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30th Anniversary Fever Starts For Elvis

September 16, 2022 by Maggi Barnard

The 30th anniversary Feature Concert Series has Dean Z and Victor Trevino Jr. (inset) performing combined and separate shows at the Parkes Elvis Festival next year.

The build-up to celebrate 30 years of rockin’ and rollin’ at the Parkes Elvis Festival started this week with ticket sales going crazy from the very first day.

The official launch of the program planned for Monday had to be postponed because of the official mourning period for the Queen, but Festival Director Tiffany Steel said locals could look forward to a program sprinkled with things from the past 30 years, plus some new events.

She did not want to give away too much until the launch early next month but said: “We are bringing back the original minister who did the very first gospel service, as well as the Elvis Tribute Artist.”

Tiffany said with the special anniversary they wanted locals to think about having their holiday at home. “Invite your friends and family to come and stay with you, or consider doing home hosting. We have a great program lined up and we really want the community to get out and experience the festival and show off our town.”

As the festival will be back to its summer spot from 4th to 8th January, the Blue Hawaii theme lends itself to some great dressing up ideas. The 2023 program features plenty of Blue Hawaii-themed events, plus some new and adventurous ones. The Parkes PCYC will be offering Climb Me a Mountain Rock Climbing, while the thrill-seeking fans of The King can skydive over Parkes decked out in their finest Elvis costume. The Feature Concert Series has two artists with Dean Z returning for his fourth time and newly crowned world’s best Elvis Tribute Artists Victor Trevino Jr.

Fans of Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock will rejoice to hear that Ross Wilson will be inducted to the Wall of Fame and perform a special concert on the opening day of the festival.

Tickets to all Parkes Elvis Festival shows are available online at www.parkeselvisfestival.com.au

Spring Is In The Air

September 9, 2022 by Elvy Quirk

It seems as though Spring has sprung with a little warmer sunny weather which is great for gardeners to be out and about in the fresh air and digging in the soil.

The Forbes Garden Club is gearing up for the Forbes Show with members getting their entries ready this week. Make sure to visit the flower exhibits when you are at the show this weekend.

Our third Biennial Spring Flower & Rose show will take place at Club Forbes on 15th October. Entries will be accepted on Friday, 14th October from 3pm to 4pm, as well as on Saturday, 15th October from 7:30 to 9:30am. Doors will close at 10am sharp for judging. All entries are welcome and there is no entry fee charged.

Entry to the Flower Show for the public is just $2, and doors will open at 1:30pm on Saturday, 15th October.

We would like to thank our major sponsors Ace Machining P/L, Acheson’s Home Timber & Hardware, Agriwest, Farmhouse Florae, Flannery Pharmacy, Forbes Riverside Community Gardens, Hoz Pots & Outback Soils.

The flower show schedules are now available, please contact President Elvy on 0428 540 272.

By Elvy Quirk

Love Your Leftovers

September 9, 2022 by Maggi Barnard

IMAGE SOURCE: https://www.lovefoodhatewaste.nsw.gov.au/

‘Love Your Leftovers’ is an exciting initiative by NetWaste Councils Forbes, Parkes, Bathurst, Blayney, Cabonne and Orange, to help tackle the food waste crisis.

The aim is to create a ‘Love Your Leftovers’ online recipe book that is inspired by the community for the community.

The councils are calling on individuals, local schools, community groups and businesses to get involved by sharing their favourite leftovers-inspired recipes, plus any tips and ideas about practical ways to reduce food waste.

Once completed, the online recipe book will be free to download and will be a valuable tool in helping residents find inspiration and ideas to reduce food waste and transform leftovers into nutritious, delicious dishes. If you have a great recipe idea, or even some practical ideas on reducing food waste, you can submit your recipe or idea by completing the entry form at https://app.box.com/s/idto8g3jejsnjz3r4dn0e5akwwp8sk76 and emailing it to netwaste.loveyourleftovers@envirocom.com.au

Recipe submissions should focus on using up pantry staples and leftovers. Meal ideas for breakfast, lunch, dinner, desserts and snacks are welcome!

Submissions close on Friday, 25th November. For more information go to netwaste. loveyourleftovers@envirocom.com.au

FOOD WASTE FACTS

• Food waste costs the Australian economy $36.6 billion annually

• The average Australian household throws away $2,500 worth of food every year – that’s equivalent to one in five shopping bags

• The top five most wasted foods in Australia are vegetables, bread, fruit, bagged salad and leftovers

• When food waste rots in a landfill, it generates harmful greenhouse gas emissions

For helpful advice, tips and resources for reducing food waste, visit www.lovefoodhatewaste.nsw.gov.au.

Fun-Filled Forbes Show

September 9, 2022 by Maggi Barnard

This weekend’s Forbes Show will be an extravaganza of great local produce, livestock exhibits and entertainment thanks to a $43,000 investment from the NSW Government.

With pet shows, a mullet competition, ute barrel racing and yard dog trials, it promises to have something for everyone in the community to enjoy.

There will also be free face painting and a balloonist, and of course the main attraction for many, the show rides. One of the highlights of the show, the fireworks display, is on at 8pm tonight (Friday).

The horse events had to be cancelled unfortunately because the grounds are too wet and dangerous, but the show jumping has been moved to 8th and 9th October. The carpark for the show on Forester St has also been closed due to wet conditions.

The NSW Government’s Country Shows Support Package will help to upgrade show facilities where exhibits of local produce, art and craft and floral arrangements are housed.

The additional space will allow exhibitors to display their handywork and connect with visitors while they focus on collecting the points needed for the 2023 Royal Easter Show.

To avoid long lines at the show gate, buy your ticket online at www.123tix.com.au/events/31595/forbes-show

See you at the Forbes Show!

Waste Not…

September 2, 2022 by Maggi Barnard

IMAGE CREDIT: https://www.sheridan.com.au/the-sheridan-recycling-program

Food waste releases greenhouse gases such as methane and carbon dioxide when it is taken to the tip and buried in landfill. To reduce these nasty gases from polluting the fresh air in Forbes, only buy the food you need to avoid any wastage. If you do have excess food, you can donate it to Havannah House if it is not out-of-date. Otherwise, compost the food in the green lid FOGO bin.

Textiles cannot be recycled in the yellow lid bin, but there are other ways of ensuring it does not end up in landfill.

Give your linen a new life via the Sheridan recycling program www.sheridan.com.au/the-sheridan-recycling-program. Drop off washed sheets, quilt covers and towels in-store and you will receive a 5% discount off your next purchase. The closest store to Forbes is in Orange. Alternatively, you can donate your linen to op shops.

Melbourne Cup Comes To Forbes

September 2, 2022 by Maggi Barnard

If you want your photo with Australia’s most famous trophy, make sure to be at the Forbes Town Hall on 19th September. (Photo: vrc.com.au)

An amazing opportunity awaits all horse racing enthusiasts in Forbes in just over two weeks’ time.

The Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour is celebrating its 20th year of touring Australia and the world and it is coming to Forbes on 19th September!

The visit to Forbes is even more special as the gold for this year’s Melbourne Cup comes from Evolution’s Cowal Mine about 100km from Forbes.

Since the tour’s inception in 2003, the three-handled Cup has travelled over 760,000 kilometres, visiting more than 560 destinations, engaging with tens of thousands of people and raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for local fundraising initiatives.

The Forbes community is invited to attend the event in full Melbourne Cup finery if you wish for an opportunity to not only see and touch the trophy, but also have your photo taken with the Melbourne Cup.

There will also be some local industry celebrities talking about their experiences in their racing lives, including female jockey Cat Newcombe and the famous race caller Col Hodges.

The Making of the Melbourne Cup video will be screened and all attendees will receive a food voucher to purchase a free lunch from local food vans located in Harold Street.

It sure promises to be a bit of fun on a Monday morning. All you need to do is let the organisers know that you will be there for catering purposes. RSVP to Jolene Jones at Jolene.Jones@forbes.nsw.gov.au by Monday, 13th September.

This is an opportunity to wear your fascinator twice this year!

Time To Create A Christmas Tree

September 2, 2022 by Maggi Barnard

The options are endless to create a Christmas tree. This is a previous entry by Forbes North Public School.

Great news for the Christmas lovers is that the time has come to start making plans for this year’s celebrations and Rotary Ipomoea is leading the ‘charge’.

Rotary Ipomoea members are looking forward to holding its 10th Christmas Tree Festival after a two-year COVID break.

“We would like to involve as many families, groups, organisations and schools as possible in this year’s event,” said Sue-anne Nixon of the Rotary club.

She said it was a good time to start planning and making your masterpieces, adding that Jemalong Residential Village had already started working on theirs! The aim is to equal or better the 124 entries received in 2019 as it is a lovely way to celebrate the beginning of the Christmas season.

Exhibits need to be delivered to the Forbes Town Hall on Friday, 2nd December, and the exhibition will be open to the public on the same day from 1pm -5pm, all day on Saturday, 3rd December and from 9am to 2pm on Sunday, 4th December.

“We have no size restrictions or limits on materials used. We love all the amazing ideas people have when making a tree or nativity. Big or small we love them all.”

Locally Made Is The New Souvenir

September 2, 2022 by Maggi Barnard

Forbes Visitor Information Centre is seeking expressions of interest from creatives to expand its range to more locally produced products when it moves to the new centre on the Newell Highway at the end of the year.

If you are creative and would like a wider audience for your products, the Forbes Shire Council is seeking expressions of interest for locally made goods.

The former Lachlan Vintage Village is being converted into the new Forbes Visitor Information Centre that will open towards the end of the year and will be an outlet and showcase for locally produced craft and goods.

Whether your interests are in baking, preserves, crafts, sewing, textiles, design, drawing, painting, woodwork, leather work, cosmetics, fragrances and the like, this might be the opportunity you’ve been waiting for.

Locally made is said to be the new souvenir, and with an average of 9,000 visitors per year before COVID, the new Visitor Information Centre’s prime location on the Newell Highway is set to attract loads more people. The new centre will also have a restaurant/coffee shop that will entice more people to make a stop.

The centre currently sells a variety of items with the Amazing brand, but would like to expand its range to include more locally made products from Forbes and the Central West.

Local suppliers must have capacity to provide and deliver adequate stock and hold appropriate insurances licences, certificates and ABN. Expression of Interest Forms are available at Council or at https://www.forbes.nsw.gov.au/council/tenders-public-exhibitions-and-expressions-of-interest/tenders-quotations-expressions-of-interest/tenders-and-eoi and must be submitted by 5pm on Friday, 16th September. For further information contact Council’s Governance Officer, Rebecca Kennedy by email forbes@forbes.nsw.gov.au or call 6850 2300.

Enjoy Tea And Fashions Of A Century

August 26, 2022 by Sue Cunningham

Karen Wright (vice-president Forbes Evening CWA) and Robyn Miller (president of Oxley CWA Group) are part of the working party planning the CWA’s 100th birthday celebrations and fashion parade.

For those of you who don’t know, the Country Women’s Association (CWA) of NSW has been around for 100 years!

To assist in organising members over the vast distances of NSW the CWA is divided into 17 groups with a number of branches within each group. The branches in the Oxley Group include Forbes Evening, Forbes CWA (Day) Branch, Parkes, Peak Hill, Tottenham, Tullamore Trundle, Condobolin, Myamley, Kiacatoo, Burthong and Bogan Gate.

Why this information you ask? Well, if you read on you will find out and be given an amazing opportunity.

“Forbes CWA Evening Branch is joining forces with the Oxley CWA Group to bring an amazing birthday party to the Forbes Town Hall at 2pm on Sunday,30th October to celebrate 100 years of the CWA,” said Karen Wright, vice-president of Forbes CWA Evening Branch.

Oxley Group President Roby Miller said planning was underway with a working party representing all branches in the group. “Organisers are looking forward to presenting guests with an amazing experience.”

The entertainment will be a fabulous fashion parade with costumes through the decades from 1922 to 2022.

“There will be a special emphasis on wedding dresses over the century,” said Karen. “There will also be other outfits modelled by volunteers, plus a static display of fashion accessories. There will also be a delicious afternoon tea provided for guests.”

To help celebrate the commitment of volunteering and community work of CWA members over the last 100 years members of the public are invited to attend and enjoy an afternoon tea with friends and a cruise through the fashions of the last century. Tickets will be available through 123 tix shortly.

The CWA of NSW had its beginnings at the Bushwomen’s Conference held in conjunction with the Royal Agricultural Show in Sydney in April 1922.

By Sue Cunningham

Native Orchid And Insect Facts Fascinate Garden Club

August 19, 2022 by Sweet Pea

Spring has started in John Brownes’ garden in Forbes. The Forbes Garden Club meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month. Contact President Elvy Quirk on 0428 540 272 for more information.

There are 30,000 species of native orchids in Australia and some of them can be found in the Central West in areas like Weddin Mountains and Mount Canobolas.

These were some of the amazing facts presented to members at the Forbes Garden Club’s July meeting with guest speaker Colin Bower from Orange who is an entomologist and botanist.

He captivated the 39 people at the meeting with his presentation about insects and orchids, and explained that orchids often take their names from their appearance, such as ‘bearded’, and ‘ducks’.

Colin also delivered a serious talk on pollination, and in thanking him Meg spoke of the humorous side of the sexual behaviour of bees.

The club’s bi-annual flower show will take place on 15th October, and members are encouraged to support the event with an entry. Volunteers are also required on the day, as well as seedlings and cuttings for the plant stall. Donations for the raffle which can be bought along to the next meeting at the home of Trudy & Mark Mallick at 16 Greens Road. In the event of wet weather, the meeting will be held at Northside Chapel in Johnson Street.

The club’s garden trip is on 19th September to Mayfield Garden. The cost is $60 payable at our August meeting, and includes coach travel and entry to the gardens. Please bring your own lunch.

A special thank you to all who participated in th flower of the month competition. First place went to Max Swift with a spectular Camellia. The second and third places were also Camellias and went to Pam Bass and Margaret Swift.

The raffle was won by Sylvia Glasson, and the second prize by Irene Ford.

Now is a good time to start tidying up in the garden as spring is just around the corner.

By Sweet Pea

FOOD WASTE FACTS

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