The Saint: It’s a crazy pattern of extremes this Lithgow spring

But it’s the not so lazy, crazy days (and nights)  of late springtime that really has people talking, and wondering.

Summer officially kicks off on Saturday but lately there’s been hardly an inkling of anything resembling a launch into those days of haze and laze.

In recent days we’ve almost been blown off the map by gales blowing off snow, coated in red dust, dug out the thermal undies again and shivered in day time temperatures in true winter single figures. And that’s without the wind chill factor.

Has global warming really been called off?

IT’S the time of year when various selfless organisations pitch in to help the less advantaged share in the Christmas experience. And there is no group more dedicated than the district’s motorcyclists who for 23 years now have joined in a Christmas toy run organised by the Ulysses Club.

They need toys for all ages and non perishable festive foods or even money (no alcohol thanks) to be distributed to families who have registered with Vinnies and the Salvos.

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The ride starts from Williwa Street in Portland at 10am on December 8 and concludes at Cooerwull School for the first time. You can drop off donations at Portland Newsagency, Wang Bowlies, Bunnings, Readers’ Heaven, Bike Stop or Lithgow Glass. OK, hop to it.

MORE and more people these days are realising the importance of saving ‘stuff’ for future generations and as a result the Lithgow Library and Family History collections are expanding. But sometimes there’s an air of mystery more intriguing than the object itself. That very smart lot at Family History are investigating the story behind a very handsome and very old trophy they have just received. It’s engraved the ‘The Lithgow Hennessy Cup’ dating back to the 1920s. But here’s the real mystery; It was found undamaged on the local garbage tip at Bargo in the Southern Highlands with not a clue how it got there. Any takers on that one?  

YOU could be forgiven for thinking the mad Christmas rush has started early at Lithgow Woolworths and Coles. Just blame Aldi for the longer checkout queues. Lithgow Aldi is currently near the end of a significant makeover and its customers, loyal as they are, have to get their shopping fix somewhere. Don’t they?