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Merry Christmas fromRiverina News

35 Pearson Street, Wagga Wagga NSW 2650

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Thank you for supporting these local businesses

2/22 Edward StWagga Wagga NSW 2650

BUSINESS BREAK INS WAGGA WAGGA CBD

Wagga Wagga Police are appealing for information that may help identify offenders responsible for multiple break ins over the weekend.

In the early hours of Sunday morning 9th December 2012 (between 3am & 5.15am), thieves gained entry to the Australian Arcade where a number of stores were entered. A nearby neighbour disturbed the offenders about 4.50am. Cash was taken from several stores.

The offenders are described as:

1. Male, Caucasian appearance, aged in mid to late teens, medium build, 170cm tall, wearing a black baseball cap, dark t-shirt and dark cargo pants.

2. Male, Caucasian appearance, aged in mid to late teens, wearing a baseball cap with distinctive blonde hair under cap.

During the same hours, an office block in Tompson Street was entered with two businesses broken into. It appears that nothing was taken.Around the same time, a café attached to a large department store in Baylis Street was broken into by smashing a glass door. A small amount of cash was taken. Anyone with information is urged to contact Wagga Wagga Police on 69222599 or Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000 or you can report it on-line by following the link:https://www1.police.nsw.gov.au/cs.aspx

POOL SAFETY - REMINDER

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Catherine and collegues wish you a Merry Christmas

Well Hello everyone,

It has been an eventful month, Riverina News along with many other businesses got bro-ken into with not alot stolen just mess to clean up it was disheartening. Police of the Riv-erina do a great job, finger printing offering advise so it was an experience!

To all the wood be robbers please remember my business doesn’t carry cash and next time please clean up after yourself imagine what my 6 year old thought? He said you should get a job and stop breaking mummies things.

Riverina News along with John from South City Newsagency had many talks about local small business and what transpired was John writing a blurb and it went around facebook like a cyclone. The plan is to have an independent week once a month the first week, where we ask the community as a whole to shop at local small business.

Johns letter was as follows:

ARE YOU FED UP WITH THE DOMINATION OF COLES AND WOOLWORTHS?

HAVE YOU HAD ENOUGH OF THEM DOMINATING MORE AND MORE OF OUR ECONOMY?

DOES THIS CONCERN YOU? IF IT DOESN’T THEN IT SHOULD BECAUSE IT’S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE. THEY CONTINUE TO BUY OUT ANY BUSINESS THEY SEE AS A THREAT AND CON-TINUE TO TRAMPLE OVER SMALL BUSINESS. WHERE WILL IT END UP? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO SMALL BUSINESS? WILL THERE BE ANY COMPETITION?

NOW YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. YOU CAN STAND UP FOR SMALL BUSINESS AGAINST THE DUOPOLY GIANTS.

HAVE YOU NOTICED HOW THEY HAVE QUIETLY YET EFFICIENTLY ACQUIRED AN ALARMING PERCENTAGE OF SO MANY OF OUR MARKETS EG. PETROL 45% AND LIQUOR OUTLETS 58%

DECEMBER 1ST TO DECEMBER 7TH BECAME INDEPENDENTS WEEK, WE HAD GREAT SUPPORT VIA FACEBOOK AND THINK THIS SHOULD BE A MORE REGULAR EVENT!

THE WEEK WE SUPPORT OUR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS WHO FOR GENERATIONS HAVE BEEN SUPPLYING JOBS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IT IS THE WEEK WE WILL BUY OUR........

* FRUIT AND VEGETABLES FROM OUR LOCAL FRUIT SHOP* MEAT FROM OUR LOCAL BUTCHER* BREAD FROM OUR LOCAL BAKERY* NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES FROM OUR LOCAL NEWSAGENCY* PETROL FROM AN INDEPENDENT SERVICE STATION* LIQUOR FROM YOUR LOCAL INDEPENDENT OUTLET

GOVERNMENTS CAN’T OR WONT DO ANYTHING. IT IS UP TO YOU, THE CONSUMER.OUR FARMERS ARE BEING BULLIED AND RIPPED OFF AND HAVE NO ONE TO TURN TO.IT IS FRIGHTENING WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND WHERE WE ARE HEADING. SOON THERE WILL BE NO COMPETITION AND WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN THEN.

SURE YOU CAN BUY MILK FROM COLES FOR $1 A LITRE BUT NEXT TIME YOU DO SPARE A THOUGHT FOR THE DISASTROUS IMPACT IT IS HAVING ON DAIRY FARMERS AND MILK DIS-TRIBUTORS.

LOOK AT THESE FIGURES:

THEY HAVE MORE THAN 70% OF THE $84 BILLION GROCERY MARKETTHEY HAVE 45% OF THE PETROL MARKETTHEY HOLD 60% OF THE LIQUOR INDUSTRYTHEY HOLD 65% OF THE DEPARTMENT STORE INDUSTRY WITH TARGET, BIG W AND K MARTTHEY HAVE MOVED INTO FINANCIAL SERVICES WITH CREDIT CARDS AND INSURANCE THEY ARE KEEN TO MOVE INTO THE PHARMACEUTICAL MARKET IF AND WHEN THEY CAN

SO BEFORE YOU THROW THAT BAG OF ORANGES OR TRAY OF MEAT OR MAGAZINE INTO YOUR TROLLEY THINK, IS THIS THE SORT OF INDUSTRY YOU WANT TO SUPPORT.

REMEMBER , SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS DURING INDEPENDENT’S WEEK DE-CEMBER 1ST TO DECEMBER 7TH AND HELP SHARE THE NATION’S WEALTH.

Riverina News would Like to say thank you to the many businesses who have supported us With distribution “a big

thank you from the bottom of my heart” Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas fromRiverina News

Lake Albert FoodWorks was awarded New South Wales Store of the Year at the supermarket brand’s annual Store Awards held during the FoodWorks National Conference last month in Hong Kong.

Store owner Rod “Foot” Porter and his wife Debbie travelled to Hong Kong to accept the award on his team’s behalf.

“Winning the best FoodWorks in New South Wales is testa-ment to all the hard work our team puts in every day to make our store the best we possibly can for our customers,” he said.

Lake Albert was also a finalist for Most Outstanding Deli and Most Outstanding Fresh Produce Departments, and Destina-tion Store of the Year.

According to Theo Stratopoulos, FoodWorks General Man-ager – Operations, the award recognises Lake Albert’s com-mitment to retail excellence in the areas of service, store presentation, sales growth and passion for the FoodWorks brand, and is measured against more than 420 FoodWorks supermarkets across Australia.

“Lake Albert FoodWorks sets the standards by which other FoodWorks stores should aspire to,” Theo said.

“Rod and Debbie have been in the supermarket game for 12 years and their experience shows clearly in the way they run and operate their store.”

Lake Albert FoodWorks is located at Shop 8 Lake Village Shopping Centre and is open 7am to 8pm, seven days a week.

Lake Albert FoodWorks Wins Best in State

Country Hope Christmas Party There were many smiling faces at the annual Country Hope family Christmas Party, held at the Murrumbidgee Turf Club on Sunday 25th November. Through the kindness of Wagga Mutual Credit Union, Stuart Ladies Probus Club and other generous donators, Santa Claus was able to distribute presents to all the children at the party.

The Murrumbidgee Turf Club kindly donated the use of their site, Cloutys Amusements provided the children with a great deal of enjoyable entertainment.

The Catering on the day came through the generosity of Trev’s Tasty Treats with his ice creams and shakes which on a day of extreme heat proved in much demand . Coffee and other beverages came courtesy of Cafe De Nice. Teys Australia also assisted with the catering with a much appreciated donation for the Bar B Que, along with salads provided by Nathan Gale, bread supplies from Coles Wagga Wagga , Soft Drinks from K Mart Wagga Wagga, Chicken Kebabs and Nuggets from Baiada Select Poultry Griffith.

To Tim Ongley, who took many great photos of the event, and Riverina News for covering the event for Country Hope.

A special thanks goes to Remax for providing not only financial assistance for the event, also providing the essential for any Christmas Party - Santa Claus, on a day when the temperature was in the high thirties, Santa Clauses job was a very strenuous task.

The provision of the helicopter by Chris Cabot to deliver Santa Claus to the venue,created a great deal of excitement for the Children.

To all the volunteers, staff and other helpers, I would like to pass on the sincere thanks of the Board of Directors for making the day a huge success.

Chris Blake - Manager for and on behalf of the Chairman and the Board of Country Hope.

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Christmas Cupcakes with

Brandy Butter FrostingLittle light fruit cakes topped with delightfully creamy brandy butter frosting.ingredients130g butter, softened¼ cup castor sugar¼ cup brown sugar, firmly packed2 eggs1½ cups self-raising flour½ teaspoon cinnamon2/3 cup milk2 teaspoons brandy½ cup dried mixed fruit½ cup slivered almonds

Icing125g butter2 cups pure icing sugar1 teaspoon vanilla essence2 teaspoons brandy2 teaspoons milkCinnamon for sprinklinginstructionsstep 1Beat butter and sugars until light and creamy, slowly add the eggs, beating well after each addition.step 2Sift self-raising flour and cinnamon and add alternatively with milk. Pour brandy over fruit and add to mixture with nuts, stirring to combine.step 3Spoon evenly into a patty paper lined 12 cup muffin pan and bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 20-25 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack and allow to cool completely.step 4For Icing: Beat butter and icing sugar until light and fluffy, add brandy and milk.step 5Ice cupcakes and dust with cinnamon. Top with small edible decorations (see tip). recipe tipDecorate with Christmas cupcake toppers or piped chocolate Christmas trees before dusting.We simply cut out small fondant icing stars and topped them with small silver cachous.

Daniel Lloyd, Tracey Lloyd, Sharon Prince, Paul Prince (back row) Sarah Lloyd, Aiden Lloyd, Zoe Lloyd (font row)

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love to see their faces light up!

For many of us Christmas is really all about creating magi-cal memories for the children. Childhood memories of my mother and father going to so much trouble for Christmas remain vivid in my mind to

this day. Let the children get involved in your preparations for the big day and it’s bound to become even more special for them. Children love the ritual of leaving a stocking out to be filled with goodies. Perhaps you can let them customise their own stocking by adding their name with fabric paint. Adding ribbons or an iron on transfer can get them involved and make the stocking more personalised.

If you don’t have the time to decorate your entire house for Christmas or you prefer not to, it’s still worth making your dining table look special for your Christmas meal. Simple touches such as candles, table runners, flowers, or rib-bons instantly make a room look festive. If you don’t have a table large enough to seat your guests consider trestles. They are reasonably priced and are a good option.Here are some other good ideas for your Christmas deco-rating:Window decorations: Win-dows in your home are the ideal place to hang decora-tions. Glass baubles work well because they catch the light

and look good from inside and outside.A simple Christmas card tree: Use clothes pegs to attach cards onto some sturdy twigs and place the twigs in a large vase or decorate an artificial potted tree which can be reused from year to year.Personalised place settings: When setting the table for Christmas

meals , try adding a small festive touch to each place set-ting that coordi-nates with the rest of the decorations in your home.Christmas wrap-ping: There’s no need to only choose one type of Christmas wrapping paper. Instead, an assortment of wrapping paper in a mix of pat-tern and textures in a coordinating colour scheme can look wonderful.Treat your guests:

Welcome your guests to your dinner table this Christmas by tying a small personalised gift to the back of each chair. Choose wrapping paper and ribbons that coordinate with

your table setting. Write people’s names on brown parcel labels and tie them to the presents to be hung off the back of chairs so everyone knows where to sit.Fresh foliage: Add a festive dis-play on sideboards with clear glass hurricane lamps filled with fresh ivy, eucalyptus leaves and chunky pillar candles. Jam jars and large thick glass vases could substitute for hurricane lamps.Twinkling candles: Don’t ever miss an opportunity to treat your senses to the sheer pleasure of scented candles. Float any number in a

bowl, surround with lush blooms and admire. Don’t make it just any bowl. Choose your most beautiful and place it in the centre of your table. Refresh candles and flow-ers as often as needed to keep it looking beautiful. Add some glamour and glitz to a bare sur-face by displaying tea lights on a mirrored tray. The reflections of the candles will add extra sparkle to dark corners. Choose interest-ing tea light holders that will keep candles safe and appealing. Always keep them out of reach of children!! Decorate your front door: For an eye catching alternative to a tra-ditional wreath, hang a bunch of foliage and berries on your door. Gather together the bunch of fresh or artificial foliage and tie it with a pretty ribbon to coordinate with your colour scheme. Secure the bunch with an elastic band and then tie the ribbon over the band to hide it. Attach the ribbon to the top of the door with a nail of strong adhesive tape that won’t show. Add sparkly leaves and baubles to match the colours of your Christmas tree’s decora-tions.Frosted fruit for a striking centre-piece: For your Christmas table, cover a selection of fruit in sugar and display on a glass cake stand. It will look amazing and it’s easy to make. Dip a selection of fruit in egg white to make it sticky. Fill a bag with granulated sugar and roll the treated fruit inside it.Stickers on the wall: It’s wonder-fully whimsical and may be the simplest and least expensive Christmas tree you’ll ever have. Working with templates, cut out lots of paper stars and attach them to your wall in a triangular shape (the shape of a tree) using removable sticky dots.Whatever your choices, the key is to never lose the spirit of Christ-mas. Take some needed time off and remember to enjoy the day. Don’t stress if things aren’t per-fect. Let me take this opportu-nity to thank all of you for your cards, emails and good wishes during this past year. I hope I have given you some decorating inspi-ration throughout the past months and look forward to the new year. Happy Holidays!

Sandra Brophy of Sandra Terena Brophy Interiors

Hello readers,

Christmas time is a magical time of year. While spending time with the people you love and giving and receiving gifts, one is able to fill your house with the most beautiful dec-orating ideas to bring the sparkle of the season right into your heart. Christmas decorating is a huge part of the festive season. Whatever your style you can make your home a place that captures joy and hap-piness for all who walk through your door. Adding C h r i s t m a s touches to your home will certainly make an impact . “Keeping it simple” or dec-orating with bling, colour and tinsel, it’s all up to you!Small home or large, there’s always room for a tree at Christmas. From its beginning in Europe centuries ago, the Christmas tree has become a universally recognised symbol of the spirit of the festive season. The dressed tree was made popular in the mid 1800’s when an engraving showing Queen Victoria and her family gathered around a glowing, heavily decorated tree was pub-

lished. Today, Christmas trees come in an array of sizes, shapes and colours and the deco-rating options are end-less. If you want some-thing a little different this year, a live tree can add a whole new dimension to your indoor festive display. Whatever your taste you can bring the spirit of the season home with a beautiful Christmas tree. For me it is the most impor-tant Christmas decoration for my home especia l ly

when children come to visit. I

One particularly nice thing about Christmas is that most of us have the opportunity of enjoying food that we don’t normally eat at any other time of year. It’s not just the absence of Christmas delicacies throughout the rest of the year that makes them special, it is also the wonderful richness of the seasonal food. It is the one time of the year when most of us can reassure ourselves with those bold words “What the hell, it’s only once a year”.

In this section you will find several well tested recipes for items of Christmas food that have been very popular over the years.Escoffier, one of the most famous chef s of yesteryear, created this special Christmas pudding that he made in the shape of a Yuletide log. He called it Plum Pudding des Rois Mages. This is much lighter than most puddings of this kind and the quantities have been adapted from his original recipe. Ingredients for a family sized cake:1 lb fine soft breadcrumbs (not packet crumbs!)8 oz suet8 oz self-raising flour4 oz peeled, chopped cooking apples8 oz sultanas8 oz seeded raisins8 oz currants2 oz mixed chopped peel4 oz soft brown sugarstrained juice of half an orangestrained juice of half a lemon1 oz finely chopped ginger¼oz mixed spice1 oz flaked almonds2 Eggs4 fluid oz of brandySufficient old ale to combine this mixture to a loose batter paste.

Method

Whip the eggs with the brandy, orange and lemon juice. Mix all the dried fruits, suet, flour, breadcrumbs, apple, sugar, ginger, spice and almonds together in a large container. Add the liquid mixture and then the old ale, beating well with a scrubbed hand until a loose batter consistency is obtained. Cover with a cloth and leave overnight, by which time the breadcrumbs will have expanded to make the mixture much thicker. Pack into oiled heat resistant containers, cover securely with kitchen foil and steam for at least 10 hours. Re-steam for eating on Christmas Day.

Petty Officer Scott Norbury of HMAS Cerberus owes not only his own life, but the lives of both his sons to the generosity of blood donors.Just after leaving High School, PO Norbury was involved in a serious car accident that left him in a coma for several weeks and he required numerous operations to keep him alive.He suffered internal bleeding, multiple fractures, serious head injuries, and required blood transfusions, surgery and a year of intense rehabilitation to recover from the accident.Fast forward a few years and his two sons were both born 12 weeks premature and needed blood transfusions to keep them alive.As a result of these experiences, PO Norbury signed up to become a regular blood donor, saving the lives of others facing the same trauma he himself had encountered.Speaking about the birth of his sons, PO Norbury said he knows just how vital blood donations are.“When Angus was born so early we relied heavily on blood donations to keep him going,” PO Norbury said.“He spent over three months in hospital relying regularly on blood top up’s.“The bags of blood he was receiving were only 25 to 50ml which means an average adult donation of 470ml can make a few of these baby bags.”When his second son Saxon was born, also at 28 weeks, he too required these small but regular blood transfusions for initial ‘touch and go’ months.“Both boys are doing really well now but it brings home how important regular blood donations are and how many people in different situations need blood products.“The Defence Organisation Blood Challenge is a great incentive to get people donating with a bit of inter-Service rivalry and to encourage everyone to roll up their sleeves for a great cause.”To donate visit here or call 13 14 95

Christmas Spirit

Christmas Beetle

Dear John

There are about 35 species of Christmas beetles (fam-ily Scarabaeidae), eight

of which occur in Sydney. Anoplognathus viriditarsus is the largest of the Sydney

Christmas beetles.

Merry Christmas

Deb, Foot and staff from Foodworks Lake Albert wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas. Closed Christmas, boxing & New Years Day.

Open 7am - 8pm every other day

DAVISON SIGNS OFF SEASON IN STYLE

Ford Performance Racing has signed off the current V8 Supercars era in the best way possible with Will Davison scoring a commanding victory in the final race of the season.

Davison wrapped up the pole award in qualifying and then set about making it a double delight by comfortably claiming his first win on the Homebush track.

In the last race for title sponsor Tradingpost, and at the home race of its parent company Telstra, the re-sult was a fitting end to FPR’s best ever season.

Team-mate Mark Winterbottom was not so lucky as an incident on the opening corner of the race dropped him to the rear of the field, eventually cost-ing him second in the standings.

An overenthusiastic James Moffat punted Winterbot-tom into the turn one tyres at the first corner and while he was able to continue, he lost valuable ground. He recovered well only to pit from inside the top 10 near-ing halfway with suspected broken steering. While only a puncture, the delay cost him a lap and from there he was unable to recover. His only consolation was setting the fastest lap of the race.

David Reynolds put in a fighting drive to jump from 15th on the grid to seventh at race end albeit by nurs-ing a steering issue for the final part of the race.

His result however left him an agonising two points short of the points needed to secure a team best eighth in the championship. Despite the narrow gap, ninth equals the team’s best and is Reynolds’ highest year end finish by a staggering 10 places.

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We are happy to inform that Quinty Bakehouse in Wagga Wagga and Uranquinty went into the “NSW Baking Association Australian “ BEST BAKERY/CAFE awards.This was a state wide championships in which all bakery/cafe took part in from Bega to Newcastle, Young, Bowral, Sydney, Goulburn, Wagga and too many to mention.It was down to 8 finalist in, but we took the big cup prize, you hold this prestige’s award for 2 years.Quinty Bakehouse Wagga and Uranquinty took this award due to massive improvements in both busi-nesses ranging from barista coffee skills, ambience of businesses, delightful service to customers, product knowledge of staff, cleanliness, great products that are truly unique fresh and beautiful flavour, tradional real baking, different ideas of giving back to the com-munity like the adult and kids cooking classes are out of this world.

It’s really not the same business that we judged a few years ago when the judges visit twice each business and has much to be praised about how lovely it now is in these current hard times in retail was the feedback the judges gave us. We take our hat off to the Quinty team. Here they always are doing something new and including face book to help connect to many custom-ers and ordering with the 365 cups online with food and coffee was a great way to reach the internet and techno knowledge of this day and age. We haven’t seen this before.

Over the last 4 years we have worked towards winning this trophy and finally it’s our thanks to our wonder-ful team of both front of house personal and team of baker’s. We commend the staff on all being on the same page and this award is as much theirs and it is ours and especially to all our customers who support us every day throughout the year, we have listened to all feedback and made many changes as we feel the cafe and baking industry has changed a lot of the last 4 -5 years and have made these changes accordingly with improved coffee skills, service and much more.

They are also very innovative in kids and adults cook-ing classes which are very popular and are the first bakery to start doing this as this has been going for 8 years now, both businesses can organise a menu and

day in ranging from sweet to savoury cooking for a great day out with friends or work groups.

Team building for the corporate sector and Christ-mas gingerbread houses are fantastic ways in which everyone can experience the world of baking and cooking. No bakeries have done this before and trust Tania and Paul to think of this many years ago before it was popular on TV.

Paul and Tania at Quinty Bakehouse have quitely been working with the team to win the best bakery cafe in Australia for the last 4 years and this year they achieved it. The fanastic award is held for 2 years. The riverina should be extremely excieted to have this local business in their local region, a great tourist attraction. Also being in two great locations adding to the attraction of easy to visit in Wagga Wagga as we all know on the cnr of Best and For-syth St. Both shops are open Monday to Saturday 7.30am to 4.30pm. The shops were visited a few times by many secret customers to really get a great feel for the business. Do the staff know the product? Is it clean? Well presented? Good value for money? Ambience? Coffee of high standard? These were many things that the judges look for and Quinty Bakehouse has it all says Tania.

We have breakfast, lunch dine in with chips or take-away pies or sausage rolls, it’s a business that can cater for many budgets. Tania and Paul and the team pride themselves on making everything fresh daily, changing menus and fresh food trends just like the city. We wanted to bring this to Wagga and Uranquinty. Why should the city have it only, not any more. Uranquinty has been open for 9 years and Wagga for 4 years. Seeing the journey from one shop to two. The cooking classes for adults and children are one of the kind to experience. Like them on facebook as this business is one of the kind and it’s so nice to see people EAT, DRINK, LIVE GREAT FOOD IN OUR LOCAL AREA.

Congratulation to Tanya and Paul of the Quinty Bake house from Riverina News may 2013 be your biggest year.

Merry Christmas

William Turner out and about having coffee.

It’s Christmas, and it’s the season of ‘end of year change’. Last year my whole family changed. I got married to my 1980’s sweetheart. In the New Year my oldest daughter and I both start a four year course at University. It’s her first year out of home. As for myself, I’ve already got a Business Management and Human Resourse Management degree, but my seasons change is that I’ve qualified for a graduate entry into a Diploma in Law, via the Law Society of NSW. This is part of my new role working with Kevin Foley at Foley’s lawyers as a Law Clerk. That change will come as little surprise to many readers. You see readers every Christmas my girls are a little older, a little wiser and a little more independent. It’s the end of the year again and it’s the happy season for families welcoming the changes that come with growth. We need to support and encourage each other as the changes continue to come. Our changes include, my oldest darling daughter starting four years of Physiotherapy. So too number two daughter will enter her senior two years at High School. In no time it will be Christmas again and my home will become that little less crowded and sadly a little quieter. Christmas brings us to our families and also highlights the changes. Both should be welcome, but sadly, too

often they’re not. So the need for families to support each other is in high demand at this time of year. The nice thing for our house is that we all plan to encourage each other as we study, move and graduate at the same time in our respective fields. I’m looking forward to sharing the journey with my girls. Apparently they have it all planned out and I’m quite sure my input is more symbolic than decisive on these mat-ters of late. They tell me that everyone is entitled to their own opinion as they clearly express theirs. As that happens my older daughters are teaching my younger daughters to do likewise. So I like to remind them that any court judge or magistrate will tell you that not all opinions count. As a lone dad in a house of five girls, I know that the judge is right, but all too often these days I’m finding others’ opinions in my house seem to carry much more judgement and much more weight than they used to. More and more I find It’s my domestic opinion that the family jury seem not to count. Christmas and the end of year is the time when exams are giving way to graduations, presentation nights and university applica-tions. Many families are moving too at this time of year. I sit as the only guy in my home full of delightful girls and watch as opinions abound. Daughters here maintain stress levels of high anxiety when they consider exams or university applications or fashion performance as terminal disasters should they fail their own expectations in any such endeavour. And then when I least expect it, they solicit my opinion. I get a dose of the stress that washes over me too. Mine is because I don’t want to disappoint them. Nor do I want to get my answer ‘wrong’. It is stressful for me to get this right, but it’s from a different angle. I want them to succeed and to surpass their hopes. Also I have my much loved wife and the family budget to factor in with Christmas cheer. Clearly expressing my views on fashion, functions or Christmas presents is something I get little collaboration on. When they ask for my opinion, it seems to me, that what they really want is my support. And I’m always eager to find a healthy way to provide it. I’m duty bound to know the right answer to encourage and approve of their development constructively. I know how this works. They know how this works and in that regard, we make it work. If they approach me alone ‘one on one’ I can say ‘yes’ or ‘no’, or ‘too expensive’ or even on rare occasions ‘I like that’. But when they unite I’m a sitting duck in the financial highway of life. I’m toast if all the girls have my darling wife’s support

as the deal closer. Mostly because my good wife is the other signatory to all family budget matters. When they all agree, how can I disagree? Pretty much, I can’t. I agree mostly, because I love to see them united and happy like that. Now what dad can say no to that? Despite this blatant practice, I’m constantly asked by any and all of them, what I think on fashion and the like, when I’m clearly constantly wrong in their view. So I I’ve learned to offer my sup-port, not necessarily my view. It’s my support they want, not my opinion. I’ve learned how I can give, and when to withhold both. Yes, I’ve found an escape clause hidden in the camouflage of unity. If all five agree, then I’m on safe ground. I’ve learned to trust this. If I have my doubts all I have to say is, “I’m not too sure on this one, ask your sisters”. If this is met with a groan or a grimace, I can almost hear the grim reaper slashing the idea to death that same instant. But united girls can be expensive. I’ve learned, as I suggest most dads have, that it seems cheaper to let the wallet suffer than the relationship. Just like I’ve learned that no matter the cost of keeping your wife happy, that’s the cheapest alternative. I don’t want my kids to make poor choices either, based on finan-cial grounds alone. After all, as soon as all four of my girls are all through university, I could be a very broke parent. Therefore I want them to be able to afford the best aged care facility for me that they can all agree on. I better not teach them to simply make cheap choices then. Each Christmas will give us more change from now on. In many ways the school years are the stable years. The bonding years - Share them! In two more years my second oldest girl will enter university too. She plans on staying there a while. Therefore I’ll still be at Foley’s Lawyers paying university fees for quite some years. Then we still have the last two daughters to educate via university. That’s five degrees between us in the next 11 years. Every Christmas will be a season of change. It’s important to keep in mind that when you’re asked for your opinion, it may actually be your support that is being sought. I encourage you to give both with wisdom this Christmas. I love my new role at Foley’s Lawyers and I’m learning from a wise man who is an experienced lawyer. He shares his skill in identifying misplaced opinions. You see he too is an experienced dad. My wish to you all this Christmas is that we relinquish few opinions and generate a bit more support at this precious time of year. Merry Christmas everyone I hope you have a happy and safe Christmas and New Year.

The man who helped many, Congratulations Bill!Riverina News would like to congradulate Bill on his new position with Foleys Lawyers.

BILL TURNER

FOLEYS LAWYERSCompany and Commercial Law,

Intellectual property Law,Wills and Estates,

Family Law,Criminal Law,

Conveyancing.Kevin Foley and Bill Turner

41 Gurwood StPO BOX 5517WAGGA WAGGA NSW 2650

Telephone: 02 6921 6166Facsimile: 02 6921 7294

Email: kevin@foleylawyers.com.au

BILL TURNER

LAKE VILLAGE CHRISTMAS PARTY

20th DECEMBER4pm - 6pm

Everyone is invited - Santa will be there! Sausage Sizzle to raise money for the

Lake Albert Bush Fire BrigadeMonster Jumping Castle

Face PaintingGive Aways

Lolly bags for the kidsLive Music

Meat TastingSpend $1o in any of the Lake Village shops

and receive a ticket into the raffledraw on the night

PROUDLY SPONSORED BY RIVERINA NEWS AND ALL LAKE VILLAGE STORES

Scott 0418 482 591

Trenching2t Mini Tipper

Post & Pier HolesYard & Site Cleanups

Landscape & Turf Prep1.2t Mini Excavator + Jack Hammer

Fiona Horsley and her wonderfulstaff would liketo wish you a

Merry Christmas and a Safe & Happy New Year

Lake Albert Shopping CentrePhone 0269 223788

Main St, Lake AlbertWagga Wagga

Edward would like to thankall the patrons of the hotel

for the support overthe year Merry Christmas

Phone: 0269 226677

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENTAs well as offering hair care for the whole family

We now do a beauty serviceAnd had crafted millenery

Monday to Friday9am to 5pm

Thursdays 9am to 7pmSaturdays 9am to 1 pm

Thanking Salon 212 customers for their loyalty and sup-port in the change over. Looking forward to meeting new customers in 2013. From all the staff from Head 2

Toes have a Merry Christmas

Shop 2, Lake Village Shopping Centre

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1. Shop at FoodWorks Lake Village

2. Fill up with fuel at United Lake Village Carwash &

Service Station

3. Present your FoodWorks grocery receipt at the

register, when paying for your fuel, to saveIt’s that easy!

*Terms & Conditions apply. See in-store for details. Offer excludes cigarettes and tobacco products.

Spend Save$30 or more 4¢ per litre$75 or more 6¢ per litre

United Service Station & Car Wash

working together with foodworks Lake Albertto bring you an

incredible savings on your fuel.OUR NEW 4 BAY

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SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL INDENDENT BUSINESS

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LAKE ALBERT

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Thank you to our customers fortheir continued support

Large supply of Christmas Hams

Fishing Gear – Shrimp/Yabbies Nets, Rods, Reels, Bell Lights, Gloves, Braided Line, Fish-ing Lures – Vibration, Minnow, Crank, Spinners, Spinnerbaits, Deep Divers, amd moreGolf Gear – 2nd Hand Sets, Irons, Drivers, Bags, New Gloves, Tees, Golf Balls, Electrical – 2nd

Hand Games and Consoles, DVD’s, White Goods (stock will change all the time)Others – Phone Cases, Hello Kitty Products, Purses and

Handbags, Power Leads and Bits, and moreHot Food and Cold Drinks on site

PHONE ROD 0404 317014 EMAIL: rodsgolfsupplies@live.com.au

Hours Wagga WaggaThursday 1pm – 8pmFriday 5pm – 8pmSaturday 7am – 8pmSunday 8am – 1pm

COOLAMON: 6927 3044WAGGA WAGGA: 6921 2599EMERGENCY: 000AMBULANCE: 000HOSPITAL:COOLAMON: 6927 3303WAGGA WAGGA: 6938 6666DOCTOR: 6927 3233STATE EMERGENCY SERVICES: 132 500COMMUNITY NURSE: 6927 3548HOME CARE SERVICE: 6927 3202RURAL FINANCIAL COUNSELLOR: 6927 6622COOLAMON EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTRE 6927 3991

COOLAMON SHIRE 6927 3206COUNTRY ENERGY: SERVICES 132356FAULTS 132080GOLDENFIELDS WATER 6978 1039NRMA 6927 3109CENTRAL SCHOOL 6927 3209ST MICHAELS SCHOOL 6927 3483PRE-SCHOOL 6927 3270CHURCHES:CATHOLIC 6927 3057ANGLICAN 6927 3037UNITING 6927 3231MSO (Multi Service Outlet) 6927 3521ALLAWAH LODGE 6927 3477LIBRARY 69272492

What’s on in Coolamon 14. Story time @ Library 10.30 – 11.30 –Theme – XMASCWA Meets – 2pm at the CWA Rooms New Members Welcome15. Saturday Morning Raffle – Coolamon Harness Racing Club16. Brunch & Lunch Menu at Sport & Recreation Club from 9am Carols in the Park (top park) – 8.30pm17. CRFNC AGM – 7pm @ Coolamon Sport & Rec Club 21. Coolamon Play Group – 10.30am at St Michael’s Hall22. Saturday Morning Raffle – Hospital Auxiliary 23. Brunch & Lunch Menu at Sport & Recreation Club from 9am 25. Christmas Day – LIONS Lolly Drop (look out for Santa’s fire truck) 28. Coolamon Play Group – 10.30am at St Michael’s Hall29. Saturday Morning Raffle – 30. Brunch & Lunch Menu at Sport & Recreation Club from 9am31. NEW YEARS EVE FESTIVAL 4pm – 10pm Cowabbie Street

For the complete range of Hardy Spicer Tractor PTO shafts and parts for the approaching harvest, contactthe specialists

NIXON’S ENGINEERING254 Hammond Ave, Wagga Wagga Ph: (02) 6921 6011

Grant & Eileen HughesProprietors

Ph: 6921 2652Fax: 6921 9972

Mobile: 0412 694 153

180 Hammond AveWagga Wagga

Email: sales@crestiacarpets.com.au

Performance Based Standards Scheme begins the transition to the National Heavy

Vehicle Regulator

The Performance Based Standards (PBS) scheme for higher productivity heavy ve-hicles will transition to operate under the new National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) from 21 January 2013.

From this date, following a handover pro-cess, the NHVR will assume the NTC’s role of facilitating assessments and approvals of PBS designs on advice from the PBS Re-view Panel. The NHVR will have dedicated staff available to handle PBS enquiries from applicants and will also publish guidelines to help operators through the PBS scheme approval process.

Changes to the scheme which were an-nounced in March, including a national system of assessment and access, modular assessment and the option for manufac-turer self-certification will come into effect in July 2013, when the National Heavy Ve-hicle Law fully comes into effect. Until then, road network access for the PBS scheme will continue to be negotiated separately by operators through state, territory and lo-cal government road authorities.

The PBS network classification maps portal, currently hosted on the NTC website, will also be integrated into the NHVR website at http://www.nhvr.gov.au from 21 Janu-ary 2013.

Regulatory policy development and re-form work relating to the PBS scheme will continue to be undertaken by the NTC. For more information on the transition of the PBS scheme, please visit the NHVR web-site.

The National Heavy Vehicle Accreditation Scheme (NHVAS) will also transition to the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator from 21 January 2013. From this date, heavy vehicle operators will deal directly with the NHVR for all NHVAS business, rather than state or territory road transport authorities.

In other NHVR news, the NTC congratulates Richard Hancock on his appointment as Chief Executive of the NHVR. Richard was formerly the NHVR Project Director. The NTC looks forward to continuing to work closely with Richard and the NHVR team to realise the benefits of this historic reform.

Australia’s transport industry learns from international partnership program

“We are all in this together” was heard often during a re-cent series of NTC discussion forums which explored a sus-tainable logistics program being run in the Netherlands. The presentation was made by Nico Anten, the managing director of Connekt/ITS Netherlands, a private/public net-work connecting parties to collaborate on smart and sus-tainable mobility. The NTC identified the potential of Connekt’s Lean and Green initiative – an industry-led voluntary program to im-prove freight sustainability – in its research report and subse-quent workshop held with industry and governments earlier this year. Lean and Green aims to reduce the densely populated country’s carbon dioxide emissions by 30 per cent by 2020. To contribute to this target, the program encourages Dutch companies to reduce their own carbon emissions by 20 per cent over five years. Initially seed-funded by government, the program has ex-panded from 10 participants in 2007 to an expected 300 by the end of this year, including major multinationals such as Mars, CocaCola, Heineken and TNT. “Consumers are starting to expect companies to be sustain-able and once a few companies joined the program, their competitors followed,” said Mr Anten. Key to the success of the program is its collaborative phi-losophy, which encourages companies to share informa-tion about how to reduce their carbon footprint and lower business costs. “The program makes individuals feel that they are part of a collective, working towards a goal,” Mr Anten said. “The global financial crisis actually helped the success of the program - in a crisis you have the time to reflect and change the way things are usually done.” Mr Anten explained how some participating companies have reduced the maximum speed for their heavy vehicles to 85kph rather than 90kph, saving 15 per cent on fuel us-age. Another initiative has been competitions introduced be-tween truck drivers to use the least amount of fuel while driving. Mr Anten also spoke about an Intelligent Transport System (ITS) being trialled in the Netherlands which provides live traf-fic information to drivers to improve logistics efficiencies. NTC Project Director Neil Wong said the sessions held by Mr Anten were inspiring for Australia’s transport industry and the government sector. “By engaging with world class experts such as Mr Anten, we are able to learn how environmental outcomes- in particu-lar reducing greenhouse gas emissions- can be achieved through collaboration,” Dr Wong said.

Merry ChristmasFrom John and Monique

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Wishing you a Merry Christmas

PETER AND SHARON WISHING YOUA MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT THROUGHOUTTHE YEAR

This is a combined effort with NAIC, LJ Hooker and BBQGalores, about 70 business people at-tended. BBQ Galores have organised a bbq to raffle for Kidsflight. For "attire" it was something black/white to go with the theme of the night.A great night out with Chris Grentall the proud owner of the BBQ from BBQ Galores

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Beautiful Lewis Eclipse V Drive Bow Rider family Ski & Wake Boat. Includes Tower 7 Board Racks, Stereo, NAV lights, Perfect Pass GPS Speed Control System New Mercruiser 5.7 Ltr V8 MPFI Engine with FNR Transmission.$69990.00 including Full Travel Cover NSW Safety gear and 12 Months Rego on Boat & Trailer

Challenger 2080 $74,990.00 V Drive Luxury.Save over $8000.00 on new price, Owners own personal boat only 18 hours on it and presents as new. Absolutely beautiful boat in Pewter with all the flagship options. 315 HP MPFI Mer-cruiser with Perfect Pass Cruise Control. Tower and combo racks Wake enhancement pack including ballast tanks not fat sacs. Bimini and full travel cover included. Stunning boat and a big saving for immediate delivery.

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This time of year is always one of the most high risk times on our roads, with Christmas parties, end of year celebrations and people taking to the highways as they head off for a well-deserved break.

In NSW drink driving is a factor in around one in every five fatal crashes. This statistic astounds me when you consider just how much information is out there on the dan-gers of drink driving.

Drink DrivingThe message is plain and simple, having any amount of alcohol when driving increases the risk of being involved in a crash. You don’t have to be drunk to have been affected by alcohol, which is why if you are planning on driv-ing, the best advice is to not drink at all.

If you are hosting a party this Christ-mas and new year here are some things you can do to look after your guests so they get home safely:

Make sure you provide plenty of food, soft drinks and waterOffer to let your guests stay over

andDon’t let guests drive home if they have been drinking.Driver FatigueTiredness is another major killer on our roads. At this time of year many people are driv-ing long distances on unfa-miliar roads and often people leave for their holiday in the early hours of the morning to avoid traffic – it means they are driving when their body is programmed to sleep.

The statistics show if you drive between 10pm and dawn you’re four times more likely to have a fatal, fatigue-related crash.

Some tips:

Plan aheadTake regular breaks (see NSW Driver Reviver locations)Share the drivingDon’t start a long trip after a long day’s work and never drive when you would normal-ly be asleep. Fighting tiredness won’t work – the only cure is sleep.Wear your seatbeltIt’s remarkable how many people still don’t wear their seatbelts. Many fatalities could have been prevented if only the driver and passengers were wearing their seatbelts. Often it’s not just you that needs to buckle up, so make sure your kids are properly se-cured in a child restraint.

Roadwork speed limitsIf you’re driving along the Pacific Highway, remember roadwork speed limits still apply although works have stopped for the Christmas break. While there may be some inconvenience dur-ing this time, the NRMA is pleased that the Govern-ment is getting on with the project to deliver the High-way by 2016.

Travelling on country roadsFor those of you travelling on country roads, keep in mind that the road condi-tions are not like local areas. Be extremely careful of:

Potholes and rough surfac-esSoft or broken road edgesSingle lane bridges or road surfaces that change with-out noticeLivestock and wildlife - they often cross country roads, particularly just near sunrise or sunset which is why it is crucial that you drive to the conditions.Motorists can be forgiven for being confused about the fuels available and what their car needs. There are five types of petrol now available (standard un-leaded, 95 premium, 98 ul-tra premium, E10 and E85) as well as Diesel and LPG.

This blog is the first in our series on fuels to help clear up the confusion about which fuels are the best to use. We begin with premi-um unleaded.

Premium Fuels – is there a benefit?

Petrol vehicles are de-signed for a specific oc-tane fuel and normally do not benefit from using higher octane fuel.

If the manual says you can use more than one type of petrol or blend, you may get the advantage of re-duced fuel consumption (but only if your vehicle’s engine automatically ad-justs its parameters to take advantage of higher oc-tane). Conversely, you may be able to save mon-ey by using a lower octane fuel, if the manufacturer states the vehicle will run normally on it.

As a rule of thumb:

95 premium can give around 4% lower fuel con-sumption than 91, assum-ing the engine computer adjusts to take advantage of the octane difference.98 might give 3% reduc-tion over 95, again assum-ing the computer adjusts the engine parameters.

Safe driving this Christmas

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Ideal for renovations, refurbs or that Special guest!Pick up a bargain!Many room size rolls available!Large rolls also!Cash & carry on home!Make an offer!

Phone 0498 610 050Wed – fri 10am – 4 pm

Saturday 10 – 1 pm last chance for bargains!!

Hurry Christmas

Hurry Christmas! How you creep,

I’ve some presents I can’t keep,

Just this morning I forgot,

And told baby what I’d bought.

All he answered was, “Goo

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So I don’t think that he knew,

I told mamma hers was white,

And she’d wear it every night.

That she’d need it getting tea.

Then my mamma smiled at me,

And she whispered, “Isn’t May

Letting secrets fly away?”

WAGGA MOTORCYCLE SPORTS CLUBPRESENTATIONS 2012

Jason Richards Riley Hubbard Mathew clark/Kell

Riley Hubbard Kruse Brady

Chris Grentell and Rodney Jacobson

Mark korgittaTony Cramp and son Daniel

Karen DobsonGlenn Tye

Dino Bonet

Peter Royle Jason Richards

Nick Grentell & Phillip Lamotte tina ballard

WAGGA MOTORCYCLE SPORTS CLUBPRESENTATIONS 2012

Tarcutta Markets

Large range of stalls, bbq lunch, sand-wiches, tea and coffee, cakes and much more. New stall holders are most welcome.

Markets are held on the 3rd Saturday of every month at the Memorial Hall, Tarcutta

8am to 3pmFurther InformationTrish Ph: 6928 4128

or 0427 289 12

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Dec 19 TakecoverDec 21 Nathan and TeresaDec 22 Nathan and TeresaDec 23 Marcus Dec 24 Tackleberry (Melb band)Dec 26 TakecoverDec 28 UnlimitedDec29 UnlimitedDec 30 MarcusDec 31 New Direction 2013 Jan 2 Brock ShirleyJan 4 New DirectionJan 5 TakecoverJan 6 Marcus Jan 9 TakecoverJan 11 Sonic LoaderSonicloader are an Albury Wodon-ga based acoustic outfit that deliver groove driven melodic acoustic rock covers and comedic improvisations. Sonicloader bring a broad range of music styles to the fore, including, rock, pop, indie and classic pub rock stan-dards. Lead vocalist Dan Whiting show-cases a diverse range of vocal styles whilst guitarist Dean Haitani truly hones the craft of guitar performance. Be-tween them Dan and Dean have sup-ported a huge range of artists includ-ing Ian Moss, Spiderbait, The Beautiful Girls, and Mental as Anything among many others. Sonicloader bring a huge sound and between them have played Hotels across the country, corporate events, regional festivals and functions of all types.Jan 12 New DirectionJan 13 Marcus Jan 16 New DirectionJan 18 Nathan and TeresaJan 19 Nathan and TeresaJan 20 Takecover Jan 23 TakecoverJan 25 Off the Cuff (Melb duo)Jan 26 Off the CuffJan 27 New Direction Jan 30 New Direction

Take Over on December 19 & 26January 5 , 9 & 20th

at the Capital

Markets By the Lake

Date:Sat 15 Dec 2012

Time:09:00 am - 02:00 pm

Arts, crafts, local produce, children's activities, entertainment, food and

drink and much more all on the shores of beautiful Lake Albert.

Ph: 0451 543 415

Wagga Christmas Spectacular 2012

Date:Sun 16 Dec 2012

Time:06:00 pm - 09:30 pm

Come and join us for a night of christmas carols and great entertainment! Food and drink available.

The Music BowlBotanic GardensMacleay Street

Wagga Wagga 2650The Music BowlBotanic GardensMacleay Street-

Wagga Wagga 2650

2012 Wagga's Sports Champion

Date:Sat 22 Dec 2012

Time:09:00 am - 05:00 pm

16 Athletes, 10 events Oasis, Airborne Gymnastics, Bolton Park Stadium and Workout Gym. Official

afterparty at Romano's Hotel from 7.30pm Ph: 0404 775 652

Cottontails Christmas Lunch

Date:Tue 25 Dec 2012

Time:12:00 pm - 05:00 pm

Starting with a glass of either Cottontails Wine, Harbin 330ml Beer or Soft drink Your choice of the

following: Entree Kilpatrick Oysters served on a bed of sea salt OR Chicken mango salad with Chef’s special sauce OR Cauliflower, sweet potato and

pumpkin soup served with fresh croutons Main – all served with potato salad and garden salad Medi-um-Rare Beef Mignon with thick beef jus OR North

QLD Barramundi Fillet with tangy lemon garlic sauce OR Chicken breast supreme stuffed with ol-ives, fetta, caramelised onion, pumpkin and a hint of chilli served with creamy dill sauce Dessert Min-iature Pavlova with strawberries and passionfruit topped with Chantilly cream OR Christmas pud-ding with butterscotch sauce and ice-cream OR Fruit salad with ice-cream and whipped Chantilly cream Children under 12 meals available Adults

$125.00 Children $65.00 Cottontails Winery562 Pattersons Rd Ph: 6928 4554

Sunday Markets

Every Week on Sunday until Sun 01 Dec 2013

Next: Dec, Sun 30 Dec, Sun 06 Jan

Time:7.30am to 12noon

Collectables, bargains, art and craft, pro-duce and plenty more.

Entry by gold coin donation with proceeds to charity.

Myer Carpark, O'Reilly Street.

Contact:Peter McKinnon on 0417 682 369

LAKE VILLAGE CHRISTMAS PARTY20TH DECEMBER

STARTING AT 4PM – 6 PM

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