Well that's it for another BathurstAM. We will leave you with this great photo of  Chilali Baggins-Cupitt, 6, who was lucky enough to run into Olivia the Pig yesterday at Bathurst Library.

Olivia the Pig will return to the library today to help celebrate Children's Book Week. You can meet her during Storytime from 3:45pm - 4:30pm. If you would like to know more go to the What's On in Bathurst section of our website. 

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The Farmer's Market is back again this weekend with lots of great local produce. Don't miss it. 

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There are lots of community events coming up over the next week for everyone to look forward to:

■ FRIENDS of the Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum are hosting a special book launch this weekend. The Somerville Collection: A Lifetime Work of Warren Somerville AM will be launched at the museum from 2pm on Saturday, August 23. The event is free to Friends members and their guests. Non-members’ tickets will be $5. Refreshments will be provided at the end of the proceedings. Please RSVP on 6331 5511 by tomorrow.

■ THE village of Meadow Flat is hosting a market day on Sunday, September 28 and the call has gone out for interested stall holders. Market day fundraising will go towards an amenities block at the recreation ground. For more information or to book your stall, contact Bruce or Maureen on 6359 5276.

■ THE Oxford will host a fundraising trivia night from 8pm on Friday. The event will be held in the Bistro Piper function room to raise money for Carenne School and Glenray Industries.Tickets are $10 per person on tables of 10. For more information and tickets, phone or text 0438 404 688.

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Congratulations to Scarlett Hall who has won first place in Bathurst City Library's children's reading program, Booklink. 

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Cars have been targeted by arsonists and thieves in Bathurst this week. 

According to Chifley police two vehicle fires have been reported in the last two days. A Ford Festiva was completely destroyed around 9.30pm on Monday evening in Gilmour Street and a second vehicle was set alight in Church Lane (off Gilmour St) at around 5.45am yesterday morning. Accelerants had been used.

Two vehicles, both parked in Brilliant Street Bathurst, have had the petrol caps forcibly opened and petrol syphoned. The thefts occurred sometime between August 16 and 19 when they were discovered by the owners.

A similar incident occurred in Morrissett Street during the same time frame, with a tipper truck being broken into, and fuel and tools stolen. 

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Bathurst Library is inviting the community to Get Connected by Picking Up A Book. If you pick up today's Western Advocate you will see reviews for four new books. Here's a taste. 

New Titles  - Midnight in Europe by Alan Furst.

Paris, 1938. A shadow edges over Europe. Democratic forces are locked in struggle, while in Spain the war has already begun.

Cristian Ferrar, a handsome Spanish lawyer in Paris, is a well-connected man.

Ferrar is approached to help a clandestine agency supply weapons to beleaguered Republican forces and agrees, putting his life on the line.

Joining Ferrar in his mission is an unlikely group of allies: idealists and gangsters, arms traders and aristocrats, including Max de Lyon, a man hunted by the Gestapo, and the Marquesa Maria Cristina, a refined beauty with a taste for danger.

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And now for the latest news from around the region:

THE activism of a passionate group of orchardists has finally paid dividends with growers in the Orange region now able to access funding from the state government’s $4 million flying fox netting program.

ARSON has been ruled out as investigators continue to examine the scene of a fire that destroyed an iconic Cobar pub. Cobar firefighter Daniel Howard, 37, died and a colleague suffered a broken arm during a wall collapse as the pair battled a blaze that gutted the New Occidental Hotel.

Highly acclaimed author of 'When It Rains', Maggie Mackellar, is launching her latest book 'How to Get There' in Cowra next month. Maggie will be special guest at Cowra Library on Wednesday, September 3. 

And in national news this morning:

A PULLENVALE property filled with explosives also allegedly contained maps with targets drawn in Sydney and Newcastle, according to media reports.

YOUNG Kempsey couple is among dozens of Australian families caught up in the controversy over Thailand’s commercial surrogacy laws.

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Making local news this morning:

A SHOWPIECE section of Kings Parade needs an urgent makeover ahead of Bathurst’s bicentenary celebrations. The ugly, cracked courthouse footpath is a blight on one of the city’s most picturesque locations

EACH year when the V8 Supercar bandwagon rolls into Bathurst, it brings with it a jobsfest of casual positions for residents across the region.

A series of classified advertisements in Saturday’s Weekend Advocate had on offer no less than 270 positions for working during race week for the Bathurst 1000.

THE short-term future of Bathurst’s Tucker Van could be decided tonight when  Bathurst Regional Council considers a request for financial support from the Tucker Van at tonight’s monthly meeting.

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Good Morning Bathurst. We can expect patches of light morning frost and a partly cloudy day. There will be a chilly start to the morning with a minimum of one degree, climbing to 15 degrees as the day progresses.