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Club Christmas

December 3, 2015 by Maggi Barnard

Good times, good friends and great feelings is what Forbes Services Memorial Club (FSMC) is all about, offering members and visitors alike a relaxing, family friendly atmosphere. Forbes Services Memorial Club offers a range of activities for all ages to enjoy from the Tin Lids with our fully supervised Smile, Laugh and Play kids’ room. The kids’ room is open every Friday and Saturday night from 6pm.

The Club also offer free live entertainment every Saturday night, plus regular raffles and members’ draws among other great promotions and offers. Bistro 41 On Templar is the perfect place for lunch or dinner. Open 7 days a week,
Bistro 41 offers a comprehensive menu and specialty nights, such as the Sunday $15 Roast Night, Monday $13 T-Bone Steak Night, Tuesday $13 Schnitzel Night and Wednesday $10 Fish ‘N’ Chip Night.

Alternatively the Club Café is available, open 7 days a week from 10am. They offer great coffee which is supplied by local bean roaster Cannibal Coffee as well as cakes, slices, sandwiches, pizza and the Counter Lunch Menu.

With Christmas now only a few weeks away, Forbes Services Memorial Club is hosting the Hammiest Ham Raffles with the next 50 ham raffle to be held on Saturday 5 December, followed by the 100 ham raffle on Sunday 20 December. Forbes Services Memorial Club will also be hosting a massive toys raffle on Saturday 12 December. Santa will be visiting the club so bring your own camera and for the cost of a gold coin donation to Torchbearers for Legacy, you can have your photo taken with Santa for the 2015 Christmas season.

Don’t forget that this month, Forbes Services Memorial Club are offering $3 schooners of Hahn Super Dry 3.5 all day every day during December.

Parkes Sparkles at Christmas Time

December 3, 2015 by Maggi Barnard

It’s time to celebrate Christmas and Parkes is going to be full of sparkles this year! Businesses are going to light up the town of Parkes with their fabulous light displays for the festive season and the Parkes Sparkles Christmas catalogue is out now for all your gift shopping fun!

This year, the Parkes Sparkles campaign is being promoted via television across three major networks – Prime, WIN and Southern Cross Ten, as well as radio, social media and newspaper coverage. 16,000 catalogues were distributed in a letterbox drop throughout Parkes, Forbes, Condobolin, Peak Hill, Trundle, Bogan Gate, Tullamore, Eugowra, Canowindra, Molong, Manildra and Cargo, so it is expected to draw a lot of involvement.

Parkes has a fantastic range of Christmas gift ideas, and the 31 amazing business that came on board for the campaign are a testament to this. Some of those businesses include Adloyalty, Body Express, Agriwest, Little
Black Dress, Target, Nangar Gems, Parkes Mensland, Parkes Services Club, Griffins Leading Edge, The Red
Chandelier, Odds & Evie, Extra Mile Motorcycles and many, many more.

There will be plenty of fun at the Sparkle in the Park Christmas Festival where families can have a great night celebrating the Christmas period and all the things they love most about the holidays. Sparkle in the Park will be
host to an array of Christmas and family fun on tonight from 6pm, with market stalls, entertainment, face painting,
food, drinks and a visit from Santa. The night will also feature an outdoor movie screen with showings from sundown. If you haven’t got your hands on a copy of the Parkes Sparkles Catalogue, you can download it at www.
parkeschamber.com.au/sparkles.html

You can also visit the Facebook page for some fantastic gift ideas for Christmas and beyond! Check it out at facebook.
com/parkessparkels

The Boys at McClintock’s

December 3, 2015 by Maggi Barnard

The boys at McClintocks in Forbes, Canowindra, Grenfell and West Wyalong have participated in Movember to show
their support for men’s health issues. This is the first year McClintocks have participated as a group of branches and between the four stores, the boys have donated a Kubota 19” push lawn mower valued at $890. Raffle tickets have also been sold and sponsors donated. Keep an eye out on the McClintock’s Facebook Page for the announcement of the raffle winner.

Deck your Letterbox

December 3, 2015 by Maggi Barnard

Deck your letterbox in December for the chance to win a $150 gift voucher to spend in any Forbes store! Decorate your letterbox with tinsel, lights, baubles – whatever you can find! Upload a picture of your decorated mailbox to hashtag #deckyourmail for your chance to win!

Support Group Benefits

December 3, 2015 by Maggi Barnard

Forbes Services Memorial Club hosted a Melbourne Cup luncheon this year with all proceeds from the activity benefitting the Forbes Breast Cancer Support Group. On Monday two of the groups representatives, Dianne Howarth and Denise Jelbart, were presented with a cheque for $1173.15 by event organisers, Raylene Paradowski and Lindy Sherritt. The money was raised through the sale of raffle tickets and a silent auction.

The Breast Cancer Support Group is an informal support group made up of breast cancer patients and survivors. The group meets on the second Saturday of each month at the Vandenburg Hotel for a casual lunch. The group does not hold meetings but provides friendship, support and helpful advice to people diagnosed or recovering from breast cancer and its treatments.

There are no membership fees and everyone is welcome. The group aims to keep people informed and provide practical help to allow cancer sufferers to maintain a sense of normality and make themselves available to listen and provide support. Raylene and Lindy were very pleased with the event and made special mention of Michael and Denise Jelbart who were regular raffle ticket sellers prior and during the event. They also wished to thank Jenny
Currey who was the MC for the afternoon, and even though it was her first time, did an exceptional job.

The Forbes Breast Cancer Support Group were most grateful for the donation of funds which will be used to improve the facilities at the Western Care Lodge giving patients having treatment access to self-care accommodation in Orange.

25 Years of Volunteers

December 3, 2015 by Maggi Barnard

The volunteers of the Forbes Railway Arts and Visitor Information Centre enjoyed a special afternoon tea at the Forbes Town Hall last week to celebrate the group’s 25 year anniversary.

During the afternoon tea, Mayor Phyllis Miller presented Merle Churchill, Anne Nixon, Dorothy Findlay and Pearl McGuire with gold life membership badges for 25 years of service. Mayor Miller also presented certificates of
appreciation to Judith Taylor, Lyn Simmonds and Maureen Moon for their years of service, hard work and dedication. Mayor Miller said she was honoured to be celebrating the 25th anniversary of the volunteers.

“For 25 years the volunteers at the Forbes Railway Arts and Visitor Information Centre have welcomed our visitors to Forbes and personalised their visit, given them a warm country welcome and excellent service,” Mayor Miller said.

“During that time Forbes residents and visitors have also enjoyed the beautiful handcrafts, arts, baking, jams and relishes made by these volunteers.” “The time they have dedicated to our centre is invaluable to the visitor economy of Forbes and all of our volunteers have played a key role in improving the experience our visitors have while in Forbes.”

Forbes Says No To Domestic Violence

November 26, 2015 by Maggi Barnard

The Forbes community banded together on Wednesday 25 November to say no to domestic violence for the White Ribbon Day March. 100 white balloons tied to wrists floated and bobbed through the street and the captains
of Forbes High School carried a banner with a slogan supporting victims of domestic violence. Behind them was an army of Forbes’ school students, community groups and community members walking together to put an end to domestic violence.

As the marchers arrived at Victoria Park, the piper stopped playing and the traditional Welcome to Country was performed before an introduction to the day, and a speech from Mayor Phyllis Miller. “Forbes is still ranked in the top 20 for recorded domestic violence related assault incidents by Local Government Area,” Mayor Miller said.

“Domestic violence is not just a problem in our area though. To date in 2015 there whave been 78 women killed by violence in Australia with 1 in 4 Australian women experiencing physical or sexual violence from a current or former partner.” “Children living in a relationship with abusive behaviour are considered to be at risk of harm, either directly by being abused or indirectly by witnessing the abuse of their parent or carer.”

“By being here today and getting involved in the White Ribbon Day March, you are all helping to change these statistics and by working together we can make a difference. Don’t be afraid to stand up. Together we can put a stop to violence against women.”

Shop in Forbes this Christmas!

November 26, 2015 by Maggi Barnard

There are so many great reasons to do your Christmas shopping in Forbes this year! Did you know that spending money in your home town helps to boost the local economy? When you support your local businesses, you are supporting the people and entrepreneurs of Forbes. There are items in Forbes that you likely won’t find anywhere else – quirky, one-off gifts and unique handmade by local crafters.

When you shop locally, you are helping build in your community and keep those small, independent businesses alive and kicking. Shopping locally gives you the chance to help keep the community unique as well as supporting good jobs that hire local people. When you shop locally, you actually reduce your environmental impact and invest in your town. It’s quite likely you’ll get better service because local businesses generally take more time to get to know their customers!

But there is an even better reason to shop locally in Forbes this Christmas. Once again this year the Forbes Business
Chamber will host the Find It In Forbes This Christmas promotion and festival in 2015, and this year is set to be bigger and better than ever before! This year, shoppers can be rewarded for shopping locally in Forbes by making a
purchase from any of the 33 participating businesses. This will put you into the draw to win in a total of over $15,000 worth of prizes! All you have to do is spend $10 to receive your tickets into the draw to win from the prize pool, with the prizes being drawn throughout December.

The first draw of the promotion will take place during this year’s Christmas Festival, which will be held on Saturday 5 December. The Christmas Festival will run from 9am until 2pm and there will be plenty of great activities and amusements for the whole family this year, including live entertainment by Cath Adams, a local singer and previous contestant on The Voice. The fun doesn’t stop there! Enjoy dance performances by local dancers as well as a visit from Santa, fun rides for the kids, plenty of amazing market stalls and of course the traditional wheelbarrow races that are always a crowd favourite. This year, the races are being sponsored by Acheson’s Home Timber and Hardware.

The heats for the wheelbarrow races will kick off at 9:30am. If you need sign up forms, you can find them at Bown’s Sportspower or Anytime Fitness in Forbes. The winner in first place for the wheelbarrow races will win $500 worth of Why Leave Town Gift Cards, with the winner of second place receiving a $100 Bunnings gift card.

The first round of prizes will also be drawn starting at 10:15am. The prizes drawn on the Saturday will include two nights of accommodation at Greentrees Guest House in Orange for two people. This fantastic prize also includes a full buffet breakfast to enjoy, as well as a Woolerina scarf valued at a total of $650! The other prizes to be drawn are two $500 Why Leave Town Gift Cards, which can be used at any of the participating business.

The prize giving doesn’t stop there! More prize draws will take place on Saturday 12 December and Saturday 19 December. On December 12, entrants in the competition could be the lucky winner of a Smeg FAB10 bar fridge valued at $3190 from Greenhomes Australia! Two more $500 Why Leave Town Gift Cards are also up for
grabs.

On the following weekend of December 19, the lucky prize winners could receive a three month membership at Anytime Fitness in Forbes, which is valued at $269. This is also one of the last chances to win one of two $500 Why Leave Town Gift Cards. This year, the 2015 Major Prize Draw will be taking place on Christmas Eve, Thursday 24 December. Starting at 2pm, one lucky winner in this draw will be taking home a whopping $10,000 worth of Why Leave Town Gift Cards, and if you aren’t going to be in Forbes at that time, don’t stress because the winner does not have to be present for the draw.

The Find It In Forbes promotion has been running for a number of years and began as a way to encourage shoppers to spend in Forbes. “The cards reward people for coming to Forbes and encourages them to come back,” says Jess Dawes, Admin Marketing and Events Coordinator at Forbes Business Chamber. “The idea is that the money from the
cards enhances businesses because they keep the money in the community.”

The Forbes Business Chamber would like to thank all of the generous sponsors of this year’s promotion, especially their major sponsors who are Greenhomes Australia, John Davis Mazda, The Forbes Phoenix, Forbes Shire Council, Knights Cranes and the Forbes Advocate. When you head out to do your Christmas shopping in the coming weeks, remember to shop locally in Forbes to support our local businesses and to be in the running to win some of these incredible prizes.

Encourage local prosperity, invest in the community, buy local first and Find it in Forbes this Christmas!

Snippets…

November 26, 2015 by Maggi Barnard

Congratulations to Forbes High School’s NAIDOC Debating Team who came Runners Up in the State Competition
at Sydney Parliament House earlier this month. While they were in Sydney, the students enjoyed a cruise around Sydney Harbour and a dinner on Cockatoo Island. Well done!

With temperatures rising it is important to be aware of the damage the sun can do. Remember to Slip, Slop, Slap, Seek and Slide when out and about. You can check the UV level for your area by using the SunSmart UV Alert app or checking the Bureau of Meteorology Website. Have a safe summer!

The Forbes community gathered to Light the Night on Sunday 22 November in Victoria Park, raising over $3,400 to support and raise awareness for individuals and families suffering from blood disorders.

Calling for volunteers! The Find It In Forbes This Christmas Festival is on Saturday 5 December from 9am to 2pm and the committee is looking for volunteers to help out on the day. They need help setting up and ensuring things run smoothly. If you can lend a helping hand, contact Jess at forbes.businesschambernsw@gmail.com
or on 0407 380 936.

Citizen of the Year Award nominations are now open in Forbes Shire providing the perfect opportunity to recognise the hard work of volunteers within the community. The awards recognise and reward those Forbes community members who have a consistent record of excellence, who have made outstanding achievements in their
field and have contributed in a significant way to our community. Nominations are open until 5pm Monday 18 January, with forms available at Council’s administration office at 2 Court Street, or online at www.forbes.nsw.gov.au

Did you know eating Christmas cake can support the community? Buy a Lions Christmas Cake or Pudding this year and you will be supporting the local community. Cakes have been a major fundraising project of Lions Australia since 1965, raising in excess of $52 million overall. All proceeds from the cake sales are used by the Lions Club for community and humanitarian projects. Cakes are available at a number of local retailers, including NRMA,Forbes Shire Council, Lakeside Takeaway, St George Bank and Baa Moo Oink. They will also be available at the Carols by Candlelight in Victoria Park. The Forbes & District Lions Club is grateful for your support.

Council Honours Hidden Treasures

November 26, 2015 by Maggi Barnard

Mayor Phyllis Miller and Forbes Shire Council councillors hosted afternoon tea at the November Council meeting to personally thank the women who were this year named as Hidden Treasures for their contributions to the community.

This year 106 women were recognised with 7 of those women residing in Forbes. Heather Mann, Julie Herridge, Maree Yapp, Narelle Shaw, Nikki Patten, Peg Clifton and Sue Uphill are all worthy of these accolades and have already received official certificates and a limited edition booklet from local member Andrew Gee.

The 2015 Hidden Treasures were announced on the 10th October this year by the NSW Department of Primary Industries Rural Women’s network. Since it was first launched in 2010, 700 rural women have been named on the honour roll. The Hidden Treasures is not an award but an opportunity to pay tribute to the rural women who donate their time and energy to help others. It is important to celebrate and recognise the valuable volunteer work
women do in NSW rural, regional and remote communities.

Nominating rural women is a great way to celebrate those ladies who give so much of their time to improve communities and neighbourhoods. You can nominate a friend, family member, colleague, community worker – any rural woman who you believe makes your community a better place to live.

To nominate a Hidden Treasures volunteer you simply need to complete the nomination form with a short story about why your nominee is worthy. All women nominated will be included in the Honour Roll. Nominations for the 2016 Honour Roll will open 9 May.

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