Air Crash Investigations 5.00 News 5.30 Sydney Weekender 6.00 News 6.30 House Rules 8.15 Sunday Night 9.15 Bones 11.10 Covert Affairs 12.05 Do No Harm

ABC3 6.00 2.50 3.00 3.25

Children’s Programs Trop Jr Deadly Pole To Pole WAC: World Animal Championships 3.55 Studio 3 4.00 The Legend Of Dick And Dom 4.30 Roy 5.00 Life With Boys 5.24 mal.com 5.40 Bushwhacked!

6.10 The Penguins Of Madagascar 6.35 Mortified 7.00 Outnumbered 7.30 Operation Ouch!

8.00 Deadly Pole To Pole 8.30 Yonderland 8.50 Karaoke High 9.15 Good Game: Pocket Edition 9.25 Rage

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WIN 6.00 6.30 7.00 10.00

Morning Programs Dora the Explorer Weekend Today Wide World Of Sports 11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show 1.00 Surfing 2.00 > Get Smart’s Bruce And Lloyd Out Of Control 3.30 NRL 6.00 News 6.30 The Voice 8.30 60 Minutes 9.30 AD The Bible Continues 10.35 Stalker 11.35 The Following 12.35 Arrow

GO! 6.00 Children’s Programs 10.30 Batman: The Brave and the Bold 11.00 Rabbids Invasion 12.00 The Tome And Jerry Show 12.30 Spongebob Squarepants 1.30 Shopping 2.00 Power Rangers Megaforce 3.00 Young Justie 4.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal 5.30 ScoobyDoo! Mystery Incorporated 6.00 > Chicken Run 7.40 The Big Bang Theory 8.40 Gotham 9.40 Arrow 11.40 Almost Human 12.40 The Cube

TEN 6.00 8.30 10.00 11.00 1.00 1.30

Morning Programs Studio 10: Sunday The Bolt Report The Talk Huey’s Kitchen The Offroad Adventure Show 2.00 iFish 3.00 The Bolt Report 4.00 RPM 5.00 Eyewitness News 6.00 Family Feud 6.30 Modern Family 7.30 MasterChef Australia 9.00 CSI: Cyber 10.00 NCIS 11.00 > Never Let Me Go

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV 8.30 Infomercials 9.30 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10.00 Mako 10.30 The Brady Bunch 11.00 Infomercials 11.30 MasterChef Australia 2.00 Infomercials 2.30 Neighbours 5.00 Mork & mindy 5.30 Becker 6.00 Family Feud 6.30 Everybody Loves Raymond 7.30 The Simpsons 8.30 > Blades Of Glory 10.25 Californication 11.05 The Late Late Show with James Cordon 12.05 Nurse Jackie

7TWO 6.00 Morning Programs 8.00 David Jeremiah 8.30 Shopping 9.30 Home And Away 11.00 Downsize Me 12.00 Tennis 1.00 Travel Oz 2.30 The Travel Bug 3.30 Live Inside The Markets 4.00 Neighbours At War 4.30 Mighty War 5.30 Border Patrol 6.30 Bargain Hunt 7.30 Escape To The Country 9.30 Best Houses Australia 10.30 Mighty Ships 11.30 Border patrol 12.30 Neighbours At War

GEM 6.00 Shopping 6.30 Gem Presents 6.40 > She’ll Have To Go 8.30 Shopping 9.30 Antiques Roadshow 10.30 > Topkapi 1.00 Australian Geographic 1.30 Getaway 2.00 > Separate Tables 4.00 > Band Of Angels 6.30 Antiques Roadshow 7.30 David Attenborough’s Life 8.30 > Side Effects 10.40 Cold Case 11.35 Prime Suspect 12.30 Getaway

7MATE 6.00 Shopping 6.30 Hook, Line And Sinker 7.30 Shopping 9.30 Hook, Line And Sinker 10.00 AFL Game Day 12.00 Construction Zone 12.30 Brashernats 1.30 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction 2.30 AFL Pre-Game Show 3.00 AFL 6.00 Seinfeld 6.30 To Be Advised 10.45 Family Guy 2.00 Repo Games

ONE 6.00 Morning Programs 11.00 Morotsport 12.00 World Sport 12.30 Undercover Boss 2.30 Temporary Australians 3.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 4.00 Emergency Search & Rescue 5.00 What’s Up! Downunder 5.30 iFish 6.00 Family Feud 6.30 M*A*S*H 7.30 Gold Coast Cops 8.30 Territory Cops 9.30 > Die Hard 12.10 Extant

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VILLAGE VOICE TV GUIDE - SAT 4 - FRI 10 The Hancock Dynasty Saga has now gripped Australia for years. The recent dramatisation of the family’s history has ignited an interest in the inside story - this week Australian Story tells it how it really happened.

In this episode we get a rare glimpse into Gina Rinehart’s world. Ahead of her opening her Roy Hill iron ore mine, friends and colleagues give an insight into the challenges Gina has face since her father died in 1992.

This is a fascinating story, and has some never before seen family footage. A must watch and definitely food for thought.

Pick Of The Day

Australian Story on ABC at 8.00pm

MONDAY 6 JULY SBS ONE

6.00 WorldWatch 7.00 Tour De France 7.30 WorldWatch 8.30 Football 11.30 WorldWatch 1.00 Climbing Great Buildings 1.30 Cycling 3.30 This Is Brazil!

4.30 The Dales With Ade Edmondson 5.00 Living Black 5.30 Cycling 6.00 Food Safari 6.30 World News 8.30 Pan-American Road Trip 9.35 Cycling

SBS2 6.00 WorldWatch 9.40 Serbian News 10.20 Portuguese News 11.05 Japanese News 11.40 Hong Kong News 12.00 Hindi News 12.30 Dutch News 12.55 Italian News 1.35 German News 2.05 Spanish News 3.00 Greek News From Cyprus 3.30 Cycling 5.30 FIFA Woman’s World Cup Highlights 6.30 Cycling 7.30 The Feed 8.00 The Office 8.30 The Rocket 10.20 > Tulpan 12.15 The Feed

ABC

6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 ABC News Mornings 10.00 Landline 11.00 Australia Wide 11.3 Compass 12.00 News 1.00 Grand Designs 2.00 Buckskin 3.00 Catalyst 3.40 Doctor Who 4.30 Eggheads 5.00 News: Early Edition 6.00 Antiques Roadshow 7.00 News 7.30 7.3 8.00 Australian Story 8.30 Four Corners 9.20 Media Watch 9.35 Q&A 10.30 Lateline 11.05 The Business 11.35 Corniston

PRIME 6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show: Weekend 11.30 Morning News 12.00 > Flirting With Forty 2.00 The Daily Edition 3.00 The Chase 4.00 News at 4 5.00 Deal or Not Deal 5.30 Million Dollar Minutes 6.00 PRIME7 News 6.30 News 7.00 Home and Away 7.30 House Rules 9.15 Blacklist 10.15 > Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels 12.30 Desperate Housewives

ABC2 6.00 Children’s Programs 3.30 Play School 4.00 Bananas in Pyjamas 4.10 Hoopla Doopla 4.25 Mister Maker 4.45 Thomas And Friends 5.00 dirtgirlworld 5.10 Fireman Sam 5.25 Peppa Pig 5.30 Octonauts 5.45 Peg + Cat 6.00 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 6.10 Peter Rabbit 6.25 Curious George 6.50 Shaun The Sheep 7.00 Spicks and Specks 7.3 Doctor Who 8.10 The ‘70s Show 8.35 Light 8.40 Louis Theroux 9.40 Ross Kemp: Extreme World 10.35 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs 12.00 The Next Step 3.40 Almost Naked Animals 3.50 Dragons: Riders Of Berk 4.15 The Penguins Of Madagascar 4.40 News On 3 4.45 Studio 3 4.50 Roy 5.15 Handball Heroes 5.25 Bushwhacked!

5.50 Dance Academy 6.15 Officially Amazing 6.50 News On 3 7.00 The Adventures Of Merlin 7.45 Girl Vs BOy 8.10 My Great Big Adventure 8.30 Degrassi: The Next Generation 8.55 Total Drama 9.15 Good Game: SP 9.45 Rage

WIN

TEN

6.00 Today 9.00 Mornings 11.00 News 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News 1.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2.00 Extra 2.30 Alive and Cooking 3.00 News Now 4.15 News 5.30 Hot Seat 6.00 News 7.00 WIN News 7.30 The Voice 9.00 Lip Sync Battle 9.30 Two And A Half Men 10.00 Mom 10.30 Person Of Interest 11.30 Extra 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News

GO!

6.00 Morning Programs 8.30 Studio 10 11.00 MasterChef Australia 12.30 Dr Phil 1.30 Entertainment Tonight 2.00 The Doctors 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Good Chef, Bad Chef 4.00 Everyday Gourmet with Justine Schofield 4.30 The Bold and the Beautiful 5.00 Eyewitness News 6.00 Family Feud 6.30 The Project 7.30 MasterChef Australia 8.30 Have you been Paying Attention?

9.30 Under The Dome 10.30 Extant 11.30 The Project 12.30 The Good Wife

ELEVEN

6.00 Children’s Programs 1.00 Thunderbirds 2.00 Thunderbirds Are Go! 2.3 The Tom And Jerry Show 3.00 Spongebob Squarepants 3.30 Rabbids Invasion 4.00 Kids’ WB Weekdays 4.05 The Looney Tunes Show 4.30 Young Justie 5.00 Ben 10: Omniverse 5.30 Teen Titans Go! 6.00 The Regular Show 6.30 Adventure Time 7.00 The Big Bang Theory 8.00 Top Gear 9.30 > The Bank Job 11.40 Anger Management 12.00 MAD

6.00 Morning Programs 9.30 Wurrawhy 10.00 Touched By An Angel 11.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 11.30 Taxi 12.00 Charmed 1.00 JAG 2.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch 3.00 Infomercials 3.30 Cheers 4.00 The King of Queens 4.30 Laverne & Shirley 5.00 Mork & Mindy 5.30 Becker 6.00 Family Feud 6.30 Neighbours 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 7.30 The Simpsons 8.00 Futurama 8.30 To Be Advised 9.30 Witches Of East End 10.30 Dexter 11.30 The Late Late Show with James Cordon 12.30 The King of Queens

7TWO 6.00 Morning Programs 10.00 The Martha Stewart Show 11.00 Escape To The Country 12.00 Agatha Christie’s Sparkling Cyanide 2.00 Best Houses Australia 3.00 Animal Academy 3.30 The Martha Stewart Show 4.30 60 Minutes Makeover 5.30 Homes under the Hammer 6.30 Bargain Hunt 7.30 Cities of the Underworld 8.30 Tennis 12.00 Tennis

GEM 6.00 Morning Programs 10.30 Alive and Cooking 11.00 Friends 12.00 The Devil’s Triangle 1.00 > The Sleeping Tiger 3.00 Alive and Cooking 3.30 David Attenborough’s Life 4.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 5.30 Gilmore Girls 6.30 Friends 7.30 A Current Affair 8.00 Monarch Of The Glen 9.10 Midsomer Murders 11.20 Cold Case 12.20 Gem Presents

7MATE 6.00 Morning Programs 11.00 Fifth Gear 12.00 TJ Hooker 1.00 Camp 2.00 The Amazing Race 3.00 Pair Of Kings 3.30 Kickin’ It 4.00 Zeke And Luther 4.30 Crash & Bernstein 5.00 Ultimate Spider Man 5.30 Auction Kings 6.30 MythBusters 7.30 American Dad! 8.30 American Restoration 9.30 American Pickers 11.15 Family Guy 12.00 SportsFan Clubhouse

ONE 6.00 Morning Programs 9.00 Black Gold 10.00 Changing Views Of Africa 11.00 RPM 12.00 Dads 1.00 The Late Show With David Letterman 2.00 The Living Room 3.00 Totally Wile 4.00 Scappers 4.30 The Home Team 5.00 Extreme Boats’ Big Angry Fish 5.30 iFish 6.30 M*A*S*H 7.30 Undercover Boss 9.30 Motorsport 10.30 > The Manchurian Candidate

Mary O’Leary Morning Tea All welcome to come along to the monthly morning tea at Mary O’Leary’s room on Tuesday the 7th July at 10am.

We will enjoy music and a sing-a-long with Heather Fitzgerald our local pianist and friend while chatting with your friends and enjoying some home cooking.

If anyone needs transport please ring Pat on 6355 5997 or John on 6355 5921.

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VILLAGE VOICE TV GUIDE - SAT 4 - FRI 10 This week the glamorous adoptive mother of Paige struggles to make things work with her daughter.

The initially chilly relationship between Mary and Paige had not warmed since Mary gatecrashed Paige’s 21st birthday. Now Mary’s asking advice from Terese.

She wants to know if it would be better for her to return to Singapore and work on her relationship with her daughter from a distance...

Gina, well known for her work in Real Housewives of Melbourne, adds spark to the episode, even if her acting is not - yet - fully up to snuff.

TUESDAY 7 JULY SBS ONE

6.00 WorldWatch 7.00 Tour De France 7.30 WorldWatch 8.30 Football 11.30 WorldWatch 1.00 Climbing Great Buildings 1.30 Cycling 3.30 Stephen Hawking’s Future Universe 4.25 Luke Nguyen’s UK 4.35 North Sea Cycle Route 5.30 Cycling 6.00 Food Safari 6.30 World News 7.30 If Walls Could Talk 8.30 Insight 9.30 Dateline 10.00 Cycling

SBS2 6.00 WorldWatch 9.40 Serbian News 10.20 Portuguese News 11.05 Japanese News 11.40 Hong Kong News 12.00 Hindi News 12.30 Dutch News 12.55 Italian News 1.35 German News 2.05 Spanish News 3.00 Greek News From Cyprus 3.30 Cycling 5.30 Urban Freestyler 5.35 American Ninja Warrior 6.30 Cycling 7.30 The Feed 8.00 The Office 8.30 Don’t Tell My Mother…

9.30 Glue 10.30 Lost Girl

ABC

6.00 Morning Programs 11.00 Four Corners 11.45 Media Watch 11.00 Country Town Rescue 11.30 The Mix 12.00 News 1.00 Antiques Roadshow 2.00 Menny And The Bundaroos 2.30 The New Inventors 3.00 Catalyst 3.40 Doctor Who 4.30 Eggheads 5.00 News: Early Edition 5.30 The Drum 6.00 Antiques Roadshow 7.00 News 7.30 7.30 8.00 Foreign Correspondent 8.30 Making Families Happy 9.30 Wonders Of Life With Brian Cox 10.30 Lateline 11.05 The Business 11.20 Big Name No Blanket

ABC2

PRIME

WIN

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show: Weekend 11.30 Morning News 12.00 > Fugitive Nights 2.00 The Daily Edition 3.00 The Chase 4.00 News at 4 5.00 Deal or Not Deal 5.30 Million Dollar Minutes 6.00 PRIME7 News 6.30 News 7.00 Home and Away 7.30 House Rules 8.40 > The Bourne Legacy 11.25 Tennis

6.00 Today 9.00 Mornings 11.00 News 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News 1.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2.00 Extra 2.30 Alive and Cooking 3.00 News Now 4.15 News 5.30 Hot Seat 6.00 News 7.00 WIN News 7.30 The Voice 9.00 Embarrassing Bodies Down Under 10.00 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 11.00 Anger Management 11.30 Extra 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News

ABC3

6.00 Children’s Programs 3.30 Play School 4.00 Bananas in Pyjamas 4.10 Hoopla Doopla 4.25 Mister Maker 4.45 Thomas And Friends 5.00 dirtgirlworld 5.10 Fireman Sam 5.25 Peppa Pig 5.30 Octonauts 5.45 Peg + Cat 6.00 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 6.10 Peter Rabbit 6.25 Curious George 6.50 Shaun The Sheep 7.00 Spicks and Specks 7.30 Doctor Who 8.20 Light 8.30 Good Game 9.00 The Checkout 9.30 Unsafe Sex In The City 10.25 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 11.10 Ross Kemp: Extreme World

TEN

6.00 Morning Programs 11.00 MasterChef Australia 12.15 Dr Phil 1.30 Entertainment Tonight 2.00 The Doctors 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Good Chef, Bad Chef 4.00 Everyday Gourmet with Justine Schofield 4.30 The Bold and the Beautiful 5.00 Eyewitness News 6.00 Family Feud 6.30 The Project 7.30 MasterChef Australia 8.30 NCIS 9.30 NCIS: LA 11.30 The Project 12.30 The Good Wife

GO!

6.00 Children’s Programs 3.50 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk 4.15 The Penguins Of Madagascar 4.40 News On 3 4.45 Studio 3 4.50 Roy 5.15 Handball Heroes 5.25 Hank Zipzer 5.50 Dance Academy 6.15 Officially Amazing 6.50 News On 3 7.00 The Adventures Of Merlin 7.45 Girl Vs BOy 8.10 My Great Big Adventure 8.30 Degrassi: The Next Generation 8.55 Total Drama 9.15 Good Game: SP 9.45 Rage

6.00 Children’s Programs 12.00 Extra 12.30 The Batman 1.00 Top Gear 2.30 The Tom And Jerry Show 3.00 Spongebob Squarepants 3.30 Rabbids Invasion 4.00 Kids’ WB Weekdays 4.05 The Looney Tunes Show 4.30 Young Justie 5.00 Ben 10: Omniverse 5.30 Teen Titans Go! 6.00 The Regular Show 6.30 Adventure Time 7.00 The Big Bang Theory 7.30 Auction Hunters 8.30 > V For Vendetta 11.10 > Dark City 1.00 Regular Show

ELEVEN 6.00 Morning Programs 9.30 Wurrawhy 10.00 Touched By An Angel 11.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 11.30 Taxi 12.00 Charmed 1.00 JAG 2.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch 3.00 Infomercials 3.30 Cheers 4.00 The King of Queens 4.30 Laverne & Shirley 5.00 Mork & Mindy 5.30 Becker 6.00 Family Feud 6.30 Neighbours 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 7.30 The Simpsons 8.00 Rules of Engagement 8.30 The Graham Norton Show 9.30 > The Craft 11.30 The Late Late Show with James Cordon 12.30 The King of Queens

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With constant pressure from big chains focussed only on prices, small town pharmacists provide something that their big competition can’t - personalised service catering to your needs. We also deliver to the home for local residents if you can’t get in to the Pharmacy.

Each year we see over 50,000 customers, over 81% of those are elderly or on pensions, but to us, you are more than a number, you are a local.

Help us keep local jobs, maintain local benefits and achieve local outcomes.

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Pick Of The Day

Neighbours on ELEVEN at 6.30pm

7TWO

6.00 Morning Programs 10.00 The Martha Stewart Show 11.00 Homes under the Hammer 12.00 Air Crash Investigations 2.00 Cities of the Underworld 3.00 Animal Academy 3.30 The Martha Stewart Show 4.30 60 Minute Makeover 5.30 Homes under the Hammer 6.30 Bargain Hunt 7.30 Vicar Of Dibley 9.30 Keeping Up Appearances 10.00 Tennis 11.25 Bargain Hunt 12.25 Taggart

GEM

7MATE

6.00 Morning Programs 11.00 Fifth Gear 12.00 TJ Hooker 1.00 Camp 2.00 The Amazing Race 3.00 Pair Of Kings 3.30 Kickin’ It 4.00 Zeke And Luther 4.30 Crash & Bernstein 5.00 Ultimate Spider Man 5.30 Auction Kings 6.30 MythBusters 7.30 Highway Patrol 8.00 Motorway Patrol 8.30 Outback Truckers 9.30 Klondike Gold Fever 10.30 Goldfathers 11.30 Prospectors 12.00 Family Guy

ONE

6.00 Morning Programs 10.30 Alive and Cooking 11.00 Friends 12.00 Sun, Sea And Bargain Spotting 1.00 > Watch Your Stern 2.50 Monarch Of The Glen 4.00 Alive and Cooking 4.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 5.30 Gilmore Girls 6.30 Friends 7.30 A Current Affair 8.00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot 9.10 Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple 11.15 Person Of Interest 12.10 Got Home Alive 1.00 Dangerman

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Morning Programs Monster Jam Olivia’s Great Walk Extreme Fishing with Robson Green 12.00 Dads 1.00 The Late Show With David Letterman 2.00 The Living Room 3.00 Totally Wild 4.00 Reel Action 4.30 The Home Team 5.00 Extreme Boats’ Big Angry Fish 5.30 iFish 6.00 M*A*S*H 7.30 David Attenborough’s Great Natural Wonders Of The World 8.30 World’s Busiest 9.30 48 Hours 10.30 Movie Juice 11.00 Those Who Kill 12.00 Shopping

PRICE MATCH CHALLENGE!

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VILLAGE VOICE TV GUIDE - SAT 4 - FRI 10 There’s been some venom in the words exchanged between teams this year. NSW skipper, Paul Gallen, recieved a frosty reception, and made headlines, when he said ‘Hate is a strong word, but there is genuine hatred [of Queensland] there.”

Whether or not this emotion manifests itself in the teams’ conduct on the field is yet to be seen, but it’s clear that - no matter what happens - this is set to be one of the biggest finales yet.

Pick Of The Day

State of Origin on WIN at 7.30pm

WEDNESDAY 8 JULY SBS ONE

6.00 WorldWatch 7.00 Tour De France 7.30 WorldWatch 8.30 Football 11.30 WorldWatch 1.00 Climbing Great Buildings 1.30 Cycling 3.30 Insight 4.30 Monster Bug Wars 5.30 Cycling 6.00 Food Safari 6.30 World News 7.30 Dan Snow 8.30 24 Hours In Emergency 9.30 World News 10.00 Cycling

SBS2 6.00 WorldWatch 9.40 Serbian News 10.20 Portuguese News 11.05 Japanese News 11.40 Hong Kong News 12.00 Hindi News 12.30 Dutch News 12.55 Italian News 1.35 German News 2.05 Spanish News 3.00 Greek News From Cyprus 3.30 Cycling 5.30 Urban Freestyler 5.35 American Ninja Warrior 6.30 Cycling 7.30 The Feed 8.00 The Office 8.30 > The One 10.10 > Iceman 12.05 The Feed

ABC

6.00 Morning Programs 10.00 Q&A 11.00 The Jonathan Ross Show 12.00 News 12.30 National Press Club Address 1.30 The Book Club 2.00 Rainforest Warriorz 2.30 The New Inventors 3.00 Catalyst 3.30 Doctor Who 4.30 Eggheads 5.00 News: Early Edition 5.30 The Drum 6.00 Antiques Roadshow 7.00 News 7.30 7.3 8.00 QI 8.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering 9.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery 9.30 Adam Hills: The Last Leg 10.00 Utopia 10.30 Lateline

ABC2 6.00 Children’s Programs 3.30 Play School 4.00 Bananas in Pyjamas 4.10 Hoopla Doopla 4.25 Mister Maker 4.45 Thomas And Friends 5.00 dirtgirlworld 5.10 Fireman Sam 5.25 Peppa Pig 5.30 Octonauts 5.45 Peg + Cat 6.00 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 6.10 Peter Rabbit 6.25 Curious George 6.50 Shaun The Sheep 7.00 Spicks and Specks 7.30 Doctor Who 8.10 The ‘70s Show 8.35 Light 8.50 The Men Who Made Us Thin 9.40 Bodyshockers 10.30 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 11.10 Machete Maidens Unleashed!

PRIME

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show: Weekend 11.30 Morning News 12.00 > A Child Lost Forever 2.00 The Daily Edition 3.00 The Chase 4.00 News at 4 5.00 Deal or Not Deal 5.30 Million Dollar Minutes 6.00 PRIME7 News 6.30 News 7.00 Home and Away 7.30 Border Security 8.00 Highway Patrol 8.30 Criminal Minds 10.30 Tennis

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs 3.50 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk 4.15 The Penguins Of Madagascar 4.40 News On 3 4.45 Studio 3 4.50 Roy 5.15 Handball Heroes 5.25 Worst Year Of My Life, Again 5.50 Dance Academy 6.15 Officially Amazing 6.50 News On 3 7.00 The Adventures Of Merlin 7.45 Girl Vs BOy 8.10 My Great Big Adventure 8.30 Degrassi: The Next Generation 8.55 Total Drama 9.15 Good Game: SP 9.45 Rage

WIN

TEN

6.00 Today 9.00 Mornings 11.00 News 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News 1.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2.00 Extra 2.30 Alive and Cooking 3.00 News Now 4.15 News 5.30 Hot Seat 6.00 News 7.00 WIN News 7.30 Rugby League 10.30 The AFL Footy Show 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News

GO!

6.00 Morning Programs 11.00 MasterChef Australia 12.15 Dr Phil 1.30 Entertainment Tonight 2.00 The Doctors 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Good Chef, Bad Chef 4.00 Everyday Gourmet with Justine Schofield 4.30 The Bold and the Beautiful 5.00 Eyewitness News 6.00 Family Feud 6.30 The Project 7.30 MasterChef Australia 8.30 Madam Secretary 9.30 Elementary 11.30 The Project 12.30 Movie Juice

ELEVEN

6.00 Children’s Programs 1.00 Thunderbirds 2.00 Thunderbirds Are Go! 2.30 The Tom And Jerry Show 3.00 Spongebob Squarepants 3.30 Rabbids Invasion 4.00 Kids’ WB Weekdays 4.05 The Looney Tunes Show 4.30 Young Justie 5.00 Ben 10: Omniverse 5.30 Teen Titans Go! 6.00 The Regular Show 6.30 Adventure Time 7.00 The Big Bang Theory 8.30 > The Perfect Storm 11.00 To Be Advised 11.30 Anger Management

6.00 Morning Programs 9.30 Wurrawhy 10.00 Touched By An Angel 11.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 11.30 Taxi 12.00 Charmed 1.00 JAG 2.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch 3.00 Infomercials 3.30 Cheers 4.00 The King of Queens 4.30 Laverne & Shirley 5.00 Mork & Mindy 5.30 Becker 6.00 Family Feud 6.30 Neighbours 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 7.30 The Simpsons 8.00 Futurama 8.30 The Simpsons 9.00 Futurama 9.30 The Simpsons 10.30 Bob’s Burgers 11.00 Duckman

7TWO 6.00 Morning Programs 10.00 The Martha Stewart Show 11.00 Homes under the Hammer 12.00 Agatha Christie’s The Man In The Brown Suit 2.00 Vicar Of Dibley 3.00 Animal Academy 3.30 The Martha Stewart Show 4.30 60 Minute Makeover 5.30 Homes under the Hammer 6.30 Bargain Hunt 7.30 Pie In The Sky 8.30 Escape To The COuntry 9.30 Keeping Up Appearances 10.00 Tennis 10.30 Suspects 11.30 Bargain Hunt 12.30 Harry’s Practice

GEM 6.00 Morning Programs 10.30 Alive and Cooking 11.00 Friends 12.00 Secret Dealers 1.00 > Mr Denning Drives North 2.50 Agatha Christie’s Poirot 4.00 Alive and Cooking 4.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 5.30 Gilmore Girls 6.30 Friends 7.30 Cricket

7MATE 6.00 Morning Programs 11.00 Fifth Gear 12.00 TJ Hooker 1.00 Camp 2.00 The Amazing Race 3.00 Pair Of Kings 3.30 Kickin’ It 4.00 Zeke And Luther 4.30 Crash & Bernstein 5.00 Ultimate Spider Man 5.30 Auction Kings 6.30 MythBusters 7.30 Swamp People 8.30 Hardcore Pawn 9.30 Pawn Stars 10.30 Baggage Battles 11.00 Rude Tube 11.30 Family Guy 12.30 Operation Repo

ONE 6.00 Morning Programs 9.00 David Attenborough’s Great Natural Wonders Of The World 10.00 Spider 11.00 Movie Juice 11.30 World Sport 12.00 Dads 1.00 The Late Show With David Letterman 2.00 The Living Room 3.00 Totally Wild 4.00 Scrappers 4.30 The Home Team 5.00 Extreme Boats’ Big Angry Fish 5.30 iFish 6.00 M*A*S*H 7.30 Cops 8.30 To Be Advised 9.30 > Dinner For Schmucks 11.40 Blue Bloods

TechniCOLOUR

In an exciting new program by central west duo Andrew Baker, violin and Cindy Fox, piano you can expect every musical shade from the colour spectrum of the early twentieth century.

With influences from the drama, dance, film and folk worlds, light, brilliance and fire are juxtaposed against misery, despair and anguish TechniCOLOR presents a kaleidoscopic view of Twentieth Century musical styles: from the virtuosic to the minimalist. Program includes Preludium and Allegro by Kreisler, Suite in the Old Style by Schnittke, Ravels Sonate, Preludes

by Shostakovitch and Blochs Baal Shem from Three Pictures from Chassidic Life. Andrew Baker is a Violin teacher and performer, Music

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Education Researcher and Arts Manager who lives and works in Central West. Andrew is conductor of the Bathurst Chamber Orchestra and performs regularly as a soloist, orchestral and chamber musician. Cindy Fox is currently a teacher at the Mitchell Conservatorium as well as a sought after accompanist and chamber musician.

Their concert is on Wednesday 8 July 7.30pm at Mitchell Conservatorium 2 Wylde Street Lithgow for more information please call 6351 3990.

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VILLAGE VOICE TV GUIDE - SAT 4 - FRI 10 MasterChef Australia has been quietly, but surely, achieving this year.

It hasn’t featured the same number of breakdowns and emotional moments as some other reality shows, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t been compelling watching.

Tonight however, tensions are higher than usual with the retun of Marco Pierre White, whose challenge pushes even the most competent of the cooks to the their limits.

Well worth watching and a must see for fans of the show.

Pick Of The Day

MasterChef on TEN at 7.30pm

THURSDAY 9 JULY SBS ONE

6.00 WorldWatch 7.00 Tour De France 7.30 WorldWatch 1.00 Living Black 1.30 Cycling 3.30 Great Houses With Julian Fellowes 4.30 The Hair Bikers Restoration Road Trip 5.30 Cycling 6.00 Food Safari 6.30 World News 7.30 Shane Delia’s Spice Journey 8.00 Luke Nguyen’s UK 8.30 Dig 9.30 World News 10.00 Cycling

SBS2 6.00 WorldWatch 9.40 Serbian News 10.20 Portuguese News 11.05 Japanese News 11.40 Hong Kong News 12.00 Hindi News 12.30 Dutch News 12.55 Italian News 1.35 German News 2.05 Spanish News 3.00 Greek News From Cyprus 3.30 Cycling 5.30 Urban Freestyler 5.35 American Ninja Warrior 6.30 Cycling 7.30 The Feed 8.00 Dara O Briain 8.35 Mythbusters 9.35 Dreams Of A Life 11.20 Glue 12.15 The Feed

ABC

6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 ABC News Mornings 10.00 Australian Story 10.30 Foreign Correspondent 11.00 The Dreamhouse 11.30 QI 12.00 News 1.00 Antiques Roadshow 2.00 Don’t Miss Da Bus 2.30 The New Inventors 3.00 Catalyst 3.40 Doctor Who 4.30 Eggheads 5.00 News: Early Edition 5.30 The Drum 6.00 Antiques Roadshow 6.55 Clarke And Dawe 7.00 News 7.30 7.3 8.00 The Checkout 8.30 Glitch 9.30 Dirty Laundry Live 10.20 Lateline 10.55 The Business 11.05 Scott And Bailey

ABC2 6.00 Children’s Programs 3.30 Play School 4.00 Bananas in Pyjamas 4.10 Hoopla Doopla 4.25 Mister Maker 4.45 Thomas And Friends 5.00 dirtgirlworld 5.10 Fireman Sam 5.25 Peppa Pig 5.30 Octonauts 5.45 Peg + Cat 6.00 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 6.10 Peter Rabbit 6.25 Curious George 6.50 Shaun The Sheep 7.00 Spicks and Specks 7.30 Doctor Who 8.30 Light 8.40 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering 9.05 The IT Crowd 9.35 Cherry Healey 10.35 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 11.15 Good Game 11.45 Total Wipeout

PRIME

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show: Weekend 11.30 Morning News 12.00 > A Child Lost Forever 2.00 The Daily Edition 3.00 The Chase 4.00 News at 4 5.00 Deal or Not Deal 5.30 Million Dollar Minutes 6.00 PRIME7 News 6.30 News 7.00 Home and Away 8.00 Border Security 8.30 > I Give It A Year 10.30 Tennis

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs 3.50 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk 4.15 The Penguins Of Madagascar 4.40 News On 3 4.45 Studio 3 4.50 Roy 5.15 Handball Heroes 5.25 Mortified 5.50 Dance Academy 6.15 Officially Amazing 6.50 News On 3 7.00 The Adventures Of Merlin 7.45 Girl Vs BOy 8.10 My Great Big Adventure 8.30 Degrassi: The Next Generation 8.55 Total Drama 9.15 Good Game: SP 9.45 Rage

WIN 6.00 Today 9.00 Mornings 11.00 News 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News 1.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2.00 Extra 2.30 Alive and Cooking 3.00 News Now 4.15 News 5.30 Hot Seat 6.00 News 7.00 WIN News 7.30 Inside Story 8.00 Helicopter Heroes 8.30 The NRL Footy Show 10.30 Lip Sync Battle 11.30 Extra 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News

GO! 6.00 Children’s Programs 1.00 Thunderbirds 2.00 Thunderbirds Are Go! 2.30 Deep Water 3.00 Spongebob Squarepants 3.30 Rabbids Invasion 4.00 Kids’ WB Weekdays 4.05 The Looney Tunes Show 4.30 Young Justie 5.00 Ben 10: Omniverse 5.30 Teen Titans Go! 6.00 The Regular Show 6.30 Adventure Time 7.00 The Big Bang Theory 7.30 Britain’s Got Talent 9.30 Entrapment 11.40 Anger Management

Spirituality in the Pub Spirituality in the Pub Wallerawang/ ortland was established three years ago and our aim is to take the conversation out of the churches and into the community where people can have their say in an environment of hospitality, openness and mutual respect.

This year topic is “What is the Family in 2015? And we are very pleased to confirm that our guest speaker for our next gathering is Fr Paul Devitt, Dean of the Cathedral, Bathurst.

Paul is a priest of the Diocese of Bathurst and currently ministers as Dean of the Cathedral in Bathurst.

The function will be held on 12 July 2015 at the Portland RSL Sport Recreation Club, Portland starting at 12.30 pm for 1 pm for the meal and then 2-4 pm for the talk and conversation.

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TEN 6.00 Morning Programs 11.00 MasterChef Australia 12.15 Dr Phil 1.30 Entertainment Tonight 2.00 The Doctors 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Good Chef, Bad Chef 4.00 Everyday Gourmet with Justine Schofield 4.30 The Bold and the Beautiful 5.00 Eyewitness News 6.00 Family Feud 6.30 The Project 7.30 MasterChef Australia 8.30 Zoo 9.30 Law & Order SVU 10.30 Blue Bloods 11.30 The Project

ELEVEN 6.00 Morning Programs 9.30 Wurrawhy 10.00 Touched By An Angel 11.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 11.30 Taxi 12.00 Charmed 1.00 JAG 2.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch 3.00 Infomercials 3.30 Cheers 4.00 The King of Queens 4.30 Laverne & Shirley 5.00 Mork & Mindy 5.30 Becker 6.00 Family Feud 6.30 Neighbours 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 7.30 The Simpsons 8.00 Rules of Engagement 8.30 Dating Naked 9.30 > Center Stage 11.55 The Late Late Show with James Cordon

7TWO 6.00 Morning Programs 9.30 Shortland Street 10.00 The Martha Stewart Show 11.00 Homes under the Hammer 12.00 Life After People 2.00 Drug Bust 2.30 Animal Academy 3.30 The Martha Stewart Show 4.30 60 Minute Makeover 5.30 Homes under the Hammer 6.30 Bargain Hunt 7.30 Doc Martin 8.30 Taggart 10.00 Tennis 10.30 Mr Selfridge 12.00 Bargain Hunt

GEM 6.00 Morning Programs 10.30 Alive and Cooking 11.00 Friends 12.00 Sun, Sea And Bargain Spotting 2.00 > Man About The House 3.00 Alive and Cooking 3.30 My Crazy Obsession 4.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 5.30 Gilmore Girls 6.30 Friends 7.30 Cricket

7MATE 6.00 Morning Programs 11.00 Fifth Gear 12.00 TJ Hooker 1.00 Camp 2.00 The Amazing Race 3.00 Pair Of Kings 3.30 Kickin’ It 4.00 Zeke And Luther 4.30 Crash & Bernstein 5.00 Ultimate Spider Man 5.30 Classic Car Rescue 6.30 MythBusters 7.30 AFL 11.00 Family Guy 11.45 SportsFan Clubhouse

ONE 6.00 Infomercials 11.00 Motorsport 12.00 Dads 12.30 Emergency Search & Rescue 1.00 The Late Show With David Letterman 2.00 The Living Room 3.00 Totally Wild 4.00 Scrappers 4.30 The Home Team 5.00 Extreme Boats’ Big Angry Fish 5.30 iFish 6.00 Family Feud 6.30 M*A*S*H 7.00 Last Man Standing 8.30 The Millers 9.00 > Wayne’s World 2 11.00 Darren & Brose 11.30 Blokesworld

Construction of 2nd Toilet Commences

The construction of a second new modern toilet block in the Lithgow CBD has commenced which will provide added convenience for the community and visitors.

Residents using the Mort Street carpark will notice that work has commenced on the second new public toilet facility for the Lithgow CBD area. Water, electricity and sewerage services have been finalised and site works commenced.

The building is to be located adjacent to the existing taxi rank which will ensure that it is accessible from the footpath. Whilst part of the garden bed requires removal, the area will be re-beautified and a landscaped buffer will be provided around the building.

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VILLAGE VOICE TV GUIDE - SAT 4 - FRI 10 A unique take on the mythology surrounding the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur and George tells the story of Arthur Conan Doyle himself.

Based on events that took place in the early 1900s, the show focuses on Arthur Conan Doyles’ attempts to clear the name of a young Anglo-Indian lawyer, George Edalji, who has been wrongfully imprisioned.

It’s the second episode (of there) and the mystery is just starting to warm up. A must watch for fans of Sherlock Holmes.

Pick Of The Day

Arthur & George on ABC at 8.30pm

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FRIDAY JULY 10 SBS ONE

6.00 WorldWatch 7.00 Tour De France 7.30 WorldWatch 1.00 NITV News 1.30 Cycling 3.30 Strip The City 4.30 James May’s Toy Stories 5.30 Cycling 6.00 Heston’s In Search Of Perfection 6.30 World News 7.30 Secrets Of Britain 8.30 Secrets Of The Castle 9.30 World News 10.00 Cycling

SBS2 6.00 WorldWatch 9.40 Serbian News 10.20 Portuguese News 11.05 Japanese News 11.40 Hong Kong News 12.00 Hindi News 12.30 Dutch News 12.55 Italian News 1.35 German News 2.05 Spanish News 3.00 Greek News From Cyprus 3.30 Cycling 5.30 Urban Freestyler 5.35 American Ninja Warrior 6.30 Cycling 7.30 The Feed 8.00 The Tim Ferriss Experiment 8.30 Ctrl Freaks 9.25 Lost Girl 10.15 Tell them Anything You Want 11.00 Attack On Titan

ABC

6.00 9.00 10.00 10.30

ABC News Breakfast ABC News Mornings One Plue ONe Making Couples Happy 11.30 Hospital Chaplains 12.00 News 1.00 Antiques Roadshow 2.05 Big Boss 2.30 The New Inventors 3.00 Catalyst 3.40 Father Brown 4.30 Eggheads 5.00 News: Early Edition 5.30 The Drum 6.00 Antiques Roadshow 7.00 News 7.30 7.3 8.00 QI 8.30 Arthur & George 9.20 Janket King 10.20 Lateline 10.50 The Business 11.10 Dirty Laundry

ABC2 6.00 Children’s Programs 3.30 Play School 4.00 Bananas in Pyjamas 4.10 Hoopla Doopla 4.25 Mister Maker 4.45 Thomas And Friends 5.00 dirtgirlworld 5.10 Fireman Sam 5.25 Peppa Pig 5.30 Octonauts 5.45 Peg + Cat 6.00 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 6.10 Peter Rabbit 6.25 Curious George 6.50 Shaun The Sheep 7.00 Spicks and Specks 7.30 Doctor Who 8.10 The ‘70s Show 8.35 Light 8.40 The Undateables 9.30 Secrets Of The Gay Sauna 10.20 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 11.00 Unsafe Sex In The City

PRIME 6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show: Weekend 11.30 Morning News 12.00 > A Child Lost Forever 2.00 The Daily Edition 3.00 The Chase 4.00 News at 4 5.00 Deal or Not Deal 5.30 Million Dollar Minutes 6.00 PRIME7 News 6.30 News 7.00 Better Homes and Gardens 8.30 > Iron Man 11.00 Tennis

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs 3.50 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk 4.15 The Penguins Of Madagascar 4.40 News On 3 4.45 Studio 3 4.50 Roy 5.20 Operation Ouch!

5.50 Dance Academy 6.15 Officially Amazing 6.50 News On 3 7.00 The Adventures Of Merlin 7.45 Girl Vs BOy 8.10 My Great Big Adventure 8.30 Degrassi: The Next Generation 8.55 Total Drama 9.15 Good Game: SP 9.45 Rage

WIN

TEN

6.00 Today 9.00 Mornings 11.00 News 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News 1.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2.00 Extra 2.30 Alive and Cooking 3.00 News Now 4.15 News 5.30 Hot Seat 6.00 News 7.00 WIN News 7.30 NRL 10.00 > Red Dawn 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News

GO!

6.00 Morning Programs 11.00 MasterChef Australia 12.15 Dr Phil 1.30 Entertainment Tonight 2.00 The Doctors 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Good Chef, Bad Chef 4.00 Everyday Gourmet with Justine Schofield 4.30 The Bold and the Beautiful 5.00 Eyewitness News 6.00 Family Feud 6.30 The Project 7.00 The Living Room 8.30 The Graham Norton Show 9.30 NCIS 10.30 To Be Advised 11.30 The Project

ELEVEN

6.00 Children’s Programs 1.00 Thunderbirds 2.00 Thunderbirds Are Go! 2.30 The Tom And Jerry Show 3.00 Spongebob Squarepants 3.30 Rabbids Invasion 4.00 Kids’ WB Weekdays 4.05 The Looney Tunes Show 4.30 Young Justie 5.00 Ben 10: Omniverse 5.30 Teen Titans Go! 6.00 Scooby-Doo! Music Of The Vampire 7.30 > She’s The Man 9.40 > Magic Mike 12.00 Secret Mountain Fort

6.00 Morning Programs 9.30 Wurrawhy 10.00 Touched By An Angel 11.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 11.30 Taxi 12.00 Charmed 1.00 JAG 2.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch 3.00 Infomercials 3.30 Cheers 4.00 The King of Queens 4.30 Laverne & Shirley 5.00 Mork & Mindy 5.30 Becker 6.00 Family Feud 6.30 Neighbours 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 7.30 So You Think You Can Dance 9.30 New Girl 10.00 Snog, Marry, Avoid?

10.40 Sex and the City 11.20 Movie Juice

7TWO 6.00 Morning Programs 9.30 Shortland Street 10.00 The Martha Stewart Show 11.00 Homes under the Hammer 12.00 Life After People 2.00 Drug Bust 2.30 Animal Academy 3.30 The Martha Stewart Show 4.30 60 Minute Makeover 5.30 Homes under the Hammer 6.30 Bargain Hunt 7.30 Dog Patrol 8.00 Animal Airport 8.30 Escape To The Country 9.30 Front Of House 10.00 Wimbledon 11.00 Homes under the Hammer 12.00 Taggart

GEM 6.00 Morning Programs 10.30 Alive and Cooking 11.00 Friends 12.00 Secret Dealers 1.00 > Maneula 3.00 Alive and Cooking 3.30 Big Body Squad 4.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 5.30 Gilmore Girls 6.30 Friends 7.30 Cricket

7MATE 6.00 Morning Programs 11.00 Fifth Gear 12.00 TJ Hooker 1.00 Camp 2.00 The Amazing Race 3.00 Pair Of Kings 3.30 Kickin’ It 4.00 Zeke And Luther 4.30 Crash & Bernstein 5.00 Ultimate Spider Man 5.30 American Dad! 7.00 AFL Pre-Game Show 7.30 AFL 11.00 > Air America 1.15 > Apocalypse Now

ONE 6.00 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 1.00

Morning Programs World’s Busiest Natural Conflict Undercover Boss Monster Jam The Late Show With David Letterman 2.00 The Living Room 3.00 Totally Wild 4.00 Scrappers 4.30 The Home Team 5.00 Extreme Boats’ Big Angry Fish 5.30 iFish 6.00 Family Feud 6.30 M*A*S*H 7.00 Black Gold 8.30 Cops 9.30 > True Justice 11.30 Bellator MMA

The day the Texan came to town The Lithgow Lion’s Community Markets last weekend had a celebrity chef in attendance for their BBQ. Robert Murphy who was on a recent television cooking show bought his brand of BBQ to town with beef and pork ribs, chicken wings and many others seasoned with his secret BBQ sauce recipe.

Local butcher, Lithgow Free Range Meat supplied all the meat for the day and the Lithgow Lions Club manned the service to ensure the hungry crowds got a

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good feed for their donations.

The BBQ was a fundraising event for Vision Australia Central West. Market goers were asked for a donation in exchange for a plate full of BBQ goodness and throughout the day a total amount of $1450 was raised towards the charity.

Co-owner of Lithgow free range meats, Anthony Kingston said “It was good to work with Rob. Real down to earth nice guy” The TV chef is almost a local, now calling Hazelbrook home with his family. His 23 years in Australia has done nothing to change his Texan accent though, and he is clearly still a Texan at heart.

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HOME BASED BUSINESS

5 things I learnt while working from home

By Rich Evans I remember when I started my first full time business back in 2000. I say first full time business as I had been running little side projects most of my teenage years and in to my early 20s while still working full time. At one point I had a full time job, two part time jobs and a tidy little graphic design side business.

I had just lost my job in the great 2000 dotcom bust and I had $824 as severance pay from the company where I had been working. I decided it was time to ‘go out on my own’ and work for myself.

I lived in a 3 bedroom townhouse in Penrith, and with no kids, I was able to turn one of those rooms into an office.

Day 1, I went and bought a desk and a new computer and got set up. Day 2, I started knocking on doors and trying to find work. After a morning of prospecting, I had found my first lead, and the customer was coming over that afternoon to talk about his website.

It was just before the Olympics, and the guy I was speaking to wanted to create a logo and a website for a new business called OnTheArena.com - it was all about equestrian and horse eventing.

I took the job and promised him I would have it done by Friday, that was on a Wednesday afternoon.

I literally worked from Wednesday evening until Friday morning to get the job done - no sleep at all until l was finished. That might sound crazy, but I just thought that doing a good job would maybe lead to more work, I had no idea who this new found customer was at the time.

As it turned out he was involved in the sports and celebrity management industry, and was an entrepreneur with a great deal of connections. That one mammoth effort lead to over $500,000 over the more than 10 years I did work for his organisations.

Working for myself has been one of the most rewarding decisions I have ever made in my career and it all started with a little office at home.

HELPING HAND BOOKKEEPING & ACCOUNTING

Here are the top 5 things I learnt about working from home in the first 6 months of my business.

1) You never know who you are working for - referrals were the source of my success in business. Do the best possible job for everyone as you never know what it will lead to.

2) Be prepared to work harder than a job.

Working from home is not 9-5, you may need to do crazy things like work all night, but being the boss, you can make a decision to take the middle of the day off to get a massage.

3) Go to work. A lot of people sit around in their PJs all day - because they can. I had a routine of getting up and showered and having breakfast, then went to work. I stuck to a routine, and I never lost days sitting on the couch watching Oprah.

4) Make a dedicated space. It is hard to work from home if you are sitting in the corner of your dining room, particularly if you have kids. Try and make a dedicated space that works for you.

5) Find a support network. Joining a networking group was the best thing I did to combat the isolation you can sometimes feel working on your own. Being able to get out once a week and meet and network with people was a great way to win business and to just have a change of scenery.

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Assist with tax returns, bookwork & BAS. Based in Wallerawang but can work onsite Erin Moloney - 0400 310 957 hhbookkeeping@bigpond.com.au

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Kel’s Pumpkin Soup Ingredients: 1 whole Pumpkin, 3 Carrots, 1/2 medium Sweet Potato, 1 Potato, 1 Red Onion, 2 tablespoons Olive Oil, 2 cloves Garlic or Black Garlic if you can get it, 3cm piece Ginger, 2 teaspoons Tumeric, 1 cup White Wine (optional), 2 litres of Chicken or Vege Stock, Water, Salt & Pepper to taste Method: 1. Heat the olive oil in a heavy based pot over a medium heat. Add the onions and cooked until translucent.

2. Add the garlic, ginger and tumeric. Cook gently until fragrant.

3. Now peel, chop and add the pumpkin, carrots, sweet potato and potato to the pot. Give a really big stir to ensure the veggies are well coated with the onionyspicey oil.

4. Deglaze with either the wine, in which case allow the wine to cook for 5 minutes or if going with the stock, just tip it all in and then give a big stir. Add some water here to ensure the veggies are covered with liquid. Add salt & pepper here but only half the quantity. You can always add more at the end.

6. Turn the heat down to a gentle simmer and allow to cook until all the veg are soft. This should take 45 to 60 minutes.

7. Once cooked, strain the veggies in to a bowl, keeping the cooking liquid. Place the veggies in to the blender and add a cup or 2 of the cooking liquid.

8. Pulse the blender, ensuring that you don't have the little top bit in the lid of your blender. If you do, this could lead to very hot soup bursting out and not only making a mess but scolding you in the process. I use a tea towel over the opening to avoid the pressure building up.

9. Continue to pulse until you’re happy with the consistency, adding more liquid if needed. A nice touch is to reserve some veggies and stir them back through once you've finished blending.

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There’s no official scientific definition of a superfood, but it’s generally accepted that superfoods contain high levels of much-needed vitamins and minerals.

They can also be a source of antioxidants, substances that shield our bodies from cell damage and help prevent disease. Heres a few examples: Black Garlic - The black bulb is created by fermenting raw garlic through prolonged exposure to heat and humidity, giving it a sweet, mellow flavour and an inky hue. A great source of probiotics and aid to the immune system.

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Beetroot - Very low in calories and contain zero cholesterol. Its nutrition benefits come particularly from fibre, vitamins, minerals, and unique plant derived antioxidants.

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Steampunk Comes to Eskbank House

With its Victorian furniture, sandstone buildings, blacksmith tools and textiles, Eskbank House and Museum was just made for the upcoming Steampunk event to be held on Saturday 11 July 2015, from 2.006.00pm.

“Eskbank House will be opening its doors and collections to Steampunk fans to have a hands on Victorian experience,” said Lithgow City Council Mayor Maree Statham. “Whether you’re a seasoned Steampunker or just want to explore the old world collection of Eskbank House and soak up the atmosphere, there will be plenty to experience at this unique event. Eskbank House has always been at the heart of Lithgow so its rich industrial history make it the perfect location for a Steampunk event.”

Visitors will be able to handle objects from the Eskbank collection which usually remain behind glass, and pose with carriages and furniture normally kept behind barriers. Professional photographers will be on hand to do photo shoots or visitors can capture it all on their own cameras.

High tea will be served mid-afternoon and there will be plenty of period games to play including croquet, badminton and tea duelling. Steampunk themed stalls will be available for those who wish to take home a memento of their day or add to their costumes.

For those who wish to make a weekend of it, come in

costume to dinner at Salud Restaurant in the evening (call 6352 1740 to book). Then on Sunday the Zigzag Brewery in Brewery Lane Lithgow will be launching their limited edition brew complete with new label just for Eskbank Steampunk. They will also be providing tours of their historic site at 10.00am and 2.00pm finishing off each tour with a beer tasting.

Steampunkers may also like to visit one of Lithgow’s heritage sites like one of our gorgeous sandstone railway stations for more photo opportunities. The

State Mine Heritage Park, Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum and Hartley Historic Site will all be open on the Sunday too.

Tickets to Eskbank Steampunk cost $55 and include High Tea and a free photo. More details can be found on the Eskbank Steampunk Facebook Event Page.

Bookings can be made by calling Lithgow Visitor Information Centre on 1300 760276 which can also help with accommodation.

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State Mine Museum As you know, every holidays the Village Voice highlights some of the amazing attractions we have right here in our region. It’s so easy to ignore what’s in your own backyard, and I often find locals don’t know what they are missing.

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By Rich Evans One of the best attractions in the region is the State Mine Museum. The day I spent there with my son Thomas and one of his friends was entertaining, informative and certainly worth the small price of admission.

The first thing that strikes you on the guided tour - especially if you do not have a full understanding of how mining has evolved over the years - is just how hardworking and fearless these men were. The displays have a vast array of equipment used in a bygone era of mining that seems almost like science fiction today.

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‘What do you want to do when you grow up?’

By The Magpie Whisperer It’s the question adults constantly ask of kids. The majority of children do have a pretty good idea of what they want to be when they grow up, but no idea at all about how much those jobs are paid. Blame it on childish innocence, or fantastic imaginations, but most kids are in for repeated heartbreak when they get older, like when they realise how hard it is to get a job as a ballerina - and then find out how little it pays!

Researchers surveyed several hundred children aged between five and 12 years, and the poll revealed how kids think in interesting ways. It also highlighted the mundane realities of adult life. For example, the number of kids who dream of getting jobs that don’t really exist. In the survey, seven out of 32 five-year-olds said they wanted to be superheroes when they grew up, making it the single most popular occupation choice

for that age group (Spider-Man was No.1). Three girls wanted to be princesses, and one boy hoped he would grow up to be SpongeBob SquarePants!

The children who wanted to work in real jobs are in for a rude awakening, because many of the most popular kid-friendly careers aren’t the best paid. In the survey of five-year-olds, five of the 32 kids said that one day they wanted to be firefighters, and (on average) the five-year-olds thought firefighters earned $30 a year.

Interestingly, older kids thought jobs paid much more than the actually do, which will come as no surprise to any parent who has ever asked a child, “do you think I’m made of money?” One seven-year-old wanted to be a spy, and thought each year he’d earn $500,000.

Another wanted to be a model, and then she’d be paid $500 a year! But what is encouraging, is that when asked what they thought was the most important part of the job, 34% of all children polled thought ‘helping others’ the most important.

The good news is that regardless of what their future careers might pay, there are more options available to them than ever before. Most kids can still grow up to be anything they want - unless, that is, they want to be SpongeBob SquarePants.

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Congratulations to Wallerawang Public School for reaching the semi-finals CONGRATULATIONS to the Wallerawang PS Rugby League team for making it to the Western Region semi– finals. Along the way they defeated Lithgow Primary, Blayney and Bathurst Small Schools before being defeated by Orange Public School as one of the final 4 schools in the Western Region competition.

Wang’s ability to combine as a team and their strong defence certainly won them games. Coach Chris Brown has worked hard with the boys during the term and their commitment to training has certainly paid off.

The team is a mix of ages from 9 year olds through to 12 year olds which a mixture of experience and abilities, but regardless they are supportive of and encouraging of each other.

Lachlan Taylor has been fearless and after joining the Wang under 12’s team after many years at soccer is proving to be a real natural at the game. His team mate Kye Cameron used his vision during the matches. Ben Fraser had outstanding all–round games.

Eamyn Quin was strong during the games with some hard running to make ground, with Cooper Nunan displaying outstanding effort and skill throughout the competition. Wil Stockton demonstrated his abilities which found him a place in the 11’s Western side. Oscar Gordon as our strong forward shows he is a force to be reckoned with running the ball well and tackling hard, he is consistent in his play and looks out for his team mates. Wade Fraser had some great runs using his size and strength to run through defensive lines and make good ground. William Jackson, Lachlan Reilly, Dane Hart and Lachlan Schroder form well as part of the team undertaking the role that they are asked to play. Both Donny & Roman Peters have demonstrated that they are an asset to the team since enrolling from Lithgow Primary. The younger members of the team Saezar Scanlan, Bailey Brown, Aydan Thomas and

Byron Lamborn who are all only 9 are holding their own during the games and supporting their team mates to success.

The team are congratulated for their efforts and should be proud of what they have achieved for themselves, the school and Rugby League in Wallerawang.

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