It looked like bikes outnumbered cars for this year’s Cobar RSL Sub Branch Lighthorse Charge Charity run. Some of the 76 participants are pictured above at the start of this year’s event on Saturday morning at the Cornish Rest Area. A total of $3,200 was raised on Saturday which will go towards the construction of a memorial in Drummond Park to honour locals who served in World War I. RSL Sub Branch president Ben Hewlett said to date they have raised $39,200 to build the memorial and are ready to start construction however they are still collating and checking names before they are cast into plaques. Photo courtesy of Anika Koller
A motion to reduce the number of councillors elected to Cobar Shire Council has caused tempers to flare at last Thursday’s April Ordinary Meeting of council. Cr Yench had put forward a notice of motion calling for a report on the process to reduce the number of councillors from 12 […]
Chairman of the Cobar Miners Memorial Project Barry Knight reports the Cobar community has been very generous over the past six months with donations to help see the project come to fruition. He said the committee’s major fundraiser of selling pavers (which closes at the end of this month) has […]
Jaymee Manns’ New Year’s resolution was to make 2018 a more memorable year by doing things that scare her. She also has a list of things to do before she turns 25, one of which is to do something for a worthy cause. Chopping her crop of long hair for […]