Forbes Phoenix

Our Gal -Isabel Haley

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How long have you lived in Forbes and what do you like about living here? I was born in Forbes and have lived here most of my life. I love the atmosphere, the people and I think it’s a great place to raise a family.

Where do you work and what do you enjoy about your work? I own Crave Café and I love making coffee and being the boss!

What do you do to unwind after work or on weekends? I just like being at home spending time with my family.

What are you really good at? I’m great at organisation and getting things done.

If you could have a super power, what would it be? It would be pretty handy to be invisible and have the chance to be that ‘fly on the wall’.

What is your pet hate? I have so many but top of the list would be people cracking their knuckles.

Tell us about your best holiday ever. I really enjoy camping and fishing and love to light a fire and relax.

Why was it important that you attend the White Ribbon Day march?

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Christine Johansson: My auntie was a victim of domestic violence and was one of the lucky survivors. She’s a big inspiration to me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kellie Trainor: My mum was a victim of domestic violence and was murdered in the end because she couldn’t escape.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ellysa Cunningham (CatholicCare’s specialist homelessness service): To promote awareness of ending domestic violence. There are many homeless women and children because of trying to escape domestic violence.

 

Deck The Town Hall With Christmas Trees

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The 7th Rotary Ipomoea Christmas Tree Festival will once again bring joy and Christmas wonder to both the young and young at heart.

The Christmas Tree Festival is set to be held in the Forbes Town Hall and will open its doors for viewing from 5pm this Friday, 30th November. The event will be officially opened by Councillor Michele Herbert Morley at 6:30pm and all members of the community are invited to attend.

Thereafter the Town Hall will be open to view all the wondrous Christmas trees all day on Saturday, 1st December and on Sunday from 9am to 3pm.

Entry to the Town Hall is free for primary aged children and only $2 an adult. This event is promoted by Rotary Ipomoea as an affordable family event for young and old and has been designed to celebrate the joy of Christmas.

Families, businesses and students have designed and created Christmas trees of all shapes or materials that reflect their love of Christmas time.

Come along and vote for your favourite tree!

Rotary Ipomoea Club have fervently been running this annual event now for more than six years.

By Gizell van Wyk

Medal Of Medallist Decided

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In an engaging performance, Peter Nixon scored 69 nett to take out the ‘Medal of Medallist’ honours for 2018. Pete turned square with the card and finished square for an all par performance.

The Saturday Men’s competition was an Individual Stroke, sponsored by Loomzy’s Fish n Fix. The field of 59 players enjoyed sunny conditions across a green course.

Cam McMillan, a young player also in form, took out the A-Division with a very good round of 74, nett 67. He got there on count back from Stuart French and powered his way out of trouble to score his 67.

In the B-Division, it was Ethan Gaffney who finished with 69 to take the honours. In a classic display of playing to his handicap, Maurie Westwood took runner-up with a fine 70 nett.

The ball sweep went to 72 nett on count back, going to: 67 – C McMillan, S French; 69 – E Gaffney, P Nixon, B Hodges; 70 – T Callaghan, P Grayson, R Nixon, M Westwood; 71 – P Maher, B Chandler, W Judge; 72 – K Sanderson, N McMillan, R Morris.

Alongside the comp NTP’s there were additional sponsored NTP’s. The comp NTP’s went to: 1st – P Pymont; 9th – P Nixon. The sponsored NTP’s went to: 3rd – B-Grade W Judge, and nil for both A-Grade and C-Grade; 18th – A-Grade P McDade, B-Grade G Webb, C-Grade B Chandler.

The Medal of Medallists was held in conjunction with the stroke event. Of the 32 eligible medallists, 22 were able to participate. They generally produced good scores with players across all grades contributing well and seven producing sub-par rounds.

Peter Nixon’s 69 nett pipped Richard Nixon, P Grayson and T Callaghan on 70, and too good for Warwick Judge and Bruce Chandler on 71.

There was no Sunday Stableford Medley, with instead the Forbes Rotary Charity Day being held.

This Sunday, Forbes will be holding its VW Scramble, previously known as the Holden Scramble. There is still plenty of opportunity to register, either online or at the Pro Shop.

By Short Putt

Market Day Success For Forbes Public School

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Forbes Public Primary School was blessed with beautifully bright and sunny skies at their fourth annual school market day hosted by the P&C on the school’s oval last Saturday. With thorough planning and preparation the market day had all the makings of a successful event, which it certainly turned out to be!

Approximately 1,800 people attended the event to browse the more than 70 high quality stalls from across the Central West region on display at the market.

Children also had lots to do with all the fun activities available to keep them occupied while parents could do some shopping.

The Game Zone and jumping castle was a hive of activity. By the amount of little butterflies, tigers and fairies running around it was clear that the face painting once again proved to be a favourite among the children. There were also many with pink, blue or green hair, after clearly finding the hairspray stall.

Singers and musicians kept the crowds entertained and Kristen’s Dance Studio and Kumiai Ryu Forbes put on very engaging demonstrations.

Raffles were drawn on the day with the very impressive first prize of an YCF 50A Two Wheeler 50cc going to Jono Webb; second prize was a BBQ basket won by Jess Walsh and third prize was a family hamper taken by Patrick Dooley.

This event is the school’s major fundraiser for the year and this time round they managed to raise more than $5,000 for the school.

By Gizell van Wyk

Community Funding Program Opens

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Forbes Shire Council is calling on all notfor- profit organisations, community and sporting groups to apply for Forbes Shire Council’s Community Funding Program for the 2019-2020 financial year.

General Manager, Steve Loane explained that this program is designed to consider all types of community groups that may be looking for support from council, perhaps in the form of kind labour, to cash contributions or waivers of venue or equipment hire.

“Forbes is a real ‘can do’ type of town and we are looking forward to seeing the projects and events that the community puts forward for support,” said Steve. “The Community Funding Program application is a straight-forward document which staff designed also to be used as a planning tool by community groups,” he added.

From the 1st December, Community Funding Program application forms will be available from Council. Forms will be able to be downloaded from the Forbes Shire Council website, by following the quicklink on the left hand side. The Forbes Shire Grant Funding page on Facebook will also have a link to download the application form.

Applications for the Community Funding Program opens 1st December and will close on 1st March, 2019.

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Learning Support: The Bert Evans scholarship is available to first year apprentices to assist them financially and to provide extra support so that they can successfully complete their apprenticeship. All recipients must also show aptitude and a positive attitude towards their work and training to be eligible for a scholarship. Michael Cowan was only one of four successful applications in Western NSW to win this year’s scholarship. Training Services NSW aims to back all apprentices and help them on the road to success. Darren Cowan has had an excellent success rate with his apprentices and has proven invaluable in skilling the youth for the future in trade areas.

Boost To Blue Line: Member for Orange, Phil Donato acknowledged the NSW Government for finally responding to his calls for more police. “I am pleased the Government has now finally responded to my repeated calls for them to significantly boost the numbers of police over the next four years,” said Phil. “Following the extraordinary number of questions I’ve directed to the Police Minister, media interviews I’ve participated in alongside overworked and under resourced police officers, speeches and notices of motion I’ve delivered to Parliament, the Premier has responded by announcing an additional 1,500 police,” he said. Police Commissioner Fuller announced the NSW Police would commence recruiting now and the first 300 of the additional police will be delivered from 1st July next year.

Forbes White Ribbon Day: The Forbes Domestic & Family Violence Committee is inviting the entire Forbes community to walk with them in their annual White Ribbon Day March to be held today. The walk is in support of Australia’s campaign to stop men’s violence against women. Everyone will meet at Cross Street in front of Carpet Court at 10am and will finish in Victoria Park.

Rotary Ipomoea Christmas Tree Festival: Anyone can get involved in designing and creating a Christmas tree of any shape or material that reflects their love of Christmas time. Members of the community are invited to the official opening of the festival on Friday, 30th November at the Forbes Town Hall at 6:30pm. Enter a tree by phoning Helen on 6851 4930 or Sue-Anne on 6851 5197, or send an email to sueanne.nixon@hotmail.com. Entry fee is $5. Enter any type of tree.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Forbes Railway Arts and Visitor Information Centre has various Christmas goodies available at the moment. Christmas cakes, puddings and gifts, just to name a few. Visit the centre this Saturday during their Open Day to see what treats you can find.

What do you like about going to a market day?

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Tracey Herden: I like the variety that you can find with all the different stalls at a market.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jenna Lewis: I love going to a market and seeing all the familiar faces.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gemma Ellis: The best is that you can buy things and also make money!

Cowra Christmas Street Festival

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The Cowra Christmas Street Festival is back for its sixth year with Cowra’s Kendal Street hosting the region’s largest celebration of all things festive on Friday, 7th December from 6pm to 9pm.

The main street of Cowra is set to be closed down and reopened as a magical twilight marketplace, jam-packed with locally handcrafted wares, soaps, jewellery, clothing, preserves, candles and more. The festival is the perfect time to tick off your Christmas shopping list with unique gifts from local Cowra retailers and regional market holders. Our retailers and market stallholders are committed to ensuring shoppers have all they need for the big day. The beloved Christmas Wonderland at Squire Park will be making its return, offering lots of fun, free activities for the kids as well as the opportunity for photos with Santa himself! The kids will also enjoy the Old Kentucky Animal Farm in the Bushman Boots & All courtyard. Get up close and personal, pat the animals and even help the farmer with feeding time.

Macquarie ‘Eat Street’ is the place to grab a bite to eat, with a huge range of delicious local and international cuisines available to enjoy whilst watching the great live entertainment up on the main stage, featuring the youngest winner ever of ‘The Voice Australia’, Ellie Drennan!

Don’t forget to be present at the main stage for the annual Cowra Guardian Christmas Cracker draw, where the lucky winners will take home a multitude of fantastic prizes. Winners must be at the event to claim their prize.

Join in the fun and get festive this season at the Cowra Christmas Street Festival in Kendal Street on Friday, 7th December from 6pm to 9pm. Ho, Ho, Hope to see you there!

 

The Boscars Midsummer Night’s Dream Gala Dinner

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The committee for the Forbes Boscars is pleased to announce that the Gala Dinner event will be held at the Forbes Services Memorial Club on Friday, 8th February 2019.

“The Gala Dinner will be under the magical theme of Midsummer Night’s Dream – a whimsical theatrical theme!” said Michael Jelbart, Chair of the Boscars committee.

“We are delighted to be working with 123 Tix for this event and will be publicising the link for ticket purchases on social media later this week,” added Michael.

The Boscars nominations have been very promising with submissions for all categories. “The committee awaits for the judges to make their final decisions to enable the award nominees to progress to the next step,” said Michael.

The committee meet fortnightly to ensure that the plans for the Gala Boscars event are well on track.

If you would like more information, please do not hesitate to contact either Fiona Ferguson of the Forbes Business Chamber on 0407 380 936 or Cheryl Newsom, Media Liaison, on 0411 211 065.

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