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Man dies afterBingara crashA 54-YEAR-OLD man died following a car crashnear Bingara on Saturday.

Two men – a 32-year-old and the 54-year-old –were travelling north in an unregistered Holdenutility along Old Barraba Road, Bingara.

Around 4pm, the ute left the roadway 200 metressouth of Fossickers Way and struck a tree.

Witnesses called emergency services to the loca-tion and the 32-year-old man was removed fromthe car before being taken to Bingara Hospital.

He was subsequently airlifted to Tamworth BaseHospital for the treatment of numerous fractures.

His injuries are not believed to be life-threaten-ing.

The 54-year-old man sustained fatal injuries anddied at the scene.

An investigation into the matter is now under-way, and police will prepare a report for theCoroner.

SIX students from the Inverell High SchoolClontarf Academy set sail on Sydney Harbourfrom in the last week of April.

Matt Edmonds, Jarrad Humphries, StevenMcGrady, Dean Davis, Josh Williams and TJNeilson participated in an advanced coursewith the Sailors with disAbilities Winds ofChange program during April 28-30.

Backed by the Inverell East Rotary Club,the boys made their second trip with the pro-gram that teaches students from all walks oflife and abilities how to sail a boat.

The students were paired with a group ofGlebe students who were also making thetrip, and weathering tough, often dysfunc-tional lives.

Clontarf operations manager ShaneEdmonds accompanied the boys to Sydney,and felt proud of how the boys handled them-selves and offered assistance.

“Our boys, when they got there, mentoredthem straightaway. It was good because theypicked one person each, there was girls thereas well, and they did some drills and gameswith them. And then they mentored them forhalf a day,” he said.

Dean Davis said he swapped common in-terests and stories with the students, andthen helped them learn how to sail the boat.One activity was to harness up and climb themast. Dean said that was a good for confi-dence-building.

“They had to trust the people they onlyjust met, and it was good. Most of them didtrust us. The first fellow that went up, he justliked it for the view, but then I ended up goingup, and the best view, though,” Dean said,shaking his head with a grin.

“This time, it was good to meet other peo-ple and teach them stuff that we learnt here,and try to be a leader up there a bit more.”

Josh said when they went out through theheads, he did get a little frightened, but hewould do it again.

“I was afraid the boat would tip over, andthey said it was impossible the boat would tipover,” he said with a laugh.

“We went out with people who had dis-abilities and could not read or spell. We hadto help them. Pretty fun and exciting. It’d benice to do it again, because it’s fantastic.”

Josh also played the didgeridoo, per-formed traditional dance, and told stories ofthe Dreamtime to the group.

ON THE WATER: Dean Davis climbs the mast while sailing on Sydney Harbour. PHOTO contributed by SAILORS WITH DISABILITIES

Clontarf studentsset sail in Sydney

Reading improving young imaginationsBy SIMON McCARTHY

IT is something mums anddads know well—that readingto children excites the imagi-nation and can have a lastingimpact on their approach tostories and story telling in lat-er life. However, as technology- the sometimes strange com-patriot of the bookwormworld - becomes an ever moreimportant part of our dailyroutine, it is important to keepa firm hold on the things thatreally matter.

Hilary Fuller has been read-ing books for most of her lifeand has been reading to herchildren, and grandchildren,for most of theirs, and saidthere is nothing quite so effec-tive as a good story to excite ayoung mind.

“It’s very important, I think,to use that part of your brainthat listens and computeswhat is going in that way,” shesaid.

“I think children underone-year-old, if you read them

a book regularly, after abouteight months old they will turnthe pages for you. They knowto do that, they can recogniseand get excited about a certainpicture.”

Hilary, and emerging localchildren’s author Fiona Brown,were in the Dust Jacket onSaturday where Hilary regular-

ly hosts children’s book read-ings. She said, though moderntechnology has made theworld more accessible inmany ways, children still re-spond to good stories.

“Children love to be toldstories. They love stories,” shesaid.

“It gets their imagination

going and teaches them howto write and to read,” Fionaadded.

Both tradition bookworms,the ladies said though theyhave both branched out intothe world of e-Books andKindles, there is nothing quitethe same as a book.

“It is a very nice time forparents and grandparents tosit and read and talk about thestories with them. They enjoythe closeness of that. And aniPad doesn’t excite your imagi-nation in the way that a bookcan,” Hilary said.

“I take a Kindle if I am trav-elling, because I can’t comfort-ably take a pile of books, butyou miss it. You miss the feel-ing of turning a page and whatis coming next.”

“It’s the tactile thing ofturning a page and, I don’tknow, I love the smell of booksand the feel of them,” Fionachimed in.

And it is something thatcontinues to have an impactwell after childhood.

YOUNG READER: New mum Amy and baby Millie McPhee were engrossedin emerging local author Fiona Brown’s (right) first publication, as localbookworm and child reading advocate Hilary Fuller gave a stirringreading of ‘Harri’s Quest’.

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