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Issue 181 www.canowindraphoenix.com.au Wednesday 16 November 2011

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Hospital: with sincere apologies, the visiting hours were incorrectly noted in last weeks Phoenix. Visiting hours for the general wards are: 10am-8pm during the three month trial period. If you have any questions, please contact Tara Earsman, acting Nurse Manager on 6340 3015 or Bev Sparkes (acting Health Service Manager on 6340 3013. UFO?: Did anyone see the orange light in the night sky last Saturday around 9pm? If you know what it was please let The Phoenix know, there are a few perplexed residents in town. Photo: News is now available in town at Rices Newsagency each week, and online at ww.orangenewsnow.com.au where they have recently published a couple of great stories on the resilience of Canowindra as a community, and the success of the River Bank Gallery compared to larger galleries. Get in quick if you want a copy as it is a popular read for both articles and photos. Police: Senior Constable Greg Payne started his role at Canowindra Police Station Wednesday 26 October. Also, a community meeting is being planned for early next year with senior staff of our LAC, so stay tuned for more info.

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY FOR GASKILL STREET

After months of hard work, lead by President David Cullane, the Canowindra Business Chamber now invite comment from all residents and businesses in Canowindra at the next Chamber meeting to be held 7pm Wednesday 16 November 2011 in the CWA Rooms. Cabonne Council have prepared a design plan for a Gaskill Street Pedestrian Blister and Refuge Island Crossing to ensure the safety of pedestrians. Benefits of this plan would give the elderly, children and wheelchair users a safety zone whilst crossing Gaskill Street. Some issues that have been raised are the loss of some parking spaces, however when Gaskill Street will be resurfaced early next year, a review of the current accessible parking spaces will be conducted. If you are unable to attend the meeting, please forward any comments to Mr Cullane on 02 6344 3265 as soon as possible.

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HELP US TO HELP YOU! Would Emergency Services be able to find you easily in your time of need? ECUMENICAL CHRISTMAS FOR The Ambulance Service of New South CANOWINDRA PRIMARY SCHOOLS Wales is encouraging all people to ensure Canowindra Public School had their last that they would be easy to find in the day of Scripture for the 2011 in event of an emergency. St Edward's Catholic Church with a When an ambulance is responding to a call for help, clear house numbers and a Christmas celebration yesterday. The students of St Edward's School also joined correct address will help them to reach you quickly. the celebration which meant a packed This week take a few minutes to check Church building. After a Powerpoint that your house is ambulancefriendly. presentation of Christmas around the Ambulance offers the following tips to help us help you: world and a nativity play, the Year 6 Scripture students were presented with a Ensure your house numbers are visible from the road Bible as a graduation present from the Cut back trees or shrubs that are hiding Churches of Canowindra. Each person your house numbers, use large who attended were given a Christmas house numbers where possible, and make sure your numbers are a different candy cane and special Cornerstone colour to your house. Also, ensure that Christmas bookmark. All in all it was a porch light works, wonderful morning of carols and fellow- yoursignal us at night. so that you can ship with all the primary students of Know your correct address Canowindra. Does everyone in your house know your exact address? It is a good idea to have the following details recorded beside the Rev'd Jono Williams phone: Parish Priest street name and number Co-operating Parishes of the Anglican the name of you nearest cross street and Uniting Churches of Canowindra the correct suburb, remember that 000 operators require your official suburb name estate names are not suburbs. This is even more important if you are holidaying and in foreign surroundings, or if other people are staying at your house. In rural areas If you are in a hard to find location 000 INSTALLATION, REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE OF: operators may require more detailed instructions on exactly how to find you. may include landmarks, directions roofing - draining - general plumbing This distances. and DOMESTIC, COMMERCIAL & RURAL Remember, in a medical emergency call 000 and ask for Ambulance.

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BEWARE WHO YOU LET IN YOUR DOOR There has been a number of stories circulating that there are some rather unscrupulous people operating within our community, targeting the elderly and those who live by themselves. Im not one to believe everything I hear, however if these rumours are true then there is just cause to advise those who may need some help and advice. These operators knock on doors of residents and ask if they can use their bathroom, have a glass of water or some excuse to be let in. Upon entering they case the joint to see what can be taken and sold easily, then they or another person come back when no one is home and steals the goods. Another approach is knocking on a door and asking for money, and if money isnt handed over then threats are made to the resident and their property. If you have been a victim of this sort of behaviour, or if you are approached in a similar way as outlined above, please call the police on 02 6344 1300, or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 where you can report criminal activity anonymously. As a community we need to be vigilant and aware that there is a bad element within this town and let these people know that it is entirely unacceptable. REPORT ALL CRIME, if it isnt reported then we risk reduced police patrols. Remember, 000 is for emergency calls.

ST EDWARDS BATTERY DRIVE If anybody has any old batteries that you would like to donate please leave them at Kinsela Farm Supplies. The St Edwards P&F would like to thank Barry Burn, Central Motors, Rues Auto Service, Canowindra Tyre Service and Kinsela Farm Supplies for their continued support of the St Edwards battery Drive, and also to those people who have donated, their used batteries.

COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS BARBECUE

Hosted by Vinnies SUNDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2011 at 5.30pm ST EDWARDS SCHOOL GROUNDS FOOD and DRINK SUPPLIED

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To help us with catering please advise the ladies at the Vinnies shop if you would like to come along. We can arrange to pick you up if you would like a lift.

DRIVE SAFELY THIS HOLIDAY SEASON After a number of serious collisions around the area over the last week, now is a timely reminder to take care when youre driving. With school holidays and Christmas looming, there will be more vehicles on the road, drivers will be impatient and the kids excited. A few tips to remember are: Using your headlights when driving allows you to be seen better by other drivers. Give your kids games, music or DVDs to keep them occupied during the drive. Get a good nights sleep before commencing a long trip. Do not drive at times when you would normally be asleep. Avoid long drives after work. Take regular breaks from driving (use rest areas & Driver Reviver stops). Share the driving whenever possible. Pull over and stop when drowsiness, discomfort or loss of concentration occurs. Get your car checked all over at a mechanic. Let family or friends know when you are leaving and what time you expect to arrive, and ring them as soon as you get to your destination. Speeding remains the biggest killer on our roads. In NSW speeding is a factor in about 40 per cent of road deaths. This means on average around 177 people die each year in speed-related crashes in NSW. Speeding increases your chance of having a crash, and increases the risk of serious injury or death if you do crash. Slow down and be safe, you might get there a little later, but at least you will get there alive. For more tips and information on traffic, please visit www.rta.nsw.gov.au

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CABONNE TO HONOUR VOLUNTEERS Volunteers in Cabonne Shire will be honoured at a series of events throughout the Shire over the next week to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the United Nations International Year of the Volunteer. And Councillors will be donning aprons to cater for the men and women who selflessly help those in need or provide the lifeblood for community organisations and events. Mayor Bob Dowling said Councillors would be joining groups such as Mens Sheds and Lions Clubs to get behind barbecues at eight events to thank the volunteers who are the backbone of Cabonne. Cr Dowling invited all Cabonne volunteers to come along to the various functions being held in eight Cabonne villages from Friday 18 November to Saturday 26 November 2011. He said many of Council operations relied on the good will of voluntary workers. Volunteers are essential to society, and many organisations like Councils, charities or even governments would struggle to survive without their support, Cr Dowling said. I cant speak highly enough of our volunteers who give so much time to organisations like the Rural Fire Service, State Emergency Services, CWA, Red Cross, service clubs, schools and our sporting organisations. Many volunteers do their good work for nothing more than the satisfaction they get from knowing that they are helping others in their community, but the community should realise that many of these people are left well out pocket for the important work that they perform. Cr Dowling said there were few aspects of life in Australia that did not involve volunteers. They are the backbone of rural communities. No governments, Federal, State or Local, could carry out the scope of services as well, he said. For that reason, Cabonne Council has decided to personally thank our volunteers in some way by holding events to publicly recognise their contribution. The schedule of events includes: Friday 18 November 2011: Canowindra Mens Shed 11am-2pm (Crs Walker & Durkin) Mullion Creek Public School 5.30pm (Cr Culverson) Saturday 19 November 2011: Manildra Golf Club (Cr John Farr) Sunday 20 November 2011: Molong Recreation Ground lunchtime barbecue (Crs Gosper & Bleakley) Yeoval Banjo Paterson Park 12.30pm (Cr Dowling) Cumnock Crossroads Building 4pm (Crs Dowling & Wilcox) Thursday 24 November 2011: Cudal Mens Shed with catering by Cudal Lions Club (Cr Dean) Saturday 26 November 2011: Eugowra Apex Park 9am (Crs Hyde & Dean with assistance from local schools).

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SWIMMING CLUB Swimming Club this week saw times fall in both the spoon heats and the 66BBB, the differences were so great ion some cases that feet should have been checked for flippers!! In the 33m freestyle Samuel Brand destroyed his time by 14 seconds, closely followed by Lucas Ellis, 10 seconds, and Caleb Giger, 9 seconds. Jessica Bennett and Ryan Ellis took 6 seconds from their best times. In the Spoon Final, Zali Dunn swam 3 seconds below her personal best so the Spoon went to Mitchell Stanley who dropped his time by 1 second to a PB of 27 seconds. Big improvers in the 66m breaststroke were Millie Balcomb, Max Coady and Julia Wright who smashed their times by 22 seconds. The belly flop winner was the perpetual best flopper, Regan Hughes, while the relay went to Lane 1 just ahead of a sprinting Regan Hughes. Relay pennant winners were Jayden Brown, Josh Flannery, Amelia Holmes, Brooke Kinsela, Joanna Balcombe, Adelaide Ellis, Tanecia Kenny, Charlotte Balcomb, Tori McKay and Lucas Ellis.

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Thursday 17 November Fo all typ o b ildin wrk: r es f u g o 10am Peace Memorial Uniting Church Canowindra Sunday 20 November 8am St Matthew's Anglican Ph 02 6344 1663 Church Woodstock Mob 0428 418 572 9:30am All Saints' Anglican Church Canowindra 11am Cranbury Uniting Church CLASSIFIEDS
'S M PARISH OF ST EDWARDS PHILstaff, INI DIGGER'S Has now a pool technician on for all your pool maintenance needs CATHOLIC CHURCH CANOWINDRA in the Canowindra area. Call Phil 0429 234 996.

OPEN BOYS CRICKET With the weather threatening to rain on Thursday 10 November, Captain Nick Willson won the toss and decided to bat. THE DIAGNOSTIC With Parkes bowling a tight line and length it was hard for our team to score AUTOMOTIVE SPECIALISTS runs. Parkes bowled us out for 64 runs Pty. Ltd. with Jacob Devlin our highest scorer on 12. Parkes made quick work of our target 11 BELMORE STREET CARGO and were far too good on the day. They will go on to play Lithgow in the semi fi Air Conditioning Service & Repairs nal. Thank you to all the boys and especially Ultrasonic Cleaning & Testing of Fuel Injectors Nicole Stevenson who is currently playing RTA Pink, Blue Slips and LPG/CNG Inspections with the Western breakers team on the All General Mechanical Repairs weekends. Good luck to Nicole and Rohan Full Computer Scanner Services with the respective open cricket trial this Auto Electrical Repairs month. Mr McKenzie CHS Sports Coordinator Ag & Dune Buggy Sales & Services

Saturday 19 November: 6pm Canowindra Sunday 20 November: 8.30am Eugowra 10am Cudal

PUBLIC NOTICE

Cabonne Council invites written nominations for community residents in the Cabonne area worthy of consideration for the 2011 Young Citizen of the Year (up to 25 years of age), Citizen of the Year and Community Group of the Year. The basic criteria for awards in all categories is that of service to the community, in terms of personal contribution and spread of involvement, also scholastic and sporting achievements for Young Citizen of the Year. Announcement of the winners will be made by the Mayor as part of the observation of Australia Day on 26 January 2012. Nominations forms can be obtained at Council offices or on Councils website www.cabonne.nsw.gov.au Nominations, WHICH MUST REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL, Nov 16: Canowindra Business Chamber meeting 7pm @ CWA Rooms. Jo 0418 413 735 close 5.00pm on Friday 2 December 2011 and will be accepted by post, email Nov 18: Volunteers Picnic & BBQ 11am-2pm at Mens Shed for ALL volunteers. FREE council@cabonne.nsw.gov.au or at any Nov 19: River Bank Gallery Out of Control exhibition opening 7pm by David Isbester Council office. PO BOX 17 GLP FLEMING Nov 20: Canowindra Clay Target Club meet 12noon at Gun Club on Eugowra Road MOLONG 2866 GENERAL MANAGER Nov 27: Community Christmas BBQ 5:30pm @ St Eddies FREE. Come & meet your GARAGE SALE Sat 19/11 8am 3 Rodd Street. neighbours & celebrate our Community Christmas Furniture, household items, games, bric a brac. Something for everyone! Dec 13: Canowindra Pony Club AGM 7.30pmat Canowindra Bowling Club. All welcome!

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