Before you leave us this morning take a moment to flick through today's "Do you remember when ..." gallery. 

Today we continue our series of photos from August 2002; there are some wonderful end-of-season sports photos. 

Click here to have a look. 

8.50AM

Congratulations to young Lachlan Micalos who is the winner of this week's Junior Sportsperson award. Lachlan plays for the Rainbow Kids boys/girls 7s. Well done Lachlan. 

8.45AM

It's time to get ready for one of the most popular social events on the spring calendar - the All Saints' College Spring Fair. You can be guaranteed there will be plenty of delicious things to eat, some good music, and lots of stalls selling everything from clothes and books to cakes and bic a brac. 

8.30AM

There is great excitement surrounding this year's Edgell Jog which will take place in Bathurst on Sunday. However, motorists do need to remember that a number of roads in Bathurst will be closed during the event. 

The 39th annual Bathurst Edgell Jog will get underway at 10.30am in front of Bathurst Courthouse. Last year 1500 people ran, jogged or walked around the 7.5km circuit.

Let's hope for brilliant sunshine for this terrific local event.  

8.20AM

Bathurst Library has once again taken readers on a trip down memory lane by sharing an historic photograph of yet another Bathurst icon, Heath's Cafe, on its Facebook page. Take a look at the gorgeous shop front and beautiful wrought iron work on the balcony.   

8.10AM

POLICE have named 72-year-old Guy Eric Hasting as the victim in Sunday’s fatal car accident north of Bathurst.

Chifley Local Area Command Inspector Colin Cracknell said Mr Hasting was travelling north on Turondale Road, near Duramana, when his Toyota Camry left the road and crashed into a tree.

“There’s no evidence to indicate the driver lost control of the vehicle; there are no skid marks,” he said. “He was well below the speed limit.”

Police said a motorist came across the car and found the elderly man inside and unresponsive. They removed him from the car and performed CPR until the arrival of paramedics. He died at the scene, however.

“Police are enquiring as to whether he may have had a preexisting medical condition,” Inspector Cracknell said.

7.55AM

Five beautiful babies have been welcomed at Bathurst Hospital this week. You can take a look at the newest members of our community in the Western Advocate each Tuesday and see all the babies born in August here. 

7.45AM

Once again there is a lot happening in our community over the next couple of days:

■ MEMORABLE EVENING: BooksPlus and Bathurst Library invite you to an evening with Maggie MacKellar, launching her memoir How To Get There.  The event will be held this evening at 6pm for 6.30pm at the Bathurst City Library Meeting Room. Tickets are $8 and are available from BooksPlus and Bathurst Library. The cost includes refreshments.

■ IT’S CRICKET TIME: The cricket season will begin in October.  The Junior Cricket Club is holding its registration days for St Pats Junior on September 2 and 9 from 5-7pm at the Panthers Leagues Club.  The registration fee for under 7, 8 and 9s is $95.  For all other teams the fee is $105. New players in all age groups are always welcome.

■ STALLHOLDERS NEEDED: Meadow Flat will be hosting its market day on Sunday, September 28, and is looking for stallholders to join in the fun. The fundraising on the day will go towards the amenities block at the recreation ground.  For more information, or to book your stall, contact Bruce or Maureen on 6359 5276.

7.30AM

And around the region this morning:

THE Roads and Maritime Services will not budge on a proposed speed limit increase for Orange's Northern Distributor Road (NDR), citing 26 crashes and three fatalities as to why the status quo should remain. 

There are almost 6000 children in Western NSW who have been identified as being at risk of significant harm but just one third of those have had face-to-face interviews with child protection employees.

THE Chief Magistrate of the Local Court, Judge Graeme Henson, has totally rejected suggestions of a hidden agenda to eventually relocate Lithgow Court proceedings to Bathurst.

7.15AM

In local news today

A SECTION of the Ophir Road on the outskirts of Bathurst, which is known as a notorious location for speeding motorists, is on  the local highway patrol’s radar.

IT’S called crusher dust and there’s 6000 tonnes of it in the process of being laid as the racing surface at Bathurst’s new $7.5 million harness racing complex.

MEMBER for Bathurst Paul Toole has launched a spirited defence of the NSW Government in the wake of the latest corruption allegations. Mr Toole – the NSW Minister for Local Government – says MPs have been read the “riot act” by Premier Mike Baird and accountability has been tightened.

7AM

Morning, Bathurst. Forget the warm weather for awhile, today we are back to 13 degrees. As expected the day got off to a rainy start and we could experience isolated snow showers above 1200 metres. 

Hopefully, just one last blast of winter. 

If you have a community announcement, news tip of photo you would like to share this morning email it through to Louise Eddy at louise.eddy@fairfaxmedia.com.au

You can keep an eye on the impending rain here: