as posted on COGsite
If you have a flair for acting, a love of history or a passion for the great outdoors, then why not become a Ghost Walks volunteer?
The City of Gosnells’ popular Ghost Walks series is fast approaching and there are places for fresh faces to join the cast of ghosts and the team of walk leaders.
Ghost Walks is a live theatre performance in the hills of Orange Grove with four walks from November to March.
Leaders take groups of 20 along a 5.5km moonlit track through the bush, which gets interrupted by ‘storytelling ghosts’ from pioneer days.
The history of the 1860s Mason and Bird Timber Mill Company is shared with the audience through colourful performances by volunteer actors.
Up to 20 volunteers fill the roles of ghosts, leaders and sound-effect operators for each Ghost Walk. Previous acting experience is not necessary and all volunteers receive training.
To become a Ghost Walks volunteer, contact Leisure Services on 9452 9901.
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as posted on COGsite
Wednesday 1 October 2008
Mahmood gets another chance with England
as posted here
11:00am Tuesday 30th September 2008
By Graham Hardcastle »
Former Bolton League ace Sajid Mahmood has been given another England lifeline with a call-up to the Performance Programme squad to tour India in November.
The 26-year-old Lancashire pace bowler, who has played eight Tests and 25 one-day internationals for his country, has been out of the international reckoning since April, 2007.
He played for the England Lions in a one-day friendly against South Africa earlier this summer, and was also named in the provisional 30-man squad for the cancelled ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan.
Mahmood has had an impressive summer for Lancashire, claiming 35 County Championship wickets at an average of 32.77 from 12 matches. But he has been out since August 23 with a left intercostal strain.
However, he will be fit in time to join up with the likes of Joe Denly, Robert Key, Tim Bresnan and Adil Rashid on November 21 when the 15-man squad travels to Bangalore.
The squad will play two matches, a three-day fixture in Bangalore and a four-dayer in Mumbai, while they will also train with the Test squad.
Mahmood leads a whole host of Lancashire players that are spending their winter playing in foreign climes.
Lancashire opener Paul Horton will not be changing his plans to go to Perth for five months, where he will captain grade side Gosnells, after being omitted from the Performance Programme squad.
Steven Croft is on the verge of signing a winter contract to play New Zealand state cricket with Auckland, while the likes of Mark Chilton, Steven Mullaney, Stephen Cheetham and Steven Parry will all play grade cricket Down Under.
Lancashire cricket manager Mike Watkinson said: “We keep tabs on where they are going to make sure they have got the right coaching and strength and conditioning resources. They will hopefully come back improved cricketers.
“Many of them need to grow as individuals. It is also a big part of life development being away from home for six months, standing on their own two feet.
“It is an extra pressure for them to have to perform in a tough environment in Australia or wherever they go.”
as posted here
11:00am Tuesday 30th September 2008
By Graham Hardcastle »
Former Bolton League ace Sajid Mahmood has been given another England lifeline with a call-up to the Performance Programme squad to tour India in November.
The 26-year-old Lancashire pace bowler, who has played eight Tests and 25 one-day internationals for his country, has been out of the international reckoning since April, 2007.
He played for the England Lions in a one-day friendly against South Africa earlier this summer, and was also named in the provisional 30-man squad for the cancelled ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan.
Mahmood has had an impressive summer for Lancashire, claiming 35 County Championship wickets at an average of 32.77 from 12 matches. But he has been out since August 23 with a left intercostal strain.
However, he will be fit in time to join up with the likes of Joe Denly, Robert Key, Tim Bresnan and Adil Rashid on November 21 when the 15-man squad travels to Bangalore.
The squad will play two matches, a three-day fixture in Bangalore and a four-dayer in Mumbai, while they will also train with the Test squad.
Mahmood leads a whole host of Lancashire players that are spending their winter playing in foreign climes.
Lancashire opener Paul Horton will not be changing his plans to go to Perth for five months, where he will captain grade side Gosnells, after being omitted from the Performance Programme squad.
Steven Croft is on the verge of signing a winter contract to play New Zealand state cricket with Auckland, while the likes of Mark Chilton, Steven Mullaney, Stephen Cheetham and Steven Parry will all play grade cricket Down Under.
Lancashire cricket manager Mike Watkinson said: “We keep tabs on where they are going to make sure they have got the right coaching and strength and conditioning resources. They will hopefully come back improved cricketers.
“Many of them need to grow as individuals. It is also a big part of life development being away from home for six months, standing on their own two feet.
“It is an extra pressure for them to have to perform in a tough environment in Australia or wherever they go.”
as posted here
ALL NINJA (250) R RIDER (SKITTLES) RIDE 5th October
Monday 29 September 2008
Horton humble over England chances
as posted on TheBoltonNews
10:49pm Sunday 28th September 2008
By Graham Hardcastle »
Paul Horton may have helped Lancashire avoid relegation with their fifth win of the County Championship season on Saturday with yet another score above 50.
But the 26-year-old opener, who was born in Sydney, does not think his 58 against Somerset at Taunton will help him gain a call up to the England Performance Programme squad today.
Horton helped Lancashire put the finishing touches to LV Division One survival in the West Country on Saturday with his 113-ball innings, which included 11 fours.
It was the Liverpool-based star’s ninth score above 50 this season, and he finished with impressive stats of 966 runs at an average of 42 to back up last season’s haul of 1,034 runs at 49.2.
Horton has notched two centuries this term, and was being watched by the England selectors through the middle of the summer. Though a lack of a century since May, 30may have has cost him dear.
“I don’t think I'll be involved, so I’ll be heading off to Perth to work on my game,” he said.
“I’m going on Friday unless I get a call up on Monday. If I get a call that would be great, and I’ll change all my plans for the winter, but I’m planning as if I’m not involved.
“I’m going to Perth to play for, and captain, Gosnells for five months. I will be able do some training, and hopefully come back a better player.
“I’ve learned that consistency is key. You’ve got to keeping turning up day in day out, trying to impact on games, and win cricket matches for Lancashire. My job is to score runs, help us win games, and affect games with the way I play. That’s what I’ve tried to learn.”
Horton was helped along by Mark Chilton’s fluent 97 at Taunton, as Lancashire polished off the final 60 runs they needed for victory. The pair shared 151 for the opening stand, the highest of the summer.
Karl Brown chipped in with a typically aggressive 15 not out from 19 balls, including three boundaries. Lancashire captain Stuart Law clinched the win by hitting Charl Willloughby for two consecutive fours in the first over after lunch.
as posted on TheBoltonNews
10:49pm Sunday 28th September 2008
By Graham Hardcastle »
Paul Horton may have helped Lancashire avoid relegation with their fifth win of the County Championship season on Saturday with yet another score above 50.
But the 26-year-old opener, who was born in Sydney, does not think his 58 against Somerset at Taunton will help him gain a call up to the England Performance Programme squad today.
Horton helped Lancashire put the finishing touches to LV Division One survival in the West Country on Saturday with his 113-ball innings, which included 11 fours.
It was the Liverpool-based star’s ninth score above 50 this season, and he finished with impressive stats of 966 runs at an average of 42 to back up last season’s haul of 1,034 runs at 49.2.
Horton has notched two centuries this term, and was being watched by the England selectors through the middle of the summer. Though a lack of a century since May, 30may have has cost him dear.
“I don’t think I'll be involved, so I’ll be heading off to Perth to work on my game,” he said.
“I’m going on Friday unless I get a call up on Monday. If I get a call that would be great, and I’ll change all my plans for the winter, but I’m planning as if I’m not involved.
“I’m going to Perth to play for, and captain, Gosnells for five months. I will be able do some training, and hopefully come back a better player.
“I’ve learned that consistency is key. You’ve got to keeping turning up day in day out, trying to impact on games, and win cricket matches for Lancashire. My job is to score runs, help us win games, and affect games with the way I play. That’s what I’ve tried to learn.”
Horton was helped along by Mark Chilton’s fluent 97 at Taunton, as Lancashire polished off the final 60 runs they needed for victory. The pair shared 151 for the opening stand, the highest of the summer.
Karl Brown chipped in with a typically aggressive 15 not out from 19 balls, including three boundaries. Lancashire captain Stuart Law clinched the win by hitting Charl Willloughby for two consecutive fours in the first over after lunch.
as posted on TheBoltonNews
Thursday 25 September 2008
Police search for teen involved in attempted hold-up
as posted on TheWest
25th September 2008, 11:30 WST
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Police are looking for a juvenile who threatened a Maddington shop assistant with a knife last night.
The offender, believed to be aged about 16, entered Coles Express on Burslem Drive, Maddington about 8.45pm.
He took a drink from a fridge and approached the counter and demanded cigarettes from the shop assistant.
The assistant refused and the offender pulled out a box cutter-style weapon, demanding cash from the till.
The shop assistant walked away from the counter and the offender fled the shop, empty handed, by foot.
The offender is described as being of slim build, with a goatee and was wearing dark clothing.
Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 00.
PERTH
LISA CALAUTTI
as posted on TheWest
25th September 2008, 11:30 WST
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Police are looking for a juvenile who threatened a Maddington shop assistant with a knife last night.
The offender, believed to be aged about 16, entered Coles Express on Burslem Drive, Maddington about 8.45pm.
He took a drink from a fridge and approached the counter and demanded cigarettes from the shop assistant.
The assistant refused and the offender pulled out a box cutter-style weapon, demanding cash from the till.
The shop assistant walked away from the counter and the offender fled the shop, empty handed, by foot.
The offender is described as being of slim build, with a goatee and was wearing dark clothing.
Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 00.
PERTH
LISA CALAUTTI
as posted on TheWest
Islamic College fraud accused seeks Christmas in China
as posted on WAToday
* Chris Thomson
* September 25, 2008 - 1:42PM
One of three men from Perth's Australian Islamic College charged with fraud after allegedly obtaining more than $3 million from the State and Federal Governments wants to spend Christmas in China.
In June, Major Fraud Squad officers charged Mark Brian Debowski, 50, and his associates Abdallah Saad Magar, 69 and Aziz Magdi, 53 after search warrants were executed at three of the college's schools in Thornlie, Kewdale and Dianella.
When the trio appeared in Perth Magistrates Court today, Debowski's lawyer asked that his client's seized passport be returned so he could travel to China for business and to visit relatives between December 19 and January 29.
Debowski's lawyer said his client did not pose a flight risk because he had family and business ties to Perth, a $2 million property at Peppermint Grove, and a daughter enrolled for next year at Methodist Ladies' College.
Debowski had visited China in 2007, 2006 and 2005, and had always returned, his lawyer said.
Crown prosecutor Gemma Biggs opposed the passport's return, until she could review details of Debowski's planned itinerary and Perth assets, which had only been recently provided to her.
Magistrate Steven Heath adjourned the bail amendment application until October 1.
He said he was loathe to approve the application until the property and itinerary details could be provided.
But Magistrate Heath noted the passport bid was "likely to be successful" if the details checked out.
The three accused have not yet pleaded to charges that they inflated enrolments at the Australian Islamic College to gain millions of dollars in extra state and federal funding.
Debowski and Magdi were principals at two of the schools, while Magar was the college's founder and director.
It is alleged $3,166,160 in total was stolen from the State and Federal Governments between 2005 and 2006. Most of the money, about $2.5 million, was from the Commonwealth.
The trio faces a mixture of federal and state charges, which carry penalties of up to 10 years' jail for each man.
Magdi and Debowski were bailed to appear in court again on November 20.
as posted on WAToday
* Chris Thomson
* September 25, 2008 - 1:42PM
One of three men from Perth's Australian Islamic College charged with fraud after allegedly obtaining more than $3 million from the State and Federal Governments wants to spend Christmas in China.
In June, Major Fraud Squad officers charged Mark Brian Debowski, 50, and his associates Abdallah Saad Magar, 69 and Aziz Magdi, 53 after search warrants were executed at three of the college's schools in Thornlie, Kewdale and Dianella.
When the trio appeared in Perth Magistrates Court today, Debowski's lawyer asked that his client's seized passport be returned so he could travel to China for business and to visit relatives between December 19 and January 29.
Debowski's lawyer said his client did not pose a flight risk because he had family and business ties to Perth, a $2 million property at Peppermint Grove, and a daughter enrolled for next year at Methodist Ladies' College.
Debowski had visited China in 2007, 2006 and 2005, and had always returned, his lawyer said.
Crown prosecutor Gemma Biggs opposed the passport's return, until she could review details of Debowski's planned itinerary and Perth assets, which had only been recently provided to her.
Magistrate Steven Heath adjourned the bail amendment application until October 1.
He said he was loathe to approve the application until the property and itinerary details could be provided.
But Magistrate Heath noted the passport bid was "likely to be successful" if the details checked out.
The three accused have not yet pleaded to charges that they inflated enrolments at the Australian Islamic College to gain millions of dollars in extra state and federal funding.
Debowski and Magdi were principals at two of the schools, while Magar was the college's founder and director.
It is alleged $3,166,160 in total was stolen from the State and Federal Governments between 2005 and 2006. Most of the money, about $2.5 million, was from the Commonwealth.
The trio faces a mixture of federal and state charges, which carry penalties of up to 10 years' jail for each man.
Magdi and Debowski were bailed to appear in court again on November 20.
as posted on WAToday
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