Local News
18 Mar 10 | School students from both Guyra Central School and St Mary of the Angels donned gloves and armed with large bags ventured out to make acontribution to the Clean Up Australia Day campaign.
18 Mar 10 | Tommy Raudonikis and Artie Beetson arrive in Guyra on Saturday April 10 to help raise funds to build the Guyra Sporting Complex.
Born in Cowra Tommy played 204 games for the Western Suburbs Magpies, 37 games for the Newtown Jets, 24 State of Origin Games, 14 tests for Australia and Blues State of Origin coach. Tommy was awarded an OAM in 1982, Rothmans medal in 1972 and was voted into the team of the Century.
18 Mar 10 | The NSW Division of the Liberal Party has endorsed Guyra local, Scot MacDonald for the fourth position on their Legislative Council ticket in the March 2011 State election. The Liberal Party would realistically expect to win 7 or 8 positions, so Mr MacDonald’s spot is very likely to be successful.
18 Mar 10 | Guyra’s Sally Burey is one of more than 30 forward-thinking high school students who will finish Year 12 with a nationally-recognised nursing qualification and a few extra dollars in their pocket, thanks to a unique initiative available through Hunter New England Health.
18 Mar 10 | A couple of years ago Pete Malcolm, Mick Kirk and myself decided that we would put together a race to raise money for the Rescue Helicoptor. The motivation was that a remote community like ours will rely on the helicopter to save us if we get into trouble – what better charity.
18 Mar 10 | Even though the weather was damp, 16 riders gathered at Guyra Showground for a Light Horse Training Weekend. Riders from Murrurundi, Bundarra, Warialda, Guyra and Toowoomba attended.
18 Mar 10 | “Carnage” is the best way to describe the events of Saturday afternoon the 6th March on the train line south of town along Lagoon Rd.
Fortunately for all involved this was an “exercise” attended by all the Guyra Emergency Services.
18 Mar 10 | The looks on the faces said it all. Guyra’s annual senior’s ball has once again proven that a day of dance, dining and social interaction is a recipe for a good time.
16 Mar 10 | Guyra SES were called to a house in Ollera Street on Tuesday morning when a large tree fell on the roof of a house in blustery conditions.
16 Mar 10 | Expanded beauty services are available in Guyra with Emma McLennan now operating ‘Hands of Elegance’ from the premises of Boutique Beauty. Emma will specialise in acrylic nails and is keen to let everyone know she is open for business.
16 Mar 10 | It has become apparent, after a meeting of the Mayors and Deputy Mayors of Guyra, Armidale Dumaresq and Uralla, that the prospect of reaching a shared understanding on a way forward is almost a lost cause in the absence of a radical shift in thinking according to Guyra Mayor Hans Hietbrink.
16 Mar 10 | Edward Roy (‘Eddie’) Cockburn, originally from Guyra and a prominent advocate for Aboriginal rights and opportunities, died in Sydney on 25 February, aged 90. His funeral was held in Newcastle on 3 March.
16 Mar 10 | Guyra Health Service Manager Felicity Wardle and Tablelands Cluster Manager Wendy Mulligan joined school students, community members and other HNEH staff for a complete garden makeover at Guyra MPS on Monday.
16 Mar 10 | Police Minister Michael Daley received a warm welcome from police officers, the Mayor and General Manager when he visited the Guyra Police Station this week.
Minister Daley, who has been Minister for Police since September last year, visited Guyra to learn about policing in a smaller rural station.
15 Mar 10 | The students of Black Mountain Public school are so lucky to have the support of a wonderful P&C Association who help them in all of their learning by providing extra resources for the students.
15 Mar 10 | St Mary of the Angels entered a number of art works into the local Guyra Show last weekend. The children received a number of awards and recognition for great work.
15 Mar 10 | Small Schools Swimming Carnival
I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all of our students for the wonderful effort they put in at last Friday’s swimming carnival and for their fantastic behavior. You all represented the school beautifully!
15 Mar 10 | Within the space of one week we have progressed from an idea, to a plan to an approval to have a modern, enclosed learning area to be constructed on the agricultural plot to the east of the school grounds.
15 Mar 10 | Our students demonstrated their potential in so many areas with a host of awards and prizes at the Guyra Show. Ours stars in the agricultural sector were Lisa Saunders, Braden Sole, Samuel Sisson, Heidi Gordon, Jodi Ellis, Taylor Waters and Kyle Martin. First places were also awarded to vegetables and produce from the school farm and several firsts for our poultry.
15 Mar 10 | In its February meeting held on Monday, the Guyra Shire Council approved the funding for Stage 1 of the Sporting Complex and the commencement of the project after a 21 day notification period to the Roads and Traffic Authority. The first stage of the project will see the construction of the amenities building including change rooms, the installation of lighting and field irrigation.
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