White Ribbon Day: The White Ribbon March held to combat violence against women saw many school students, members of the public and staff of North Parkes Mine in attendance.
Calling All Golfers: Golfers are encouraged to sign up for The Longest Day, a 72-hole golf marathon, to raise funds for Cancer Council NSW. The Longest Day will officially take place on Monday 18th December. Choose a day and contact your club to book four tee times, then head to www.longestday.org.au to register and start fundraising.
Get It Sorted Winners: The three lucky winners of the Woolworths gift vouchers in the Get It Sorted competition are: 1st prize Anne McLennan – $100; 2nd prize Melissa Gafney – $70 and 3rd prize Dorothea Croker – $30. Congratulations and happy
Christmas shopping with your vouchers! Rotary Ipomoea Christmas Tree Festival: Members of the community are invited to the official opening of the festival on 1st December at 6pm, which will see the trees light up.
Market Day Postponed: Due to severe storm and flash flood warnings issued for Forbes for the weekend the Forbes Market Day hosted by Forbes Public School has been postponed to 24 February 2018. Save the date in your diary
Share the Dignity: There are 85,000 homeless women who need your help this Christmas. You can help. It’s simple. Give a handbag full of personal hygiene products to a homeless woman in need this Christmas. Go to https://www.sharethedignity.com.au/.
Changes To Payment Policy: Small businesses in the Riverina and Central West will benefit from changes to Government’s payment policy. Member for Riverina Michael McCormack has lauded the change saying Government will now be required to pay invoices for contracts worth up to $1million within 20 calendar days, instead of the current benchmark of 30 days. “This is good news for small business. Cash flow is crucial in allowing small businesses to thrive. Government is leading the way and big business should do the same.” By July 2019, all non-corporate Commonwealth entities are to pay invoices for contracts up to $1 million within 20 calendar days on receipt of a correctly rendered invoice.
Kick-Off For Forbes Soccer Club: Forbes District Soccer Club received a cheque of $146,236.00 on Monday, following their successful grant application to the NSW Asian Cup Legacy Fund. The funding will go towards building their planned new amenities, change room and meeting room at the Botanical Gardens. The new building will be multipurpose and used by other sporting organisations that also use these grounds.
Eugowra CWA members Margaret Swift, Dorothy Jones and Shirley Heinzel with their orchards at the last meeting for the year. The orchid is CWA of NSW’s plant of the year.
