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Boot-scoot along to get your skin checked STORY: PAGE 4 Council election results revealed at last By SHARON BONTHUYS BY the time this edition of the Narromine Star is published on Thursday, October 3, the results of the Narromine Shire Council will have been formally declared. The nine elected councillors for the next term have been revealed as Ewen Jones, Craig Davies, Adine Hoey, Lachlan Roberts, Stacey Bohm, Judy Smith, Brian Leak, Les Lambert, and Peter Howe. Five of those — Jones, Davies, Hoey, Roberts and Lambert — are returning councillors while the new kids on the block — Bohm, Smith, Leak and Howe — are first-time councillors.
First poll since 2016 THIS was the first trip to the polls for shire residents since September 2016, when 14 people ran for Council. At the subsequent COVID-impacted election in late 2021, there were only nine candidates for nine positions, and those people were appointed uncontested in line with Local Government legislation. After months of community disquiet, public concerns about community engagement, council decision-making on projects that could potentially have significant impacts on health and the environment — and the at-times rancorous debate on social media by supporters and detractors of the former council — ratepayers got to have their say on Saturday, September 14.
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A heartfelt thank you for NAIDOC Week support By SHARON BONTHUYS ORGANISERS have offered a heartfelt thank you to the community of Narromine, as well as local schools, service providers, businesses and the Narromine Shire Council following a hugely successful program of events during NAIDOC Week. The week, which ran from September 16-22, was made possible by the efforts of the multi-member Narromine Cultural Events Working Group, including the NAIDOC Week Sub-Committee, which had worked for many months to plan and stage the event. The predicted wet weather stayed away, ensuring beautiful warm weather for the week-long celebrations recognising the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Chair of the Narromine Cultural Events Working Group, Lynda Edwards, offered warm praise for the many people invölved as she reflected on the week’s events. “Thanks to all the volunteers, services and community members who helped make this treek’s event fantastic! Especially the Narromine Cultural Working Group who was instrumental in all activities,” Ms Edwards said. “It was wonderful to see all the services coming together in the community and collaborating.”
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Some of the hardworking members of the Narromine Cultural Events Working Group at the NAIDOC Ball, the culmination of a terrific NAIDOC Week. L-R: Crystal Donnelly, Sharon Milnes, Jordayna Smith, Jaqui Hull, Carley Jones, Lynda Edwards, Lakesha Chatfield, Liz Harris, and Amy Sutherland. Not in the photo: Dawn Towney, Tegan Hull, and Louise Simpson. PHOTO: SUPPLIED.
A packed program THE NAIDOC program featured something every day, starting on Monday, September 16, with a jam-packed pro-
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gram including a breakfast at Narromine High School, and a march along Dandaloo Street to Tom Perry Park supported by the Dubbo Highway Patrol team.
Ms Edwards thanked all the community members who came along and joined the march with babies and children in tow.
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