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The Power Of Art and Science

October 9, 2020 By editor

SPARKLING… At the opening of the astrophotography exhibition at the Parkes Radio Telescope were (L-R) President of CWAS Tim Anderson, Dr David Malin, John Sarkissian, Cr Neil Westcott and CEO of Make It Shine Fidah Chowdhury.

An exhibition portraying the powerful mix of art and science opened at the Visitor’s Centre of the CSIRO Parkes Observatory on Wednesday.

The 17th annual Dr David Malin astrophotography competition of the Central West Astronomical Society (CWAS) went ahead in July this year despite the cancellation of the Astrofest due to COVID-19.

The opening of the permanent exhibition of the competition for amateur astronomers and photographers, which has become Australia’s largest photographic exhibition with over 200,000 visitors, was postponed until this week.

“This week is World Space Week, and today is the 75th anniversary of the birth of radio astronomy in Australia, and we thought an appropriate date to open this exhibition,” said organiser of the competition John Sarkissian.

World-renowned astrophotographer, Dr David Malin, who judged the entries in the competition, said on Wednesday the quality of images were better every year. “The mix of art and science also gets better, and this year the focus shifted to technology.” He made special mention of the overall winner Mark Polsen’s entry called Tranquility Base – a landscape image with the moon and Venus peeping through the trees at twilight. “The wonderful colours printed on glass makes it sparkle.”

The winning image was specially printed on glass by Make It Shine in a new partnership with the competition.

The permanent exhibition will be at The Dish for a year, while a second touring exhibition will travel to selected venues, beginning with Sydney Observatory.

By Maggi Barnard

What A Party It Will Be In 2022!

October 2, 2020 By editor

ROCK ON 2022… The cancellation of the 2021 Parkes Elvis Festival was received with a lot of sadness and understanding, but excitement is already ramping up to make the 2022 festival the best one ever. The Sydney Swing Katz showed the way to celebrate at this year’s festival with their amazing dance moves.

News of the cancellation of next year’s Parkes Elvis Festival has gone viral around the world with more than 50,000 messages of support logged on the festival’s Facebook page earlier this week.

“It’s gone national on radio stations right across Australia, and we’ve received messages from right around the world,” Festival Director Cathy Treasure told The Parkes Phoenix.

The overwhelming sentiment from fans has been that it is very sad, but necessary under the current COVID situation, and everyone is looking forward to 2022.

“So sad, but think how great the atmosphere will be in 2022. Congratulations on doing the right thing Parkes, we will miss you,” said one fan. Another said: “We will be back in 2022 with blue suede shoes on. The King will understand. What a party it will be in 2022!”

The same sentiment came from participants in Parkes. “It is probably the best for the safety of our senior volunteers and the community, especially if there is another outbreak,” said Al(vis) Gersbach, who has transformed into Elvis for the past 16 years. “Let’s wait for 2022 and fully enjoy the spirit of Elvis as it should be, The King of rock and roll. Thank ya very much.”

Parkes’ very own Elvis tribute artist Barry Green also said it was the right decision. “We hope 2022 will be bigger and better and we can all have a great and safe time.” Cathy said the positive outcome of this was that the festival had captured a much wider audience reaching people they had not reached before, “and we are going to capitalize on that”.

“This means 2022 is going to be huge as it is Elvis’s birthday on the Saturday and a massive night is planned at the new stage in Cooke Park.” A greater influx of people is also expected to pass through Parkes on their way to the 50th anniversary of Australia’s largest music festival, the Tamworth Country Music Festival.

“It is good that we now have lots of time to really fine tune eve- rything, but we are keeping the Speedway theme as so many fans have already started work on their costumes.”

While there have been some suggestions to still play Elvis music in town next year when the festival would’ve been on, or do other smaller events, Cathy said they only planned some online events for the Friday and Saturday. “We will pay tribute to Elvis and festivals past and promote 2022. We do not want a mini festival and create the wrong impression of what the Elvis Festival is really about.”

Cathy said the months leading up to the final decision were agonising. She had to make some very tough calls last week to many people whose livelihood depend on events like the Elvis Festival, like the entertainers, market stall holders and many more. “They mean so much to us, we will miss them and we want them to come back.”

But she said the Parkes community had to have the final say and it was the best decision to send out the survey to the community and ask them for feedback. “We had more than 1,200 responses from residents, business owners and volunteers with 80.9% across all categories saying no. It is very sad, but the right decision.”

By Maggi Barnard

Olympic Memories Still Sparkle After 20 Years

September 25, 2020 By editor

GOLDEN GAMES… The closing ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games took place on 1st October 2000 in Stadium Australia with a fireworks display over the Sydney Harbour. (Photo: theloop.com.au)

Twenty years ago Sydney hosted the biggest sporting event ever held in Australia and Parkes created unique memories to be included in this exciting part of the country’s history.

Not only did the Olympic torch come through our town with the late Parkes Mayor Robert Wilson taking it on top of the Parkes Radio Telescope, and local hockey hero Stephen Davies represented Australia at his third Olympics, but IBM also broadcast an advertisement worldwide about Parkes and Stephen.

Stephen, who was known as the Maradona of hockey, scored for the Kookaburra team when they won the bronze medal. With three Olympic medals in his pocket, he announced his retirement after the Sydney Olympics having played more than 274 games in green and gold and scoring 140 goals.

Two decades later people all over the country have dug up their photos and memorabilia to revel once again in this universally uplifting event and share their glowing memories.

“I’m sure it’s one of Parkes Shire’s favourite memories how the Olympic Torch galvanised the whole community from schools, sports clubs, service groups and the general public,” said Helen Magill, who was one of the torch bearers.

The golden chariot made by Jim Frecklington (front) with hockey hero Stephen Davies and Parkes resident Betty Muzyczuk riding in the chariot at the front of the Olympic torch procession.

Council’s promotions officer at the time, Michael Greenwood said as Parkes was lucky enough to get an overnight stop for the torch, it was decided to do something different. “We organised a procession with 35 different floats each representing an Olympic sport with Stephen Davies leading it in a chariot, just ten days before the start of the Games.”

Michael said Olympic organisers in Sydney said the event at Parkes was one of the most innovative in the whole country. According to Michael, Parkes was also the only town where the torch was handed over between twins with Ken Keith (current Mayor) handing it to his brother Tim, the town crier.

Parkes’ iconic radio telescope provided another unique opportunity and footage of the Mayor with the torch on The Dish went around the world.

That was exactly the focus of the famous IBM advertisement – two Parkes icons: Stephen Davies and The Dish that again splashed the name of Parkes around the world.

“The American film crew came for a week and had their every need looked after. We even closed the main street for them to film,” Michael recalled.

Memorable moments included the horse that went into a café and filming Stephen bouncing a ball on his hockey stick as the sun came up at The Dish. “When I saw the ad for the first time on TV, I nearly dropped my beer. It was so good!”

After all the excitement of filming the ad and hosting the torch relay, Michael and his family were lucky to watch three hockey matches at the Games in Sydney. “There were a lot of Parkes people there and it was great to feel part of it.”

Although Helen could not get any tickets, she still has very fond memories of the torch relay.

“I was so proud to be representing my community and even though we were far away from Sydney, the torch relay was our piece of the Olympics and we felt like we had contributed to the Games. I’d have to say it’s been one of the highlights of my life.”

By Maggi Barnard

Building Mental Fitness In Parkes

September 18, 2020 By editor

MENTAL HELP…At the launch of the new collaboration were (L-R) Di Gill (RAHMHP Consultant), Tom Norris (Garema), Forbes Mayor Phyllis Miller, Claire Nicholson (Garema), Parkes Mayor Ken Keith, Ross Williams (Garema) and Marg Applebee (Central West Lachlan Landcare). (Photo: Jenny Kingham)

Following on from the worst drought, 2020 has so far thrown several other challenging curve balls at our community.

Community health has become a priority and an exciting new collaboration between Gotcha4Life, Landcare NSW, the Rural Adversity Mental Health Program (RAMHP) and Surf Lifesaving NSW will bring new programs to the Parkes and Forbes Shires to build mental fitness.

The four organisations saw the opportunity to work together in regional, rural and coastal areas in NSW by delivering workshops and training focussed on the concept of ‘prevention through connection’.

The mayors of both Parkes and Forbes have expressed the support of their respective councils for the outlay of programs.

Marg Applebee, Coordinator for Central West Lachlan Landcare, and Di Gill, RAHMHP Consultant are pleased to be working with Gotcha4Life to help activate these programs in the Parkes and Forbes shires.

Gotcha4Life is a not-for-profit foundation dedicated to connecting corporate Australia, government, community and NFP to help prevent and reduce instances of poor mental health in Australia. “We are so excited to work alongside such powerful and purpose-driven organisations, who have local reach into communities across NSW, enabling us to build mental fitness with local relevance and sustainable impact,” said CEO Tim Hodgson.

Founder of Gotcha4Life and television and radio personality, Gus Worland said: “Our vision at Gotcha4Life is a world where people are open, honest and supportive in their relationships and comfortable to express themselves when they are not ok. We envisage a society in which everyone has a Gotcha4Life mate who they can open up to and rely on no matter what.”

“This collaboration will be vital to help engage people across NSW who are battling with the effects of drought, fire and COVID-19,” said Gus.

Dr Adrian Zammit, Chief Executive Officer at Landcare NSW said while his organisation’s mission was to continue to care for the land and environment, it was founded on a series of close-knit communities that needed support. “With over 70 local coordinators supported by their own local Landcare groups across NSW, we have the opportunity to assist with facilitation of this important program across the state.”

RAMHP Manager Tessa Caton said continuing to find new ways of building mental fitness and capacity in rural communities was absolutely essential after the challenges 2020 has brought.

“Whilst Surf Life Saving NSW isn’t an organisation that we rely on day to day in the country, they are an important link in this partnership and well-placed to provide practical support for initiatives and programs on the ground.”

The launch of Gotcha4Life in the Parkes and Forbes Shires on Zoom with Gus Worland will be on Wednesday, 23rd September at 7pm. Register via EventBrite, follow the links on Central West Lachlan Landcare’s website and social media sites. Invitations will also be sent to sporting clubs, schools and other organisations.

Walk With Waz

September 11, 2020 By editor

LONG MAY HE WALK… Warren Edwards, member of the Parkes Prostate Cancer Awareness and Support Group and the Action Club, is aiming to walk 300km this month to raise awareness and funds for prostate cancer.

Parkes resident Warren Edwards is aiming to walk at least 300km during the month of September to raise awareness and funds for prostate cancer.

He is one of almost 3,500 people in Australia to take part in the first ever event of the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia called The Long Run. “It is a personal quest for me,” said Warren, who is a member of the Parkes Prostate Cancer Awareness and Support Group and the Action Club.

“My father has prostate cancer, as well as two uncles and two very close friends I’ve worked with for many years. I want to make a real difference for all those fathers, brothers, sons, husbands and mates so they will be there for the long run. Not only will your support provide more valued research, it will also provide additional dedicated prostate care nurses particularly in regional areas.”

In support of Warren’s effort, friends and members of the Action Club and Support Group have decided to join him every Saturday for a 5km walk. The first combined walk attracted about eight people last Saturday.

“We meet at the Wholesome Blend and will do a different route around town every week,” said Warren, adding that anyone is welcome to join, adhering to COVID safe regulations.

“I have been really pleased with the support I’ve received so far.” Warren originally thought it would be great to raise $500, but by Monday he had already reached $2,100. His new aim is $3,000. “I want to thank all those who have sponsored and supported me so far.”

As there has been a 76% increase in the detection of prostate cancer, The Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia is badly in need of funds to conduct further research into the early signs of prostate cancer.

Internationally, Australia has one of the highest rates of men being diagnosed with prostate cancer. It is predicted that by 2040 the rates will be higher than breast cancer.

While the survival rate is high, at least 3,500 men in Australia are dying each year from prostate cancer and 20,000 men will be newly diagnosed over the same period.

A great need is therefore to increase the number of prostate cancer specialist nurs- es, especially in regional areas.

Any benefits gained by The Long Run will support those suffering from prostate cancer in the Parkes and local districts.

You can make a tax deductable donation by clicking on: https://www.thelongrun.org.au/fundraisers/warrenedwards. Alternatively, you can contact the Action Group or a member of the Prostate Cancer Awareness and Support Group to offer a donation.

You can also join Warren’s team called ‘Walk with Waz’ at https://www.thelongrun.org.au/fundraisers/walkwithwazOs

Warren invites community members to join him for a walk every Saturday leaving from the Wholesome Blend Café at 9am.

Bird Boxes Help Bring Life Back After Bushfires

September 4, 2020 By editor

BIRDS OF A FEATHER… Ben Lan , Cliff Cowal and Ron Fewings finishing up a bird box for the Sacred Kingfisher at the Parkes Men’s Shed.

Spring is a time for new beginnings and thanks to the generosity of some locals three species of birds will hopefully be able to produce some off spring on the fire ravaged south coast.

The unprecedented bush fires last summer destroyed the habitat of bird species who normally breed in hollow tree branches, like the Sacred Kingfisher, Crimson Rosella and Kookaburra.

Members of the Parkes Rotary Club, in conjunction with the Parkes and Forbes Men’s Sheds, completed 75 bird boxes last week that will be placed on trees in time for the spring breeding season.

Ken Engsmyr from Parkes Rotary, who also serves on the Rotary Bushfire Recovery Committee, said when he heard Rotary clubs on the South Coast were making bird boxes he thought it was the perfect opportunity to repay a kind gesture. The Sapphire Coast Rotary Clubs visited Trundle during the drought and did some work in the town to support the community.

Ken involved the two Men’s Shed groups saying, “It gives us something to do jointly as we are all about returning something to our communities”.

The Rotary Bushfire Recovery Committee had received donations from Rotary clubs overseas and funds were made available to purchase the supplies.

There were three different box designs for the three different species of birds, and each participating group made 25 boxes.

“I had to learn how to make the boxes for the Crimson Rosella,” said Rotary member Cliff Cowal, who is an electrician by trade. “It felt good to get back into my shed. It was a great project for our club.”

While making bird boxes was not a novelty for the Parkes Men’s Shed members, the challenge was to draw up a design from a photo for the Sacred Kingfisher boxes. “We’ve made boxes for the Superb Parrot for a Northparkes Mines project, but this design was completely different,” said Ron Fewing.

“I just loved it,” said Ben Lan, who helped Ron. “It was an interesting project and it is a good feeling to do something for a good cause.”

Ken said the Rotary Bushfire Recovery Committee would also be very interested in taking the project further possibly providing funding for a study to see whether the boxes made a difference or whether the tree hollows that remained after the bushfires were still attractive to birds given the fire damage, charring and smell. “If hollows in burnt trees are not suitable for nesting, then nesting boxes may be very important to encourage birds to return.”

By Maggi Barnard

Second New Fire Station For Parkes

August 28, 2020 By editor

READY TO SERVE… Members of the RFS Parkes Headquarters Brigade outside the new $870,000 fire station in Hanlon Street. The brigade has outgrown the old station in Mathews Street where they were for about 20 years.

It was almost literally a day of fire and ice last Saturday when the Parkes Brigade of the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) celebrated the opening of their new brigade station on a freezing cold day.

The ceremony marked a big week for firefighters in Parkes, as the new Parkes Fire Station in Hill Street was officially opened only four days earlier.

“We are delighted with the outcome of this building to serve our community,” said Parkes Shire Mayor Ken Keith OAM. He said the Parkes Headquarters brigade was a very good supplement to the rural brigades where numbers had been dropping over recent years as a result of much bigger farms.

He said the cadet program with the Parkes High School, initiated by Terry Job 15 years ago, played an important role in ensuring a constant flow of new recruits for the RFS.

Sam Farraway MLC joined NSW RFS Assistant Commissioner Peter McKechnie at the ceremony saying the $870,000 new station will further help members of the Parkes Brigade assist with training and the fighting of fires locally, providing enhanced support to volunteers as well as the communities they protect.

The new station, with four vehicle bays, an office, training and store room, kitchen and bathroom facilities, was part funded by the State Government, Parkes Shire Council and by fundraising efforts from brigade members.

Work on the station took about two years to complete and the brigade moved in earlier this month.

Two of the younger members of the brigade were very happy with the new facility. “We’ve come so far,” said Connor Trueber. “We now have what we need and it will be good to do training here,” said Brayden Varcoe.

Sam Farraway and Assistant Commissioner Peter McKechnie both praised the efforts of the RFS crew members. “Volunteers are a special breed of people. They are selfless, brave and really generous with their time and skills.”

“We continually see how hard our skilled firefighters and support crews work to keep us safe when bush fires and emergency situations threaten and I offer my sincere thanks and gratitude to all the NSW RFS members for their outstanding efforts,” Sam said.

Peter told the 54 members of the Parkes brigade they could give themselves a pat on the back as members of the public had so much respect for what they do. “I also thank the family, friends, employers and colleagues of these and all volunteers. We know it takes their support and patience to help Rural Fire Service volunteers do what they do.”

The Parkes Headquarters Brigade was formed in the late 1990s and is one of 98 brigades in the Mid Lachlan Valley Team with a total membership of 3,011. The Parkes brigade attends an average of 50 incident calls per year. It is also the primary back-up to Fire & Rescue NSW Parkes.

During the 2019-20 fire season Parkes crews have attended a number of fire grounds including the Sir Ivan Fire, as well as helping at the Lismore floods.

The occasion last Saturday was also used to honour members for a total of 330 years of service with 13 recipients receiving medals and one posthumous medal awarded. The long service medals ranged from 10 to 61 years of service.

At the official opening of the new RFS Fire Station were (L-R) Sam Farraway MLC, Parkes Headquarters Captain Steve Chester, NSW RFS Assistant Commissioner Peter McKechnie, Parkes Mayor Ken Keith, NSW RFS Mid La- chlan Valley district manager Superintendent Ken Neville and Cr Neil Westcott.

New Fire Station An Asset For The Community

August 21, 2020 By editor

STATION 417… Members of the Fire & Rescue staff at the new Parkes Fire Station are keen to welcome the public to have a look once COVID restrictions have eased.

Two months after its completion, the brand new $2.05 million Parkes Fire Station was officially opened with a COVID-safe ceremony on Tuesday.

“I am delighted to open this significant investment in the Parkes community that will see the local response to fires and other emergencies improve,” said NSW Minister for Police and Emergency Services David Elliott.

The new facility in Hill Street is the third fire station for Parkes and replaces the old station, which had been in use for 100 years. Fire & Rescue NSW (FRNSW) Commissioner Paul Baxter said he was delighted to have seen the project from start to finish.

The new station features a twin fire engine bay, allowing the station to expand its fleet to two Class 2 appliances (one pump and one SEV Pump). Along with a training and lecture room area, the new station also features a separate station commander office, locker rooms and toilet facilities, as well as a new gym to help keep staff prepared for the physical nature of their work.

“It is definitely a step up from the old station,” said firefighter Tom Rinck, who had been with the Parkes Station 417 for about 18 months.

Parkes Station Commander Captain Craig Gibson touched on some of the big fires in the history of Parkes, including the Mobil Depot Fire on 23rd May 1983. A memorial has been erected in the garden of the new fire station in honour of the bravery of the firefighters on that day, and a special commemoration is planned for May next year.

By Maggi Barnard

‘Ring Them Bells’

August 14, 2020 By editor

HISTORIC DAY… Cliff Cowal rang the Anglican church bell as an eight-year-old boy to mark the end of World War II in 1945. He will ring it again tomorrow at age 83 to mark the 75th anniversary of VP Day.

Seventy-five years ago a young boy rang the Anglican church bell in Parkes to signify the end of World War II.

Tomorrow Cliff Cowal will be ringing the very same bell at 11am to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Pacific (VP) Day.

“I happened to be the right kid at the right time,” said Cliff of the honour that befell him on that historic day.

“When I got to school that day, they told us all to go home.” He walked to his dad’s barber shop near the Leagues Club and when he passed the church, Archdeacon Norman was ringing the bell.

“He saw me and asked if I wanted to ring the bell. There were bells going all around town, and horns blowing.”

He said it seemed like a long time, but he probably rang it for five minutes when an army truck came around the corner with a lot of kids on the back. “They were blowing the horn and yelling out. That got my attention, and I got on the back of it. We drove all over town celebrating.”

He got into trouble when he arrived back at his dad’s shop as they did not know where he was, but “I had a ball driving around and celebrating!”

He said at the time he did not realise just how important it was, although he was very aware that the war was on. He had not only heard the men talking about it in the barber shop, but played in the air raid tunnels on the school playground a lot.

“It was an amazing day, and I remember how excited mum and dad were.”

By Maggi Barnard

‘Won’t You Take Me For A Drive Down An Old Dirt Road’

August 7, 2020 By editor

COUNTRY GIRL… Raechel Whitchurch on her parents’ property outside Parkes where she filmed the video for her latest single ‘My Father’.

When your life reads like a country song, including a song about your father on your debut album would come as no surprise.

Raechel Whitchurch always wanted to write a song about her dad. “We are such similar people, but it felt like I would never be able to find the right words. I’d been working on the song for three years and I’d finally said everything that I needed to, but I never imagined that a song so personal would make it on to my record.”

Raechel, who moved to Parkes from Broken Hill with her family when she was 18, has just released the single ‘My Father’ and its video filmed on her parents’ property outside Parkes featuring her dad, Steve Lee.

Although Raechel has been living in Sydney for 10 years, she still likes calling Parkes home as her family is still here. She wanted to replicate her childhood memories with her dad and decided to film the video in the beautiful landscape around Parkes.

“When I was a kid, we spent a lot of time in the bush as a family. We’d go camping and shooting, and would always sit around a campfire at the end of the day and sing songs. I knew that my parents’ property would be perfect for the video.”

Raechel was born and raised on country music. She started playing piano when she was five, and then traded it in at eight for a mandolin. Guitar and banjo soon followed, and so did the songs.

In 2019, Raechel realised she had more than enough songs for a full-length album, and she felt ready to put those songs out into the world.

“I went into the studio with my producer Matt Fell over the New Year’s break of 2019/20 and recorded my entire album. I wrote all the songs myself, with the exception of two. One I co-write with Colin Buchanan, and one with my husband, Ben Whitchurch.” Ben is also a Parkes boy.

There is no release day yet for the album, but the aim is early next year. Raechel has released two singles from the album so far: ‘I Found Home’ in March, and ‘My Father’ last month.

While releasing a first single amidst a worldwide pandemic has its challenges, it seems that fans and artists are excited for her new music. Country music star Adam Harvey said: “I have watched Raechel’s career since she was a kid performing in her family band and it’s been fantastic to see her grow as an artist, a singer and a song-writer. This latest single demonstrates her real talent.”

Raechel impressed her fans in 2016 with her debut EP ‘Outlaw’ when it opened at #1 on the Australian Country iTunes charts (ahead of Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood and Chris Stapleton).

All Raechel’s music is available online for streaming and download via Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Youtube and all other streaming platforms. You can watch the video of ‘My Father’ here

By Maggi Barnard

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