Parkes Phoenix

Our Young Gal – Alex Sammut-Paul

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Vice Captain Parkes Christian School – Alex Sammut-Paul

How old are you? I am 11 years old turn-ing 12 this year.

Where do you go to school? I go to Parkes Christian School.

What is your favourite after school activity? Tennis.

What is your favourite food, movie and music? My favourite food is brownies or chicken schnitzel. My favourite movie is Star Wars or the Harry Potter movies. My favourite music is probably the Hamilton soundtrack.

What do you want to do when you grow up? I want to be a famous actress, director and producer, but I want to study business at university.

If you could have a super power what would it be? Teleportation. So that when I need a break, I can have a break wherever I want.

What makes you laugh the most? Probably toddler or dog fails.

If you were the ruler of your own country, what would be the first law you would introduce? To have people working on COVID-19 all day every day. Or to stop homelessness immediately.

Tell us an interesting fact about yourself. I can clap my feet above my head!

Which Olympic sports do you enjoy watching at the moment?

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Ben Lam: I’ve done sport all my life so I enjoy the swimming, soccer and weight lifting. It is also great to see the water polo as you don’t get to see much of it outside of the Olympics.

 


George Pratt: I enjoy the shooting, but unfortunately they don’t show very much of it.

 

Hedley Nicholson AOM: I watch the tennis (Helen will kill me if I don’t…!), hockey and also equestrian as I used to have horses.

Why do you play bowls?

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Maureen Miller – President of Parkes Women’s Bowling Club: I started playing five years ago when I retired. I enjoy the game, as well as the social side of it – we are a great bunch of women. We also have some great competitions we take part in and play against other towns, so it is not just Tuesday mornings.

Joan Simpson: I’ve been a member of the Parkes Bowls Club for 54 years making me the longest playing member. I’m a patron as well. I enjoy playing and the companionship is lovely here. You meet so many new people.


Julie Green: I’ve been playing a couple of years and find it a lovely, friendly and happy group of ladies – it is a pleasure to be with them. I would thoroughly recommend any ladies and gentlemen to come and play and have a great time.

Our Bloke – Hugh MacGregor

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Hugh MacGregor – Prefect Middleton Primary School

How old are you? 11

Where do you go to school? Middleton Public School

What is your favourite after school activity? I enjoy rugby training.

What is your favourite food, movie and music? Food: pies; Movie: Rams

What do you want to do when you grow up? I want to be a diesel mechanic.

If you could have a super power what would it be? I want to be strong.

What makes you laugh the most? Funny videos are the best.

If you were the ruler of your own country, what would be the first law you would introduce? No killing will be allowed.

Tell us an interesting fact about yourself. I am funny…

Be Seen

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Rebekah Auld, Parkes 2019 Showgirl, is calling on young women aged 18-25 to enter the Showgirl competition.

 

The footpath network in Parkes has been extended with a new path along Memorial Hill. It’s a great work out going up the hill.

 

Michael Hutchison and David Potts enjoyed a coffee after dragon boat training on Sunday.

 

Miss Lindy’s Garden was unveiled at the Parkes Early Childhood Centre recently in memory of Lindy Farrant who was involved with the centre for more than 30 years.

Be Seen @ NAIDOC Week

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Torin Hando (left) received the Community Person of the Year award from Deputy Mayor Barbara Newton and Aunty Karen Hawken. Matty Price (right) from Parkes High School was named Youth of the Year.

 

The Parkes Rotary Club cooked the free bbq lunch with former President Mark Ritchie and current President Robert Shore hard at work.

 

Andrew Taggart and Sister Flo Kinsela were full of praise for the wonderful program to celebrate NAIDOC Week in Parkes.

 

The River Spirit Dancers with Tyrece Robinson, Blake Baxter (Wurrumarry) and Brad Holmes (Yarrangirri) performed some traditional dances.

Our Young Gal – Lexi Herden

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Captain Parkes Christian School – Lexi Herden

How old are you? 11 turning 12

Where do you go to school? I go to Parkes Christian School.

What is your favourite after school activity? Dancing

What is your favourite food, movie and music? My favourite food is REAL Mexican tacos, my favourite movie is Annie the original and my favourite piece of music is called Palladio by Karl Jenkins.

What do you want to do when you grow up? I want to be a soldier and zoologist that works in the aquarium training dolphins to dance.

If you could have a super power what would it be? Invisibility.

What makes you laugh the most? When our pet birds laugh and also when I look back at silly things that happened when I was younger.

If you were the ruler of your own country, what would be the first law you would introduce? That there should be a Kids Day like mothers and fathers day and the kids can act like parents for a day.

Tell us an interesting fact about yourself. I argue with my animals like I do with my brother except in their language. Like sometimes my bird Freddie yells at me and bites me while rubbing his beak up against the cage so I squawk back at him rub my head against the cage and tap his beak.

Who had the best time at the NAIDOC Week celebrations on Saturday?

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Beau and Tyler Hando thought the hot chips were the best.

 

Four-year-old Ellie and Andie Fitzpatrick, who caught the eye with their colourful outfits, enjoyed their lollies.

 

Neveah Pritchard and Harmony Dowling came on their bicycles and enjoyed their sausage sandwiches while waiting in the face painting line.

Do you have a favourite animal at the Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo?

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Enter our competition below to stand a chance to win a family pass to the zoo to see Sabi and all the other amazing animals.

Meerkats are very popular and look cute and cuddly, but they are capable of killing a cobra! The meerkat troupe attracts a lot of fans.

 

This is Sabi, a critically endangered black rhino calf, born in February at the Dubbo Zoo. With only around 6,000 black rhinos left in the wild, Sabi’s birth this year is a big part of the effort to protect the animal.

 

Each zebra has a unique pattern of stripes, as individual as a human’s fingerprint. At Taronga you can study their stripes from up close.

Our Young Bloke – Samuel Pearce

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Vice Captain Parkes Christian School – Samuel Pearce

How old are you? I am 11.

Where do you go to school? I go to Parkes Christian School.

What is your favourite after school activity? I play cricket at home and also on Saturdays.

What is your favourite food, movie and music? My favourite food is pizza and sausage rolls. My favourite movie is the Karate Kid and my favourite music is the late 2000s music.

What do you want to do when you grow up? When I grow up I want to be either a farmer or a firefighter.

If you could have a superpower what would it be? Either the power of speed or the power of invisibility.

What makes you laugh the most? It would probably be comedians like Rowan Atkinson.

If you were the ruler of your own country, what would be the first law you would introduce? Probably no smoking.

Tell us an interesting fact about yourself. I like to read books and play sport.

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