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Question of the Week?

August 18, 2016 By Maggi Barnard

Why do you like reading and what is your favourite book?

Lachlan Unger – Year 2 Christian School: I get to read books I could not read when I was younger. My favourite books are the Hey Jack! Series. I read every day.

Eilish Neville – Year 1, Holy Family: You learn more and you can imagine the pictures in your head. My favourite book is I can read with my eyes shut.

Olive Cope – Year 2, Parkes Public: I like reading because books have fun words in them. It is good to get to the end as it makes me feel proud to have read a whole book. I like the Ella and Olivia books.

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.

Our Gal – Kris Kent

August 11, 2016 By Maggi Barnard

Kris Kent

How long have you lived in Parkes?
I have been here for more than 25 years as my family moved here when I was little from Sydney.

Where do you work? I am the Regional Manager at Spinifex Recruiting.

What do you enjoy most about your work? Dealing with a variety of people as I like to talk a lot!

What do you do in your free time? I ride motorcycles and I’ve been a bee keeper for the past two years.

How do you like your coffee? With soy milk and no sugar.

What makes your day? Being able to help somebody and making someone smile.

What is your favourite food? I love food, but my favourite is a Czech dish called haluski made from potato dumplings, as I have some Czech heritage in my family.

If you could go anywhere in the world on holiday where would it be? I would go back to Italy for the people, environment and the roads for biking!

Question of the Week?

August 11, 2016 By Maggi Barnard

How often do you visit The Dish or when last did you go?

Deval Patel, Pizza Hut: I moved to Parkes from Sydney two years ago and go to The Dish about twice per year. Whenever we have friends visiting from Sydney we show them The Dish as there is nothing like that to see in Sydney.

Lisa Taylor, Southern Cross Care: I have just moved to Parkes from Canberra and haven’t been there yet. I knew about The Dish long before moving here, and still plan to go and see it.

Kristy Fletcher, Big W: I haven’t been out there since I was nine years old. I would like to go again to see what changes they have made there over the years.

Question of the Week?

August 4, 2016 By Maggi Barnard

Why do you think it is important to celebrate National Tree Day?

Kade (9 years): Everyone is chopping down trees to make paper and other things. We will die without trees. We need to replace the trees we have cut down.

Kaitlyn Black (12 years): We need to look after the environment in order to prevent pollution and planting more trees makes good habitats for animals.

Peter Guppy: We need something like four billion trees to be planted in Australia to recover the ones cut down. We should expand National Tree Day by asking everyone to ride a bicycle to the planting venue.

Our Bloke – Allan Blatch

August 4, 2016 By Maggi Barnard

Allan Blatch

How long have you lived in Parkes? I was born and raised here, lived in London for five years and moved back with my wife, Susannah, just over three years ago.

Where do you work? I am the owner of AA Blatch. I came came back to buy the family business from my parents to keep a Parkes icon going. We will celebrate 65 years in business in 2017.

What do you enjoy most about your job? Helping farmers solve problems.

What do you do in your spare time? Watching box sets with my wife and gardening. We were both working in TV in London and I had to watch box sets for work.

How do you like your coffee? I prefer flat white with sugar, but I am on a diet and am trying to switch to long black.

What makes your day? When supplies, freight and the weather all come together to make sure a customer is satisfied.

Our Gal – Rebecca Miller

July 28, 2016 By Maggi Barnard

Rebecca Miller

How long have you lived in Parkes? I grew up in Forbes and moved to Parkes when I was 19 and opened my first business.

Where do you work? I am the owner of La Bella Medispa for the past eight years. I also work in Orange at La Bella Advanced Skin and Laser, and hope to open another clinic at the end of the year.

What do you enjoy most about your work? I love inspiring my team and helping them to achieve their dreams, and my clients who have supported me year in and year out.

What do you do in your free time? I love reading – personal development books as well as some trash to rest the mind. I enjoy exercising, and spending time with my three beautiful children and my husband who is FIFO in Africa.

How do you like your coffee? I enjoy a Piccolo – very strong and very small. I try not to have too many!

What makes your day? My children, my team, my clients and of course skin!

If you could go anywhere in the world on holiday where would it be? Las Vegas and Cancún in Mexico. We have talked about it for so long and hope to get there soon. Vegas would be mind blowing and Cancún relaxing.

Our Bloke

July 21, 2016 By Maggi Barnard

Luke Williams

How long have you lived in Parkes? I moved here in 1991 from Gilgandra – that is 25 years.

Where do you work? I’ve been working at Leading Edge Computers as an IT Technician for just over ten years.

What do you enjoy most about your job? Providing a solution that does what someone needs and seeing new technology coming out is always amazing.

What do you do in your spare time?
I play a lot of squash and enjoy reading anything. I also run a youth group with my wife on Friday nights at the Parkes Baptist Church.

How do you like your coffee? Strong – I grew up in an Italian household so I’ve been on coffee for a long time. The stronger the better.

What makes your day? Going home, cooking good food and relaxing after I’ve done something.

If you could go on holiday anywhere in the world, where would you go? To Italy where I am going in about two months’ time to visit my mother’s family.

Question of the Week?

July 21, 2016 By Maggi Barnard

Do you believe in extraterrestrial life?

Wilbur Harris, Mensland: I believe there are other life forms – not sure to what extent. I find it very intriguing, although I am not into astronomy.

Courtney James, Parkes Newsagency: I don’t really think about it. I don’t really want anything to be out there.

Paul Lowe, Reject Shop: I don’t believe in it as I only believe what I see, but there is probably something.

House of the Week

July 14, 2016 By Maggi Barnard

78A Shallow Lead Rd, Parkes $579 000
Agent: Langlands Hanlon
Phone: Greg Miller 0448 433 317
Open for inspection: By Appointment or Open House Saturdays 16/7, 23/7, 30/7 from 10:30 – 11:15

Lifestyle: This large family home offers executive style living with maginificent views. Situated on 10 acres also allows plenty of room to run a pony or fun on a motorbike. Whilst the deck and pool area is great for entertaining.
Features: This high quality 4 bedroom home, master with ensuite & walk in robe, and 3 others that boast magnificent views from all windows. It has a large kitchen with a second preparation area, dining & living area, formal lounge and patio for entertaining, swimming pool and decking area, 3 way bathroom & decent sized laundry. Outside is a beautiful landscaped low maintenance garden. Zoned split system heating & cooling, and large garage & carport.

Location: All on 10 acres in an elevated position right on the edge of Parkes.

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