Mayor and MP both get some exercise
Now we’re at the end of the week, in retrospect, Monday was a great day for On the Pulse: Start of a new week and lots of funding was announced for Inverell, all that sort of stuff.
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The standout, of course was when the Member for Northern Tablelands, Adam Marshall, met with Mayor Paul Harmon to inspect the new outdoor public gym equipment in Campbell Park, just near the footbridge.
It was good to see the kids at play that day.
Cr Harmon went straight for the chin-up bars and even though it was a wet day he managed some very impressive, testosterone-packed lifts.
Mr Marshall, on the other hand, tried his luck on the balance beam and managed to walk a straight line, which was quite encouraging considering some of his escapades in Glen Innes lately. Nevertheless, it was all very impressive stuff from our civic leaders.
On the Pulse thinks in an era when every time we’re close to making ends meet, somebody moves the ends, the new equipment should be a very good community asset. It’s modern, free to use, and most importantly for On the Pulse, its use is not compulsory.
Bleak events filling the news headlines
Recent headlines blare with the Middle East in a maelstrom of horror, a plane crash in a war zone, Ebola gripping West Africa in the worst outbreak in its history, unarmed citizens gunned down by police, the Australian budget and services in chaos and a beloved comedian who takes his life.
Sometimes it feels as though life delivers nothing good; the outlook is bleak. It is worthwhile reminding anybody who seeks some stability in a world spinning in negativity, is battling depression or considering self-harm that there are supports if you need them, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Call for help on Lifeline - 13 11 14, Beyond Blue -1300 22 4636, Men’s Line - 1300 and for our young people, Kids Helpline - 1800 551 800.
School kids learn all about the newsroom
The Inverell Times was proud to host three groups of Ross Hill year 4 students for tours of the newspaper on Tuesday. They looked at old bound editions of the Times, and learned about the guts of a newspaper in the past and today.
On the Pulse chortled a bit we learned that the students, all aged between nine and 11 were mystified about how cameras used to work in the ‘olde tymes’.
Then our chortle turned into a grimace thinking how it just did not seem that long ago (it wasn’t that long ago, was it?) that we were loading canisters of film into our camera and waiting excitedly to pick up our packet of snapshots from a developer. Some of us even had our own darkroom.
Didn’t even try to explain that process to the kids, though one bright spark was able to explain the film was bathed in water. Close enough.
Give that child a medal.
Scholarships for women in hospitality industry
Women play a key role in the success of the hotel, tourism and hospitality industry in Australia. From the concierge to the general manager, from the five star hotel to the country pub, and from the tour guide to the chief executive officer, women make the industry tick, day in, day out.
The Australia Hotel Association NSW’s commitment to regional NSW, is searching for the next recipient of the annual Women in Tourism & Hospitality Scholarship.
You can find more details and the entry forms on the following website: www.ahansw.com.au/index.php/events/women-in-tourism.
