20/08/2008 | Last Friday Porcelain Painters from a wide area attended a workshop day at the Grenfell Country Club.
There were twenty-one painters from Bathurst, Orange, Young, Wyalong, Dubbo, Parkes and Grenfell who worked with three tutors from Bathurst, Young and Grenfell.
20/08/2008 | On Monday morning 4th August at 5-30am, students and teachers from The Young Small Schools departed Young. The schools combined for a Snow Trip to Mt Selwyn.
This trip was a chance of a lifetime for some of the students who had never seen snow before.
20/08/2008 | Wednesday – August 20
Grenfell Ladies Hospital Auxiliary meeting and AGM – Day Care Room – hospital – 2pm
Combined Pensioners and Superannuants meeting – Melyra Street Rooms – 11.00am
Men’s Shed open – next to railway station – 10am till 3pm
Women’s Social Bowls – Bowling Club – 10am
Weight Watchers – CWA Rooms – 5pm
Rotary – Country Club – 6.30pm
20/08/2008 | All ye Lords and Ladies are requested by decree to attend the Grenfell Show Friday August 29 by order of the King.
The knights of King Arthur will be gathering there for the TILT.
20/08/2008 | NEiTA stands for National Excellence in Teaching Awards. The P & C of THLHS have honoured the work and commitment of long-standing Music teacher, Mr Tony Holz, with a nomination.
20/08/2008 | The controversy surrounding the establishment of the Broula King Gold mine development at Bumbaldry added another chapter to its chequered history on Monday.
It seems that every time the project is about to enter calmer waters another tsunami comes along and creates havoc.
15/08/2008 | City to Surf
Grenfell was well represented in the annual Sydney City to Surf held last weekend.
Old campaigner, Peter Moffitt lined up for his twelfth, along with his wife, Mary, daughter Emily, granddaughter, Isabel and son-in-law Brian.
15/08/2008 | The monthly meeting of our club was held on Tuesday, 5th August in the warmth and comfort of the Bowling Club meeting room with Vice-President George Walker in the chair and nineteen members present.
15/08/2008 | August 29 is coming up fast.
Get those entries pouring in now.
Membership tickets must be paid for before the show. Come into the office in Camp Street, place your entries and pay for your tickets at the one time.
The office will be open from 10.00am until 5.30pm.
15/08/2008 | Grenfell CWA Evening Branch met with Grenfell Men’s Shed at the railway complex for the June meeting. Where ten members were present and apologies were received from eleven.
15/08/2008 | With less than three months until the running of the ‘the race that stops a nation’TM, the Victoria Racing Club (VRC) today announced Grenfell as one of the official 2008 Emirates Melbourne Cup Tour destinations.
15/08/2008 | Jim McAlister – legendary shearer from Quandialla celebrated 50 years in the shearing game this year. Jim has plied his trade all around this big country but every for every year of those 50 that he has been in the business he has worked at Wanda and Ian Taylor’s “Mininjary” shed at Caragabal.
13/08/2008 | Fellow Lions Partners and Guests, it gives me great pleasure to present my report on the activities of the Grenfell Lions Club for the year 2007/8.
13/08/2008 | New and old writers of bush verse are again invited to enter the Blackened Billy Verse Competition, the most popular and highly contested bush poetry in Australia. The winner is awarded the much sought after Blackened Billy trophy as well as $400 in prize money. There are also cash prizes for 2nd and 3rd.
13/08/2008 | Last week’s column began with the announcement that there were ‘not many new books on display this week’ but in fact four boxes of new stock arrived on the Monday so the New Items display ended up being well-endowed.
13/08/2008 | As previously advertised in RSL columns the Grenfell Sub-Branch RSL will be holding a Service and Dinner to commemorate the battle of Long Tan, a very significant battle in the Vietnam War.
In previous articles in this paper it was requested if you and your partner intended going to the dinner it was imperative that you booked yourself and your partner in, this is essential for catering purposes.
13/08/2008 | August 29 and 30 is coming upon us fast.
The school student’s artwork and handwriting has now closed and has been sent out for judging. What a lot of wonderful work has come in this year.
All the students and pre-school children who sent work for judging congratulations on the wonderful effort you have put into your work… well done.
13/08/2008 | The world is becoming a smaller place in quick time and on a day-to-day basis.
The introduction and development of modern means of communication such as the internet, mobile phone, fax and emailing have enabled the peoples of the world to converse with each other in a manner that would have seemed like science fiction only just a few short years ago to anyone older than 15.
13/08/2008 | The Grenfell Anglicans celebrate the “Blessing of the Crops” in a moving ceremony every year at a different property in the shire.
8/08/2008 | Mark Crutcher has been honoured with being named IGA’s inaugural National Local Hero at a five star award ceremony held at the Crown Casino, Gold Coast Australia.
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