A number of local events that had to be cancelled or postponed by the COVID pandemic are now starting to take place, including the St Lawrence O‘Toole’s Catholic community’s celebrations to mark their parish priest’s 40th anniversary as a priest. The church’s previous plans to celebrate Fr Paul Finucane’s milestone were put on hold in August as public health orders restricted public gatherings. Belated celebrations were held on Sunday when Fr Paul was joined by members of the congregation for lunch at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club
A number of local events that had to be cancelled or postponed by the COVID pandemic are now starting to take place, including the St Lawrence O‘Toole’s Catholic community’s celebrations to mark their parish priest’s 40th anniversary as a priest. The church’s previous plans to celebrate Fr Paul Finucane’s milestone were put on hold in August as public health orders restricted public gatherings. Belated celebrations were held on Sunday when Fr Paul was joined by members of the congregation for lunch at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club
Masks were mandatory for the Cobar Hospital Auxiliary’s annual general meet-ing on Monday. Cobar Hospital Auxiliary committee presi-dent Sharon Harland said members found it “a bit weird” attending a meeting with every-one wearing a mask. “With ongoing uncertainty around COVID, it might be something we’ll have to get used to, […]
The 2024 Aurelia Peak Gold Mine sponsored Cobar Ladies Open was finally played on Sunday after the event was washed out in August. Visitor numbers were disappointing with only six ladies making the trip to Cobar. (Nyngan ladies sent apologies as the Open clashed with the Men’s NSW Sand Green […]
Cobar once again has the services of a per-manent vet, with Dr Lauren Leicester join-ing the Kidman Way Veterinary Surgery practice last week. Prior to coming to Cobar, Lauren worked in a large mixed animal veterinary surgery at Inver-cargill on New Zealand’s South Island. “There were 10 vets there and […]
