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HOBBY FARM WITH BREATHTAKING VIEWS Renovated 4 b/r brick home set on 80 acres with a solar heated pool, Beautiful landscaped gardens with automated watering system. Large machinery shed and workshop, with town, tank & bore water. A very well presented package. On offer at $545,000 Snippets... Dancing: the Canowindra New Vogue Dancing Club have been meeting regularly on Tuesday evenings at the Bowling Club for quite a while, will be holding a 1950s Rock & Roll dance at the Services Club from 2-6pm. Come along to see some great moves! Cookbook: Agricultural Societies of NSW are revising their Country Cookbook for 2013 & are inviting rural cooks to contribute recipes & stories. If you have a favourite dish that triggers memories of your mum or grandma's cooking, stories of growing up in rural Australia, memories of home cooking, photos, or film, get them to Becky Neville, Canowindra Show Society Secretary by Monday 25 June 2012. All recipes must be typed, not handwritten. The recipes don't need to have won ribbons, they just need to reflect good old fashioned cooking & values. For more information, please contact Becky on 0488 958 920 or c/- PO Box 177 Canowindra 2804. Chamber: all members, & business owners wishing to join, are encouraged to attend the next meeting to be held 7pm Wednesday 20 June in the RSL Room at the Services Club. Guest speakers will be attending & updates on projects will be presented. Progressive: dinner, Lodge Canowindra have final- ised the menu for their Christmas in July progres- sive feast to be held 6:30pm Saturday 7 July. Entree: Thai Chicken Meatballs; Spinach & Cheese Puffs; Angels on Horseback; Smoked Salmon & Cheese; Prawn Cocktails. Drinks: Champagne, Beer or Softdrink. Main: Honey Baked Ham; Roast Tur- key; Lemon Parsley Stuffing Balls; New Potatoes, Minted Peas, Carrots & Cauliflower au’ gratin. Shiraz, Chardonnay, Beer or Softdrink. Dessert: Homemade Traditional Plum Pudding with Egg Nog Sauce &/or Cumberland Butter; Christmas Stocking Ice Cream with Shortbread Star; Coffee/ Tea. Wine: Sticky, Port or Champagne. Tickets are only $45 & available from The Plague & I 86 Gaskill Street, or Ian Guihot on 0428 634 410. Reunion: in what has been called an huge unofficial family reunion, the Methodist Centenary celeb- rations will be held this weekend with people com- ing from far & wide. Please see the church notice on the next page for more details & get involved! Intrepid: travellers, or luxuriating ladies? Local girls Helen Tinney & Trudi Weyman sent The Phoenix a quick message from Tropea Italy, to get it emailed to them as they are missing the local news & life in Canowindra (but not necessarily the cold weather!) They advised they are having a wonderful time, which is very much deserved as they flew out of Australia only 2 days after the 100 Mile Dinner & the Twilight Markets in April, which they were instrumental in helping organise. Daroos: you only have until 5pm Saturday 30 June 2012 to submit nomination forms for your favourite businesses and community groups for this year's Daroo Awards. Along with the prestige, this year’s overall winner will receive a $3,000 television advertising prize sponsored by WIN TV. Folk: you are in for another treat Sunday 24 June at taste Canowindra. Jules & Bonny Wythes, two Cargo farm gals, mother & daughter, will be performing together for the first time. Their music covers a range of genres with their “homegrown” numbers inspired by the late, legendary local singer/songwriter, Johnny Wythes. Julie plays keyboards & played with John and their band on numerous occasions in & around Canowindra throughout the last 10-20 years. Bonny, their daughter, is a beautiful singer and guitarist with many local performances already up her sleeve; & has also been guest singer at a few local venues over the last year. There is also an open mike for other acoustic music or poetry performers. It's a great way to spend a relaxing Sunday afternoon from 4-6pm. Entry is free, but please bring a donation for the feature act. Enquiries: Nerida Cuddy 0429 048 603. Shhhh: Escort Rock will feature in a new Cabonne Country marketing campaign called “Discover Our Secrets”. A Smartphone application featuring an audio-visual presentation will be part of an enhanced experience for tourists supported by Destination NSW. The campaign also features Yuranigh’s Grave near Molong, the Age of Fishes Museum at Canowindra, Ophir Reserve, Fairbridge Farm at Molong and many other of the Shire’s hidden secrets. Show: Canowindra Show Ladies Auxiliary will meet 2pm Monday 25 June in the Canowindra RSL Club. Anyone interested in helping with or have suggestions regarding the Cobley Pavilion sections, &/or are considering joining the Auxiliary, are most welcome to come along, more volunteers are needed! Sections exhibited are: O: Diary, Fruit & Garden Produce; P: Home Mades; R: Preserves; S: Needle- work; T: Cut Flowers; Ta: Decorative Flowers; U: Fine Arts; Ua: Photography; V: Junior Art; X: Craft Work. If you need any other information regarding the Canowindra Show Ladies Auxiliary, becoming a Volunteer or about the Sections please contact Debbie on 6344 2490. Oven: at Canowindra High School is baked! A new oven has been ordered, however at nearly $2,000 it has eaten into much needed funds...BUT luckily the P&C are in the middle of a fundraising pie drive...& as ovens are used to bake pies...well, you can see the connection. Do yourselves & the students of our High School a favour & order a pie. Order forms are available at the front office of the school, or pick one up at The Phoenix office. The forms are free, but the pies are $7.50 each. The next meeting of the P&C will be at the new time of 4:30pm this Thursday 21 June. Mill Street CANOWINDRA P: 6344 1208 F: 6344 1845 Lucerne Foods Farm Machinery Centre AUTHORISED DEALER FOR MOWERS, TRACTORS, RTVS HAY MOWERS, RAKES & BALERS COME IN AND SEE THE RANGE LF & The Canowindra Phoenix www.canowindraphoenix.com.au Wednesday 13 June 2012 Your free weekly guide to what’s happening in and around Canowindra...shop locally first! ISSN 1837-0136 Issue 209 21 Mill Street Canowindra 2804 P: 02 6344 1083 F: 02 6344 1196 Chris: 0459 441 083 Richard: 0428 441 097 Soup packs $4ea Local cauliflowers $2.90ea Packham pears $2kg Brown onions $1.20kg Phone orders: 6344 1011 Phone orders: 6344 1011 Phone orders: 6344 1011 This Week’s This Week’s This Week’s Specials Specials Specials @ Chicken & Cauliflower Soup 60g butter 2 chicken breasts, cubed 1 med cauliflower, cut into florets 2 onions, chopped 2 carrots, diced 1/2 red capsicum, diced 2 tsp turmeric 3 cups chicken stock 1 cup milk 3/4 cup long grain rice cooked chopped parsley salt & pepper Heat half of the butter in a large pot, fry chicken until brown, remove & set aside. Heat rest of butter, fry cauliflower, onion, carrot & turmeric. Add stock, heat until simmering &cook 30 mins. Cool slightly & blend adding milk gradually. Return to heat, simmer 2 mins. Stir in rice, chicken & parsley. Season to taste. 02 6344 1009 Christmas in July Friday 6 th July or Friday 13 th July 56 Gaskill Street Canowindra THANKS FROM THE MONTANA BOUND The ‘Montana Bound’ students sold their last raffle tickets at a rather soggy Escort Rock renactment on Saturday. The winners were: 1st: Cordless drill -Edna Hughes, Gooloogong 2nd: Angle grinder- Mick Harford, Wagga Wagga 3rd: Drill bit set- Ron Lam, Canberra 4th: Tent - Tom deLange- Eugowra 5th: 8MM tape measures - Damien Cullenward - Eugowra; Maree Starr - Canowindra; Trevor O'Malley - Eugowra; Ben Cooley - Cowra; Bill Yell -Eugowra; Brian Lewis - Gooloogong. The students would like to thank the Canowindra, Eugowra and Gooloogong communities for all their support over the last year of fundraising. Whether you brought a hot lamb roll at last year’s Show, had your car washed, brought a raffle ticket, went to the Quiz night or brought food at Eugowra on Saturday: Thank you very much. The students leave Sydney for Montana on Wednesday 27 June and have two weeks at Big Timber, Montana doing the touristy things and getting to Big Timber and beyond. The Phoenix wishes you all a safe journey, and bring back lots of photos so we can publish them. CABONNE'S NEW GENERAL MANAGER A man who has been helping to manage some of the most rapidly developing cities in the world has been appointed the new General Manager of Cabonne Council. Mayor Bob Dowling today announced Mr Andrew Hopkins as the successor to Graeme Fleming who will retire in August after 25 years in the top job. Mr Hopkins is currently employed by AECOM, the world’s largest engineering company, as its Regional Director, Urban Planning/Master planning, Economics and Governance in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. After growing up on a farm outside the Queensland city of Toowoomba, Mr Hopkins is excited about the opportunity to bring his young family back to rural Australia. “I am looking forward to working with Council to lead the delivery of local government service to the community and to work with the community to continue to promote a sustainable and prosperous future for the Shire,” he said. Cr Dowling said the Council was excited about the contribution Mr Hopkins will make to Cabonne’s future. The Royal Hotel Canowindra Pizza @ the Bar every Thursday night from 6pm 30% off for Members Get your groove on with: DJ Ratta spinning out on 22 June 75 Gaskill Street 02 6344 1201 Don't forget: Happy Hour 6-7pm EVERY Friday Friday Nights @ The Royal taste Canowindra Saturday 23 June at 6pm Solstice Degustation 6 courses featuring whites, rose & bubblies Includes: Mussels, Yarra Valley caviar, blue swimmer crabs, crayfish (lobster), sword fish or ocean trout (depending on availability) & a very special surprise dessert Bookings essential $80pp Sunday 24 June at 4pm folk@Canowindra features Julie & Bonny Wythes 42 ferguson street ph 02 6344 2332 www.tastecanowindra.com.au Major Market Night Friday 29 June Prizes : 1 x $200 voucher 2 x $100 vouchers 4 x $ 50 vouchers For the information of members and their invited guests 02 6344 1605 Ryall Street CANOWINDRA CANOWINDRA BOWLING CLUB “I know Andrew is very much looking forward to his new position and he and his wife and three young children are keen to move to the area,” Cr Dowling said. Appointed after an extensive recruitment and selection process that attracted applicants from around Australia and overseas, Mr Hopkins comes to Cabonne with extensive experience in Local Government and the private sector, both in Australia and internationally. He has skills in planning, finance, governance, project management, town planning, property development and asset management. Mr Hopkins has worked in Local Government in Queensland as well as working for the Queensland Department of Local Government and Planning. For the past few years, he has been working in Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia in the management of cities and towns and establishing systems of Local Governance. Mr Hopkins has tertiary qualifications in regional development and regional and town planning. He will attend Council’s Ordinary Meeting on 16 July 2012 before taking up duties with the Council a fortnight later. 25% off all stock 25% off all stock except Sales Table & consignment goods Wednesday 20 – Friday 29 June gifts, toys, games, local produce, real fossils & much, much more! grossi gifts @ The Age Of Fishes Museum Cnr Gaskill & Ferguson Streets CANOWINDRA 02 6344 1008 Open between 10am–4pm - 7 days grossi gifts
