16 Dec 04 | Former Lightning Ridge rugby league player Gary Longhurst is facing his hardest battle ever.
Gary played with the Ridge when we won our first-ever grand final. He was the first senior player to represent the Ridge in Western Division.
16 Dec 04 | With all that lovely rain we missed out of most of the golf this week and only had a game on Wednesday. With nearly six inches of rain even the new council dam, finished or not, is full to the brim.
16 Dec 04 | Council is again seeking nominations for Australia Day Awards
in the categories of: Citizen of the year, Senior Citizen of the Year (55 years and older), Junior Citizen of the Year (up to 18 years), Sports Award for an Individual, Sports Award for an Organisation, and Community Service Award (individual or
Group).
16 Dec 04 | Lightning Ridge Central School held their end-of-year presentation day last Friday to celebrate the achievements of
the students throughout the year.
16 Dec 04 | Impi Freeland (nee Sonkkila, nee Rapp)
28/7/1913 to 10/12/2004
I was born on July 28 1913 in America and was the first child to Finnish migrant parents Johanne and Anna Rapp.
16 Dec 04 | A local nurse took out the 2004 Ridge Idol title on Saturday, beating seven other finalists for the top honour.
09 Dec 04 | On Thursday November 27 winners were Maurie and Liz and runners-up were Daren and Laura.
09 Dec 04 | Fishing tips with Rob Paxevanos
New yabby imitating soft plastics are proving in some scenarios to be the most successful native softie by a country mile.
09 Dec 04 | Wednesday 4BBB and Vets' Christmas party
We had a big turnout for this occasion.
In spite of the extreme heat Victor Borkovic and Ron Canlin won the day with a big score.
09 Dec 04 | More than 50 people gathered in the Lightning Ridge Bowling Club auditorium last Thursday night to view two films containing footage of early Lightning Ridge.
The night was organised by the Opal and Fossil Committee and the Lightning Ridge Historical Society.
09 Dec 04 | It was a very successful first day for Walgett Shire Council's new general manager Stephen Mclean when he was handed a $77,000 cheque for council's Local Environment Plan.
09 Dec 04 | Landholders failed to appear at the third hearing in respect to Opal Prospecting Area 4, which was held on Tuesday December 7.
09 Dec 04 | Walgett Shire Council's new general manager was handed the reins this week with hopes he will bring some stability to the troubled council.
02 Dec 04 | The interim committee of the Lightning Ridge Bowling Club Darts Club is president May Searle, vice-president Jackie Simpson and secretary Daren Reynolds.
02 Dec 04 | As there were only four of us we had a friendly game which Jan Davis won.
Vets
02 Dec 04 | Junior Rugby League had a great year in 2004 and promises to be even more successful in 2005.
02 Dec 04 | If you are looking for a break from the heat of the summer, then a dip in the pool is exactly what you need.
02 Dec 04 | More than 30 members of the Lightning Ridge community voiced their opinions about the future direction of the town at a Walgett Shire Council meeting last week.
02 Dec 04 | The Opal and Fossil Centre Committee is holding a film night tonight, including some rare old film footage of Lightning Ridge.
02 Dec 04 | In 1906, Charlie Dunstan found "Queen of the Earth", also known as "Dunstan's Stone", at the Angledool Diggings. She weighed-in at about 6oz. or nearly 900 carats, and one account says 1100 caret. Whichever, she was the largest nobby to date - alive with colour - "truly a marvellous gem; too beautiful for words!"
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