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Women in Aviation network in Narromine By SHARON BONTHUYS SEVERAL NSW-based members of the Women in Aviation Australian Chapter (WAI Australia) gathered for dinner and networking in Narromine last Friday. Hosted by WAI Australia’s NSW Chair Grace Walker, the social catch up on February 16 was a chance to connect, network and support other women in aviation. And where did these high flying aviators meet? At the Narromine Aero Club, of course. Established in 2015, the Australian Chapter is part of the Women in Aviation International (WAI) organisation, dedicated to the encouragement and advancement of women in all aviation and aerospace career fields and interests. Grace is certainly no stranger to locals. The senior fl ight instructor and the proprietor of local satellite fl ight training school Flying with Grace is often seen in the skies above Narromine. As the NSW Chair of WAI Australia, Grace is committed to the organisation’s mission to help create a connected environment where girls and women can belong and thrive in the aviation and aerospace community through inspirational engagement. Events like the dinner are an extension of other activities Grace manages in this space. Continued page 7

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Nashos reunite in Narromine By SHARON BONTHUYS A GROUP of National Servicemen and their loved ones gathered in Narromine last weekend for a day of reﬂection and inclusion. The event was held to mark National Service Men’s Day a few days earlier on February 14, which commemorates the day the very last National Servicemen, or “Nasho” completed his compulsory Army obligation. With the support of the Narromine sub-branch of the Returned and Services League (RSL), the reunion was the result of many months’ work by Nasho Ted Davies OAM and retired defence force Nashoin-spirit, Diane Beaumont. With the numbers of remaining Nashos slowly dwindling as they age, and many preferring to live quietly out of the spotlight, the organisers weren’t sure how many might make the trip to the central west for the reunion. In the end, about 35 people attended a special dinner at the Narromine Aero Club on February 17, where Nashos from Coolah, Wagga Wagga, Wellington and Gilgandra joined those from Narromine to remember and reﬂect.

Some of the Nashos and their loved ones at Narromine on September 17. PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR. The reunion also included a wreath-laying ceremony at the Narromine Cenotaph in the morning, which was attended by a handful of Nashos, their loved ones and supporters, and a visit to the Aviation Museum in the afternoon.

Narromine RSL sub-branch president, David Taylor, spoke at the wreath-laying ceremony which sought to honour and remember Nashos for their service, their families, and the lives interrupted by conﬂ icts few understood. “We seek to honour all of

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those who were called up, whether they saw overseas action or not. Each of these young men was called by the government of the day to serve in Australia’s armed forces, and are equally due our respect. Continued page 3

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By SHARON BONTHUYS MEMBER for the Dubbo Electorate, Dugald Saunders MP, has supported renewed calls by the NSW Opposition and Shadow Police Minister Paul Toole for the Minns Labor Government to hold a regional crime inquiry. Locally, the Orana Mid-Western Police District’s social media is ﬁ lled with reports of alleged break and enters, assaults, and alleged stealing of property and vehicles across the central west, many of them reportedly by young people. In January, the Orana Mid-Western Police District established Operation Boa targeting property-related crime in Dubbo and surrounds and has posted multiple related reports to its social media since then. On January 29, an 11-year-old boy from Narromine allegedly broke into the Narromine police station and stole a police vehicle, crashing it a short distance away. Mr Toole commented as viral videos of teens breaking into and robbing motel rooms circulate on the internet. Mr Toole said the shocking footage shows just how severe the youth

crime crisis is, and that the premier’s inaction has gone on for too long. Premier Chris Minns and Police Minister Yasmin Catley have both publicly opposed an inquiry, despite countless calls for help from multiple communities and agencies including the NSW Country Mayors Association, NSW Police Association, NSW Farmers Association, Country Women’s Association of NSW, and 84 local government councils. “Unfortunately, I am not surprised that this is where we are at. Law and order requires constant focus otherwise you end up with these home invasions, street shootings and kids walking past murder scenes on the way to school,” Mr Toole said. “Police are doing all they can, but they have no support behind them. The Minister is silent when it comes to providing extra resources, and the officers are left working endless amounts of overtime to the point of burnout. “An inquiry would give us the answers we need to combat this crime once and for all, and that can include reviewing how young offenders are managed and supporting youth programs to get them off the street.

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“Families in regional communities are terriﬁed each night that they will wake up to someone in their home stealing their belongings or worse. There is nowhere to go – we are now at the point where not even your own home or hotel room is safe. “It’s out of control and our Police and communities deserve real action immediately,” Mr Toole concluded. Dugald Saunders MP has supported Mr Toole’s call for an inquiry and understands the complexities involved in dealing with youth crime. “We are seeing problems across the state, and unfortunately there seems to be no appetite from the Government to actually hear about the problems, and what some of the solutions might be. “The police in our region continue to do all they can and I thank them for the effort they put in every day, but they need some extra support and some extra solutions,” Mr Saunders said.

Narromine Shire Council general manager Jane Redden (left), Mayor Craig Davies (second from right) and Dubbo Duty MLC Stephen Lawrence (third from right) with Transport for NSW team members. PHOTO: TFNSW. By SHARON BONTHUYS IF you’ve travelled it lately, you’ll know the $32 million NSW Government project to build new overtaking lanes on the Mitchell Highway between Dubbo and Narromine has now been completed. The three new overtaking lanes along the 36-kilometre stretch of the Mitchell Highway at Lagoon Creek, Mylangra and Wynsley Lane will provide a safer journey providing more overtaking opportunities for travellers, and reduce travel times on the major tourism and freight route. As part of the project, signiﬁcant intersection upgrades have been made at Wynsley Lane and Lagoon Creek, allowing motorists to turn on Possible rainfall: 0 to 6 mm. Chance of any rain: 80% Central West Slopes and Plains area: Partly cloudy. High chance of showers on the slopes, medium chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds northerly 25 to 35 km/h increasing to 40 km/h before shifting southwesterly 20 to 30 km/h during the afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 32 to 38. Sun protection recommended from 9:20 am to 5:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 [Extreme] Saturday, February 24 Min 16. Max 30. Sunny. Chance of any rain: 10% Central West Slopes and Plains area: Mostly sunny. Medium chance of showers on the north-

and off the highway more safely. Work also included a range of safety improvements including widening 11 kilometres of highway, installing rumble strips and safety barriers, and improving drainage and property access, according to the very proud Member for Dubbo Electorate, Dugald Saunders MP. The project was a key commitment for his government ahead of the 2019 election and passes through the Dubbo electorate. “It’s been one of the most talked about projects for the Narromine area and it’s fantastic for the people who use this stretch of road every day to get to and from work, along with those taking part in sporting activities, community events, or health ap-

ern slopes, most likely in the morning. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in the north. Winds south to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 11 and 18 with daytime temperatures reaching around 30. Sun protection recommended from 9:30 am to 5:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 [Extreme] Sunday, February 25 Min 15. Max 32. Sunny. Chance of any rain: 0% Monday, February 26 Min 17. Max 34. Mostly sunny. Chance of any rain: 0% Tuesday, February 27 Min 18. Max 34. Mostly sunny. Chance of any rain: 5%

pointments,” Mr Saunders said. “The overtaking lanes have already been making an enormous difference to travel times and safety on the road. I hear it from regular users, and it’s music to my ears.” The project also brought beneﬁts to the Narromine Shire by employing crews and contractors who were predominantly based in the region. The Narromine-Dubbo Riﬂe Club, whose entrance was impacted by the Wynsley Lane construction, also scored a new wheelchair-accessible shooter’s platform from repurposed surplus construction materials, as well as shouting mounds and an all-weather road for year round club access. Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Jenny Aitchison viewed the project during a recent visit to Narromine and said: “I could see why motorists are so excited about these new overtaking lanes that have slashed travel times, increased safety and allowed for a smoother journey.” Dubbo Duty MLC Stephen Lawrence joined Transport for NSW crews earlier this week at the Mylangra site to mark the project’s completion and celebrate a job well done. “Covid and 68 days of bad weather caused delays to this project but despite the challenges from the pandemic and mother nature, this project was completed on time and on budget,” Mr Lawrence said. “Congratulations to everyone involved and thank you for your commitment to better roads in regional NSW.”

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, February 22, 2024

Nashos reunite in Narromine

The Nasho reunion included a wreath-laying service, a visit to the Aviation Museum and a dinner. PHOTOS: NARROMINE STAR. From page 1 “We also wish to honour the families of those who were conscripted. Some of these may have been wives and young families, but of course, the greater majority would have been mothers, fathers, and brothers and sisters. “Each of these saw their son or sibling called away from their homes and communities with no say in the matter. And so, today, we hold in equal regard the families of their National Servicemen.” The oldest Nasho present at the reunion was Norm Boland from Narromine, 89, who entered National Service in 1952. “I think it’s very good to

have something like this. There’s nothing for Nashos,” he said. Jeff Harrison OAM, 83, came from Wagga Wagga for the event with his wife, June Harrison OAM, 84. Jeff is the president of the Wagga Wagga and District sub-branch of the National Servicemen’s Association and entered National Service in 1959. “This sort of event is very good for camaraderie, and deﬁ nitely needed,” Jeff said, indicating his local RSL was very supportive of Nashos. Support is the key to this event, said co-organiser and fellow Nasho, the eternally ageless Ted Davies OAM.

“This weekend is also for those who didn’t [travel overseas to] serve. They haven’t developed the common bond of other soldiers who served in units overseas. This gives them a bit of unity.”

Who are the Nashos? “THE Nashos” were called up by the Australian government in two separate schemes for compulsory training to support the country’s post-World War II defence-readiness in the Navy, Army and Air Force between 1951 and 1972, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA). Global conﬂ icts at the time and the spread of communism

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contributed to the fear that Australia would not be able to defend itself with its existing defence forces. Bi-partisan political support saw the introduction of conscription by the Menzies government. Some 287,000 young Australian men answered the compulsory call when it came, and 212 of them died during active service in Borneo and Vietnam. Many served in Australia and were not deployed overseas. Women were not called up for National Service. In 1972, the Whitlam Government passed the National Service Termination Act 1973. The horrible treatment given to Nashos post-service by

many parts of Australian society, and including the RSL, is well documented. The Australian National Servicemen’s Association’s website says: “the domestic divisions over the Vietnam War saw National Servicemen, particularly those who had active service, in the invidious position of not only being conscripted by a selective ballot but also subjected to public derision by some of the Australian public.”

Nashos, we thank you for your service. We see you. We remember you. We honour you. Lest We Forget.

Thursday, February 22, 2024 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

Elizabeth Morris honoured

Chief Judge Elizabeth Morris making a speech at the opening of the Domestic Violence Court in Alice Springs. PHOTO: NT GOVERNMENT. Elizabeth will receive her award in May. PHOTO: NT ADMINISTRATOR.

By SHARON BONTHUYS ONE of Narromine’s favourite daughters, Northern Territory (NT) Local Court Chief Judge Elizabeth Morris, was honoured in the NT Australia Day 2024 Honours List for her signiﬁcant service to the law and to the community. Elizabeth will formally receive the Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the General Division award in a ceremony at Government House in Darwin in May. It will be presented by the NT Administrator (equivalent to a governor), His Honour Professor the Honourable Hugh Heggie AO PSM. Elizabeth, who was raised and educated in Narromine, has lived in the NT since moving there straight after university in 1990. Having lived there for 34 years and married a local man, Rodney Haritos, she now considers herself ‘an NT local’. A highly respected judicial officer who is well known in the NT legal profession and broader community, Elizabeth has been a Local Court Judge since 2010 and was appointed

Chief Judge of the NT Local Court in May 2019. Prior to the Local Court, Elizabeth served as Executive Director of Racing, Gaming and Licencing, as Deputy CEO of the Department of Justice, and as Deputy Coroner. In 2012, she famously delivered the judgement in the fourth and ﬁnal coronial inquest into the death of Azaria Chamberlain, ruling that the infant was killed by a dingo at Uluru in August 1980. Elizabeth was very surprised learn that she had been nominated for an Australian Honours award. Her husband and their four children are very proud of her, as are other family members including her mum, Mary Morris, who lives near Narromine, brothers Stephen and Peter and extended family. “They’re all very excited for me and really chuffed that all of the hard work that they know I’ve been doing over many years has been recognised in this way,” she said. Although she lives far away, Elizabeth has fond memories of growing up in Narromine,

where she completed her formal education in the Narromine public system. The community spirit she witnessed growing up has certainly helped mould her own community service work in the NT including her involvement with baseball, triathlon and scouts. “Growing up in a small community like Narromine was and is a really valuable background in relation to developing a sense of community,” Elizabeth said. “The people of Narromine turn up for each other. Whether it’s turning up to watch the ANZAC Day parade, helping at the sausage sizzle to raise funds for something, turning up with your own water tank to a neighbour’s property when they’re battling a bushﬁre, or to support the various community service organisations around town raising funds, Narromine people have always turned up for each other. “When you’re a kid and growing up in that environment, it’s just what people do. We can all have our differenc-

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es but when help is needed you turn up. That’s a really valuable part of growing up in a community like Narromine,” she said. The chance to have adventures with friends that they ordinarily wouldn’t have was what drew Elizabeth to scouts in Narromine and her lifelong interest in the scouting movement. She obtained the Queen’s Scout Award, the highest award you can receive in Venturer scouts, and in the NT has been a former president of Scouts NT and former treasurer of 1st Darwin Sea Scouts. “Narromine only had a small number of scouts and we got to go on these amazing camps and adventures and learn all of these quite practical skills. “I’ve always thought [scouts] was a great organisation. It has developed and changed over time. There’s a lot more women involved in scouting now, but it was an organisation helping kids become the best they could be by giving them skills, teamwork and having a great time. Lots of fun!” One of Elizabeth’s sons has

also gone through scouts and obtained the Queen’s Scout Award. Elizabeth said it was important to recognise that other people she went to school with have also received Australian Honours. Mike Mrdak was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2016 and Leanne Heywood received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 2021. Elizabeth gets back to Narromine a couple of times a year to see mum Mary, who is incredibly proud of her only daughter’s achievements. She knows her late father, Bert, would also be proud of what she has achieved. “Serving as Chief Judge of the [NT] Local Court and my other roles in the law has been a privilege,” she said in January when she learned about her award. “My commitment to community service, both within the law and in other areas, such as with NT Scouts, has always been a personal passion and a fulﬁ lling journey, and I am touched that it has been acknowledged.”

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, February 22, 2024

Pop up vet service to start in Narromine By SHARON BONTHUYS

Above: The pop up clinic will be held at the Narromine saleyards complex in Manildra Street. PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR. Right: Dr Lydia Herbert is bringing a pop up vet service to Narromine. PHOTO: FACEBOOK.

EXCITED pet owners will be pleased to learn the Central West Mobile Vet will open a fortnightly pop up veterinary service in Narromine starting tomorrow, February 23. A decision at last week’s council meeting has paved the way for Dr Lydia Herbert to periodically bring her established mobile veterinary practice to town. The Council agreed to lease the saleyards building for this purpose and the visiting vet service will operate from that location. Narromine Star The spoke to an excited Dr Herbert last week following the news that she was coming to town. Mindful that the area hasn’t had an established veterinary practice for some time, the Eugowra resident is very passionate about supporting regional and remote communities and looks forward to meeting local residents and their fur-babies. “The plan at the moment is to visit Narromine fortnightly. It’s looking like it will possibly be every second and fourth Friday of the month and it will be based on community demand. If the community needs me more often I’ll come more often. If they don’t, then I’ll come monthly,” Dr Herbert said.

The pop up service will be by appointment only and will include vaccinations, health checks and medication requests at this stage. Without access to proper veterinary facilities it is difficult to provide additional services such as surgeries. Dr Herbert will refer more complex cases to other qualiﬁed veterinarians in Dubbo. “I would need a licensed premises to be able to expand further and for us to build a licensed premises we’re looking at $2 to $3 million dollars,” Lydia said. Although the former veterinary premises does remain in Narromine, it is unlikely to retain the types of equipment Lydia would need for a more detailed practice like surgical tables and lights, cages, and so on. Dr Herbert has worked in mixed practice across regional NSW since graduating from Charles Sturt University in 2015, Wagga Wagga, with honours in sheep medicine. She has a particular interest in livestock and companion animal medicine and her business has offices in Eugowra and Dubbo. If you would like to make an appointment to introduce your fur-baby to Dr Herbert, follow the Central West Mobile Vet on social media.

Thursday, February 22, 2024 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

Stick to engagement strategy

Vaughan Ellen speaks at the public forum in Narromine on February 14.

By SHARON BONTHUYS IN the space of four minutes, a quietly spoken school teacher from Narromine reminded Narromine Shire councillors and management of the importance of adhering to their own community engagement strategy when considering decisions for the community. Vaughan Ellen addressed the council in a public forum on February 14 about agenda Item Two in the Community and Economic Development (CED) Reports relating to the Narromine Industrial Precinct and Freight Exchange.

What’s this precinct? LOCATED at Narwonah, nine kilometres south of Narromine, the precinct is in the vicinity of Inland Rail’s proposed Materials Distribution Centre and the proposed eastern alignment of the future greenfield rail development. In recent months it has also become the focus of much community concern about a proposal by Asia Pacific Waste Solutions (APWS) to develop an anaerobic digestion and gasification plant on part of the site. As APWS failed to take up an option on 230 hectares of land adjacent to Craigie Lea Lane by November 19, 2023, the council was to consider options for further development of the land at the February meeting. This included a recommen-

Significant discussion took place in the council meeting on the agenda item Mr Ellen

PHOTOS: NARROMINE STAR. spoke about.

dation to to subdivide the 521.8 hectares of land owned by council in line with its Economic Development Strategy and Delivery Plan as the site is a “desirable location for business development.” Other recommendations included council developing a prospectus and considering future options to purchase.

Why Vaughan spoke up COMMUNITY concerns raised on social media and in recent public meetings have suggested that there is poor public understanding of the proposed purpose of the Narwonah land as a whole. This is not only in relation to the APWS proposal but also Inland Rail’s project, and council’s proposed Industrial Precinct and Freight Exchange to which the NSW Government will contribute $9 million, according to Item Two in the CED report. Sharing community concerns and wanting further information, Vaughan spent time prior to the public forum combing council’s Community Engagement Strategy and other integrated planning and reporting documents publicly available on the council website. In this process, he felt council had not followed its own community engagement strategy and this is literal-

ly what he told the council in those four minutes at the public forum which was also attended by about 15 members of the public.

Substantive community engagement needed COMING from a teaching and industrial relations background, 61-year-old Vaughan told the Narromine Star he would like to see more substantive community engagement by the council on the decisions that affect the community. “The purpose of community engagement strategies is the planned process of working with the community to shape decisions and actions of the community,” Vaughan told the council, referring to page three of the organisation’s 12-page Community Engagement Strategy. “The methods of engagement are to inform, consult, involve, collaborate and empower the community – I refer to page seven [of the strategy]. “The key objective is on page 10 of the strategy. I refer people to the role of councillors and council staff and community engagement. That’s key to my discussion here this afternoon.” Council’s Community Engagement Strategy describes itself as a document “based on social justice principles

[including equity, access, participation and rights, which] outlines the plan for engagement with the local community in developing plans, policies and programs including Council’s Community Strategic Plan (CSP).”

Plea to reject recommendation “MY belief is that this recommendation [to subdivide the land] should be voted against – not that it shouldn’t be voted for in the future,” Vaughan told the council. “However, given current community agitation and the need for a greater substantive focus on the shire’s Community Engagement Strategy, I recommend that councillors do not support this recommendation and it is brought back to the community in a more wholesome, inclusive way that takes reference and input from the community.”

What happened next? DURING the council meeting that followed, there was signiﬁcant discussion around the Item Two industrial hub which carried on for some 28 minutes. Several councillors spoke against the motions during this time. In the end, it was agreed to “defer consideration of this item until after councillors have undertaken a site in-

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spection.” As suggested during the discussion, members of the community may have the opportunity to join councillors on that forthcoming site inspection. Vaughan was pleased that he could have his say and that he was listened to as part of the public forum process. He also spoke with General Manager Jane Redden after the meeting. “We discussed the site visit, as wonderfully proposed by Cr Jones. I would love to be a community contact for that visit, [to help] organise a limited and manageable delegation of interested community members,” he said in an email. “I think that such a visit, with a broader subsequent dissemination of what happened at the visit, goes to the core of my abiding interest, which is engagement in matters of importance to our community.” Vaughan also encouraged community members to attend future council meetings. IN next week’s issue we will have a more in-depth look at council’s response to Agenda Item Two in the Community and Economic Development Reports because it is well worth hearing about. Due to space and time constraints, we are unable to report it in this issue, or coverage of other matters discussed at the meeting. If you prefer, you can listen to a recording of the meeting on the council’s website.

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, February 22, 2024

Women in Aviation network in Narromine

Robbie Barclay, Grace Walker, Michelle Heggie, and Lizzy Weber at the Aero Club for the WAI Australia chapter dinner and networking on February 16. PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR.

From page 1 “I ran a Girls In Aviation Day last year in Dubbo to promote aviation to young girls. This year I plan to work with the Girl Guides,” she said. Grace has also supported Boys to the Bush and is committed to providing the community with information about aviation and the many career possibilities that don’t involve ﬂying aeroplanes. These include air traffic con-

trol, engineering, management and maintenance roles, among others. Last Friday’s dinner and networking catch up for members was the ﬁ rst social event planned by WAI Australia locally this year. Dedicated aviation student Lizzy Weber travels regularly from WeeWaa for ﬂ ight training in Dubbo and jumped at the chance to join the other members of WAI Australia for dinner in Narromine. Cur-

rently an agronomist, aspiring “ag pilot” Lizzy is training with Dubbo-based ﬂ ight school Wings Out West and is grateful for the mentorship provided by Paul Knight who operates an aerial business in Wee Waa. “Paul has taken me under his wing, literally,” Lizzy laughed. “Flying is quite addictive, but it’s a very rewarding thing. I just love it.” Lizzy says ag pilots are incredibly important to the ag-

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ricultural industry and she looks forward to building her skills in this area of aviation in the future. Robbie Barclay has been flying for 20 years and is building a home in Narromine. Things were very different for female pilots when she fi rst started flying, she said. “When I was at school, I was told women can’t fly. It was a men’s world back when I started. It’s much easier now.” Robbie’s supportive hus-

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band encouraged her to pursue her passion and helped make it possible. “My husband is an ag pilot so we had our own plane.” Robbie said the aviation world is much more diverse and inclusive nowadays, not only welcoming women into the fold but also older people and others interested in flying. Even the loss of limbs does not prevent people from learning how to fly today, she said. Of her involvement with WAI Australia, Robbie said: “I’m happy to help encourage women [and others] to take up flying.” Fifteen years after she fi rst started learning to fly, Michelle Heggie from Dubbo has returned to the cockpit and is close to completing her training with husband Dan Compton at Wings Out West. “I started learning to fly then stopped to have kids, and after a long break I started up again last year,” Michelle said. She enjoys the opportunity to take to the skies when she can around her family responsibilities and when Dan can fit in her lessons around his other students. “The other students come fi rst!” she laughed. Further information about WAI Australia can be found on the organisation’s website, or from Grace Walker at Narromine Aerodrome.

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Political News & Opinion This is another set-back for communities along the route, but I will continue to advocate for this nation-building project to be delivered in full.

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Grants to strengthen our communities

Further Inland Rail uncertainty

LAST week I was terribly disheartened to hear that there are currently no plans to continue work on the Inland Rail north of Parkes. Under questioning at senate estimates, Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) executives conceded the government hasn’t provided funding to deliver the project north of Parkes, and had been forced to break contracts entered into for sections of the railway between Parkes and Brisbane. Officials conﬁ rmed the Labor government has no plan for when construction will begin on the Narromine-to-Narrabri section, despite the recent environmental approval of the project.

I’M pleased to welcome funding for several groups in the Parkes electorate under rounds 18 and 19 of the Australian government and Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR) Strengthening Rural Communities program. These grants are awarded for projects that support small yet vital community needs, disaster resilience and COVID-19 recovery initiatives. Recipients include: f Boggabri Women’s Shed $1900 for a sewing room. f Leaderlife Limited Dubbo $10,000 to purchase an outdoor barbecue and meat smoker. f The Youth Impact Foundation Limited on behalf of The Catalytic Impact Institute $10,000 to support engagement with young people in Moree.

f Moree Cultural Art Foundation Limited - $10,000 to provide free art classes for people living with a disability or mental illness. f Isolated Children’s Parents Association (ICPA) of NSW Incorporated on behalf of ICPA Walgett Branch - $20,000 for an ICPA Garden Day. f Anglican Community Services - $24,940 to distribute waterproof preparedness packs at workshops and recovery events across the Moree Plains Shire in 2024. f Wiradjuri Condobolin Corporation Limited - $9922 for the Miima Warribinya Skyfest 2024 astronomy festival in Condobolin. Meanwhile, round 20 applications close next week. For more information and to apply, visit the FRRR website.

Family car tax to hit hip pockets of regional families AT a time when families and small businesses are already struggling, Labor’s proposed Vehicle Efficiency Standard will add thousands of dollars to the cars that regional Australians love to drive – SUVs,

Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton is concerned Labor’s proposed Vehicle Efficiency Standard will add thousands of dollars to the cost of cars that regional Australians drive. PHOTO: PARKES ELECTORATE.

utes and 4WDs. Under the proposed new standard, Labor will place penalties on new petrol and diesel vehicles over a certain emissions limit to subsidise electric vehicles (EV) and make them relatively more affordable. While it might be good for those who live in the city, this policy will particularly hit us in regional Australia. Many people in my elector-

ate – like farmers and tradies - rely on utes and 4WDs to do their jobs, while others simply can’t afford the cost of an EV - let alone the impracticality in the bush where we drive large distances, often hundreds of kilometres from a charging station. This is yet another example of a Labor government that is out of touch with the needs of regional Australia.

Drop in trainees and apprentices NEW data has revealed a nearly six per cent drop in the number of apprentices and trainees taking up a new trade or learning a new skill in the Parkes electorate. These ﬁ gures come after just one year of Labor being in government and compare to a 20 per cent increase in the number of apprentices and trainees in the Parkes electorate during the ﬁ nal year of the coalition government. This is a blow to communities throughout my electorate which need more people, not less, upskilling to meet the ever-growing skills shortage in our rural areas. Labor promised they would skill more Australians, but their programs are not delivering, and we are suffering the consequences. Number Apprenticeships and Trainees In-Training by electorate (QON:Department of Employment and Workplace Relations Question No. SQ24-1)

Mitchell Highway upgrade finished WORK has ﬁ nished on the overtaking lanes and safety upgrades on the Mitchell Highway, as part of a $32 million investment from the former coalition government between Dubbo and Narromine. The project got underway in January 2022, and included a range of safety improvements. It was a key commitment I made ahead of the 2019 election, so I’m very proud to see the work making an enormous difference to travel times and safety on the road.

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Plains Zoo as Platypus Rescue HQ was officially opened. Now home to Mackenzie, the ﬁ rst platypus that will greet visitors as they enter the experience, this purpose built, one-of-a-kind facility is now ready to house up to 65 platypus who need rehabilitation and rewilding. Attached to the rescue facility is also a research centre to study this well-loved, but not yet well understood, curious little creature. From initial conversations through to securing funding from the previous NSW Government, it was a proud moment to see this project shine and show all those in attendance just how unique and important this space is. Do yourself a favour and spend a day at Western Plains

Zoo and experience this masterpiece for yourself.

CWA of NSW Guesthouse underway LAST week I attended a wonderful morning tea and the launch of the Macquarie Home Stay (MHS) stage two build. The construction of the ‘CWA of NSW Guesthouse” is well underway, and all going well, will be ready for guests to stay by the end of this year. The former NSW Government understood the importance of the service that Macquarie Home Stay provides and invested $2.5 million to help stage two of the project deliver 26 new rooms, which more than doubles the cur-

rent capacity. I’m really excited to watch the progress of this build. Congratulations to Rod and his team, the MHS Board and all the community groups and organisations that support this incredible space!

Seniors’ Festival awards

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SENIORS are such an important part of our communities, so don’t forget, nominations are now open for the 2024 NSW Seniors Festival Local Achievement Awards. Winners will be announced during the NSW Seniors Festival next month. If you know a senior who helps make our community diverse, inspiring, and active,

then I encourage you to nominate them for acknowledgement of their contribution. This annual festival is all about celebrating the positive impact of older people in our families and society! Nomination forms are available via my office, so pop in or email us to grab a form and nominate someone fabulous! Until next time, Dugald

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, February 22, 2024

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NEXT COUNCIL The next Ordinary Council meeting will be held Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at Õ V ½Ã > LiÀÃ] V i V } >Ì x°Îä « ° MEETING: PUBLIC NOTICE - NARROMINE & TRANGIE LIBRARY CLOSURES Macquarie Regional Library Branches in Narromine and Trangie will be CLOSED on Thursday, February 29, 2024, for staff training.

PUBLIC NOTICE – ROAD WORKS - GAINSBOROUGH ROAD AND TULLAMORE ROAD (McGRANE WAY) Council is currently upgrading Gainsborough Road as a new heavy vehicle bypass to reduce ÌÀ>vw V Ì À Õ} >ÀÀ i residential areas. These improvements are scheduled to i > Vi ÌÀ>vw V y Ü > ` Ã>viÌÞ the area. Council has completed the portion of road between the Narromine Waste Depot and the McGrane Way and will be starting works on the McGrane Way intersection commencing January 29, 2024 and should take approximately 8 weeks to complete. The project includes expanding 450m of road to introduce turning and slip lanes, contributing to Ã Ì iÀ ÌÀ>vw V Ûi i ÌÃ° čÌ the completionof the intersection works the second portion of Gainsborough Road (from the Waste Depot to Tomingley Road) will commence. For your safety and the safety of others, kindly obey all signs and adhere to speed limits in the construction zone. Your patience and cooperation are appreciated. If you have any questions, please contact Council’s Engineering Department by phoning 6899 9999.

ROAD CLOSURES and ROAD SAFETY Up to date road closures and information is available on Council’s website, by phoning council or via social media channels. Motorists are reminded to proceed with caution on all roads. For information about Narromine Shire Council’s roads go to www.narromine.nsw.gov. au/residents/road-conditions Live updates, traveller information and personalised alerts for all NSW À >`Ã Û Ã Ì ÜÜÜ° ÛiÌÀ>vw V°V É All motorists are reminded not Ì `À Ûi Ì À Õ} y `Ü>ÌiÀÃ and to drive to the conditions of the road. Water that is covering roadways may be deeper and v>ÃÌiÀ y Ü } Ì > > Ì V «>Ìi` and/or the road may have suffered extensive damage hidden beneath the water. Flagrant and irresponsible disregard for this appeal could lead to prosecution to the full extent of the law. In life threatening situations call 000 (Triple Zero) for emergency help y `Ã V> Ì i -7 - - £ÎÓ 500.

RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP and REGISTRATION All pet owners are reminded that companion animals must be under effective control (on a lead under the control of a competent person) while in a public place unless they are in a leash free area. Council operates a leash free area at the eastern end of Rotary Park on Culling Street Narromine. Any person wishing to register a cat or dog can do so at Council’s Customer Service and Payments Centre at 118 Dandaloo Street,

TAKING CARE AT ROADWORKS As there are numerous road improvement upgrades across the Shire, Council would like to remind motorists to prioritise their safety at roadworks. Approach roadworks with caution, slow down, look for hazards and be prepared to stop. All motorists must obey the regulatory signs and designated speed limit at roadworks, look out for road workers and obey signals from ÌÀ>vw V V ÌÀ iÀÃ°

Narromine. For further information about caring for dogs and cats and looking after pets during the heat of summer please visit: www. narromine.nsw.gov.au/residents COMPLAINTS REGARDING ROAMING & STRAY DOGS If you have any concerns regarding roaming and stray dogs, dogs off leash, barking dogs, dogs in prohibited areas e.g. schools and playgrounds and / or nuisance dogs, cats and dog attacks. Complaints must be telephoned through to Council’s ÕÃÌ iÀ -iÀÛ Vi "vw ViÀÃ LÞ phoning 02 6889 9999 so they can immediately be registered with Council and forwarded to the Ài iÛ> Ì vw ViÀÃ v À >VÌ ° SERVICE NSW in NARROMINE The Service NSW Mobile Centre will be visiting Narromine on /ÕiÃ`>Þ] >ÀV x] ÓäÓ{ vÀ £ä> Î« ° "ÕÌÃ `i >ÀÀ i i ½Ã Shed, Dandaloo Street CAREER OPPORTUNITIES WITH COUNCIL – JOIN OUR TEAM Narromine Shire Council offers a variety of opportunities to grow, develop and progress your career, please visit Council’s website for more information www.narromine.nsw.gov.au/ council/employment REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS via TENDERLINK NARROMINE SPORTS AND FITNESS CENTRE Narromine Shire Council is seeking requests for quotation to supply works from a Contractors to purchase and install new air conditioning at the Narromine Sports and Fitness Centre (RFQ-29-2024), and requests for quotation to purchase and install iÜ À w } >Ì Ì i >ÀÀ i Sports and Fitness Centre (RFQ28-2024) for further details please visit: portal.tenderlink.com/ narromine/alltenders/

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EVENTS COMING UP IN THE NARROMINE REGION

A Seat At The Table - Friday March 8, 2024, Soul Food Narromine at 5:00 pm. In celebration of 2024 International Women’s Day, One More Event and Soul Food Depot are proud to present some of the region’s ÃÌ y Õi Ì > > ` `Þ > V women. Secure your ticket at ÜÜÜ°£ÓÎÌ Ý°V °>Õ Narromine’s Senior Citizens Day - Thursday >ÀV £{] ÓäÓ{ i iLÀ>Ìi NSW Seniors Festival with morning tea and live music vÀ £ä\ää > >Ì >ÀÀ i Bowling Club. RSVP to Council by phoning 6889 9999 or email your RSVP to mail@narromine. nsw.gov.au Trangie & District Campdraft >ÀV Ó Î£] 2024, Trangie Showground.

Thursday, February 22, 2024 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

Government seeks review of financial model for councils By SHARON BONTHUYS

IN the year that councils across the state will go to the polls, the NSW government has announced it will seek a review of the fi nancial model for local government to address rising cost pressures in the sector. Late last month, the government asked the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) to examine the financial model for councils and key factors impacting councils’ fi nancial sustainability. Minister for Local Government Ron Hoenig said: “The fi nancial sustainability of councils is one of the most significant issues facing local government in this state. “With the cost of delivering core services to communities rising, it’s critically important councils are fi nancially sustainable, but that needs to be balanced with the impact on tightening household budgets. “There needs to be a closer examination so that the solution to fi nancial challenges is not increasing revenue

What is IPART reviewing, exactly? THE review will assess the resources currently available to councils, their capacity to cover ongoing expenses and ability to fund core council services and infrastructure for their communities. It will also seek ways to improve budgetary perfor-

through raising council rates or seeking fi nancial support from the State Government,” Minister Hoenig said. This announcement follows changes made to the IPART “rate peg” methodology last year, which the government believes gives councils greater certainty about the income they can generate through the payment of council rates, while protecting residents from significant rate increases. The Country Mayors Association of NSW (CMA) welcomed the announcement, albeit with some reservations. “This review has been a long time coming,” said CMA Chair and Gunnedah Mayor Jamie Chaffey, who indicated the CMA will produce a detailed report on fi nancial sustainability on behalf of its members which would help to inform the review. “Rural and regional councils face greater fi nancial sustainability barriers, with a reduced ability to generate their own source revenue than city councils,” he said.

“Rural and regional Councils face greater fi nancial sustainability barriers, with a reduced ability to generate their own source revenue than city councils,” he said. “Data analysis of 87 CMA member councils’ fi nancials showed that operating expenses are far higher per capita, yet low rate bases mean our smaller councils rely on up to 80 percent of their revenue coming from grants. Grant income is often variable and project funding is subject to cost escalations at little to no notice. “The NSW and Australian governments have repeatedly shifted their service delivery or infrastructure costs onto councils in NSW. Councils have had no notice of such policy changes that impact their bottom lines.” His sentiments were echoed by Deputy CMA Chair and Mayor of Temora Shire, Rick Firman OAM, who said any investigation and report on the fi nancial model for councils in NSW needed to be open-minded and deliver constructive

recommendations. “It must also recognise the extra responsibilities on rural and regional Councils,” Mayor Firman said. “Many of our members fill the gap by providing services where State and Commonwealth governments are absent, such as operating aged care and child care facilities, transportation services for] the vulnerable, subsidised housing for doctors and other key workers, underwriting air transport services and the provision of primary health services. “And the list goes on – all with a low ratepayer base and limited ability to generate their own source revenue without impacting commercial small businesses within their council area.” Mayor Chaffey said insufficient revenue was a real issue for many CMA member councils and wondered if a holistic review of the Local Government Act would be better suited to look at some of the proposed IPART review’s terms of reference.

Rate pegging also remains a limiting factor and a barrier to ﬁ nancial sustainability for local government, he said.

mance and accountability within the sector so democratically elected councillors are empowered to make decisions for the effective running of their councils. IPART will consider and recommend improvements on matters including: The visibility of councillors and the community over the

ﬁ nancial and operational performance of their councils. Whether the current budget and ﬁ nancial processes of councils are delivering value for money for ratepayers and residents. Whether the current funding model will sustainably support the needs of communities.

Whether councillors and council staff have the ﬁ nancial capacity and capability to meet current and future needs of communities. How better planning and reporting systems can improve long-term budget performance, transparency and accountability to the community.

The draft Terms of Reference are now open for feedback until mid-March and can be viewed on the IPART website. IPART will consult with councils and the public to develop a report due to the Government 12 months’ after the Terms of Reference have been ﬁ nalised.

GM calls for better engagement as council staff threatened By SHARON BONTHUYS THE General Manager of Narromine Shire Council has called for better and more open communication following recent threats made to council staff. The Narromine Star understands verbal threats of violence have been made to council staff which management have reported to the Police. Further details are not available. In a statement, General Manager Jane Redden said Narromine Shire Council values the opinions and concerns of residents and understands that open communication is essential for a thriving community. However, threats to staff will not be tolerated. “Council prioritises creating a safe working environment for all employees [and has] a zero-tolerance policy for any conduct that poses a signiﬁcant risk to the safety and wellbeing of any staff member,” Ms Redden said. The statement said Narromine Shire Council is committed to working collaboratively with residents to ﬁ nd solutions to concerns and to ensure that the communi-

ty remains a safe and harmonious place for all. “Council encourages constructive dialogue and engagement to address any concerns within the community. Swift action will be taken to address any threat of violence.” Echoing Ms Redden’s sentiments, a council spokesperson said the community is encouraged to discuss their concerns directly with council. Complaints about the standard or level of service provided by council or staff can be reported by phone (6889 9999), email (mail@ narromine.nsw.gov.au), on the ‘Report It’ page on the website, or in person during business hours at the council office in Dandaloo Street, Narromine. For after-hours concerns, residents can call the main council phone number which diverts to after-hours monitoring. Code of Conduct complaints about councillors or staff should be made to the General Manager unless the complaint is about the General Manager, in which case it should be made to the Mayor, the spokesperson said.

“There has been some improvement to the rate pegging methodology in the past 12 months, but the process is far too arduous in a time when under-resourced Councils are being told to be more efficient. “The perceptions and expectations of councils differ greatly from city to country. In most rural and regional communities, council is the major employer and people tend to see us as the public service provider. From rate revenue to building certifications, parking fees to charges at the local library, council fees and charges are all published on council websites and the cost differences between city and country is significant,” Mayor Chaffey said. “Better and more consistent funding of rural and regional councils, particularly in relation to roads, is critical to financial sustainability.

What is the Christian Church? By NARROMINE ANGLICAN CHURCH

THE church is people, the community of all God’s people. Nearly two thousand years ago, God’s son, Jesus of Nazareth was put to death on a Roman cross in an obscure corner of the Roman Empire. So, with a handful of sometimes hesitant followers in this obscure, small province called Judea, the Christian church, as it came to be known, began. For some centuries, the Christian church as a world religion, has been divided into three main traditions: Protestant, Roman Catholic and Orthodox. As it includes people from across the world today everywhere, it’s sometimes referred to as the universal church. From a recent survey conducted in America, in the next 25 years, it is predicted that there will be 3.2 billion people world-

wide involved. So, will life be instantly roses for Jesus’ people? Those in his church, following him now and in the future, to rejoice with him in heaven. Rather, Jesus gives his followers a faith-life to cope with today, all its joys ‘n’ sorrows plus a reason to look forward to the future. For example, a familiar greeting of the earliest followers, after they welcomed each other in peace (shalom); they would recite the Bible verse from the book of Numbers, where it says, “may the Lord bless you and keep you, may He shine His face upon you”. Church people may meet during the week in family groups for a variety of purposes. Once a week, we congregate in buildings to worship God, and to learn about Him; studying His words like, “blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness”. Not that God’s blessed people are attaining perfection, for failure is also a universal concept. Which is why it is so good, that forgiveness can be a certainty. Why not ﬁ nd your-self in a church this week? It’s a good way to ﬁ nd out who God and His son are. By PHILIP HAND

NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, February 22, 2024

Rural Health Matters

Local health centre wins excellence award By WENDY HARDING

Prof Catherine Hawke (head of clinical School), Corey Gibson (year 2 medical student), Dr Kelly Bradley, Dr Neil McCarthy, Dr Paul Roth (Lecturer), Dr Niro Wickramasinghe, Dr Vicky Owen, EEN Courtney Baker, RN Allana Heckendorf and EEN Lauren Cale (Nursing staff). PHOTO: NSFHC.

ON February 7, the Narromine Shire Family Health Centre was excited to receive an award from the University of Sydney’s School of Rural Health Dubbo/ Orange for Excellence in Teaching for 2023. The Narromine Shire Family Health Centre has been teaching medical students from the school of rural health since opening in 2001, and before that, we had medical students from other universities. The general practitioners (GPs) and nurses are dedicated to sharing their knowledge and expertise whilst providing community experience and clinical exposure for acute, intermediate, and chronic care of patients, including all aspects of the health care system. Congratulations to all our GPs and nurses! This wonderful achievement is a testament to the great team we have here!

Cryptosporidiosis alert for NSW AFTER a steep recent increase in cryptosporidiosis cases across the state and also in Queensland, NSW Health is advising community members not to swim for at least two weeks after they’ve had diarrhoea. Executive Director, Health Protection NSW, Dr Jeremy McAnulty said there had been 498 cases of cryptosporidiosis reported in NSW so far in 2024, compared to the ﬁve-year average of 95 cases for the same time period. Cryptosporidiosis is a diarrhoeal disease caused by the parasite, “cryptosporidium”, which infects the intestine and is a common cause of

acute diarrhoea in young children. Other symptoms can include nausea, vomiting, fever, headache, and loss of appetite. Dr McAnulty said with almost half of the cases in children under ten years old, parents especially needed to be aware of the risks and precautions. “Cryptosporidiosis is commonly acquired by swimming in and swallowing water contaminated with cryptosporidium parasites,” Dr McAnulty said. “The parasite survives for many days, even in chlorinated pools, and in the past very large outbreaks have been caused by people who

had recently been infected going swimming. “Almost half of the cases reported this year had been swimming during their exposure period, and with such a high proportion of young children affected and with many schools about to hold swimming carnivals, we’re urging parents to stay alert for symptoms,” he said. People who have had diarrhoea should: f avoid swimming for at least two weeks after your symptoms resolve. f avoid sharing towels for at least two weeks after your symptoms resolve.

f avoid handling food for at least 48 hours after your symptoms resolve. f children who have diarrhoea should be kept home from preschool, childcare or playgroup until 24 hours after the diarrhoea has completely stopped. To avoid catching cryptosporidiosis: f avoid swimming in estuaries and inland waterways (e.g. rivers, creeks, dams) during and for at least three days after heavy rain. f avoid swimming at ocean beaches during and for at least one day after heavy rain. f avoid swallowing water

when swimming.

f wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water for 20 seconds after using the toilet, handling animals or their manure, changing nappies, working in the garden and before preparing food or drinks.

f do not drink untreated water (for example, from lakes or streams). Boiling water by bringing it to a rolling boil is sufficient to kill cryptosporidium.

More information on cryptosporidiosis is available on the NSW Health website.

Report confirms distance an issue with breast screening MORE than nine in ten Australian women lived within a 20-minute drive of a permanent or visiting BreastScreen Australia screening service in 2021, according to a new report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). While that’s great news for the nine in ten women who can easily access these life-saving assessments, what does it mean for the one in ten who cannot readily access the services due to distance? The Access to BreastScreen

Australia screening services report showed participation among women aged 50–74 was lowest for those who lived in Very Remote Areas (37 per cent) where one in four women in that age group live more than a one-hour drive from a permanent service or one that visits at least every two years. Screening is often the ﬁ rst step in the diagnosis and care for women with breast cancer and some women are recalled for further assessment. Sadly, the report did not look

at barriers to accessing these assessments, one of which is proximity to regular or visiting services. The report features an interactive map that highlights where those women who face much longer drives live. The map will be used by the Australian and state and territory governments in the planning and delivery of breast cancer screening services including the optimal allocation of breast screening services. The AIHW said the Nation-

al Preventive Health Strategy 2021–2030 set a breast screening participation rate target of at least 65 per cent by 2025. Participation has been impacted in recent years by the COVID-19 pandemic, as services reduced capacity to implement pandemic safety measures which resulted in slightly lower participation rates. All Australian states and territories operate BreastScreen services. Some 161 permanent and 664 visiting sites across Australia provide free

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Women aged over 40 years can have a free screening mammogram every two years and those aged 50–74 are actively encouraged to screen. Eligible women aged 40–49 and over 74 years can also have a free screening mammogram, if desired.

For details on how to book a free breast screen, visit BreastScreen NSW’s website.

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Platypus rescue HQ opens in Dubbo

THE world’s largest purpose-built platypus conservation centre, Platypus Rescue HQ, opened last week at Taronga Western Plains Zoo, providing a world-class refuge for wild platypus. The state-of-the-art centre can house up to 65 platypus during severe environmental events such as droughts, bushfi res and floods. The facility combines rescue and rehabilitation facilities, a research centre to study platypus behaviour and a pre-release area to prepare recovered platypus for return to the wild. It also houses a public, purpose-built platypus habitat, where guests will be able to see and learn more about this cryptic monotreme for the fi rst time at Taronga Western Plains Zoo. It will provide behind-the-scenes insight into modern conservation and research. Construction of the new $12.1 million Platypus Rescue HQ facility has been jointly funded by the NSW Government, Taronga Conservation Society Australia and philanthropic donors. Taronga Conservation Society Australia CEO Cameron Kerr AO expressed the organisation’s gratitude for the support to build the new centre, which will be an important part of local conservation efforts. “Shy and enigmatic, platypus are the silent victims of climate change, with their decline largely hidden from public view,” Mr Kerr said. “This new, purpose-built facility will bring together global experts, paving the way to truly understand this cryptic species and ensure our emblem species can not only survive, but thrive in the wild. “We’re so grateful for the support of the NSW Government, as well as our generous donors including San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and WIRES, who have enabled this vision to become a reality, and for our guests to come eye-to-eye with a platypus and see conservation in action.”

The platypus is one of the world’s last remaining monotremes and like many other Australian wildlife, is susceptible to the impacts of climate change and habitat loss. Platypus Rescue HQ will allow researchers and staff to reﬁne the conservation strategy for platypus by ﬁ lling knowledge gaps across the species’ breeding behaviour, biology and genetics. The new centre will see cutting-edge research delivered in partnership with the University of NSW’s Centre for Ecosystem Science, thanks to support from San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and WIRES. Minister for Climate Change and the Environment Penny Sharpe said: “It’s wonderful to see the doors officially open for a centre that is going to support the future of the platypus – a much-loved and iconic Australian animal. “We’re committed to supporting the population of this species, protecting them from the impacts of climate change and habitat loss, and preserving their numbers in the wild for years to come. “That’s why it’s important to have a facility like Platypus Rescue HQ, with the ability to research and rescue platypus and use features like a pre-release creek to help with their rehabilitation before they’re released back into the wild.” The extensive project brought a welcome boost to local, regional and subcontracting businesses, according to NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey. “The construction of Platypus Rescue HQ resulted in over 36,500 hours of work, including 8612 apprentice hours, providing an economic boost to local businesses.” The opening of the new, state of the art centre was an important day for the region, said Minister for Regional NSW, Tara Moriarty. “We expect there will be an increase in visitors to the area to see this iconic species in a natural-like environment.”

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Food barn continues to support community By SHARON BONTHUYS DESPITE a drop in numbers since it returned from its end of year hiatus, Narromine’s Food Barn continues to support the community with its regular Friday morning service. An initiative of St Andrews Uniting Church, the Food Barn has been operating for several years and is an option for locals and those travelling from farther aﬁeld who ﬁ nd the supermarkets too expensive. Late last year the prices rose at Food Barn to help off-set the costs of purchasing the food and other items that are then on-sold by the volunteer-run service. This has led to a drop off in patronage at the weekly service, but it continues to soldier on to help those in need. Kay Anderson from St Andrews told the Narromine Star the price rise was not welcomed by some regular patrons, but despite the drop in numbers, the service would remain. “Those who are here and continue to support us are aware of the price rise and why,” she said. Shoppers do receive some items

Volunteers Darby, Kay and Nerolie at Narromine Food Barn. PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR.

CWA RECIPE OF THE WEEK

Marble cake By NARROMINE CWA THE Narromine CWA is excited to bring another delicious recipe to you that we hope you’ll truly enjoy. Do you like to bake and cook with your children and grandchildren? There’s nothing quite like bonding while you bake. This is a recipe you might like to try with your loved ones. Ingredients: 3/4 cup milk at room temperature 220g butter, softened Pink food colouring 1 cup caster sugar 1 tablespoon cocoa 1 teaspoon vanilla essence Pale pink icing to serve 3 eggs 1 cup plain flour, well sifted 1 cup self raising flour, well sifted Method: Preheat your oven to a moderate temperature like 180°C/350°F. Grease a deep 20 cm (eight-inch) round tin and line base with baking paper. Cream butter and sugar very well, add vanilla. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Fold in the well-sifted flours alternately with the milk. Divide the mixture into three equal parts. Leave one part natural, colour one pink and use cocoa mixed in a little hot water to colour the chocolate portion. Place alternate spoonfuls of different mixture into the prepared tin. Lightly tap tin on bench and run knife through mixture four times to give a marbled effect. Bake for about 50 minutes. When cool, ice with pale pink icing.

for free though when they make a purchase at the not-for-proﬁt Food Barn. Bread, fruit and vegetables are provided at no cost with each purchase. Kay conﬁ rmed that while Food Barn receives free bread items and some fruit and vegetables donated through the SecondBite charity program, organisers have had to purchase additional fruit and vegetables to supplement what they receive from that program. “What we get is just not enough so we have to buy more fruit and veges.” Food Barn also relies heavily on volunteers to make their weekly Friday marketplace possible. Most of the volunteers are retired. Narromine locals Nerolie and Paddy Stephens are regular volunteers at the service and have been helping out at Food Barn for about 12 months. “Paddy does the tip run and helps the guys out the back. He really likes it,” Nerolie said. “I come in on Thursday and help out, and again today. We both enjoy it. It gets us out of the house.” For further information about Food Barn, contact St Andrews Uniting Church.

In Brief

Around the traps… YES, it’s your weekly mini-newsgrab with news and views from around the shire and beyond. f The last day of February is not only a leap year this year, but also the day the Narromine and Trangie libraries will be closed for staff training. Make sure you pop in and sort your borrowing needs before February 29. f Narromine Gorillas Rugby Club is back on the paddock. Who’s up to cheer them on this season? f Into military history, got some time to spare and can decipher people’s handwriting? The Australian War Memorial (AWM) is looking for ‘transcription volunteers’ to transcribe records from its National Collection to “help enhance accessibility and discoverability for all Australians.” Further info is on the AWM website. f Huge shout out to those who came along to sit in the gallery at the ﬁ rst council meeting of 2024. Your number may have been small but your presence was certainly felt. f Anyone for tennis? The upgrade of the Narromine tennis courts is now completed and the facility is ready for social tennis to resume next month. Contact the club for more info.

f The Women’s Health Nurse will be in Trangie tomorrow. At this late stage, contact the hospital to make an appointment. f Hoping for another successful banter over brekky, the next Men’s Breakfast will be held in Narromine in mid-March. Contact the Anglican Church for further info. f Trangie Central School’s P&C will hold it’s AGM next week. Contact the school for further details. f First a coffee machine for patiently waiting parents, and now the Narromine Christian School has released a podcast. Hosted by students, the school’s ﬁrst podcast dropped on their social media page on February 15. Go kids! f The Physical Disability Council (PDCN) of NSW is running a series of free workshops next month to help people with disability and or their parents, partners or family members providing unpaid support with topics including NDIS self-management and what can be purchased, speaking up to be heard, and post-traumatic growth. Check out the PDCN website for further details. f Sending well wishes to Mal Norton, volunteer coordinator of the annual Dusty Boots Country Music Annual

Weekend and Awards in Narromine over the June long weekend, who is recovering from surgery. Hope to see you back up dancing soon, Mal. f In an attempt to remove perceived barriers to participation in the much-loved weekly Parkrun, global CEO Russ Jefferys has announced Parkrun will no longer list records achieved by individuals and will remove the ‘age grading system’. Acknowledging some Parkrunners do like to compete against the clock, the organisation exists “to bring people together,” he said. Further info about the changes is on the Parkrun website. f There’s a Melanoma March (MM) happening in Dubbo early next month to raise support and awareness of the disease and the work of the Melanoma Institute Australia. For event details, see the MM website. f There’s still time to register for Clean Up Australia Day which takes place on March 3. The organisation’s recent National Litter Report saw a growing trend of increased plastics, vapes and cigarette butts collected by volunteers which had made their way into our environment. Check out the website to register.

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League leaders visit NPS

PHOTOS: NPS.

By NARROMINE PUBLIC SCHOOL

NARROMINE Public School students were treated to a very special visit from National Women’s Rugby League (NRLW) Cronulla Sharks player Jada Taylor. The visit was part of the Roads To Regions initiative which targets regional and remote areas with the speciﬁc objective to support and empower rugby league communities to ensure their success and to grow the game. Students took part in the ‘Simply Your Best’ presentation about what it means to be their best selves in all situations. Jada along with NRL Development Officer Shanika Harpur shared some tips on what helps them to be at their best and played some fun games with the students.

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Prefects.

Captains and Vice Captains. PHOTOS: NARROMINE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL.

By CATH CHAPMAN

School Captains.

LAST Friday, Narromine Christian School held their annual Leadership Induction to welcome in their new leadership team. Everyone is very excited about what the year ahead holds. School Captains: Digby MacInnes and Abigail Brown. Prefects: Archie Kent, Laylah Roche and Dolly Paine. House Captains and Vice Captains: Aaliyrah Mitchell-Whaley, Charlie Fox-Ashwin, Taimen Mulloy, Jeffrey Thomas, Hayley Walker and Max Toomey. Congratulations!

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NCS swimming carnival

Where do you go on a hot summer’s day? Swimming, of course! Here are some photos from the Narromine Christian School’s swimming carnival held last week. PHOTOS: NARROMINE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL.

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Welcomes all round at St Augustine’s

PHOTOS: ST AUGUSTINE’S PARISH SCHOOL.

By LOUISE BURNS ON Friday, February 16, St Augustine’s welcomed our principal, Mr Michael Quade, new students, families and teachers, as well as those returning to the 2024 school year. The day began with a welcome BBQ breakfast. Families were able to meet Mr Quade and enjoy a relaxed social gathering, and this was followed by our Induction and Welcome Mass. Fr Sabas spoke about the importance of the whole school community working together and supporting each other to do our best. All our students made the pledge: “to be kind to each other and do our best with our school work, to respect and help our teachers and to work towards always ‘Shining our Light.’” Our School Captains, Sports’ Captains and our School Leaders received their badges, pinned with pride by their parents. It was a wonderful beginning for our school year.

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Western Rams trials By BRYSON LUFF “THE commitment and attitude were there but the ball security wasn’t!” Such were the sentiments of Brad James, the captain/ coach of the Castlereagh League representative side that played in the Western Rams trials last Saturday. The Cougars were far from disgraced in their matches against both Group 10 and Group 11, going down by 12 points in each encounter. Playing in very hot and steamy conditions at Wellington’s Kennard Park, the Cougars ﬁ rst played against Group 10, with their day getting off to an inglorious start when their opposition raced in for a converted try wide out in only the second minute of play. However, from that point on the Castlereagh team dominated the game territorially but their inability to hang on to the ball saw them fail to convert that territory into points on the scoreboard and late in the second half the Group 10

DELI-CIOUS GEMS By NORMA REID

The beetroot saga HAVE you noticed beetroot has been very difficult to come by and wondered what has happened to this great Aussie staple? The Deli has managed to track down the story to this saga and in true Deli fashion, we can not only give you the scoop, we can continue to provide you with the delicious purple vegetable. Our suppliers are able to source this product from Australian-owned company Edgells, which is based in Bathurst. So, what happened to Golden Circle (GC) beetroot? The devastating cyclone that hit New Zealand’s North Island in January 2023 led to the shortage of GC beetroot as the compa-

The Castlereagh representative team that participated in last weekend’s trials. PHOTO: ERIN BURNS. side again went wide for another try to make the half time score ten points to nil. The second stanza opened far more productively for the Cougars and with six minutes elapsed Castlereagh’s centre, Washie Itoya was able to touch down and they were on the board and in the game with the score reading 10 to 4 in favour of Group 10. ny sources their beetroot from New Zealand and the United Kingdom. It has taken a while for this to be felt as they had a stockpile which has now been depleted. Conversely, they knew that there was going to be a shortage and could have sourced Australian-grown beetroot. Cowra beetroot grower Ed Fagan was interviewed on ABC Radio in Melbourne last week and had some interesting points to say regarding the company’s business strategy. He stated: “they have concentrated their risk and are now realising the effect of this.” Mr Fagan said Australian farmers are busily planting and harvesting beetroot to ﬁ ll Edgells and Three Three’s factories and estimated there will be a six-week gap until the supermarket shelves start to see the return of GC beetroot. Around 10 years ago, the company left our shores and moved their factories to New Zealand. Mr Fagan said: “they closed down their Lockyer Valley factory in Queensland to reduce production costs,”

Whilst the scoreboard had improved for the Cougars, their handling did not, and this most certainly did Group 10’s chances of victory no harm and with five minutes remaining they went in for another converted try to make the fi nal score 16 points to 4. With the mercury and humidity combining to make conditions not at all pleasant and they also stopped buying from Queensland farmers. In a world of globalisation, this is one very good example of why it is important to buy local and support our local farmers and businesses, and to keep our business here. Controversially, our wages and operational costs lead many companies to outsource their labour and production requirements. This makes good fi nancial sense as businesses are in it to make profits, but it leaves our communities vulnerable to shortages and at the mercy of poor-quality imports. Further, it is a sad situation when we are dictated by these mega-companies about quality, price and availability. It leaves our country poorer, for it means we miss out on fabulous fresh produce grown under our beautiful sun in our rich healthy dirt. Our farmers use a lot of energy to provide the best products anywhere in the world and we end up throwing it away as it “is cheaper” buying an imported brand. We’ve got to ask ourselves, how can we do better? I hope this helps clear up

both the Castlereagh team and Group 11 were keen to complete their on-ﬁeld commitments for the day and with minimal time between games the Cougars were back out on the ﬁeld. It would seem that Group 11 were wary of the Castlereagh forwards and the bulk of their attack saw the ball spread wide resulting in three uncon-

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verted tries and a 12-nil ﬁ nal scoreline with once again the Cougars lack of ball control not aiding their cause. Obviously disappointed with the results, James was none the less very proud of the effort put in by his team, as indeed were all the Castlereagh League supporters. In summing up the Castlereagh coach viewed the 2024 trials as a springboard to further Castlereagh involvement in the years to come, recognising the fact that the younger players in his squad gained so much experience from being involved which can only be a good thing moving forward! Many Castlereagh clubs are now organising trial games in preparation for the 2024 season which will kick off in midApril with the League Tag and Youth League knockouts being played at Coonabarabran. This will be followed by the senior rugby league knockout on April 20 at Coolah with Round One of the competition being played on April 27.

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Your Seven-Day TV Guide 6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Planet America. 10.30 The Cook And The Chef. 11.00 Fake Or Fortune? Final. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Silent Witness. 2.00 Total Control. Final. 3.00 The Cook And The Chef. 3.25 Tenable. 4.10 Antiques Roadshow. 5.10 Grand Designs. 6.00 Back Roads. 6.30 Hard Quiz. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Gardening Australia. 8.30 Midsomer Murders. 10.00 Hard Quiz. 10.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. 11.05 ABC Late News. 11.20 Joanna Lumley’s Great Cities Of The World. 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 Australian Idol. 1.30 Motorbike Cops. 2.00 House Of Wellness. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 7News Local. 6.30 7News @ 6:30. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 8.30 MOVIE: Sweet Home Alabama. (2002) Reese Witherspoon. 10.50 To Be Advised. 12.35 12 Monkeys. 2.30 Home Shopping. 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 NBC Today.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: Planning On Forever. (2022) 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. 8.30 MOVIE: Miss Congeniality. (2000) Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt. 10.45 MOVIE: Magic Mike XXL. (2015) Channing Tatum. 12.45 Tipping Point. 1.40 Pointless. 2.35 Great Australian Detour. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 Deal Or No Deal. 10.00 Farm To Fork. 10.30 Judge Judy. 11.00 Dr Phil. 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Entertainment Tonight. 1.30 Judge Judy. 2.00 Dr Phil. 3.00 Farm To Fork. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 The Graham Norton Show. 8.30 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Australia. 9.30 The Graham Norton Show. 10.30 Fire Country. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Make Me A Dealer. 9.55 Hugh’s Wild West. 11.00 Food Markets: In The Belly Of The City. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Mastermind Aust. 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.35 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.05 Every Family Has A Secret. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 The Good Ship Murder. 8.25 Legends End: The Loch Ness Monster Story. 9.25 Queens That Changed The World. 10.20 SBS World News Late. 10.50 Departure. 11.40 Romulus. 3.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Last Chance Learners. 2.30 Weekender. 3.00 Room For Improvement. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Border Security: Int. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Secrets Of The Supercars. 3.00 Timbersports. 3.30 Desert Collectors. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: Men In Black 3. (2012) 9.40 MOVIE: Hancock. (2008) 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Royal Pains. 2.50 A Moveable Feast. 3.50 The Goldbergs. 4.45 America’s Got Talent: Extreme. 6.40 MOVIE: Peter Rabbit. (2018) 8.30 MOVIE: Father Stu. (2022) Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson, Jacki Weaver. 11.05 MOVIE: Bastille Day. (2016) 12.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 JAG. 12.30 In The Dark. 1.30 NCIS. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 Bondi Rescue. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: Hawai’i. 11.15 48 Hours. 12.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 How We Roll. 11.00 Becker. 12.00 Frasier. 1.00 The Middle. 2.00 Ghosts. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Becker. 5.30 Frasier. 6.30 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 Two And A Half Men. 11.00 Frasier. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.00 Hardball. 5.20 Miraculous. 5.55 So Awkward. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Horrible Histories. 7.40 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.00 Transformers: EarthSpark. 8.25 Dragon Ball Super. 9.10 Dwight In Shining Armour. 9.35 All-Round Champion. 11.15 Close.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.55 Octonauts. 6.40 Andy’s Wild Adventures. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 MOVIE: Holding The Man. (2015) Ryan Corr. 10.35 Would I Lie To You? 11.05 QI. 11.35 MOVIE: Queen Of The Desert. (2015) 1.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.00 News. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 News. 6.00 News Hour. 7.00 National News. 7.30 Evening News. 8.00 Planet America: Fireside Chat. 8.45 ABC News Tonight. 9.00 The World. 9.30 Close Of Business. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.50 Explore. 2.05 Dr Quinn. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: We Joined The Navy. (1962) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders. 8.30 To Be Advised. 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.45 VICE Sports. 3.10 BBC News At Ten. 3.40 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 4.05 PBS News. 5.05 Joy Of Painting. 5.45 Joy Of Painting. 6.15 The Fast History Of. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Hoarders. 9.20 Into. 10.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Rage. 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Rage. 10.30 Rage Goes Retro. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Death In Paradise. 1.30 Darby And Joan. 2.15 Spicks And Specks. 2.45 Better Date Than Never. 3.15 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. 3.45 Joanna Lumley’s Great Cities Of The World. 4.30 Grand Designs Transformations. Final. 5.30 Landline. 5.55 Australian Story. 6.30 Back Roads. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Darby And Joan. Final. 8.15 Endeavour. 9.45 Total Control. Final. 10.40 Midsomer Murders. 12.10 Rage Goes Retro. 5.00 Rage.

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. 12.00 Horse Racing. Caulfield Blue Diamond Day and Silver Slipper Stakes Day. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 7.30 MOVIE: The Bourne Legacy. (2012) Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz. 10.15 MOVIE: The Kingdom. (2007) Jamie Foxx. 12.35 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Bathurst 500. Day 1. Highlights. 1.35 Harry’s Practice. 2.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Hello SA. 6.30 A Current Affair. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. 12.00 Great Australian Detour. 12.30 My Way. 1.00 Bondi Vet. 2.00 MOVIE: Rocky III. (1982) 4.00 Journey To The Northern Territory. 5.00 9News First At Five. 5.30 Getaway. 6.00 9News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Rugby Union. Super Rugby Pacific. Round 1. Reds v Waratahs. 10.00 Super Rugby Pacific Post-Match. 10.15 MOVIE: The Departed. (2006) Leonardo DiCaprio. 1.15 Garden Gurus Moments. 1.30 Great Australian Detour. 2.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Australia By Design: Architecture. 10.30 Farm To Fork. 11.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 11.30 All 4 Adventure. 12.30 Silvia’s Italian Masterclass. 1.00 Australian Survivor. 2.00 Wildlife Rescue Australia. 3.00 What’s Up Down Under. 3.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.00 My Market Kitchen. 4.30 Taste Of Australia With Hayden Quinn. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 7.00 Soccer. AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifier. Third round. Uzbekistan v Australia. 10.30 To Be Advised. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.05 The World From Above. 10.05 Love Your Garden. 11.00 Britain’s Great Outdoors. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Gymnastics. Apparatus World Cup. H’lights. 4.00 Sailing. Sail GP Yachting C’ship. 5.35 Secrets Of The Imperial War Museum. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Cotswolds And Beyond With Pam Ayres. 8.25 Scotland’s Scenic Railways. 9.20 The Wonders Of Europe. 10.20 Those Who Stayed. New. 11.05 Between Two Worlds. New. 11.55 The Witnesses. 3.55 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 4.25 Bamay. 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 Escape To The Perfect Town. 2.00 Escape To The Country. 5.00 Horse Racing. Caulfield Blue Diamond Day and Silver Slipper Stakes Day. 6.00 Heathrow. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Supercars C’ship. Bathurst 500. Qualifying and support races. 3.00 Supercars C’ship. Bathurst 500. Pre-race and race. 6.00 Pawn Stars. 7.00 Storage Wars. 7.30 Air Crash Investigations: The Accident Files. 9.30 Mighty Planes. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.25 The Proposal. 12.40 Jabba’s Movies. 1.10 America’s Got Talent: Extreme. 3.10 Dodger. 4.10 Baking It. 5.10 MOVIE: Breakthrough. (2019) 7.30 MOVIE: Kindergarten Cop. (1990) Arnold Schwarzenegger. 9.55 MOVIE: The Game. (1997) 12.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 2.00 Bondi Rescue. 2.30 JAG. 4.30 Escape Fishing With ET. 5.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 18. Sydney FC v Melbourne City. 8.00 NCIS. 9.00 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.50 Blue Bloods. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 The King Of Queens. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 Neighbours. 11.00 Farm To Fork. 11.30 The King Of Queens. 12.30 Australian Survivor. 3.00 Becker. 4.00 Frasier. 5.00 Friends. 5.30 Ghosts. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 10.30 Friends. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.40 School Of Rock. 6.05 The Next Step. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 7.45 Kung Fu Panda. 8.10 The Legend Of Korra. 8.35 Kong: King Of The Apes. 8.55 Turn Up The Volume. 9.20 Dwight In Shining Armour. 9.45 All-Round Champion. 11.15 Close.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.55 Octonauts. 6.40 Andy’s Wild Adventures. 7.05 Karma’s World. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Live At The Apollo. 9.00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 9.50 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 10.20 MythBusters. 11.10 Double Parked. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.30 Breakfast Couch. 4.00 News. 4.30 Close Of Business. 5.00 News. 5.30 World This Week. 6.00 Evening News. 6.30 Aust Story. 7.00 National News. 7.30 Back Roads. 8.00 News Tonight. 8.15 Four Corners. 9.00 Nightly News. 9.30 News Special. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.45 MOVIE: Carry On Constable. (1960) 3.30 MOVIE: Two Way Stretch. (1960) 5.15 MOVIE: Yours, Mine And Ours. (1968) 7.30 MOVIE: Quantum Of Solace. (2008) 9.40 MOVIE: A Fistful Of Dollars. (1964) Clint Eastwood. 11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.20 BBC News At Ten. 3.50 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 4.20 PBS News. 5.30 Joy Of Painting. 6.00 Food That Built The World. 7.35 Impossible Engineering. 8.30 The Legend Of Bigfoot. 9.20 Warped By War: Inside Putin’s Russia. 10.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 The World This Week. 11.00 Compass. 11.30 Songs Of Praise. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. 2.30 Dream Gardens. 3.00 Nigella Bites. 3.30 The Cook And The Chef. 3.55 Martin Clunes: Islands Of America. 4.45 Joanna Lumley’s Britain. 5.30 The ABC Of... 6.00 Grand Designs Transformations. Final. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.30 House Of Gods. New. 9.25 Silent Witness. 10.25 Miniseries: The War Of The Worlds. 11.20 Harrow. 12.15 Late Programs.

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. 12.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Bathurst 500. Day 2. Qualifying and support races. 2.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Bathurst 500. Day 2. Pre-race and race. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Sydney Weekender. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Australian Idol. 8.30 Ron Iddles: The Good Cop. 9.35 Mr Bates vs The Post Office: The Real Story. 10.35 Soham: Catching A Killer. 11.35 Autopsy USA. 12.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Fishing Australia. 6.30 A Current Affair. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 GolfBarons. 11.00 To Be Advised. 12.00 Building Icons. 1.00 MOVIE: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. (1988) 3.20 David Attenborough’s A Perfect Planet. 4.30 Explore TV: Portugal & Spain. 5.00 9News First At Five. 5.30 RBT. 6.00 9News Sunday. 7.00 Married At First Sight. 8.40 60 Minutes. 9.40 9News Late. 10.10 Murder In The Family. 11.10 The First 48. 12.00 Family Law. 12.50 Building Icons. 2.00 GolfBarons. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. 9.00 Luca’s Key Ingredient. 9.30 My Market Kitchen. 10.00 Farm To Fork. 10.30 Pooches At Play. 11.00 Buy To Build. 11.30 Healthy Homes. 12.00 Australian Survivor. 1.30 Cook With Luke. 2.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 3.00 Roads Less Travelled. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 My Market Kitchen. 4.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Sunday Project. 7.30 Australian Survivor. 9.00 NCIS: Hawai’i. 11.00 The Sunday Project. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.05 The World From Above. 10.05 Love Your Garden. 11.00 Britain’s Great Outdoors. 12.00 WorldWatch. 12.30 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic. 1.00 Motorcycle Racing. Austn Superbike C’ship. 3.00 Where Are You Really From? 4.00 Sailing. Sail GP Yachting C’ship. 5.35 Secrets Of The Imperial War Museum. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Mystery of the Loch Ness Monster. 8.20 Vikings: The Lost Kingdom. 10.00 Rise Of The Nazis: Dictators At War. 11.10 Muhammad Ali. 12.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 Penelope Keith’s Hidden Villages. 12.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 To Be Advised. 3.15 The Yorkshire Vet. 5.15 I Escaped To The Country. 6.15 Escape To The Country. 7.15 The Vicar Of Dibley. 8.30 Vera. 10.30 Call The Midwife. 11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Merv Hughes Fishing. 2.30 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 3.00 Fishing Addiction. 4.00 Mighty Ships. 5.00 Storage Wars: New York. 6.00 Border Security: Int. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 MOVIE: Kingsman: The Secret Service. (2014) 11.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 Project WA. 11.00 Holey Moley Australia. 12.30 Dancing With The Stars. 2.25 The Amazing Race. 3.30 To Be Advised. 5.15 Wild Tokyo. 6.30 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly. 7.30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 Law & Order. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.30 What’s Up Down Under. 4.00 Bondi Rescue. 4.30 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 18. Melbourne Victory v Central Coast Mariners. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.15 Blue Bloods. 12.15 Late Programs.

6.00 The Middle. 9.00 Australian Survivor. 10.30 The Big Bang Theory. 2.00 The Middle. 3.30 MacGyver. 4.30 Deal Or No Deal. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.00 South Park. 12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 Charmed. 2.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.05 The Next Step. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 7.45 Kung Fu Panda. 8.10 The Legend Of Korra. 8.35 Kong: King Of The Apes. 8.55 Turn Up The Volume. 9.20 Dwight In Shining Armour. 9.45 All-Round Champion. 10.35 Rage. 11.40 Close.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.55 Octonauts. 6.40 Andy’s Wild Adventures. 7.05 Karma’s World. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Queerstralia. 9.35 You Can’t Ask That. 9.55 Interview With The Vampire. Final. 10.40 Doc Martin. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.30 Aust Story. 3.00 News. 3.30 Offsiders. 4.00 Landline. 5.00 News With Auslan. 5.30 News Regional. 6.00 Evening News. 6.30 News Special. 7.00 National News. 7.30 Insiders. 8.30 News Tonight. 9.00 Nightly News. 9.30 Aust Story. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 MOVIE: Mr Forbush And The Penguins. (1971) 2.10 MOVIE: Danger Within. (1959) 4.20 MOVIE: The Kentuckian. (1955) 6.30 M*A*S*H. 8.30 MOVIE: Dirty Harry. (1971) Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, Reni Santoni. 10.40 Chicago Med. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 4.40 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic. 5.20 Joy Of Painting. 5.50 Alone Sweden. 6.40 Ocean Wreck Investigation. 7.35 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 The Hunt For Stolen Nazi Treasure. 9.20 Cracking The Code. 10.20 Late Programs.

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Landline. 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Australia Remastered. 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.00 The Cook And The Chef. 3.25 Tenable. 4.15 Antiques Roadshow. 5.15 Grand Designs. 6.00 Back Roads. 6.30 Hard Quiz. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Australian Story. 8.30 Four Corners. 9.15 Media Watch. 9.35 Q+A. 10.35 ABC Late News. 10.50 The Business. 11.10 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. 11.40 Planet America. 12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.30 Motorbike Cops. 2.00 To Be Advised. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 7News Local. 6.30 7News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 Australian Idol. 9.00 The Irrational. 10.00 The Latest: Seven News. 10.30 S.W.A.T. 11.30 Curse Of The Chippendales. 12.30 Bates Motel. 1.30 Travel Oz. 2.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 Married At First Sight. 1.45 Explore. 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Married At First Sight. 9.10 Big Miracles. 10.10 9News Late. 10.40 Law & Order: Organized Crime. 11.30 Court Cam. 12.00 Tipping Point. 1.00 Pointless. 2.00 Hello SA. 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. 4.30 A Current Affair. 5.00 9News Early. 5.30 Today.

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.00 The Talk. 8.00 Entertainment Tonight. 8.30 My Market Kitchen. 9.00 The Bold And The Beautiful. 9.30 Deal Or No Deal. 10.00 Farm To Fork. 10.30 Judge Judy. 11.00 Dr Phil. 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Entertainment Tonight. 1.30 Australian Survivor. 3.00 Farm To Fork. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon. 4.00 Neighbours. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Australian Survivor. 8.30 FBI: Most Wanted. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.10 Make Me A Dealer. 10.05 Hugh’s Wild West. 11.05 Food Markets: In The Belly Of The City. 12.10 WorldWatch. 2.05 Daniel O Donnell: I Need You. 3.00 Mastermind Aust. 3.30 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.00 Every Family Has A Secret. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Celebrity Letters And Numbers. 8.30 Finding Your Roots. 9.30 The 2010s. 10.20 SBS World News Late. 10.50 Blanca. 11.50 Silent Road. 3.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Your Money & Your Life. 1.30 Last Chance Learners. 2.00 To Be Advised. 2.30 The Hotel Inspector. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Foyle’s War. 10.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.30 Supercars C’ship. Bathurst 500. H’lights. 3.30 Supercars C’ship. Bathurst 500. H’lights. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Outback Opal Hunters. 8.30 Aussie Salvage Squad. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Oh Yuck. 9.00 Home Shopping. 10.30 Dance Boss. 12.00 Royal Pains. 3.00 To Be Advised. 4.30 Bondi Vet. 6.30 Dr Harry’s Animal Encounters. 7.30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 Law & Order: Trial By Jury. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Home Shopping. 8.00 Buy To Build. 8.30 All 4 Adventure. 9.30 iFish. 10.30 JAG. 12.30 In The Dark. 1.30 NCIS. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 10.20 NCIS: Los Angeles. 12.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Two And A Half Men. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Becker. 5.30 Frasier. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.00 Rules Of Engagement. 11.00 Frasier. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.55 So Awkward. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Horrible Histories. 7.40 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.00 The Legend Of Korra. 8.25 Kong: King Of The Apes. 8.45 Turn Up The Volume. 9.15 Dwight In Shining Armour. 9.35 All-Round Champion. 10.30 Rage. 11.30 Close.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.55 Octonauts. 6.40 Andy’s Wild Adventures. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 MythBusters. 9.20 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 10.10 Louis Theroux: Extreme Love. 11.10 Would I Lie To You? 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Parliament. 3.10 News. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 News With Joe O’Brien. 6.00 ABC News Hour. 7.00 National News. 7.30 ABC Evening News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 The World. 10.00 Nightly News. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.50 Dr Quinn. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: The Lady With A Lamp. (1951) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 The Madame Blanc Mysteries. 9.40 Whitstable Pearl. 10.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.20 BBC News At Ten. 3.40 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 4.10 ABC America This Week. 5.05 PBS News Weekend. 5.45 Joy Of Painting. 6.15 The Fast History Of. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Taskmaster. 9.25 Bad Education. 10.00 Late Programs.

NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, February 22, 2024

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27

Your Seven-Day TV Guide 6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Spying On The Scammers. 10.30 Courtney Act’s One Plus One. 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Call The Midwife. 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.00 The Cook And The Chef. 3.25 Tenable. 4.15 Antiques Roadshow. 5.10 Grand Designs. 6.00 Back Roads. 6.30 Hard Quiz. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Back Roads. 8.30 Better Date Than Never. 9.05 Whale With Steve Backshall. 9.55 You Can’t Ask That. 10.30 ABC Late News. 10.45 The Business. 11.00 Four Corners. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.30 Motorbike Cops. 2.00 Psych. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 7News Local. 6.30 7News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 Australian Idol. 8.30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. 9.30 First Dates UK. 10.35 The Latest: Seven News. 11.05 The Front Bar: All Sports Edition. 12.15 Your Money & Your Life. 12.45 Emerald City. New. 2.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 Married At First Sight. 1.30 Getaway. 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Married At First Sight. 9.00 The Hundred With Andy Lee. 10.00 9News Late. 10.30 Travel Guides NZ. 11.30 Family Law. 12.15 Tipping Point. 1.10 Pointless. 2.05 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. 4.30 A Current Affair. 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Entertainment Tonight. 8.30 Neighbours. 9.00 The Bold And The Beautiful. 9.30 Deal Or No Deal. 10.00 Farm To Fork. 10.30 Judge Judy. 11.00 Dr Phil. 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Entertainment Tonight. 1.30 Judge Judy. 2.00 Australian Survivor. 3.00 Farm To Fork. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon. 4.00 Neighbours. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Australian Survivor. 9.00 NCIS. 10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.00 The Project. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.10 Make Me A Dealer. 10.00 Hugh’s Wild West. 11.00 Food Markets: In The Belly Of The City. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.15 The 2010s. 3.05 Mastermind Australia. 3.35 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.10 Secrets Of The Tower Of London. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8.35 Death Of An Icon: Marilyn Monroe. 9.35 The Price Of Truth. 11.10 SBS World News Late. 11.40 Blackout: Tomorrow Is Too Late. 12.35 Infiniti. 3.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 To Be Advised. 2.30 The Hotel Inspector. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Rosemary & Thyme. 8.30 A Touch Of Frost. 10.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Aussie Salvage Squad. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Desert Collectors. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Outback Truckers. 9.30 Heavy Tow Truckers Down Under. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.00 To Be Advised. 4.30 Bondi Vet. 6.30 First Dates Australia. 7.35 First Dates UK. 8.40 MOVIE: Never Been Kissed. (1999) Drew Barrymore, David Arquette. 10.55 MOVIE: Romy And Michele’s High School Reunion. (1997) 12.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Home Shopping. 8.00 Buy To Build. 8.30 Diagnosis Murder. 9.30 Jake And The Fatman. 10.30 JAG. 12.30 In The Dark. 1.30 NCIS. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 9.25 FBI. 12.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 The Big Bang Theory. 2.00 The King Of Queens. 3.00 Rules Of Engagement. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Becker. 5.30 Frasier. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.00 Rules Of Engagement. 11.00 Frasier. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.55 So Awkward. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Horrible Histories. 7.40 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.00 The Legend Of Korra. 8.25 Kong: King Of The Apes. 8.45 Turn Up The Volume. 9.10 Dwight In Shining Armour. 9.35 All-Round Champion. 10.25 Rage. 11.30 Close.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.55 Octonauts. 6.40 Andy’s Wild Adventures. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 9.15 Upstart Crow. 9.45 Double Parked. 10.10 Portlandia. 10.55 Back. 11.20 Would I Lie To You? 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.50 Explore. 2.05 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: The Amorous Prawn. (1962) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 Agatha Christie’s Marple. 10.40 See No Evil. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.35 ABC World News Tonight. 4.00 PBS News. 5.00 Joy Of Painting. 5.40 Joy Of Painting. 6.10 Trip Hazard: My Great British Adventure. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Dark Side Of The 2000s. 9.25 Stone Cold Takes On America. 10.15 Late Programs.

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Four Corners. 10.55 Q+A. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.40 Media Watch. 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.00 The Cook And The Chef. 3.25 Tenable. 4.15 Antiques Roadshow. 5.15 Grand Designs. 6.00 Back Roads. 6.30 Hard Quiz. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Hard Quiz. 8.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. 9.05 This Is Going To Hurt. 9.50 Planet America. 10.20 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 11.00 ABC Late News. 11.15 The Business. 11.35 Rosehaven. 12.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.00 Motorbike Cops. 1.30 Beach Cops. 2.00 Psych. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 7News Local. 6.30 7News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 The 1% Club. 8.30 Mrs Brown’s Boys. 10.00 The Latest: Seven News. 10.30 Inside Detroit. 12.00 Parenthood. 2.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 Married At First Sight. 1.30 Explore TV: Portugal & Spain. 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Married At First Sight. 9.00 Under Investigation. 10.00 9News Late. 10.30 See No Evil. 11.30 The Equalizer. 12.20 Tipping Point. 1.10 Pointless. 2.00 Destination WA. 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. 4.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 Neighbours. 9.00 The Bold And The Beautiful. 9.30 Deal Or No Deal. 10.00 Farm To Fork. 10.30 Judge Judy. 11.00 Dr Phil. 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Entertainment Tonight. 1.30 Australian Survivor. 3.00 Farm To Fork. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon. 4.00 Neighbours. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Soccer. AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifier. Third round. Australia v Uzbekistan. 10.30 FBI: International. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.10 Make Me A Dealer. 10.00 Hugh’s Wild West. 11.00 Food Markets: In The Belly Of The City. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.25 Mysteries Of The Sphinx. 3.15 Mastermind Australia. 3.45 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.15 Secrets Of The Tower Of London. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Scottish Islands With Ben Fogle. 8.40 The Matchmakers. 9.40 Kin. 10.35 SBS World News Late. 11.05 Blinded. 12.00 The Wall: Cover Your Tracks. 3.20 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 To Be Advised. 2.30 The Hotel Inspector. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Heartbeat. 8.45 Lewis. 10.45 Maternal. 11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Barrett-Jackson: Revved Up. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Mt Hutt Rescue. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 The Force: BTL. 9.30 Motorway Patrol. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 Home Shopping. 10.30 Dance Boss. 12.00 Royal Pains. 3.00 A Moveable Feast. 3.30 The Goldbergs. 4.30 Bondi Vet. 6.30 First Dates Australia. 7.35 First Dates UK. 8.40 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. 9.40 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 Diagnosis Murder. 9.30 Jake And The Fatman. 10.30 JAG. 12.30 In The Dark. 1.30 NCIS. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 9.25 Hawaii Five-0. 10.20 NCIS: Hawai’i. 11.15 Diagnosis Murder. 12.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 NBL Slam. 1.30 Friends. 2.00 Two And A Half Men. 3.00 Rules Of Engagement. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Becker. 5.30 Frasier. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.00 Rules Of Engagement. 11.00 Frasier. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.55 So Awkward. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Horrible Histories. 7.40 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.00 The Legend Of Korra. 8.25 Kong: King Of The Apes. 8.45 Turn Up The Volume. 9.10 Dwight In Shining Armour. 9.35 All-Round Champion. 10.30 Rage. 11.30 Close.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.55 Octonauts. 6.40 Andy’s Wild Adventures. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Doc Martin. Final. 9.20 Ragdoll. 10.50 Killing Eve. 11.35 Would I Lie To You? 12.05 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 12.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.50 Explore. 2.05 Dr Quinn. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Carlton-Browne Of The F.O. (1959) 5.30 Celebrity Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.40 Midsomer Murders. 10.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.35 ABC World News Tonight. 4.00 PBS News. 5.00 Joy Of Painting. 5.40 Joy Of Painting. 6.10 Trip Hazard: My Great British Adventure. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Eddie Murphy: Hollywood’s Black King. 9.35 Ferguson Rises. 11.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 Ask The Doctor. 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Whale With Steve Backshall. 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.00 The Cook And The Chef. 3.25 Tenable. 4.15 Antiques Roadshow. 5.15 Grand Designs. 6.00 Back Roads. 6.30 Hard Quiz. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Foreign Correspondent. Return. 8.30 Grand Designs New Zealand. Return. 9.20 Antiques Roadshow. 10.20 Dream Gardens. 10.50 ABC Late News. 11.05 The Business. 11.25 This Is Going To Hurt. 12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Betrayed Within. (2022) Ashley Dakin. 2.00 Your Money & Your Life. 2.30 Beach Cops. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 7News Local. 6.30 7News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 8.30 The Front Bar: All Sports Edition. 9.30 The Latest: Seven News. 10.00 Why Ships Crash. 11.15 Born To Kill? 12.15 Black-ish. 2.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 Married At First Sight. 1.30 My Way. 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 To Be Advised. 10.30 9News Late. 11.00 Chicago Med. 11.50 A+E After Dark. 12.40 Tipping Point. 1.40 Pointless. 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. 4.30 A Current Affair. 5.00 9News Early. 5.30 Today.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 Neighbours. 9.00 The Bold And The Beautiful. 9.30 Deal Or No Deal. 10.00 Farm To Fork. 10.30 Judge Judy. 11.00 Dr Phil. 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Entertainment Tonight. 1.30 Judge Judy. 2.00 Dr Phil. 3.00 Farm To Fork. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon. 4.00 Neighbours. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 The Dog House Australia. 8.30 Gogglebox Australia. 9.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 Blue Bloods. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Make Me A Dealer. 9.50 Hugh’s Wild West. 11.00 Food Markets: In The Belly Of The City. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.25 Search For Cleopatra. 3.15 Mastermind Aust. 3.45 The Cook Up. 4.15 Secrets Of The Tower Of London. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 DNA Family Secrets. 8.40 Psychedelics: Stepping Into The Unknown – Australia Uncovered. 9.40 Culprits. Final. 10.50 SBS World News Late. 11.20 The Spectacular. 12.20 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 To Be Advised. 2.30 My Greek Odyssey. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 The Coroner. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Secrets Of The Supercars. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Mt Hutt Rescue. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Counting Cars. 8.30 MOVIE: Independence Day: Resurgence. (2016) 10.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 Dance Boss. 12.00 Royal Pains. 3.00 A Moveable Feast. 3.30 The Goldbergs. 4.30 Bondi Vet. 6.30 10 Years Younger In 10 Days. 7.30 First Dates UK. 8.35 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. 9.35 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. 11.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 Diagnosis Murder. 9.30 Jake And The Fatman. 10.30 JAG. 12.30 In The Dark. 1.30 NCIS. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: New Orleans. 10.20 Evil. 11.15 Diagnosis Murder. 12.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 Becker. 12.00 Frasier. 1.00 Two And A Half Men. 3.00 Rules Of Engagement. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Becker. 5.30 Frasier. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 Two And A Half Men. 11.00 Frasier. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.40 Andy’s Wild Adventures. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Hard Quiz. 9.05 Gruen. 9.40 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. 10.10 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 10.55 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 11.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.50 Explore. 2.05 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: She’ll Have To Go. (1962) 5.30 Celebrity Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Keeping Up Appearances. 8.40 Poirot. 10.50 Coroner. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.25 The Tailings. 2.40 The Pizza Show. 3.05 BBC News At Ten. 3.35 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 4.00 PBS News. 5.00 Joy Of Painting. 5.40 Joy Of Painting. 6.10 Trip Hazard: My Great British Adventure. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30

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Thursday, February 22, 2024 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

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Time to pull on the trainers… the Warren Triathlon is back! With three different course lengths and the opportunity to enter as a team or individually, the Warren Triathlon suits athletes of all ages and fitness levels.

Get ready and get fit! The Warren Triathlon, is back again next month. The iconic Warren Triathlon perpetual trophy, is made from locally-sourced red gum by club patron, Peter Wise.

Limbering-up for this year’s Warren Triathlon, organiser and competitor, Alison Ruskin Rowe. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED

By HARRIET GILMORE GOOD news for locals still trying to keep those “get fit” New Year’s resolutions; Warren Triathlon is back on again next month! Now in its 16th year, the Warren Triathlon is, for some, a peak fitness goal and serious sporting contest, and for many others in Warren and surrounding communities, just a fun day out. The Triathlon was started back in 2009, when a group of locals decided to get a similar event up-and-running after the Gulargambone Triathlon folded. Since then, more than 100 competitors have taken to the track, road and pool, every year, putting their fitness, resilience, and friendships, to the test. One of the organisers, Alison Ruskin Rowe, said that the local showing, is not just for “fitness fanatics” how-

ever, with three different course race lengths for competitors to enter as either a team or individually. “The mini-course, which includes a 100-metre swim, two-kilometre cycle, and a 900-metre run, can only be entered by individual competitors,” Alison explained. “But the short course, which features a 200-metre swim, 14-kilometre cycle and 1.8-kilometre run, or the long course with its 400 metre-swim, 21-kilometre cycle and 4.5-kilometre run, can be either individual or team events,” she added. This, she said, was the appeal of the race, it can be fun and friendly, or trying and testing. “That’s the beauty of our event. There’s still plenty of time to train for this year’s event, but if that training doesn’t end-up happening, grab some mates and enter as a team,” she said. The Triathlon is about par-

ticipation and keeping active, Alison believes. “There really is an event for everyone and every level of fitness. “Place-getters receive a medal, and the male and female winners of the individual long course, have their names inscribed on a perpetual trophy, made from locally-sourced red gum by Club Patron, Peter Wise,” Alison revealed. With a decade and a half under their belt, the organisers have seen competitors of all levels of fitness and fun over the years, added Committee Member, Audrey Weston. “Competitor numbers have ebbed and flowed since that fi rst event back in 2009, with our peak being close to 120 entrants,” Audrey said. “This caused all sorts of challenges, especially with the swim leg; we had three large buoys in the pool for a circular swim rather than up-anddown the lanes — it was cha-

os!” she recalled. Keeping competitors ontrack, has also been once or twice been an issue, she added. “Another year, we had one competitor stop-off for a cool drink at the Golf Club during the cycle leg, and he failed to resume the race! ATHLETES for the event are in all shapes and sizes, and not just from town, Audrey said. “Competitors come from Warren and throughout the local region and, at times, we’ve had backpackers participate, adding an international ﬂair. “Our youngest competitor was five, and the oldest, who competes most years, is on the other side of 65, so it definitely is a community triathlon for all ages and stages,” she enthused. The Club has relied on a dedicated group of sponsors for many years to support the race — Macquarie Toyota, Western Farm Machinery,

Louis Dreyfus Company, and Warren Pharmacy. They were also recently approached by Narromine Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Clinic, offering to help sponsor this year’s event. “Hopefully we won’t have any competitors needing this service, but if they do, they’ll know where to go,” Alison joked. “Even though it is a very small committee, we always have people offer to help with course set-up, registration, and marshalling, and the Men’s Shed, Rotary and SES volunteers are a wonderful support. “Having said that, if anyone else is keen to join us, we would love it,” Alison concluded. The Warren Triathlon is on Sunday, March 24, with registrations closing Wednesday, March 20. (See attached advertisement in the classiﬁeds for full details).

NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, February 22, 2024

Treble for Greig and Riberio at Condo

RACING NG ORT REPORT

City Belle set the pace in the 1400 metres Inland Petroleum Condobolin Picnic Cup with Red Impulse and Linden Tree in handy spots. Sent to the lead at the top of the straight by Leandro Ribeiro, Linden Tree ($3 favourite) raced to a one and a half lengths win over stablemate and 2022 Cup winner Valadyium (John Wilson, $6.50) and Red Impulse (Tony Williams, $3.60). Billy Bent Ear, the grand warrior of central west racing, continues to amaze and the 11-year-old gelding took the record to 17 wins and 40 placings and over $260,000 prize money from 144 starts when a brave winner of the 1000 metres KMWL and Co. and Ross Berry and Rob Staniforth Memorial Trophy Handicap.

By COLIN HODGES

Condobolin – raced Saturday, February 17 DUBBO trainer Connie Greig and Sydney-based jockey Leandro Ribeiro have now won eight of the last 12 races held at Condobolin following a treble on Saturday which included wins in the feature events by Linden Tree and Billy Bent Ear. Both those gallopers were beaten a nose at Bedgerabong the previous week in the cup and bracelet, respectively. Blinking Nomore and Sin

Leading from the outset, Billy Bent Ear (Leandro Ribeiro, $2 favourite) humping 71.5kg, fought off every challenge in the straight to defeat Outback Cod (Zara Lewis, $4.20) and Equilibrium (Emily Harrison, $21). The other winner for Connie Greig and Leandro Ribeiro was Kalpana ($4) which took the lead from Richter and Costas well before the home turn and won by four lengths from the heavily supported Irene Of Athens (Ricky Blewitt, $1.80 to $1.60 fav.) and Costas (Zara Lewis, $6.50) in the 1700 metres Condobolin Milling Class Three Trophy Handicap. Wellington trainer Daniel Stanley provided the opportunity for a grateful Izzy Neale who travelled from Sydney to make her race riding debut on

GOLF CLUB NOTES

Scruff ’s Magic in the 1100 metres Forbes Livestock Class One Trophy Handicap. Excelling at her only ride at the meeting, Izzy Neale gave the rank outsider Scruff ’s Magic a nice run midﬁeld before easing to the outside in the straight. Owned by a group of friends from Tullibigeal, Scruff ’s Magic ($21) won by over a length from Better Judgement (Grady Spokes, $4.20) and Camp Cove (Leandro Ribeiro, $2.20 fav.). Emerging as a possible runner in the $50,000 Picnic Championship later this year at Coonamble, the Ashley Gibson, Gilgandra-trained Foxstorm was a runaway winner of the 1400 metres Chamens Super IGA Class Two Trophy Handicap.

Trained at Narromine by Michael Plummer, Northern Excel (Emily Harrison, $10) led throughout to win by a neck from Party Stop (Tony Williams, $2.50) with Great Flame (Zara Lewis, $6) six lengths away in third place.

Wins for McDonald and Shepherdson By NORM LEWIS

Winning team members from a previous week, Tony Harding and Shane Liddell with sponsor Robert Handsaker. PHOTO: GREG KEARINES.

A FIELD of 16 players took part in the stableford event on Saturday, the ﬁ rst round of the 2024 Shootout event which is popular on the annual golﬁ ng program. The winner on the day was Club Captain Alex Sambrook with a round of 37 points. Well done, Alex. Runner-up was Ray Anning on 35 points. Good to see Ray out of retirement and in the winners’ list. Of the Nearest the Pins (NTP), there was no winner on the third while Luke Brown took the prize on the 10th. The Long drive on the fourth gave Alex Sambrook a double on the day. The stableford jackpot on the 10th was also not won. Sunday’s competition was a 4BBB event which attracted 13 players. Here we saw a

Condobolin attracted a big crowd however not many backed the opening winner, the outsider Northern Excel in the 1000 metres Vella Stockfeeds Maiden Plate.

GERRIES GOLF

Sambrook takes shootout round

By NORM LEWIS

Ridden by Gilgandra based Zara Lewis, Foxstorm ($9) from ﬁ fth position dashed to the front in the straight and won by over four lengths from the leader Sindagar (Breanna Bourke, $3.60) and Cheeky Nugget (Leandro Ribeiro, $3.40 fav.).

win for the father-daughter combination of Steve Buckley and his daughter Megan. They recorded a score of 44 points. Runners-up were Tony and Alan Mann with 41 points on a count back. NTP winners on the ninth hole and 17th respectively were Tony Mann and Craig Duff and “Duffy” also won the Long Drive on the ﬁ rst. The Birdie Jackpot on the 17th was not won.

Business House comp A TOTAL of 74 players turned up for the weekly Robert Handsaker Ford Business House competition. This week it was played as a four-person Ambrose over the 18 holes, something different for this event. At the end of the day, the team winner was “ Epiroc”. The usual NTP winners were on the ninth John

Cleary, 10th Kim Handsaker, and 17th our sponsor, Robert Handsaker. The Long Drive on the ﬁ rst was James Hunt while there was no winner on the 11th. Good to see our sponsors Kim and Robert Handsaker on the course and winning.

Coming events THIS weekend we have the 18-hole stroke Monthly Medals and an 18-Hole Par Plus competition. Early next month we have the Namoi Cotton Charity Golf Day which helps support our club. Full details are on posters at the clubhouse. The Sunday Junior Clinic continues to attract good numbers with some of our senior golfers helping the juniors with the basic fundamentals of golf. That’s all for this week, see you at the 19th.

DESPITE the warmer weather, 17 players arrived for the weekly Gerries golf competition on Saturday. Eight ladies participated in their weekly competition and some good scores were posted. The winner on the day was Carol McDonald with a score of 22 points. Close behind was Bev Woods on 21. Well done, ladies. Once again no winner in the Nearest the Pin (NTP) event so the prize now jackpots. There was a battle for the NAGA prize between Michelle Ashdown and Wendy Jeffery, both on 16 points. The count back declared Michelle the winner. “El Supremo” Terry congratulated the ladies for their efforts in completing the scorecard tallies for the day.

The men took on the back nine and here Col Shepherdson took the major prize with a score of 23 points. Well done, Col. There was a three-way battle for second place between Chris “Pom” Harding, Gus Smith and Mal Fraser, who each recorded 21 points. The count back declared “Pom” the second place winner. As in the ladies’ comp, there was no winner in the NTP event. The NAGA prize for the men saw a struggle for the prize between Jamie Roberts and Ron Green. The count back declared Jamie the winner on 16 points. In all, a very pleasant and enjoyable morning’s golf. Next weekend the girls play on the back nine with the men on the front nine at the usual time. Until next week, see you at the 19th.

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Thursday, February 22, 2024 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

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Seven Jets power Castlereagh League rep team

By SHARON BONTHUYS A WHOPPING seven Narromine Jets players made the Castlereagh League representative team, the Cougars, which played in the Western Rams trials last Saturday at Wellington’s Kennard Park. Jets players Doug Potter, Jordan Richardson, Ryan Richardson, Harry McPherson, Washie Itoya, Darby Gordon, Luke Thompson were joined in the team by two Baradine Magpies, three Cobar Roosters, four Gulgong Terriers, and four Coolah Kangaroos. Bryson Luff told the Nar-

Narromine representative players (L-R)Jordan Richardson, Ryan Richardson, Harry Mcpherson, Washie Itoya, Doug Potter, Darby Gordon, and Luke Thompson. PHOTO: ERIN BURNS.

romine Star : “The Cougars were far from disgraced in their matches against both Group 10 and Group 11, going down by 12 points in each encounter. “The ﬁ nal players selected have shown great commitment and enthusiasm over the past month, many of them travelling vast distances on a Sunday to attend training sessions most often held in oppressive conditions. “The team [was] captain/ coached by Brad James, who last year led the Gulgong Bull Terriers to an undefeated season where his side claimed all the available Castlereagh

League silverware as well as being awarded the highly prestigious and much sought after Clayton Cup which is awarded annually to the best performed ﬁ rst grade side in regional NSW. “James [was] partnered in the halves by Doug Potter who captain/coached the Narromine Jets last year and was named the Castlereagh League Player of the Year,” Bryson said. Doug Potter was also named Senior Sportsperson of the Year in Narromine at a civic function in Narromine on Australia Day 2024. Dave Morrison from Gul-

gong was manager of the team, Chris Deighton from Cobar was the sports trainer, and Tony Mann from Narromine was the strapper. Bryson has kindly provided a full report on how the team went at Wellington, which is on page 17. Narromine Jets’ president Mick Burns paid tribute to the local lads who made the representative side. “[They] all played their part in an impressive display of higher class rugby league against Group 10 and Group 11. “Playing in high temperature heat the Castlereagh

squad showcased their skill and determination and [they] held their own against the fancied rivals,” Mick said. “The Narromine players all showed tremendous effort to play in these hot conditions and a couple of players were unlucky not to book a spot in the Western Division team. “The Narromine Jets Rugby League Football Club is very proud of the Jets players involved in this squad who attended three training sessions as well as the gameday with great distinction.” Well done, Narromine Jets, for contributing to this regional representative team.

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