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THE&nbsp;photos which tell the story of the past seven days in your region.

The photos which tell the story of the past seven days in your region

DUBBO: Millie Powell, Harmony Fearne, Play School presenter Luke Carroll, Tully Pickering and Tayla Trindall were recognised at the annual Wudhagaragarra Awards ceremony in Dubbo. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE


PARKES: Charlotte Ward is one of 30 university students who will be at CSIRO’s Parkes Telescope this week on the hunt for gravitational waves.

FORBES: One of Cath Adams’s youngest fans Ava Doyle shows you don’t have to be big to show big support.

ORANGE: The city was shook by a car crash on Tuesday night in which a 75-year-old Millthorpe man, identified as Mirko Barbaric, was killed.

COWRA: Shemali Rimene and Rory Hart at the annual Black & White Debuatante Ball, which was held on Friday, July 17 at the Cowra Civic Centre.

CANOWINDRA: Canowindra’s most talented musicians are preparing to light up All Saints Anglican Church next weekend. Hosted by Canowindra CWA, the Sunday Serenade aims to raise finds for the 2016 CWA Music and voice scholarship.

ORANGE: Fusion Central West volunteer and part-time employee Amy Grant will spend a cold winter’s night sleeping in the Fusion van as part of the Sleep In Your Car event if she can raise $500. Photo: STEVE GOSCH 0728sgsleepout1

BLAYNEY: Councillor Ron Gander with Spring Hill Resident Sam Nelson and his daughter Lila at the new gas barbecue located in the park maintained by council. Photo: STEVE GOSCH 0722springhill2

FORBES: More than $2000 has been raised for a local family, following this week’s sheep and lamb sales at Central West Livestock Exchange.

ORANGE: The hunt is on for women who have excelled in their fields as part of the Australian Financial Review and Westpac 100 Women of Influence Awards.

COWRA: Cowra Regional Art Gallery is pleased to once again host the Sacred Footsteps from the Roof of the World Tour 2015 presented by the Drol Kar Buddhist Centre.

PARKES: Former soldier Brian Freeman strode into Parkes last week as part of his Anzac tribute trek across Australia in support of the 41 Aussie soldiers killed in Afghanistan.

FORBES: Previous UOW medical students at Forbes Medical Centre, Hayley Dyke and Rebecca Devitt, were celebrating their jobs for next year with a bottle of Forbes’ finest shiraz - Incinerator Hill - grown, bottled and produced by their supervising doctor, Dr Neale Somes.

ORANGE: The NSW Office of Environment and Heritage released the two Solar Photovoltaic Finance Guides, one each for homes and businesses.

COWRA: Initially, rugby and dancing seem an incongruous partnership. But delve deeper and you'll soon see how and why local talent Jack Clements has combined the two in a symbiotic relationship that's catching attention in the nation's capital.

PARKES: The regional Waste to Art exhibition was opened in Bathurst in mid July. Middleton Public School’s art work titled ‘Hoooo’s Looking at You’ was announced the winner of the Open Structural 2D section. 

ORANGE: Rachel Shaw says compostable bags are an environmentally-friendly alternative to plastic, but are not allowed in the organics bin. Photo: JUDE KEOGH 0725biobag1

DUBBO: Gordon Rutter, Central Coast Hearing audiologist, Dubbo Public School year 1 student Connor Farrawell and Hear Our Heart ear health manager Kerry Inder. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE


DUBBO: (Back) Kevin McGlinn, Greg Mason, Chuck Frame, Gregg Summerhayes, Laurie Byrne (front) Royal Freemasons' Benevolent Institution of Australia president Ken Thompson, Dubbo mayor Mathew Dickerson, Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of NSW and ACT Derek Robson and Royal Freemasons' Benevolent Institution of Australia CEO Alex Shaw at the foundation stone ceremony on Wednesday. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE

DUBBO: John Rodis, Australian Red Cross community relations officer Erin Clarke, Jess Richards and her guide dog Carly celebrate National Blood Donor Week at the Dubbo Red Cross Blood Service. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE

DUBBO: Chris Anemaat, Mike Blake, Ruaan van der Wath, Kate Giffen and Merrin Starr from the Old Dubbo Gaol. The Gaol walked away from the 2015 Travel in Inland Tourism Awards with a silver in the Cultural Tourism category. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE 

DUBBO: Acting Health Minister Pru Goward was in Dubbo to announce more details of a plan to tackle the scourage of ice in rural and regional NSW. She was flanked by Deputy Premier Troy Grant and Western NSW Local Health District chief executive Scott McLachlan. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE

WELLINGTON: Creator of Gungie Origin Zeke Shaw, Elder Colin Hill and Anthony Mundine.	Photo: MICHELLE BARKLEY

DUBBO: Dubbo MP Troy Grant, Red Gum Child Care Centre director Deanna McCarthy, early childhood education minister Leslie Williams and Red Gum staff member Molly-May Pearce give their attention to baby Dougal Kelly. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE

DUBBO: Dubbo icon Joseph Snare passed away on Sunday, aged 90. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE

WELLINGTON: Ed Daley, Anthony Mundine and former West Tigers player Wes Patten, flanked by representatives of the Glen Centre.

WELLINGTON: Olivia Dimmick gets ready to take to the stage at the 2015 Wellington Eisteddfod. 


 NARROMINE: Narromine Shire Deputy Mayor Sue McCutcheon, Member for Dubbo Troy Grant, Narromine Community SkillÆs Sharon Milnes and Ann-Louise Stonestreet and Mayor of Narromine Shire Bill McAnally.


Phil Perrie, Huw Grenfell and Terry Coyne, th3 project manager from the Trangie Nevertire Irrigation Scheme Modernisation project, who was recognised at a statewide building awards night. 

NYNGAN: The 2014 award for the Exhibitor Excellence at the 2014 Nyngan Ag Expo, Rob Avard with Helena and Jack Ryan receiving the trophy.


MUDGEE: The Mudgee High School play, David Holman’s The Small Poppies, opened this week. Pictured during rehearsal are (standing, from left) Josie Ager McConnell, Matthew Allen, Anneleis Galvin, Isabella Tant, (sitting, from left) Kady Elliott, Milla Jones, Chloe Hopson, Gabby Dziura, Bethany Haysom, and Ricky Maynard.

BATHURST: Controversially closed in 2011, Kirkconnell Correctional Facility was recommissioned yesterday amid great ceremony. Photo PHIL MURRAY 073015pkirk

BATHURST: Dan Owens from “Nanena” at The Lagoon is preparing to take on a major environmental program thanks to funding to help improve the quality of water in the local catchment area. 072815clandcare

BATHURST: Kelso High School Cirkus Surreal members Chloe Booth, Hannah Talbot and Rebecca Bennett brought colour and drama to yesterday’s Education Week launch at Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre. Photo CHRIS SEABROOK

BATHURST: The Assumption School students (back) Ryan Small, Cleo Cheney, Jack Mulligan, Mitch McIntosh and Emma Thompson (front) Matilda Theobald, Wyatt Robertson, Charlotte Lovett and Sam Patterson at Mondays’s no waste day. Photo JACINTA CARROLL	072715jcwaste

BLACK SPRINGS: Students at Black Springs Public School planted bottle brush bushes along the fenceline of the school for Schools Tree Day this year. 

LITHGOW: Forensic police continued inquiries over the weekend at the scene of the deadly blast in Portland.

LITHGOW: Lithgow firefighters are warning local residents to avoid kitchen fire catastrophes this winter and 'keep looking when cooking' as new data has revealed around 50 per cent of residential fires started in the kitchen. Pictured: Station Officer Noel Ford

MUDGEE: A blessing ceremony for the completion of restoration work at St Mary’s Catholic Church was held on Tuesday.

MUDGEE: Mudgee Public School kindergarten students (from left) Darcy Sunderland, Coby Newman, Immy Dale, Rhys Kelly, Toby Lawson, and Sienna Cunningham, meet members of ‘The World According to James’ Matt Keegan, James Hauptmann, James Greening, and Steve Elphick, after the the Musica Viva session on Wednesday.

THE&nbsp;photos which tell the story of the past seven days in your region.<br>

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Officer Cadet Tom Delaney on the parade ground where he will march on Thursday. Picture by Karleen Minney.

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