FORBES: Eboni Whalan, Noah Girot-Serplet, Abbey Hodges-Lockwood and John Darcy will be locked up on Friday to raise money at the Forbes North P and C annual fete.

ORANGE: Roslyn Bensch and Deborah Marr cook up a storm for the Central Western Daily’s new magazine My Recipe Rules. Photo: STEVE GOSCH 0305sgcook2

LIGHTNING RIDGE: Tony Dowton and Jenny Marshall collecting their bales of hay.

BLAYNEY: Millthorpe Public kindergarten students Bailey Coleman, Finn Czyzewski, Molly Vaughan, Lawson Armstrong, Emily Waterson and Charlotte Ross with the school's new play equipment.

CANOWINDRA: It may have been a little wet and muddy but that didn't stop Canowindra Showgirl, Kristy White from shining at the Zone 6 finals of The Land Sydney Royal Showgirl competition on Saturday night.

ORANGE: Lachlan and Alexandria Tom had just finished swimming lessons at the Orange Aquatic Centre when they stopped in at the North Orange Shopping Centre with mum Mellisa Clayton on Tuesday.

COWRA: The Woodstock Wallys opened the final in fine fashion against Manly Marlins putting on three converted tries in quick succession, holding on to win the Cowra Twilight Tens 31-19. Photo: DAMIEN JOHNSON

ORANGE: THE Rural Fire Service has acted swiftly to extinguish a fire which broke out in a shed on Telopea Way on Monday evening. The blaze started at about 6.30pm in a vacant shed opposite the north Orange shopping centre, adjacent to the Waratahs sports grounds car park.

ORANGE: Councillor Ron Gander says the antisocial behaviour of a group of children and teenagers in the Bowen area has “exploded” and is calling on police, council and Housing NSW to work together to fix the problem.

ORANGE: Kara Place resident Derek Parkes with a photo of his lawn before the eucalyptus tree was planted outside his home. Photo: STEVE GOSCH

COWRA: They've thrown in the nine to five jobs to do what they love- play music full-time and now Sydney duo, Venus 2 will be performing at Cowra for the first time.

GRENFELL: A competitor in the Clubman Heavy Tag 125cc division making his mark in a competition heat at the Grenfell Kart Club race day at the Bogolong Circuit on Sunday.

ORANGE: Millamolong polo player Richard Connell training some of the horses to take part in the Millamolong John Davis Volvo Polo Carnival later this month. Photo: STEVE GOSCH 0227sgpolo2

ORANGE: Summer came to a watery end on Friday and little Aiden Ford took the opportunity to play in the puddles. Photo: JUDE KEOGH 0228rain3

BLAYNEY: Blayney Showgirl Megan Rutherford (left) has been selected as a Zone 6 finalist in The Land Sydney Royal Showgirl Competition. Megan is pictured with 2013 Sydney Royal Showgirl Kennedy Tourle, who will officially open this year's Blayney Show.

COWRA: Every man and his dog was at the Koorawatha Show on Sunday, March 2.

FORBES: Duncan Williams, Mark Willis and Brendan Hayes from Forbes Fire and Rescue NSW talking tactics.

DUBBO: St Pius X school captains Madison Jones and Will Schwager with a scarecrow raising money to help drought stricken farmers. Photo BELINDA SOOLE

DUBBO: Jackson Dowd and Bentley Day enjoyed the pancake feast at South Dubbo Primary School. Photo BELINDA SOOLE

DUBBO: Michael Tonkin (far right), pictured with his band She’s Taken Empires, is studying audio engineering at JMC Academy in Sydney. He says the cost of living in Sydney puts pressure on young students who have relocated from country areas. Photo LOUISE DONGES

DUBBO: Lucy Bernasconi is bravely fighting acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

DUBBO: Katrina Handford had four sheep savaged by dogs over the weekend. Photo KATHRYN O'SULLIVAN.

DUBBO: Jayne Bleechmore, road safety officer for Gilgandra, Wellington and Dubbo, receives a free cuppa from Suzanne Grattan of Dundullimal Homestead as part of the program. Photo Louise Donges

DUBBO: Dubbo City Council ranger Jodie McGowan locks the dog cage that is needed in the course of her animal control duties. The council reports increasing demand for the service as the urban and village areas grow. Photo LOUISE DONGES

DUBBO: The students that completed Arts Administration Certificate III in front of the performance space they designed as part of their course; Rhiann Riley, Mary Ashby, Marsha Riley, Priscilla Ambrose-Kassis, Rhonda Hall, Sandra Riley, Janite Barker, Jess Phelps and Lionel Wood. Photo: LOUISE DONGES

ORANGE: Racing interim CEO Daniel Brincat couldn't hide his disappointment after Wednesday's Towac Park's TAB meeting was cancelled again. Photo JUDE KEOGH 0305races1

CANOWINDRA: The Canowindra International Challenge has 30,000 reasons to celebrate after a recent funding announcement ahead of next month's Australian National Balloon Championships.

ORANGE: Wongarbon Coke Bottles star Haydon Gibbs-O’Neil wasn’t really going out on a limb when he predicted this year’s City of Orange Touch Association division one men’s grand final to be another close encounter.

BATHURST: The Renal Dialysis Unit at Bathurst Health Service has celebrated 10 years of service.

BATHURST: With the nab Blayney to Bathurst (B2B) only a month away, locals are being encouraged to hit the road for the Family Fun Challenge.

BATHURST: Young Dylan Tasker from Narooma thought the boggy car park at Proctor Park on Sunday was just right for a bit of fun, but it did make life difficult for the hordes of soccer fans who didn’t have a four-wheel drive.

GULGONG: All Hallows Catholic School has achieved an above average gain on their NAPLAN results.

LITHGOW: Cooerwull’s Renae Dukes and Shamus Kearney bring out the balloons in appreciation of firies Darryl Goodwin and Mel Palmer. lm022014daz

MUDGEE: MUDGEE Although the rain kept some exhibitors and visitors away from the Mudgee Show, there was plenty to see and do for those who did attend.

MUDGEE: Andrew Stott from Mudgee 1 Brigade in action at the Fire and Rescue NSW Firefighter Regional Championships held in Mudgee last weekend.

MUDGEE: Mudgee has Australia’s largest known Rough-Barked Apple, discovered by Derek McIntosh of the National Register of Big Trees. 280214tree

MUDGEE: Wilpinjong Coal’s health, safety and training advisor, Susie Jordan, has been nominated as a rising star among the NSW mining industry.

BATHURST: Bathurst arborist Oliver Shoemark outside Bathurst Public School - just one of the local public schools which will have a tree hazard audit carried out. Photo Chris Seabrook 030414ctrees2

BATHURST: Bathurst Regional Council’s new mobile licence plate recognition vehicle on patrol in the central business district about to head up William Street.

PARKES: Jaiden Burke, Kelsey Muller, Molly Cavanagh, Jarrad Kelly, Tom Maguire, Agriculture teacher Stephanie Colgan and Will Nixon with some of the baby chicks delivered to Red Bend as part of the Steggles Schools’ Meat Bird Pairs Competition at the Sydney Royal Easter Show

BATHURST: Leah Moulden and Bathurst councillor Jess Jennings are pushing to get Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food pop-up kitchen in Bathurst.

BATHURST: Peter Hope behind the wheel with Gabby Elias, Matt Irvine and Darcy Hogan at Mount Panorama for the driver awareness program. Photo ZENIO LAPKA 030314zdrive,

PARKES: The quilters with their work - from left, Kitty Dwyer, Fran Dixon, Bev Thompson, Bev Purcell, Rhona Went and Colleen Flynn. Photo Barbara Reeves