200722

COOSH excursion to museum

As part of their school holidays activities, the kids and their supervisors at COOSH (Cobar Out of School Hours) service paid a visit to the Cobar Museum last Thursday. The kids took part in a scavenger hunt finding pictures of people and objects both inside the museum and also in […]

200722

Skateboarders hit the deck

Nixen Osborne instructing Harlow Chaplain and Declan Sharpe at last week’s Totem Skateboarding school which was provided by the Cobar Shire Youth Council as a free activity during the school holidays. The focus of the beginners session was learning to get your balance while kids at the intermediate sessions learnt […]

200722

All-Star Wrestling in Cobar

Former WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) superstar Chris ‘The Masterpiece’ Masters won the Eastern States wrestling title at the All-Star Wrestling Australia Winter Warfare show in Cobar last Thursday night at the Services Club. Masters also won a lot of Cobar fans including Maddox Best, Braxton Martin, Hannah and Cooper Trudgett.

200722

ROAR to benefit from a Commonwealth bank donation

The Commonwealth Bank Cobar branch employees have donated $500 to Rural Outback Animal Rescue/Respite (ROAR) as part of the bank’s nationwide communi-ty donation program. As part of the program, the bank has pledged to donate $400,000 nationally, to recognise those organisations that make a difference to the communities in which […]

200722

Training for teens

Local teens recently attended a Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training workshop that was aimed at kids aged 12-18 years. The three-hour Teen MHFA Course teaches high school students how to provide mental health first aid to their friends. The course was developed in response to research indicating that young […]

200722

Rotary donates over $13,000 to the community

The Rotary Club of Cobar has handed out $13,475 in donations to local community groups over the past year. Representatives of four groups collected $2,000 worth of donations at the club’s Changeover Dinner at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club on Saturday night. They included the Cobar Weekly Association (which […]