Forbes
The Lachlan River has received its largest flush of water since 1996 after a minor flood peak passed on Sunday afternoon August 15.
The river peaked at minor flood level on Sunday night with some inundation received.
The Bureau of Meteorology says the Lachlan River at Cotton’s Weir peaked at 3.7 metres but is now falling.
Recent wide spread rain has forced organisers of the 2010 Classic Outback Trial to postpone the rally event.
The rally was set to begin at Forbes on Monday, August 23, however Event Director Philip Bernadou has been forced to postpone the start date until Monday, October 11.
Mr Bernadou described the postponement as “a big disappointment” but said conditions were too wet for the rally to go ahead as planned.
Parkes
Alan Wright “The Kings Legacy”, a very talented artist from Sydney, has very generously donated an Elvis Concert to Parkes branch of CanAssist.
It promises to be a really great night filled with lots of fun and laughter and will hopefully raise money for CanAssist and thus enable them to continue with their great work assisting cancer sufferers from this area.
The concert will be at Parkes Services Club at 7.30pm on Saturday, August 21 and tickets are $20 each on sale at the Services Club.
For more information contact: Karen Swindle
6862 5962.
Grenfell
Helping to combat the statistic that one in six Australians has some form of hearing impairment is an upcoming hearing expo, organised by Better Hearing Australia and Grenfell Community Health.
The Hearing Expo will be held during Hearing Awareness Week, on Thursday August 26, at the Grenfell Bowling Club.
If you have trouble hearing clearly, hearing the television and the telephone, or communicating with people, this is an expo that you should attend.
For more information contact: Jill Hodgson on
6343 6267.
Matthew Johnstone from the Black Dog Institute will arrive on September 5 at the Grenfell Bowling Club and will be part of a nationwide effort by motorcycle enthusiasts in an effort to raise awareness of depression and to raise funds for the Black Dog Institute.
The ride is being sponsored in part by Lions Australia and they are calling on all Lions across Australia to support the effort of all the riders who will be converging in the Red Centre in order to raise funds.
Matthew will be in Grenfell for a very special evening with the Grenfell Community.
He will be at the Bowling Club on Sunday, September 5 and the gathering will commence at 6pm.
There is a dinner cost of $5.00 which covers dinner and desert.
The local Grenfell Lions Club organizers would like those wishing to attend this unique evening to RSVP Terry Carroll on 6343 1574 - by September 1.
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