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Local kids enjoy Trangie Lions’ fishing comp STORY: PAGE 18 Wellbeing nurses helping to support shire students By SHARON BONTHUYS STUDENTS attending three schools in the Narromine Shire are benefiting from the presence of dedicated “wellbeing nurses” to help coordinate appropriate early intervention, assessments and referrals to health and social services. Trangie Central School, Narromine High School and Narromine Public School are among 11 education centres in the region to receive dedicated support through the Wellbeing and Health In-reach Nurse (WHIN) Coordinator program. They join other schools in Dubbo and Wellington to receive support under the program which started in 2018 as a joint initiative of NSW Health and the NSW Department of Education. The NSW Government has committed $60 million to the WHIN Coordinator program over four years, and will recruit an additional 250 school counsellors. “I’m really pleased the NSW Government is continuing our investment into this incredibly successful wellbeing program,” said NSW Legislative Council Member Stephen Lawrence MLC.
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Easter Frolic continues tradition at St Augustine’s STORY: PAGE 13
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Locals to benefit from Barbara’s legacy By SHARON BONTHUYS WHEN Barbara Latham passed away last year, the 91-year-old left something behind that will benefit the aged care residents at the place she once called home, the Trangie Multi-Purpose Service. The accomplished artist left sketchbooks for her family containing finely drawn, precious memories of her life on the land that daughter Trish Phillips has turned into prints for a special fundraising event later this month. More than 50 beautifully framed prints of Barbara’s artwork will go on sale the Sunday before ANZAC Day at a special event to raise funds for Kurrajong Court and the palliative care unit at the Trangie Multi-Purpose Service. “The detail in the drawings is amazing. Mum drew all of them without glasses,” Trish told the Narromine Star. The owner of local Trangie business Ewe Two on Dandaloo is thrilled to be able to share her mother’s talents with the wider community. “These were all drawn by Mum from the age of 85 when she went into care at Kurrajong Court, until around the age of 90 years when cataracts took hold of her eyesight,” Trish said. Attendees will need to purchase tickets to the event which will include a grazing box, a drink and a “lucky gate” prize,
Trish Phillips with some of the prints to be sold at the fundraising event in Trangie later this month. PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR.
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and have a 30-minute viewing window to look over the prints before the sale starts. Trish knows sharing the beautiful works with the world is a way of helping keep her mother’s memory and legacy alive and an opportunity to give something back to the local health service where her mother received excellent care. Trish said Barbara would spend her afternoons drawing as a means of keeping active while in aged care. Her artistic talents have also been inherited by one of her granddaughters. The fine detail in Barbara’s sketches is astonishing. As you can see from our photos, many are intricate country scenes that Barbara brought to life on paper with her exceptional talent. Barbara also painted using oils and water colours and occasional mixed-media, Trish said, but it’s her sketches that really draw the imagination. “When I look at these works, I see the land. She loved the country. Most of these pictures are of the central west,” Trish said. “Mum hated portraits but loved nature.” For further information about the event, follow Ewe Two on Dandaloo on social media or pop into the shop. For further information about how to book to attend this event, see classifieds. More photos on page 3