Local schools welcome
fresh faces

Cobar’s schools all started the 2012 school year welcoming a number of fresh faces, including kindergarten students, new teachers and Year 7 students all beginning their year at a new school.

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Council’s finances to dominate first meeting of 2012
After dominating discussions at the end of 2011, council’s financial situation is set to stay in the headlines for 2012 with a number of reports to the first meeting of the year concerning the budget.
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SES Cobar base prepares for massive NSW flood event
Preparations for potentially the biggest flood event to hit north western NSW in up to two decades are currently underway at Cobar’s State Emergency Service (SES) Far West head office.
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National Parks consult with locals about tourism issues
Staff from NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service’s (NPWS) tourism and recreation department met with members of the Tourism Advisory Committee in Cobar last week to find out what visitors to Cobar want when they visit our local national parks.
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Cobar the envy of regional clubs after jackpot goes off
One Cobar resident is not only the envy of the rest of the town but also the envy of residents in nine other towns across the central west who took part in the Community Club$ Mega Jackpot Draw.
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Empire finish season on a high note
Empire finished their Twenty/20 cricket ordinary season on a high after a closely fought three runs win over CSA on Friday night at Ward Oval.
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Outstanding scores to start a new year
With the start of a new year five members turned up for the Cobar Amateur Pistol Club’s Rapid fire event last week.
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Busy week for Golfie’s lawn bowlers both home and away
Weather was the winner at the Golfie’s Golden Oldies event last Thursday, when light rain fell for most of the morning and caused a wash out cancellation.
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When you're on a good thing ...

The Cobar Miners Race Club currently has a winning formula in the make up of their club committee and so at Sunday’s annual
general meeting.
The saying goes: “When you are on to a good thing, stick to it” and that was exactly the case at the Cobar Miners Race Club annual general meeting on Sunday with the committee unchanged for 2012.
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