Meals from the Cooke Parke Café have been very popular during the COVID-19 restrictions. Support from the community has kept the staff on their toes. They are (L- R) Reneya Blackie, Samone Owens, Leanne Stevenson and Tammy Alexander.
Meals on Wheels in Parkes received a visit from local member for Orange Phil Donato this week to congratulate them on keeping their service going during the pandemic. They are (L-R) Deborah Wren, Gill Kinsela and Jenny Field.
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The Claire family of Jessica, Brad, Parker and baby Mackenzie enjoyed family time in a park last weekend after the lifting of some restrictions.
It’s Bin Fun! Have you bin dressing up to take out your garbage bins during isolation? The world-wide trend has come to Parkes too with a whole spectrum of characters bin spotted around town on bin day. Do you recognise this dude? (Clue: You might call him the ‘King’ of dress ups…)
Mick Craft and his grandson, Ashton McQuie (7), a Year 2 Holy Family student, doing remote learning at home this week.
Layla Varcoe, Parkes Christian School student, did not miss the opportunity on Monday to dress up for ‘May the 4th be with you’! Students kept the school tradition alive dressing up at home this week for May the 4th.
Big Bake Off: Farmer Ana is still at it and has made over 3,000 slices so far. Last week she distributed trays to Corona frontline workers and for Mother’s Day. The hospitals received a second round, as well as the paramedics, bushfire volunteers, ambos and firemen. Donations of baking materials were given by Coles, Jill Coles, Friends of the Hospital and Ana’s friends. Donations are still welcome, contact Ana on 0423 150 949.
We not only need to clean our hands regularly, but these students also cleaned the creek in PAC Park last Friday picking up several bags of rubbish. They are Ella and Curdie Butler and Adam Barnard.
Armani Reidy and Sam Hunt won the Best Dressed competition at Middleton Public School’s Country Fair earlier this month.
Nerissa Westgarth with students assisting at the nail polish stall at Middleton Public School’s Country Fair.
The refurbished Wes Cheney Pavilion at Woodward Oval was officially opened last Saturday. At the event were (L- R) Parkes Mayor Keith, Casey Grice, Matt Ellis, Cameron Rosser and Dan Gordon.
Chloe Mudiman with her parents Katrina and Michael after she shaved off all her hair for the Leukaemia Foundation’s World’s Greatest Shave.
PECC staff at Lindy Farrant’s farewell (L-R) Ali Seaman, Isabella Grosvenor, Annalea Ringk and Jackie Batt.
Amanda Dean, Sherrie Hoffman, Skye Mackinnon and Emilie Grover also enjoyed the farewell for PECC’s Lindy Farrant on Saturday.
Congratulations to Mervyn and Rose Jones who celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at Parkes Golf Club surrounded by family and friends on 29th February.
Middleton Public School students enjoy free swimming
at their carnival. Front to back are Hayden Lamond, Hugh MacGregor, Riley Duncan, Caylan Neilsen and Lee Piercy.
Parkes Dragon Boat Club members took part in Clean Up Australia Day at Lake Endeavour last Sunday. Here are Louise Moore, Gemma Francis, Sue Gersbach and Beth Thomas with some of the bags they filled with rubbish.
At the Newell Highway Taskforce Committee meeting this month were front (L-R) Cr Kevin Morris (Narrenderra Shire), Merran Socha (Berrigan Shire), Cr Ken Keith OAM (Parkes Shire Mayor & Taskforce Chair), Cr Tony Lord (Bland Shire), Barry Heins (Narrenderra Shire Works Manager). Back (L-R) John Scarce (Murrumbidg- ee General Manager), Cr Robert Black (Murrumbidgee Deputy Mayor), Cr Doug Batten (Gilgandra Shire Mayor), John Morris (National Roads Co-ordinator), Cr Dennis Todd (Warrumbungle Mayor), Richard Jane (Forbes Shire Director Engineering).
Bingo is on at the Parkes Services Club every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 10am. On Tuesday Christine Miller, Tracy Parrington and Kathy Van Riin were happy to join in.
Rachel Kelly was also at Bingo on Tuesday.
Margaret Cherry has been playing Bingo for many years and was there again on Tuesday.
Gwen Salt, Kerry Stevenson, Joan Thornton and Patricia Davis were ready for some Bingo on Tuesday.
Kindergarten students make patterns using colour. (L-R) Archer Gould, Lexie Swindle, Chase Fliedner and Carter Bateson.
Logan Roberts and Tyler Jones doing buddy reading.
Showing off their sheep art are (L-R) Lauren Crotty, Leaon Deeth, Deakin Monkerud, Tom Wilkinson, Elliott Gould, Cooper Haensch and Hayden Stenner.
Olivia Doering and Sophie Doughty settling in.