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Hijole! Fun in Mexico
Tuesday, 15th January, 2013
(From left) Ella Knowles, Hayden Coombes, Courtney Coombes, Zayden Harvey and Noah Nelson making pinatas at the PCYC.
The PCYC school holiday program is in Mexico, its second stop on its “around the world tour”.
Children’s Activities officers, Kandie Dart and Mel Lukoschek, are running the tour and last week the kids went to India and enjoyed Indian cuisine and painted a mural of the famous Taj Mahal.
Yesterday they experienced Mexican culture by making pinatas and also heard a talk about Mexico.
“We explored Mexico with a discussion about the food they eat, the animals they have, population and currency,” Ms Lukoschek said
Cupboard bare
Monday, 14th January, 2013
Council may knock back funding requests
By Kurtis J Eichler
Cash-strapped City Council could withdraw its sponsorship of this year’s St Pat’s races because its budget is exhausted.
As Council faces the prospect of having to repay almost $7 million in overpaid rates to mining company Perilya, it is planning severe cuts to spending, with recommendations to decline requests for financial support from community organisations.
Broken Hill’s largest race meeting, held on March 16, was given $10,000 by Council last year to put towards marketing costs.
Reward awaits good samaritan
Monday, 14th January, 2013
Marlene Sweet wants to thank a lad who helped her after she took a fall at the weekend.
By Erica Visser
When Marlene Sweet fell over at a shopping centre carpark at the weekend, a teenage boy helped her up and gathered her shopping.
However, in her distress, Ms Sweet did not have time to properly thank the good samaritan but she’s hoping for another chance.
“I fell over near the McDonalds car park on the road on Saturday afternoon,” she said.
Mayor rejects population forecast
Friday, 11th January, 2013
A NSW Government action plan suggests the region’s population will fall by 25 per cent by 2031.
Mayor Wincen Cuy has rejected a government “action plan” for the Far West which forecasts a 25 per cent drop in population, saying future projects could actually increase the population.
The so-called Far West Regional Action Plan was one of six regional action plans released late last month by the Minister for Western NSW, Kevin Humphries.
Mr Humphries said the plans outlined the government’s priorities for each region for the next two years and were put together after extensive consultation.
In the Far West plan, on a page headed “About Our Region”, the region’s population of 22,349 is projected to be less than 17,000 by 2031.
A day at the museum for the kids
Friday, 11th January, 2013
Museum Education Officer, Ian Howarth, in one of the exhibits from the Odditorium show which will be part of the children’s workshop next week.
Do the kids need to get out of the house. Do they need a stimulating distraction? Then the Albert Kersten Mining and Minerals Museum has just the thing.
It is about to stage a fun-filled workshop for children from five to 12 years old on Tuesday. It will run from 10.30am to 1.30pm and the cost is just $40.
Museums are great places to visit and while away the long hot days of summer. They are cool and imaginative institutions, full of curiosities and historical objects.
