Crooble Chronicle

September 2013 Hello All,

Well, spring has sprung with a vengeance, and I am really going to have to get stuck into the two year

backlog of spring cleaning before summer roars into town. It may only be a small window of

opportunity! ☺

I’m not going to whinge about the lack of rain or grizzle about the uninspiring election campaign, only

to say, DON”T FORGET TO VOTE ON SATURDAY. And of course come for a little light relief to

the Croppa Creek Club Fancy Dress party on Saturday night, if only to celebrate the cessation of

electioneering. Hope you’re all busy making your scarecrows for the Wings n’Things weekend in

October, there will be lots of great events and interesting things going on so don’t miss it.

Wishing you a happy, happy Spring! Ed

Crooble Hall

Committee Meets on the first

Monday of the month at

7.30pm Crooble Hall Committee

catering at Croppa Club

Saturday 28th September

Save the Date Melbourne Cup Day

5th

November

at the Croppa Creek Bowling Club

Fashion Parade and a variety

of different stalls

CWA North Star Branch

meet on the fourth

Tuesday of the month

at 9.30 for 10am

Croppa Creek Bowling Club

AGM Wed. September 25th 7.30pm EVERYONE WELCOME

Please come along and be part of a very important facility in our community

GWYDIR LEARNING

REGION

COUNTRY EDUCATION

FUND

STUDENT GRANT

APPLICATIONS The GLR Country Education Fund is a fund which has been set up to assist students pursuing tertiary studies either at university or in the VET sector. We are seeking expressions of interest from students who wish to apply for funding for the 2014 academic year. Eligible students are those who either:

• Attend Warialda High School or Bingara

Central School; or

• Live in Gwydir Shire but attend a school

outside Gwydir Shire boundaries

Applications must be made on an “APPLICATION FOR ASSISTANCE” form. These forms can be obtained from Warialda High School or Bingara Central School or from Rod Smith at Gwydir Shire Council’s Warialda Office. Applications close on 30 September 2013 and can be lodged either in person at the above schools, at Gwydir Shire Council offices in Bingara or Warialda, or electronically to: rsmith@gwydir.nsw.gov.au For further information call Rod Smith on 02 6729 3000.

Thankyou! The committee of the recently held North Star Showjumping Classic

would like to sincerely thank all of their sponsors for their generous

support: Kenway and Clark, Toowoomba Grammar School, Finch Farm,

Oaks sport Horses, Macintyre Rural, Andersens Flooring, Total Ag,

Broadacre Irrigation, Victoria Hotel, The Glennie School, Kindt Flooring,

PBA Agrifeeds, C & W Financial Services, Goondi Hydraulics, BSF,

Baguley Steel Fabrication, L Bulmer & Co, Rod Gibson Ford, GW & JM

Gilbert, Fairholme College, Hayes Spraying, Dorchester Computing, The

Scots College, Toowoomba Prep School, Fox & Thomas Lawyers, Cargill,

Goondiwindi Cotton, Downlands College, North Star Pony Club, and the

North Star Sporting Club. It was a very successful weekend, blessed with

perfect weather and an excellent turnout of competitors. The committee

would also like to thank all of those people who helped over the course

of the weekend to make it such a superb event. A special thankyou to

Cassie Coleman for bringing her coffee machine. ☺

Pictured : Ron Easey winning Kenway and Clark AM3 pictured with Peter

Burey from Kenway and Clark and Judge Cheryl backhouse and Course builder

Greg Backhouse

Did you know that the Croppa Creek Bowling Club is now on

Facebook?? So check it out!

Croppa Creek

Bowling Club

Coffee Shop

Sundays 9am – 12:00pm Please come and enjoy the morning.

Come for a leisurely drive, invite your

friends from out of town, or call in after

church.

Elaine and Scott will

give you a warm welcome.

Croppa Creek Happenings

� Social bowls Sat arvo’s rock @ 2.30 for 3pm start. Also Sunday’s 3pm for 3.15pm

start. Some Sunday’s may have district

events, so just check before you go. New

players welcome, ladies & men young or

mature, come & have a bit of fun.

Lawrie Timmins 0427545227 for more

information

� DrumMuster bookings to Lawrie

Timmins 0427545227 � Croppa Creek Bowling Club directors meetings

are held on the 2nd Wed of each month at 7.30pm.

� Golf on demand!

� Croppa Coffee! Some of you may not have heard that Croppa Creek now has it's very own

Coffee Shop. Operated by Scott & Elaine.

Located at the Croppa Creek Bowls Club

Every Sunday 9am to 12pm Yummy cakes, slices, biscuits & a selection of

toasts and warm food washed down with your

choice of Cappuccino, Mocha, Hot Chocolate, & /

or Tea (lots of varieties)

Kiddy food, flavoured milk and Chino's available Come down and check it out - You will be amazed

as the club is transformed into a quaint little

coffee shop each Sunday morning.

For Sale Boots are Size 8 Ladies Ariat – as new hardly worn $120 Dark Brown Akubra “Cattleman” Size 56 – $50 As newp[,p;[

Royal Agricultural Society

Rural Scholarships Applications Close 30th of September

Rural Scholarships are available to

support individuals in NSW who

demonstrate a passion for rural and

commitment for any career that will

ensure the future success of rural and

regional NSW.

Scholarships of $5,000 for full-time study

or $2,500 for part-time study are

available.

There is no limit on the types of courses

that qualify or the age of the applicant.

You could be studying at University,

TAFE or VET courses, on campus or by

distance learning. However applicants all

have one thing in common – a desire to

play an active part in the future of rural

NSW.

For more info go to

www.rasnsw.com.au/829.htm

QUOTE FOR THE DAY Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you." Langston Hughes

RECIPE OF THE MONTH

Quinoa & Black Rice Salad with Pumpkin Seeds

Ingredients

½ cup short-grain black rice

1 cup quinoa, rinsed

¼ teaspoon kosher salt plus more

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil,

3 cups butternut diced

½ cup pumpkin seeds (shelled & roasted & salted)

½ cup dried cranberries

Dressing:

⅔ cup olive oil

¼ cup cider vinegar

2 TB pure maple syrup 1

TB Dijon mustard

¼ tsp kosher salt (for the dressing)

¼ tsp pepper

Method

Prepare rice and quinoa per directions on each package. Heat 2

tablespoons oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add diced

butternut squash, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 8 minutes.

Mix quinoa and rice & allow to slightly cool. Mix dressing

ingredients and stir into quinoa and rice mixture. Add butternut

squash and cranberries and toss. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Toss in pumpkin seeds. Serve and Enjoy

The Australian grain industry has

undergone more change since last

harvest, with multi-national grain

buyers continuing to invest

throughout the supply chain.

When thinking about selling your

crop, your brain may feel

something like this:

Don’t worry! We’re here to help.

We would like to invite you to a

free grain marketing seminar. It

will give you a chance to meet

some of the Profarmer team in

person and discuss the issues that

you need help with. The sessions

are being hosted by Market Check,

who have invited Profarmer to

contribute in providing

independent analysis and strategy.

The seminars will help you

develop strategic plans to protect

and extend your marketing returns

by:

• Addressing the situation

many Australian family farms face

• Advising on various

marketing strategies

• Demonstrating how we can

assist you with independent

information and actively managed

grain marketing programs.

Moree,

Tuesday 17

September

8am to 10am,

Cafe Gali RSVP: agdesk@agrisk.com.au

Joke for the

Day Policeman: How

did the accident

happen, sir?

Driver: My wife

fell asleep in the

back seat.

Happy Birthday! September Mandy Gillan, Leslie

Wilde, Georgia Rohde,

Robyn Ticehurst, Soph

Allport , John Gall, Adam

Marshall, and any other

September babies.

Tulloona Conservation

Farmers

Ag Group

Annual Field Day

Wednesday

18th

September Start Tulloona fire shed, lunch

and finish Calrossie shed.

For more details please

contact

Daryl Bartelen 02 67547178

Foundation for Rural and

Regional Renewal: Small

Grants for Small

Communities

Applications Close 27th of September 2013 Offer up to $400,000 per round in grants up to $5000 for projects and activities that offer clear public benefit for communities, with populations of 10,000 or less, living in small rural and remote locations in Australia, contributing to their development in social and community welfare, economic, environmental, health, education or cultural areas. Applications are invited from not-for-profit, incorporated community organisations. Organisations should have an ABN or Incorporation Certificate and projects must be for a charitable purpose (benefit the whole community). Deductable Gift Recipient status (DGR) is not required for this grant program. Further details are available on the Foundation's website at www.frrr.org.au/cb_pages/small_grants_for_small_communities.php

WANTED Agistment for 50

to 200 breeders

Short or long

term

Ph: 0417033491

CHURCH

NOTES

September St Johns Milguy 1 Layreading 9am

8 Pastor Doecke

11:00 am HC

15 Layreading 9am

22 Pastor Doecke

11:00 am HC

29 Layreading 9am

Popinguy Services are held on the first Sunday of month at 4pm. Anglican Parish of

Boggabilla meeting at:

St Anne's Croppa Creek

- 2nd and 4th Sundays at

9.00 am

Yallaroi Hall - 2nd

Sunday at 11.30 am

St David's Tulloona - 4th

Sunday at 11.00 am

St Peter's North Star -

weekly at 5.00 pm (6.00

pm DST); 5th Sunday at

11.00 am

Call Dan Avenell on

07 4676 3267 or

0439 735 942

ALL

WELCOME

Wings n Things

Gwydir Shire Council is proud to

announce the Wings ‘n Things Bird

and Bush Festival. The event will be

held over the October long weekend

(4 to 7 October) and will showcase

our beautiful bird routes and amazing

Shire.

Over this weekend a ‘Galah’ Dinner will be held at the

Living Classroom in Bingara. A Bush Poets’ Breakfast will

also be held at Cranky Rock Nature Reserve, Warialda.

There will be a scarecrow competition leading up to the

event. The scarecrow entries will be displayed throughout

the Shire and the winners will be announced at Gravesend

on Sunday 6 October.

Please follow the link below to the website which can

provide all information about the event and you can

source an entry form for the scarecrow

competition.

http://wingsnthings.gwydirshire.com/

For all enquiries please contact Tracey Carr on 67242000

or tcarr@gwydir.nsw.gov.au

CALENDAR September

2nd Crooble Hall Committee Meeting

7th Polling Day – Federal Election

Fancy Dress Party Croppa Creek Club 12

th IR Workshop – North Star

15th Community Service Crooble Hall

Wallangra Garden & Wellbeing Day

17th Grain Marketing Seminar – Gafe Gali Moree

18th Tulloona Conservation Farmers Field Day

21st Tharawonga Movie Night – Yallaroi Hall

24th CWA meeting Nth Star 9.30am

25th Croppa Creek Club AGM

26th Council Meeting - Bingara

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The Editor –Angela

Doering

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Crooble NSW 2400

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