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Any questions aboutthe craft of quilling?

HI boys and girls, Slim Tex Warren the singingcowboy and everyone at the BathurstLaundry.

Lots of people are celebrating this week.Have a fantasmagorical birthday Ivijia De Mermli,

Tori Robinson and, next Tuesday, Rhayne Toole andKeely Toole. Enjoy your special day and don’t eat toomuch of that cake.

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THE 68th Bathurst Eisteddfod comes to a close onFriday. Don’t forget the grand concert on Saturday,September 14.

Bookings are available at the Bathurst MemorialEntertainment Centre. It will be an amazing event.

Thanks to all the sponsors, donors and supporters,and congratulations to all the competitors. You’re allwinners.

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ONE of the Children’s Book Week awards you maynot have heard about is the Crichton Award forIllustrators.

This award recognises and encourages new talentin the field of Australian children’s book illustration.

It is administered by the Victorian branch of theChildren’s Book Council of Australia and the judgingpanel of three is nominated and elected by the executive of the Victorian branch.

And the winner of the 2013 Crichton Award is ... AForest, illustrated and written by Marc Martin.

This book is aimed at five to seven-year-olds andtells the story of a forest and its renewal.

Marc Martin is a young graphic designer, authorand illustrator based in Melbourne.

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KATHERINE, quilling is not an easy craft. You mayneed an adult to help you. Here are some details.

You will need: Coloured paper, a ruler, a pencil,scissors, a wooden skewer, a coin and glue.

1. With a ruler and the pencil, mark lines 1cmapart on coloured paper. Cut 30cm long strips.

2. Hold one end of the strip along a woodenskewer and turn the skewer so that the paper rollsaround it. Continue rolling to the end of the strip.

3. Release the end and let the coil unwind to thesize of a medium coin. Glue the end of this strip tofix the coil.

4. Pinch one side of the coil to make a teardropshape. Follow these steps again to quill more strips.

5. Arrange the quilled shapes in a pattern on apiece of card and glue them in place. Glue a safetypin on the back to make a badge.

You can buy a quilling tool which has a fine tipslot to make the paper easier to curl around.

Spotlight could probably tell you about this tool.Mine came from the Fox Collection.

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SOMETIMES you laugh, sometimes you cryThe joke is so stupid, you just don’t know whyBut something about it tickles your chinAbsolutely stupid guarantees a grin.

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HERE is the big “ha! ha!” joke for this week.Come on, Seymour Centre joke lovers, you have

to grin at this one – or maybe you will frown.Q: Why didn’t the dinosaur cross the road?A: Because roads weren’t invented yet!

Take care. ’Til next week, keep reading.

Book ClubBenjamin Bookworm

IT has been a wonderful week inBathurst. We have had beautifulspring weather which has been a

great opportunity for the city to enjoythe Edgell Jog and the soccer gamebetween the Central Coast Marinersand Brisbane Roar.

Council hosted a reception for theplayers and coaching staff at theNational Motor Racing Museum.

They were a very pleasant group ofyoung men who represented their sportvery well – not only at the social occa-sions, but also at the match and at thecoaching clinic for young soccer play-ers on Sunday morning.

■ ■ ■THE Edgell Jog attracted a good

crowd of participants and spectatorswho mingled with the young dancerson their way to perform in theeisteddfod.

It is great to see the wide range ofactivities available to the people of

Bathurst and to see the depth of talentacross all fields of sport and perform-ance.

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works and associations in order to keepup to date with developments in allaspects of local government.

Bathurst is one of the 16 members ofCentral NSW Councils (Centroc), whichprovides a forum for discussion on awide range of issues affecting local gov-ernment.

A meeting of the board of Centroc inDubbo recently endorsed submissionsto the local government reform processnoting that the preference for thisregion is that legislation for regional

collaboration be purpose built.Concerns were raised about the

introduction of proposed county coun-cils and the board expressed a wish thatcounty council provisions should beamended to consider self-determiningconstitutions and the need to beanswerable to constituent councils.

■ ■ ■COUNCIL sends representatives to

conferences in order to keep up to datewith the latest information on issuessuch as water management.

A delegation from council is attend-ing the Water Management Conferencewhere topics such as sustainable watermanagement, drinking water qualitymanagement and trends in water recy-cling are on the agenda.

Bathurst’s own water sensitive urbandesign project at the adventure play-ground will be featured in a sessiongiven by a research fellow from the CRCfor water sensitive cities.

Soccer stars impress

THE Bathurst Cycling Clubaims to provide a fun and friendlyenvironment for all ages to enjoythe sport of cycling.

During October, the club willstart its annual Family First CreditUnion Cycle Skills program, a four-week skills program targetingchildren of all ages and abilities,with an emphasis on improvingskills and readying riders for theupcoming track cycling season.

Accredited club coaches willassess riders and develop groupsessions to give young riderstechniques to enable them to ridesafely and confidently.

This year the skills course willbe run across four consecutiveThursday afternoons at BathurstSports Ground, commencingOctober 17.

“It is an ideal way to introducechildren to the sport of cycling orjust increase their confidence ona bicycle,” a spokesperson said.

Registration days for the cycleskills program will be held onThursday from 4-5.30pm at theBathurst Sports Ground in lowerHowick Street.

For more information, contactthe club’s junior coach DamienBennett on 0432 987 990.

Chance toimprove

cycle skills

Mayor’s SayMonica Morse

What a big weekend in our busy city

ON YOUR BIKE: Junior cyclists are invited to take part in a special four-week skills program starting next month. 090913cycleskills

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