Month: February 2022
Toothless and Tilpa claim semi final victories
Toothless have booked their grand final spot in the Twenty20 cricket competition after a major semi final win on Friday night while Tilpa won Saturday’s elimination semi final to keep their grand final aspirations alive. Tilpa beat Hombres by five wickets in Satur-day night’s elimination match at Ward Oval with […]
Five new teachers join CPS staff
Among the new teaching staff welcomed at the Cobar Primary School this year are: Ros Fraser (who has been teaching for 17 years and will be joining Gold Team in 1/2LR. Ros will also be taking on the role of Digital Classroom Officer); Jade Dillon (who has come from Canberra […]
CPS benefits from career changes
Local residents Amy Barraclough and Tara Arnold have opted to make career changes this year and have joined the Cobar Public School as learning support officers. Amy has previously worked for seven years as a family day care educator and also more recently in the hospitality industry while Tara has […]
New and familiar faces join CHS
Cobar High School has two new faces and also two familiar ones joining the staff this year. At back are new teachers Chris Johnson and John Clarke and at front are local residents, Elsa Mitchell and Amy Thompson, who have joined the school’s Student Learning and Support team. Chris will […]
Pharmacy staff join REDFEB heart health awareness month
Cobar residents are invited to get involved in REDFEB heart health awareness month to raise awareness and much-needed funds for research into heart disease. A number of local health services are wearing red this month and taking part in REDFEB including staff at The John Mitchell Pharmacy and the Cobar […]
Ready for kindergarten
New Kinders Lenny Hill and Elle Quintal have started big school this week. The pair have been best buddies since birth, went to day care and then preschool together but this week they have split up with Lenny heading to Cobar Public School (he had his first day yesterday) while […]
New housing estate in the planning for old hospital site
Cobar Shire Council is looking at devel-oping a new housing estate in an effort to attract more families to come and live in Cobar. Council’s general manager Peter Vlatko said investigations had been made into pur-chasing the now vacant site of the old Cobar Hospital on Lerida Road with the […]