A newly completed pergola in the garden at the Lilliane Brady Village retirement home is proving to be a popular place with the residents keen to get their daily dose of Vitamin D from the sun. A donation to the Pink Ladies fundraising committee from one of the resident’s family helped to build the wooden shade structure with the work carried out by local builder Jade McDonald from Country Mile Constructions. Pictured seated in the pergola last week were Pink Ladies volunteer Shirley Higgins, resident Dulcie Fairbank and director of nursing Sharon Huon.
Cobar Junior Soccer club opened its 2016 season on Saturday morning by paying respect to the Indigenous people throughout the country. Club president Scott Griffiths said the day recognised the legendary John Moriarty, the first Indigenous football player to play for Australia, and the efforts he puts into Indigenous football. “If you had […]
Sharon Huon, the Lilliane Brady Village’s director of nursing, has been an institution at the local retirement home for almost 30 years but now says it’s time for her to retire. Mrs Huon gave her employer, Cobar Shire Council, almost 12 months notice of her impending retirement as it was […]
Cobar Shire Council has allocated a further $500,000 to their 2023/2024 budget to allow for increased staffing costs at the Lilliane Brady Village retirement home. Council made the allocation increase to their Quarter 1 Budget review at the October Ordinary Council Meeting. Council’s Director of Corporate and Community Services Kylie […]