• Home
  • Articles
    • Front Page
    • General Interest
    • Snippets
    • Mayoral Notes
    • Letters to the Editor
  • Competitions
  • Our Community
    • Our People
    • Question of the Week
    • Jobs in the Central West
    • Be Seen
  • Features
    • Rural Round Up
    • My Place
    • Health & Wellbeing
    • Loving Local Living
    • Just a Short Drive
    • Real Estate
  • Sports
    • Bowls
    • Cricket
    • Equestrian
    • Footy Tips
    • Golf
    • Netball
    • Rugby League
    • Rugby Union
    • Soccer
    • Touch Football
  • Contact Us
    • Contact Page
    • Advertise with us
    • Testimonials
    • Submit an Article
    • Subscribe to the Parkes Phoenix

Parkes Phoenix

Snippets…

May 11, 2017 By editor


Deb Ball: The 2017 Holy Family Catholic Debutante Ball takes place at the Parkes Leagues Club tonight. Eleven debutantes will enjoy the Style and Grace themed evening while being presented to Most Rev Bishop Columba Macbeth Green, Bishop of the Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes, and Ma- tron of Honour, Kay Craft. The debutantes will arrive at the Parkes Leagues Club in vehicles owned by members of the Parkes Antique Motor Club from 6.15pm. The debutantes and their partners are: Kate Rice and Jackson Burton, Lucy Blackstock and Benjamin Gibson, Sophie Cusack and Mitchell Rubie, Layne Neilsen and Cooper Neilsen, Alana Ryan and Jackson Goon- rey, Jessica Todd and Jaiden Burke, Anita Nov partnered by Nathan Pye Charlica Schnitger partnered by Oliver Douglas Jor- ja Whatling and Harrison Davies, Ellie Ma- caulay and Riley Thomson, Piper Hennock and Billy Payne. The pageboy is Ashton McQuie and flowergirl Luca Barnes .

Australian Illustrators: Parkes Library will host two free exhibitions that celebrate Australian children’s picture books and their creators during May, June and July. The first exhibition Never be Late for a Pa- rade from 16th May to 15th June features a collection of illustrations from Shaun Tan’s best-known picture books including The Arrival, The Red Tree, The Lost Thing and the Singing Bones.

Lazy Lions Lounging in the Library from 20th June to 20th July features illustra- tions from A Bird in the Hand! by Bob Gra- ham; ANZAC Illustrated; Chester & Gil, life is what you make it; Kids Antarctic Art Project a creative collaboration by Alison Lester; Running with the Horses and The Many Story Treehouse.

Dice Run: The Midstate Motorcycle Club will be holding its annual charity Ironbark Dice Run on Saturday, 20th May for the 13th time. The Dice Run is a social day out for owners of road registered motor- cycles and aimed at raising money for lo- cal charities. The ride, of approximately 250km, will go from Parkes to Eugowra and Gooloogong, on to lunch at the Rail- way Hotel in Grenfell before riding on to Forbes and finishing in Condobolin. Each motorcyclist rolls the dice at stops along the way, and the highest combined score is declared the winner of $200 at the end of the day.

Registration at Kelly Reserve in Parkes at 9.30am and the first dice roll before the ride starts at 10.30am. Entry is $20 per rider and $10 per pillion. For more infor- mation contact Martin Bell (Parkes) on 0429 346 586.

Filed Under: Snippets

Latest Print Editions

Click here to download the recent issue (249) of The Parkes Phoenix (1.6MB PDF) – 5th March 2020

STAY CONNECTED

The Parkes Phoenix would like to thank you, our Facebook friends, for your continued support and readership!

CENTRAL WEST RURAL ROUND UP BOOKLET

Click here to download the Rural Round Up Booklet 

SEARCH THE PHOENIX

Recent Articles

  • Memories From Margaret March 5, 2021
  • New CUC Students Meet NSW Governor March 5, 2021
  • Be Seen @ The 2021 Flock Ewe Competition March 5, 2021
  • CanAssist Garage Sales Tick So Many Boxes March 5, 2021
  • Plenty Of Places For Parkes Swimmers March 5, 2021

CONTACT THE PHOENIX

Head Office Phone: (02) 6344 1846

Postal Address PO Box 203 Canowindra NSW 2804  

Editorial – Maggi Barnard Phone 0403 080 085 editor@parkesphoenix.com.au

Sales – Rochelle Frame Phone 0490 517 590 sales@parkesphoenix.com.au  

View our Privacy Policy.

View our Conflict Resolution Process.

View our Ethics and Complaints Policy.

Want to advertise with us?

Information on our Community Promotions.

Submit an Article

We are always looking for new articles of interest to the local community.

Please feel free to submit an article for possible inclusion in a future issue.

To submit an article, click here to use our online article submission form.

Receive The Phoenix via Email

* indicates required

Copyright © 2021 · Website setup by WebSysMan