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HEADING HOME: Group 10 fullback Sam Dwyer will leave St Pat's and return to junior club Parkes in Group 11 for the 2019 season.

Dwyer returns home as Spacies prepare to launch bid for Group 11 supremacy

Nick McGrath

PROMISING CAREER: James Robinson has been awarded the Local Sports Stars Western NSW Region Young Sporting Spirit award. Photo: Barbara Watt.

James on a roll with promising lawn bowls career

Ladies Bowling: Congratulations to president Dawn on her special day. Club triples final is to be played by end of November.

Around the grounds...

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HEADING HOME: Group 10 fullback Sam Dwyer will leave St Pat's and return to junior club Parkes in Group 11 for the 2019 season.

Dwyer returns home as Spacies prepare to launch bid for Group 11 supremacy

Red Ballers - Katie Forbes, Savannah Latu, Milli Mackay, Jordan Mann.

A great history of Bokeyar

The Ace

RAILWAY BOWLS: Winners of the Annual Champagne Triples, from left - T. Bennett (Manildra), S. May (Orange) and T. Thorpe (Condobolin).

Travelling to Eugowra for their annual event

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1916: The Boomerang March, a WWI recruitment march, began at Parkes and came through Forbes, onto Orange. In white are Mr and Mrs Andrew Stewart, Mayor and Mayoress.

We will remember them: Parkes prepares for centenary of the end of World War I on Sunday

Terry Knowles

DONATION: Parkes RSL Sub Branch secretary Paul Thomas (right) donated 12 medallions to Parkes High School captains Becky Wright and Ethan Pay, and deputy principal Adam Currey. Photo: Christine Little

Centenary medallions donated to schools ahead of Armistice celebrations

Neighbourhood Central at 80 Currajong Street, Parkes

Parkes Meet and Greet group to learn how to make a khaftan

1916: The Boomerang March, a WWI recruitment march, began at Parkes and came through Forbes, onto Orange. In white are Mr and Mrs Andrew Stewart, Mayor and Mayoress.

We will remember them: Parkes prepares for centenary of the end of World War I on Sunday

OFF TO THE GRAND FINAL: Thirteen-year-old Hannah Dun from Parkes after winning the secondary section at the regional final in Gundagai on October 27, and taking third in the People’s Choice Award. Photo: Submitted

Hannah makes two to qualify for the national busking grand finals

A possum-skin blanket inscribed with stories of the Wiradjuri people will feature at the exhibition.

Exhibition featuring Wiradjuri traditional skills opens Saturday

UP FOR THE CHALLENGE: Forefront Services general manager Anthony Redfern and director Michael Clout.

Forefront on the front foot in future proofing Parkes

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Year 3 student Tom Symons shows Principal Regina Goodridge his work on his personal chromebook. Also pictured are Riley Pizzi, Grace Bradshaw and Sophia Goodridge.

The importance of teaching the student, not the class.

Tom Sebo

A sunset bath in Botswana is enjoyed by a pair of elephants

An exhilarating brush with danger in deep Botswana

Jennie Dicker

UP FOR THE CHALLENGE: Forefront Services general manager Anthony Redfern and director Michael Clout.

Forefront on the front foot in future proofing Parkes

OCTOBER MEANS BUSINESS: Parkes business operator Alice Milne from Pink Orchid Cafe and Florist is looking forward to Small Business Month.

October means business as Small Business Month gets underway

What's your plan: Having a Bushfire Survival Plan will help you avoid making last minute decisions that could be deadly.

Ensure you have a fire plan

First impressions: Using quality photos in real estate listings can make all the difference.

Are professional photos worth it?

Ruth Lewis

SOLD: The hotel in Parkes is on more than 3000 square metres of land and was refurbished extensively in 2014.

Birthplace of Parkes Elvis Festival Hotel Gracelands has new owner

Alison Cheung

AUCTION: Birthplace of the iconic Parkes Elvis Festival, the Hotel Gracelands site goes to auction in Sydney on Tuesday.

Hotel Gracelands site goes under the hammer in Sydney

SNAPPED: AIF 2nd Division soldiers, Vignacourt, 1918. Picture: AWM P10550.140

Road to Remembrance

GENEROUS DONATION: Bowral CWA members, from left - Maggie Stewart, Helen Kent (President) and Diana Innes with Parkes President Shirley Edwards (second from left).

Drought affected branches benefit

Detective Inspector Jon Rouse

Detective awarded for work catching child sex offenders

SNAPPED: AIF 2nd Division soldiers, Vignacourt, 1918. Picture: AWM P10550.140

Road to Remembrance

MOVE IT: Armidale Skating Rink, circa 1917, a source of entertainment for those on the home front.

Doing our bit on the home front

Lydia Roberts

Died in the war: Sydney William Estick.

Armistice Centenary: More stories about loved ones

Jim Kellar

Red Ballers - Katie Forbes, Savannah Latu, Milli Mackay, Jordan Mann.

A great history of Bokeyar

Throwback Thursday – November 2008 | Gallery 2

The way we were Wednesday – November 1982 | Photos

Winner of ther 2018 Melbourne Cup winner Cross Counter and jockey Kerrin McEvoy with trainer Charlie Appleby.

How the Melbourne Cup panned out: on the track

Megan Gale

25 faces you might know at the Melbourne Cup

Scenes from Flemington.

How Melbourne Cup 2018 panned out: off the track

British billionaire and owner of Magic Circle, Marwan Koukash, puts on a g-string during the Melbourne Cup parade press conference. Photo: AAP Image, Julian Smith

The billionaire, the Melbourne Cup and that g-string

Member for Orange Phil Donato with Rotarians Peter Thompson, Colin Offner and Lew Laing.

Breakfast with the birds in PAC Park | Photos

DEFINITION: Father Brendan Lee says that a true friend will always have your back when things go pear-shaped.

How you can tell who’s really on your side

Father Brendan Lee

Do we really need the internet of things?

Dr Simon Egerton

REFLECTION: Thinking about the conditions faced by soldiers during World War I puts workplace issues into perspective.

Modern work issues nothing like trenches

Zoë Wundenberg

SORE SUBJECT FOR SENIORS: From November 1 anyone aged 50 or over will have to visit a specialist to be referred for an MRI scan on a sore or injured knee.

Over 50s denied GP-referred knee MRI scans

Eileen Wood

BEST SHOT: Wilma Perkins competes in shot put - one of seven events in the heptathlon - at the World Masters Athletics Championships in Malaga, Spain. Photo: World Masters Athletics

Golden girls reign in Spain

Geraldine Cardozo

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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will announce a $2 billion fund to help small businesses get loans.

Govt commits $2b to fund small businesses

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Etched in Stone co-producer Beatrice Bijon (L) spoke to Jacob Nayinggul's family about the film.

Film documents return of stolen NT bones

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A report says koalas in NSW are at risk from deforestation that has decimated their habitat.

Koalas hurt by major deforestation: report

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Shadow Health spokeswoman Catherine King wants the opt-out period for My Health Record extended.

Labor in bid to extend My Health opt-out

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Crews will widen a search to find missing Hobart father Elson Kiddle, missing since Friday.

Search expands for missing Hobart man

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A Melbourne cafe co-owned by terror attack victim, Sisto Malaspina, has reopened its doors.

Flowers gone, Melbourne memories go on

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James Gargasoulas will be sentenced next year for murdering six people in Melbourne's CBD.

Melbourne rampage driver awaits sentence

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The inquest in the Dreamworld deaths has heard there were multiple breakdowns on the ride.

Dreamworld inquest continues on Gold Coast

Robyn Wuth
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Old bottles of madeira … richly flavoured and seductive.

Life is but a SeaDream

John Rozentals

The Sebel Melbourne Malvern … 17 floors with 86 apartments.

Six highlights in your travel week | 12 Nov

John Rozentals

Queenstown … kissed by snow-capped mountains.

A delightful twist and turn through Queenstown

John Rozentals

A 2013 comprehensive review of the literature on the effect of bariatric surgery on cancer outcomes suggested that the surgery did reduce cancer risk, particularly for breast and endometrial cancer in individuals who had been obese prior.

Does bariatric surgery reduce cancer risk?

Healthshare

DIY: Take on smaller jobs.

Finish your reno before Christmas

Proud Sofala locals (from left) Wayne Crow, Jodi Campbell, Sasha Wafer, front David Taylor. Photo: Sasha Cody

Tiny country cafe the Painted Horse strikes Good Food Guide gold

Gemima Cody