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YOUR WISH IS GRANTED: More than 20 community groups across the Mid-Western region received grants from Mudgee’s Family First Credit Union yesterday
Community groups from Mudgee, Rylstone, Kandos, and Gulgong were given a small but significant financial boost on Tuesday as Family First Credit Union presented their annual community grants. A morning tea set up in the Mudgee branch allowed groups to tell of how their granted money will fund certain projects or maintain services within the region. More than $7000 was presented between 23 recipients. Family First Credit Union director, Colin Lenten, said 25 applications were made for Mudgee’s 2013 ... Continue Reading
Long serving members of the Mudgee Volunteer Rescue Squad, Errol Grieve and Geoff Hawes, said volunteering is about giving back to the community.
May 13 to 19 is National Volunteer Week when the community says thanks for the contribution of the 6 million-plus Australians who dedicate their time to others. There are any number of reasons to become a volunteer. Long serving member of the Mudgee Volunteer Rescue Squad, Errol Grieve, said “My belief is everyone owes something to their community”.
“This community runs on volunteers,” he said. “You’ve got the emergency services – the Rescue Squad, SES, RFS – and the Services ... Continue Reading
ACCIDENT: Residents in Mudgee’s Nicholson Street and surrounds were surprised when theyheard this crash on Sunday afternoon.
Police said failing to properly navigate a give ay sign ended in a two-vehicle crash on the corner of Mudgee’s Douro and Nicholson Streets on Sunday afternoon. At about 2.15prn a Toyota Tarago was heading west along Nicholson Street when it failed to navigate a give way sign and collided with a vehicle leading north along Douro Street. The Tarago (ended crashing in to a telegraph pole on Nicholson Street.
The passenger of the Tarago was injured and taken to Mudgee Hospital. Emergency services attended ... Continue Reading
NEW TOOL: Mudgee Rescue Squad member Colin Ratcliff and fellow Squad member and St John’s trainer Gwendy Cooper pictured with the latest addition to their inventory a lifesaving G5 Defibrillator.
The Mudgee Rescue Squad has a vital piece of new equipment, a Lifesaving G5 Defibrillator. The $4100 machine was obtained by the Squad after they successfully applied for the “Defib Your Club, For Life!” program which, provides the defibrillator at no cost to the organisation. The Squad is required to be self funded and responsible for the procurement and maintenance of all its equipment, so it fit the criteria for the ... Continue Reading
The driver of a four-wheel-drive was taken to Orange Base Hospital after their vehicle rolled at Apple Tree Flat when leaving Mudgee late Sunday morning. The vehicle was travelling south along the Castlereagh Highway about 13krns outside of Mudgee when it went to the wrong side of the road onto the side and rolled. The driver was the only occupant of the Great Wall four-wheel-drive wagon in the crash, which occurred at around 11.45arn on Sunday, January 13.
Article Mudgee Guardian – January 16 2013
Mudgee Rescue Squad VRA attended to this accident.
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