Maggi Barnard

Maggi Barnard has been with the Parkes Phoenix since it was established in March 2016 and loves writing about her community.

Get Rid Of Unsightly Skin Conditions

August 18, 2016 By Maggi Barnard

Body Express has the new Vasculyse 2G to help you get rid of skin imperfections. It is safe, non-invasive and effective treatment for any skin imperfections, provided by a new generation, easy to use unit. You no longer need to live with unsightly and unpleasant skin conditions. Vasculyse 2G will free you from these appearance-spoiling conditions to help you move freely and confidently without the self-consciousness that blemishes can bring. You will look better…
and feel better about yourself.

Vasculyse 2G is a thermocoagulation system that can be used on all skin types, men or women, to deliver immediate visible results. How does the Vasculyse 2G work? It produces perfectly targeted heat energy resulting in a thermal lesion. Heat is generated in the capillary vessels resulting in the instant disappearance of blemishes without any risk of lesion to the epidermis. After treatment tiny temporary scabs may appear. This non-invasive procedure is relatively painless. It uses mild currents that have been employed in the esthetic world for more than four decades.

The 2G can be pre-programmed to treat different conditions including:
• Telangiectasia (dilatation of capillaries causing them to appear as small red or purple clusters, often spidery in appearance)
• Blotchiness (superficial telangiectasia)
• Stellar Angioma
• Flat Ruby Points
• Raised Ruby Points
• Flat Skin Tag
• Skin Tag with Stem
• Milia
• Cholesterol Deposits

Telangiectasia occurs when minute blood capillary vessels are permanently dilated, producing tiny little red lines visible at the surface of the skin. It is a condition that develops as we age, usually appearing in the mid-40s, sometimes earlier on those with fair skin. Extreme cold weather and excessive exposure to the sun are the most recognised causes.

Small capillary vessels are responsible for cell nutrition. Their impairment can affect the appearance and function of the skin. During Vasculyse 2G treatments, the damaged vessels are coagulated. In time, new healthy capillaries will regenerate, cell nutrition will resume, and the appearance of the skin greatly improves.

During treatment, the probe simply touches the skin surface, following the dilated capillary. Vascular blemishes disappear on contact. Most other conditions are successfully treated in one or two sessions with minimal skin reaction.

Contact Body Express on 6863 4981 for an appointment.
(Source: http://www.advancedcosmeceuticals.com.au)

Parkes Council Message…

August 18, 2016 By Maggi Barnard

Parkes Shire residents will have their choice from a quality field of candidates for the next term of Council, with the Returning Officer receiving 20 nominations. The candidates will spend the next three weeks campaigning in the community before the Local Government elections on Saturday, 10th September. Locals have had the opportunity to find out more about what’s going on around the Shire from the Council exhibit at the Tullamore and Trundle annual shows. Council staff will also visit the Peak Hill and Parkes shows, giving away native plants to residents who pop by an enquiry. It’s part of Council’s initiative to provide residents with a greater understanding about the role native vegetation plays in the landscape and to encourage locals to positively enhance their surrounding environment.

Council has now progressed to the demolition stage of the old Parkes hospital site, with the internal strip out of the buildings commencing this week. Consultation and communications with fronting residences is currently being undertaken to keep them informed of project phases and activity, and any changes or impact to traffic and pedestrian movements.

Parkes Shire residents are encouraged to check out the Olympic showcase currently on display at Parkes Library. Eight banners, each featuring a current or former Parkes Shire Olympian, provide a snapshot into the journey of each of our local Olympic athletes. The banners will be on display at the library for the remainder of the Olympics Games, and then will travel around to various locations in the Parkes Shire. Parkes Shire residents can learn more about the rise to glory of all eight Olympians at www.historyparkes.org.

The Olympic journey has come to an end for our local Hockeyroo, Mariah Williams, after a loss to the Kiwi’s in the quarter final. However, hopes for a medal are still alive for our other local Olympian, Scott Wescott, who will run the marathon this Sunday, 21st August. Council wishes Scott all the best.

Enjoy your weekend.
Parkes Shire Council

Butler Cleans Up Handiskins

August 18, 2016 By Maggi Barnard

Cameron Butler emerged as the big winner in the final of the 2016 Handiskins competition at the Parkes Golf Club last Sunday. Handiskins has been defined as the ultimate game for amateur golfers as it is one of the few competitions where amateur golfers get to play a game of skins golf.

Skins golf is where a group of players compete against each other with the player who records the best score on a hole being the winner of that, however if two players have the same score the hole is squared with the following hole jackpotting. Players did not only battle against the cool weather but also the remnants of an early morning frost at the start of play. It was veteran Ian Phipps who collected on the 1st hole with an easy par.

The Par 5, 2nd Hole was squared by Wayne Butler and Robert Cheney with pars, while on the 3rd hole Cameron Butler exerted his presence with a solid par for his first bank. With holes 4 to 12 being squared, the players felt added pressure as they were playing for $560 on the Par 5, 13th and once again Butler showed his class as he recorded a birdie 4. On the 14th hole players felt the pressure level drop but once again the hole was squared, while on the Par 3, 15th hole it was Ian Phipps who snared the cash with a great par.

The 16th hole became a battle between Robert Cheney and Cameron Butler with Cheney winning. Cameron Butler collected $740 in vouchers with Ian Phipps collecting $300, Robert Cheney $120 and Wayne Butler $40. Last Saturday a field of 82 men and women contested the Parkes Readymixed Concrete 18 hole Medley Stableford for the Don Smith Memorial Trophy with a surprise victory by close friends Peter Boschman and Tony Evans with 44 points.

Nominations for the 2016 SCT Parkes Open Tournament and the prelude event the Atlas Copco Australia Open 4BBB Stableford in Scratch and Handicap, which will be played on 17th and 18th September, are now open. It will be the strongest field yet on record.

Mock Crash Gives Teens A Hard-Hitting Experience

August 18, 2016 By Maggi Barnard

Over 500 year 10 students from the Parkes, Forbes and Lachlan Shire Council areas were invited to attend the annual Mock Crash at Parkes PCYC yesterday. The event began with a short film showing the moments leading up to an accident; a car full of teens driving home the morning after a party, the driver misjudged a bend and hit a tree.

The curtains then pulled back to reveal the car wreck, and the students watched as live actors dealt with the aftermath. The driver was the least hurt, and was able to call 000. Ambulance, police and rescue services arrived on the scene. There was one fatality and the surviving passengers suffered life-changing injuries. Video testimonials detailed the impact the accident has had on the survivors, their families and the emergency response crew.

The demonstration offers students a realistic insight into the consequences of a car crash, highlighting both the immediate outcomes and the long-term repercussions. It’s an emotional experience, giving students a unique opportunity to witness a full emergency response. Parkes, Forbes and Lachlan Shire Councils’ Road Safety and Injury Prevention Officer, Logan Dolbel, said the program aimed to improve the attitudes and behaviours of young drivers who were tragically over-represented in road accidents across the state. The Mock Crash is also teamed with a series of pre-lessons as part of the Not A Statistic Youth Driver Education Program. Now in its seventh year, the program has been making an impact since 2009.

By Raen Fraser

Our Bloke – Dean Messiter

August 18, 2016 By Maggi Barnard

Dean Messiter

How long have you lived in Parkes? For the past 20 years. I was born in Forbes.

Where do you work? I have been at Westpac for the two years.

What do you enjoy most about your job? Helping people achieve their dreams and getting their everyday finances under control. I also enjoy the variety of different people I meet.

What do you do in your spare time? I like watching local sport, as well as videoing and editing sport. I generally like having fun.

How do you like your coffee? White no sugar, because I am sweet enough!

What makes your day? My two daughters, Charli and Franki. No matter how bad a day it’s been, when I see them all is forgotten.

If you could go on holiday anywhere in the world, where would you go? To the United States for the Superbowl and Wrestle mania.

Paint Parkes Flame REaD

August 18, 2016 By Maggi Barnard

The Olympics came to Parkes last Friday when about 500 K-2 students took part in the Paint Parkes Flame REaD activities in Cooke Park and Clarinda Street. The theme of the day was Games On to tie the event in with the Rio Olympics with a variety of sports in Cooke Park, and stories, plays, songs and other challenges in the main street.

“It was a fantastic day and we’ve had a lot of positive feedback,” said Pietta Bridge, co-ordinator of the day. “The sporting activities Zumba sessions and dancing at the Henry Parkes statue were among the favourites.”

The Reading Day torch went to all the schools during the week leading up to the day and Parkes Public School Captain, Henry Johns had the honour of lighting the Reading Day flame in Cooke Park. Paint the Town REaD was developed in Parkes in the 1990s, under the charismatic leadership of Rhonda Brain, and has today spread to more than 37 locations across Australia. The day motivates communities to read, talk, sing and rhyme with their children from birth so they’re ready to learn to read and write at school.

This year students had to follow clues to find seven rhymes in shops in the rhyme hunt. The winners are Stuart Baker (6) from Parkes Public and Phoebe (6) and Heidi (7) Hanstock of Holy Family. They each won a hard cover book. Planning has already started for next year’s event.

Difficult Defeat For Spacecats

August 18, 2016 By Maggi Barnard

The Parkes Spacecats went into last Saturday’s game against the Forbes Magpies in top position in the Group XI leader board but could not stop a determined Forbes side to go down 16 – 10. From the start the Magpies defence proved very hard to penetrate as a half time score of 16 – 0 reflected.

The Spacecats tried very hard to turn the game around in the second half, but with two tries not allowed, the 10 points scored was not enough to win. Nat Gardiner put the first points on the board with a try, with Emma Bayley adding another four and Claire Barber rounding it off with two points. Spacecats moved down a spot on the leader board, with Forbes in third position.

The two teams meet again this weekend in Magpie territory at 10:30am. Supporters are encouraged to cheer the Spacecats on to victory this time around. The team consisted of Claire Barber; Brittney Ryan; Sarah McAneney; Hannah Kelly (C); Ella-J Harris; Sally Dwyer; Demi-Joyce Winter; Katie Caldwell; Sami Afele; Emma Bayley; Sam Cox; Louise McAneney; Nat Gardiner; Emeline Lavaka; Shayna Male and Brittany Dumesny.

The Parkes Spacemen executive along with the league tag team would like to thank their major guernsey sponsor Parkes Services Club and sleeve sponsors 1. Simply Bellissima by Kim; 2. Cunninghams IGA Parkes; 3. Nicko’s Bricklaying; 4. Parkes GP; 5. Bunnamagoo Wines; 6. BMJC (The Moran Boy’s); 7. La Bella; 8. Dippin Dots; 9. Parkes Mensland; 10. THD Studio; 11. Parkes Railway Bowling Club; 12. Parkes Services Club; 13. Nangar Gems.

Race To The Library To See Our Local Olympians

August 18, 2016 By Maggi Barnard

Parkes Shire Council is celebrating the Olympics, hosting a banner display to showcase the Shire’s home-grown Olympic heroes. This year we have two local athletes representing Australia in the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mariah Williams (21 years), a former student of Middleton Public School and Parkes High School, competed in her first Olympics with the Hockeyroos. Not only is Mariah one of the youngest on the squad, but she has undergone surgery on both knees. Even though the Hockeyroos didn’t win the gold, Mariah has proved she is a champion.

This year 40-year-old father of three, Scott Westcott has gone from the Northparkes Rotary Fun Run all the way to Rio. Scott spent his childhood running around the family farm in Alectown, and is a former student of Parkes East Primary School and Parkes High School. Although he has put quite a few miles behind him in his marathon career, the 2016 games is his Olympic debut.

Their stories are just two of those featured on the banners in the Parkes Library. Dan Fredericks, the Parkes Library’s Local and Family History Researcher, turned his attention to our Shire’s impressive history of Olympic representation, researching our eight champions to create the Shire’s Olympians display. Our local Olympic history goes back some 64 years; Rex Aubrey was the first Parkes local to represent Australia, making a splash in the 1952 Summer Games in Helsinki, Finland. Nira Windeatt became the first female Olympian from the Parkes Shire when she qualified for the 1976 Games in Montreal, Canada.

The banners provide a glimpse into the athletes’ backgrounds and achievements and Dan hopes that other Parkes Shire residents will be inspired by their accomplishments and sacrifices, which are also detailed in an online blog, www.historyparkes.org.

You can come and see the display at the Parkes Library, where the banners will be for the remainder of the games. If you can’t make it in to Parkes, don’t worry. After the Olympics Games has finished, the display will travel to other locations around the Parkes Shire.

By Raen Fraser

Quality Field Of 20 Candidates For Council Election

August 18, 2016 By Maggi Barnard

Twenty candidates will be contesting for the ten Parkes Shire Councillor positions in the Local Government Election on Saturday, 10th September. Returning Officer, Geoff Lark, announced the candidates last week and their order on
the ballot for the Parkes Shire. The candidates are Alan Ward (Parkes), Terri Ann Baxter (Trundle), Rosanne Jones (Parkes), Neil Westcott (Alectown), Danny Blakemore (Parkes), Louise O’Leary (Peak Hill), John Sarikissian (Parkes), Barney Thompson (Parkes), Kenny McGrath (Parkes), Kim Ross (Parkes), George Pratt (Parkes), Craig Smith (Parkes), Bill Jayet (Parkes), Barbara Newton (Tullamore), Greg Peterson (Parkes), Conrad Mill (Parkes), Ken Keith (Parkes), Bob Haddin (Cookamidgera), Wally Biles (Parkes) and Patricia Smith (Parkes).

Of the 20 candidates, eight are current councillors. Michael Greenwood and Belinda McCorkell are not standing again. Candidates will spend the next three weeks campaigning to inform the community of the position they wish to present before the state-wide Local Council Elections on 10th September.

The elected councillors will vote for the Mayor and Deputy Mayor at the first Council meeting for the new term on 20th September. Voting is compulsory for all residents of the Parkes Shire who are registered on the electoral roll. Electors enrolled for federal and state elections are automatically enrolled for their local council area.

There is no absentee voting in local government elections. If you are unable to vote on election day, you can vote by either pre-poll or postal.

Voting on 10th September will be between 8am and 6pm with pollings stations at the Alectown Hall, Bogan Gate Public School, Peak Hill, Trundle and Tullamore Central Schools, and in Parkes at Middleton Public School, Assemblies of God Hall, Parkes East Public School, and the Little Theatre. The new council will serve for the next four years. Go to www.votensw.info for more information on the election.

The Maintenance Shed Has An Array Of Services On Offer

August 18, 2016 By Maggi Barnard

The Maintenance Shed (TMS) is a mechanical and auto electrical repairs workshop in Parkes. They have been trading for more than seven years employing all local staff.

They specialise in:
• All Mechanical Repairs (both light and heavy vehicles and fixed plant)
• All Auto Electrical & Air-Conditioning Repairs
• Light Vehicle Registration Inspections
• 24/7 Call Out Service
• Welding Repairs
• Project Works
• Labour Hire

They are an accredited Pink Slip Registration station and also provide a 24/7 Breakdown Call Out Service to the mining, construction, farming and trucking sectors within a 150km radius of Parkes.

In addition to the completion of repairs and modifications to all light and heavy mobile, fixed plant and farming equipment within the workshop in Parkes, they also supply labour to the mining, construction and industrial sectors within the Central West.

They specialise in the completion of vehicle fitouts to comply with mine site requirements and have the ability to complete both light and heavy vehicle inspections for Northparkes Mine. They also have previous experience in conducting both breakdown and shutdown work on mining mobile and fixed plant equipment.

TMS recently employed the services of an auto-electrician allowing the workshop to complete all auto-electrical and air conditioning repairs. They have completed a lot of project work within the Parkes Shire including the dismantling and erection of the new fencing at the Parkes Shire pool and the refurbishment of the luggage handler at the new Parkes Shire airport terminal.

Why not give Greg and the team a call on 6863 4555 and discuss what services The Maintenance Shed can provide for you and your company. They are happy to provide a quote free of charge.

Maggi Barnard

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