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Temora Shire NewsThis is the section of the site where you will find out what's been happening in the local government area. All of the latest news, including media releases, announcements, document launches and other information will be published here. Latest NewsCup Win for the McRaes - 04 Nov 2009The results of the 2009 Narraburra Cup Soil Conservation Competition were announced last Friday evening, during an informal function at the Shamrock Hotel in Temora. The winners this year of the prestigious award were Simon and Marita McRae of Young Road. The McRaes were first time entrants in the 75 year old competition and chosen from among the four finalists announced the previous week. Runners up this years were Steve & Kim Roberts, who operate a free range piggery from their property. For the second year, the competition was ludged using a "peoples choice" format. A bus tour was conducted during the day of each of the four finalists properties and those who attended ultimately decided the winners. The competition is the oldest of its kind in the southern hemisphere and these days, is sponsored by three major stakeholders, Temora Shire Council, Temora Show Society and Westpac.
Temora Independent - Friday 30th October, 2009 more ..
Council was named the winner for 2008/09 in the Shires Association section of the prestigious awards. The announcement was made on Sunday 24th October, 2009 by A.R Bluett Memorial Trust chairman, John Flannery, during the Local Government Association conference at Tamworth. The award is presented each year to the council, which in the opinion of the trustees, has made the greatest relative progress. Presented each year since 1945, it is the highest accolade to which a council can aspire. Temora last won the A.R Bluett Award in 1981, the first year of the newly amalgamated Temora Shire Council. For this years awards, Council prepared a 30 page submission, outlining its many achievements of the past 12 months. Among these were the upgrade of Temora Town Hall, including the establishment of the cinema, the inaugural Sustainable Lifestyle Expo, the Bush Buck initiative, Temora Airfield Tourist Park and its planned cabins, surveillance cameras for the main street area and of course the aviation estate. Councils General Manager,was likewise ecstatic with Temora's achievement. Cr Speirs said he understood the award would be presented in Temora, before Christmas. Planning would begin shortly, he said on a suitable celebration to mark the occasion.
Temora Independent - Tuesday 27th October, 2009 more ..
The design of the new information brochure was presented to Temora Shire Council for approval at its October meeting by Temora Visitor Information Centre Manager. 40,000 copies of the new brochure would be produced. The previous brochure produced by Council was limited to 25,000 copies, which had run out in less tan two years, adding that it was hoped the increased number of brochures would last up to three years. Highlighting some points of interest, the annual events calendar in the brochure was a difficult component to compile, as events to be included needed to run for another three years, and could not just be one off occassions. The population for the shire recorded in the brochure was 6,101 people noting this was the population recorded at the last census. Temora's elevation was a new addition to local information provided in the brochure. A number of further changes were also suggested by councillors, in raising the profile of several local sites including Temora Recreation Centre and Lake Centenary. it was agreed to adopt the design of the brochure in principle, with councillors to review the text of the brochure in the following days before reporting back to the Temora Visitor Information Centre Manager with any suggested changes.
Temora Independent - Tuesday 27th October, 2009 more ..
The feature artist are "Elvis - The King" Gary Buckley and bush balladeer, Tom Maxwell. Gary Buckley was the winner of the Best Elvis Lookalike at the Parkes Elvis Festival in 2007, and since then has been travelling the country with his Elvis Tribute Show. The organising committee was looking for someone to broaden the appeal of the Music Festival , and believe the return of "Elvis" could do the trick. Tom Maxwell is considered one of the leading forces in todays crop of the young balladeers. An accomplished entertainer, has has already release seven albums, with the latest one in September 2009. Camping is available within a 100 metres, there will be an ongoing barbeque and a kiosk selling soft drinks, tea, coffee and sandwiches.
Temora Independent - Friday 9th October, 2009 more ..
Tips for control include: Clean up trees and remove old fruit (lemons, grape fruit, navel oranges, mandarins, etc) remove the trees if you no longer want them or cant manage the fruit. Put pots out now to control the fruit fly. Top up the pots every 2 weeks* from now until autumn. Even if you don't have a fruit tree you can still help the fight by placing a pot in your back yard. Fruit Fly will start to become active and begin to lay eggs in Loquats within the next four weeks closely followed by Apricots so we need to control them now before they get a chance to infect our fruit and our vegetables. This is the first step to growing fruit we can actually eat. How to make a Fruit Fly Pot Take a 2 litre milk container, keep the lid on. Cut three holes in the bottle about the size of a 10 cent piece 10 centimetres from the top. Put a string around the lid and hang in a tree in the shade at about 1 - 1 1/2 metres high. Mixture 2 large tablespoons of vegemite 2 large tablespoons on ammonia bleach 2 - 3 drops on insecticide (see your local nursery) Fill the bottle with about 10cm of water in which you dissolved the vegemite, bleach and insecticide *In very hot conditions swap the vegemite/water with fresh orange juice to reduce the capture of blow flies and change the mixture weekly.
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With the park in need of a make over, the first phase of a redevelopment culminated with the planting of more than 1000 trees this week and the creation a network of pathways on the one hectare site. The driving force behind the project is Temora Shire Councils Director of Environmental Services Kris Dunstan who said the work was perfectly timed with National Landcare Week this week.
Temora Independent - Friday 11th September, 2009 more ..
The uniform of the late former Squadron Leader Henry Crouch, who received his flying instruction at No 10EFTS, was donated by his wife Mrs Mary Crouch. The ceremony will feature a tiger moth aircraft, a guard of honour from the Forest Hill RAAF base in Wagga Wagga and be held prior to the flying display at the neighbouring Aviation Museum. Location in the foyer of the Aero Club, the display cabinet will be officially unveiled by Mrs Crouch and formally accepted by Aero Club president Robert Maslin. Federal Member for Riverina Kay Hull, Mayor of Temora Peter Speirs and members of the Crouch family will address the assembled gathering. The weekend will be a doubly significant one for military aviation in the town, with Temora Aviation Museums newly restored Sabre jet poised to give its first public flying displays.
Temora Independent - Friday 4th September 2009 more ..
The Forum will be held at Temora Ex-Services Memorial Club all day Saturday featuring keynote speaker Doctor Keith Suter and organised by Temora Shire Council. Dr Suter will provide the audience with the tools to plan the road ahead for our families, our businesses and our community. A panel will support him in the presentation and interpretation of the current and future trends in areas including our local and regional demographics, business trends on farm and in the town, and current research and planning which is available to assist us with community sustainability and growth.
Please come to the Forum and take part in this great opportunity to gain new personal planning skills, current information on our economic and community data and most importantly to be part of the planning process - not only for ourselves, but the next generations. more ..
Accredited WorkCover Assessor AN337582. more ..
Built by local contractors and staffed by a small army of local volunteers, the facility was hailed as a true community asset. New South Wales Minister for Regional Development, Phillip Costa, performed the opening, accompanied by Member for Murrumbidgee, Adrian Piccoli. Temora Shire Council General Manager, Gary Lavelle, acted as master of ceremonies and opened the proceedings, describing the theatre as a fine addition to the cultural landscape of Temora. In addition, TYRO gave up its headquarters in the former town library, which was duly redeveloped as the Town Hall Theatre. As well as the $30,000 or so contributed by TYRO the State Government provided a grant of $100,000 through Arts New South Wales. Cinema, theatre and conference all rolled into one, the 82 seat facility was designed to be as flexible as possible. It includes a small performance stage, ideal for dance or musical performances, and the lighting and sound equipment systems designed with live entertainment in mind. Meanwhile, as a cinema, it can handle most movie formats - 35mm film, e-Cinema, DVD, CD and Blu-Ray. After the welcome by Cr Speirs two live performances were given to demonstrate the stage area. Council Director of Environmental Services, Kris Dunstan was called to give a brief overview of the theatre in his capacity as project manager for the development. A segment from the Temora Aviation Mseum DVD was screened to demonstrate the cinema aspect of the theatre. The launch was followed by a light lunch and a tour of the facility. Afterwards two movies were screened, the first of which was 'Adventure of Dot" a 21 minute silent movie filmed in Temora in the 1920'S. This proved highly entertaining for the audience, many of whom stayed for the second film Night at the Museum 2, which demonstrated the full technological capabilities of the cinema.
Temora Independent - Tuesday 21st July, 2009 more ..
Both Temora West Public School and Temora Shire Council won their respective categories, from a strong field of nominations. The annual Education Award is presented to a school or youth group for its contribution to raising awareness, knowledge and understanding of Landcare and sustainable practices amongst students and the community. According to the citation, TWPS won because of its work to development and implement a School Environmental Management Plan focusing on curriculum initiatives, resource management and grounds and environment management. Temora Shire Council was named this year's winner, for a number of reasons, according to the citation read. Council has developed the Environmental Liaison Committee linking Schools, Landcare Groups, Government agencies and interested community members to explore natural resource management issues.
Winners will now be entered into the State Landcare Awards to be contested later this year. more ..
Council was approached in a letter due to be tabled at May Council meeting. In the letter it cited several reasons for the request, namely, numerous incidents of property damage, littering, personal injury and the need for police intervention. The area subject to the proposal is that bounded by DeBoos, Crowley, Parkes and Britannia Street. the affected area also extended along Hoskins and Victoria Street for a block either side of these boundaries. Under the proposal, it would be forbidden to consumer alcohol on the roads, footpaths, parks and car parks within the zone. Statistics were also included in the letter; 79 incidents which occurred after those involved had left licensed premises, and 316 incidents actually on licensed premises or in a liquor outlet. 28 incidents occurred within view of a hotel of a hotel or club. An alarming 337 police incidents involved the offender consuming alcohol prior to the incident.
These figures all occurred in Temora within the past 12 months. more ..
A draft of the plan was given a public launch on Wednesday 14th May 2009, with public information sessions at Temora and Ariah Park. Copies of the draft LEP, accompanied by a detailed display of the maps, are on display at Council's offices in Temora, and also at Ariah Park Post Office. Interested residents can also visit the new Temora LEP website, www.lep.temora.com.au Apart from more than 50 highly detailed maps in the draft LEP, it also contains definitions of each type of zone, and sets in stone both the permissible and prohibited types of land use for each.
If residents are not satisfied with some aspect of the draft LEP, lodging a submission on the current draft by June or in the case of major proposals, contact Mr Dunstan to discuss whether an amendment to the draft could be submitted. more ..
The Library opening hours have been extended as of Monday 13th April, 2009. To provide consistency of opening times,Temora Shire Council voted to increase the hours so the library would open at the same time each day. Under the new arrangement, Monday to Friday opening hours are now from 10am to 5:30pm. Saturday hours, however, will remain as 10am until noon. The library has 21,000 items in the collection, including DVD's, CD's books, fiction and non-fiction for all ages, large print books, magazines, music CD's and a special collection of aviation resources. Other services offered at Temora Library include eight public computers with free internet access, a colour public printer and photocopier and a laminator.
The library now also has its own website www.rrl.nsw.gov.au more ..
The hours of operation of the Temora landfill site over the Christmas/New Year period will be:
Road Closures more ..
Anyone wishing to volunteer for this service can contact Leanne Gallagher at the Temora Shire Council on 6980 1100. more ..
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