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Well that's it for BathurstAM for Monday, July 14.
For NRL fans counting down the days until Bathurst hosts the match between Cronulla and Penrith on July 26, keep your fingers crossed for good news for Sharks skipper Paul Gallen today.
Gallen could face an extended stint on the sidelines following fears he seriously injured his biceps in the Sharks' loss to Newcastle yesterday.
Gallen came from the field midway through the second half but returned to finish the game despite the injury. The Blues captain had an immediate ultrascan after the game that showed there was some damage to his right biceps. He had further scans at hospital on Sunday night and it should be revealed today if he will be fit to play at Carrington Park.
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Western Advocate photographers Phill Murray, Zenio Lapka and Chris Seabrook were out and about on the weekend snapping Bathurst residents.
Check out social photos from the latest Bathurst events or view some of our leading sports men and women in action.
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Here is a community event to put in the diary:
PROGRAM FOR PARENTS: A new six-session program run by the Bathurst Community Health Centre will aim to help parents cope with challenging children.
The Challenges of the Strong Willed Child targets the parents of children aged two to six.
It aims to give parents extra skills and information to deal with their child's strong-willed behaviour.
It will also be an opportunity for parents to share some of their parenting ideas and ways they deal with the everyday challenges of parenting.
The group starts on Tuesday, July 22 and runs from 10am to noon each Tuesday until August 26.
Venue is the Community Health Centre, Level 3, Bathurst Health Service. Cost: $10 per family.
For more information, contact Alicia or Elizabeth on 6330 5677.
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Bathurst's sporting talents braved some cold weather over the weekend as they took to the fields across the Central West. Here is a brief wrap of what played out:
RUGBY LEAGUE: St Pat's have ignited the race for the Group 10 Premier League minor premiership after running away to a 34-16 win at home over the Cowra Magpies on Sunday.
RUGBY UNION: Bathurst Bulldogs not only kept finals football well in their reach with a crucial 21-10 win against the Forbes Platypi on Saturday, they maintained their excellent Central West Rugby Union home record at Ashwood Park. Meanwhile CSU showed there is still plenty of life in them in a good 13-0 Central West Rugby Union win over Parkes on Saturday.
HOCKEY: Just a week after their opposition produced the upset of the season, St Pat's taught the Orange Wanderers a lesson during a 9-1 men's Premier League Hockey demolition on Saturday. Souths' men missed a golden opportunity to climb the table as they suffered a 2-0 upset loss to Lithgow Zig Zag. Six different players found their way onto the scorecard for Bathurst City when they ran away 7-1 victors on Saturday over Confederates in their women's Premier League Hockey match at the Cooke Hockey Complex. The two other Bathurst sides picked up competition points as well, St Pat's beating Kinross-CYMS 3-2 while Souths drew 4-all with Lithgow Zig Zag.
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Here are the details for a great local event being held at the Bathurst RSL, the Legend's Dinner on Saturday, July 19.
Join Allan Border and Rodney Hogg and help raise fund for our local Junior and Senior Cricket Associations.
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In police news:
THE body of a missing man has been located east of Dubbo on Sunday morning.
The 43-year-old was last seen about 8.30am on Thursday and was reported missing by family members.
Police from Orana Local Area Command commenced a search for the man.
About 9am on Sunday police were called to Eulomogo Creek, five kilometres east of Dubbo, after a body was discovered in a vehicle.
POLICE were called to an incident at Jenolan Caves on Saturday night which resulted in an Oberon man being charged with aggravated break and enter and committing a serious indictable offence.
Police allege that at 10pm on Saturday night a man and a woman, both from Oberon, broke into a room in the staff quarters at Jenolan Caves and assaulted two people.
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Germany have won the soccer World Cup, defeating Argentina 1-0 in the final in Brazil.
It was substitute Goetze who scored in the 113th minute to hand his side victory.
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And making regional news:
AUSTRALIANS need an attitude change in the way they view and treat asylum seekers and such a change should start with the Federal government, according to one Orange resident.
Asylum seeker advocate Libby Jones was outraged by member for Calare John Cobb’s comments on the government’s asylum seeker policy, and said the demonising of refugees had to stop.
A CORONIAL report has recommended changes to consent procedures after a former Dubbo doctor died during an operation two years ago.
Deputy state coroner Hugh Dillon handed down the report following last month's inquest into the death of Toni Ann Peadon, held in Sydney.
The 48-year-old wife and mother-of-four, known professionally as Dr Medcalf, died at Westmead Hospital on August 6, 2012 from complications that arose during an operation to replace defective internal defibrillator leads in her chest.
FOR once there was no rain, no mud and no chances of storms.
And while the cold winds kept patrons at the 2014 Mudgee Small Farms Field Days rugged up well into the afternoon, there were smiles all round as the grounds - and coats - stayed dry. Thousands of people poured through the gates.
FELLOW athletes have rallied behind Ian Thorpe's decision to reveal he is gay and say his choice to come out is a significant step forward for others struggling to be open about their sexuality.
Australian diver Matthew Mitcham came out as gay before winning a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics, but said Thorpe's enormous fame meant his revelation was unprecedented in terms of the impact it would have.
THE Australian Army has begun planning for high-tech combat in Asia’s mega-cities, including hotly contested cyber warfare, scientifically enhanced soldiers and killer robots, according to a new Defence Department study.
The Australian Army’s Directorate of Future Land Warfare has published a report that warns Australia’s future land wars will be very different from recent conflicts in the rural and remote terrain of Afghanistan and Iraq.
SOUTHERN Australia has been warned to brace for more dry winters as a new study links the drying trend of the past few decades to human-induced changes in the atmosphere.
The US study found that southern Australia is drying out because human activity has changed the concentrations of greenhouse gases and ozone in the atmosphere.
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In local news today:
ROAD safety experts fear the reopening of the rail line on Toronto Street in Kelso this week could lead to tragedy if motorists fail to obey the stop sign on the crossing.
Drivers have become complacent about stopping at the sign following the closure of the Patrick freight terminal some years ago.
With the gates locked and the rail line empty, businesses in the area lobbied to have the stop sign removed.
SEXTING, indecent assault, selling stolen property, underage drinking and a student with a knife.
These were just some of the security incidents at Bathurst’s public schools late last year.
Of 36 incidents involving assault, threats, weapons, drugs and other cases across Western NSW schools in term four 2013, seven were in Bathurst, according to the latest Department of Education and Communities (DEC) report.
THE Bathurst Observatory Research Facility will begin work this week on a new telescope to monitor asteroids.
Manager Ray Pickard said the Bathurst Asteroid Research Telescope would specifically target asteroids that are passing by earth’s orbit.
“It will collect information on the way they are orbiting and whether or not they have the potential to collide with earth in the future,” he said.
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The World Cup final between Argentina and Germany has just gone into extra time after both teams failed to score during the regulation 90 minutes.
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Welcome to BathurstAM this morning with Western Advocate sports editor Anya Whitelaw.
There should be plenty of frost around as the mercury was expected to dip to minus 3 degrees overnight. Leave a comment below and let us know what the temperature is at your place, or even better, snap a photo and send it in to anya.whitelaw@fairfaxmedia.com.au).
Later in the day it should warm up a little, with an expected top of 13 degrees.
Here is a look at what is happening on the radar at the moment: