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Monday, July 7
Min: -2.4C
Max: 13.2C
Rain: 0.2mm
Wednesday, July 9
Min: 3.5C
Max: 14.2C
Rain: 0.0mm
Tuesday, July 8
Min: -1.1C
Max: 14C
Rain: 0.2mm
Thursday, July10
Min: 4.9C
Max: 10C
Rain: 4.8mm
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1 -12C
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Possible shower
1-12C
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Frost then sunny
-1- 14C
Sunday,
Frost then Sunny
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Brenton awarded prestigious
Teachers Federation Scholarship
By Katherine Cannon
Parkes local, Brenton Hawken
was awarded a NSW Teachers Fed-
eration Trainee Scholarship during a
special ceremony in Sydney.
Brenton was one of 14 successful
applicants from a field of 80
awarded the scholarship during a
presentation at the Sydney Town
Hall.
The scholarship allows him fi-
nancial assistance of $4000 with his
university studies.
Brenton is currently studying K-
12 primary school teaching, at
Charles Sturt University Bathurst.
As a part of the scholarship ap-
plication Brenton had to submit a re-
flection on his view of the state and
value of public education and
unions.
Impressed with the application,
Kate Ambrose (Member and Train-
ing officer of the NSW Teachers
Federation) used part of it in her
speech for the presentation.
The scholarship is a further boost
to Brenton who earlier in the year
was awarded one of three presti-
gious Jack Scoble scholarships.
At school and through his HSC
Brenton applied himself diligently
to gain the marks he desired to con-
tinue his passion for teaching and
education.
In 2013 he was captain of Parkes
High school and a member of the
student representative council (SRC)
for six years.
Now at university he is a member
of the CSU Bathurst Mitchell Guild
which is the Universities represen-
tative student body.
The ceremony in Sydney was a
grand affair that saw retired teach-
ers, state and federal representatives,
and members of the teachers union
attend the annual Teachers Federa-
tion conference and presentation.
Brentons view on public educa-
tion has always been and will con-
tinue to be a positive one.
I am greatly appreciative of the
opportunities that public education
has given me, he said.
It has given me the success I have
achieved so far in life and has
shaped and moulded me into the
hard working person I am.
His passion for teaching and edu-
cation has stemmed from his own
experiences.
I can confidently say, Im de-
voted to the teaching profession
which has been fuelled by the many
wonderful men and women who
have stood at the front of my class-
rooms and taught me throughout my
schooling in the public education
system, he said.
He believes if you get the oppor-
tunity to apply for a scholarship you
should take it.
My advice is to apply for them,
as the old saying goes youve got to
be in it to win it, he said.
In between studying, Brenton
also divides his time working at Ron
Dunford Chemist on weekends.
The scholarship has allowed him
to become a member of the NSW
Teachers Federation and support
those in the union.
Brenton Hawken. Sub
New app to help rescue wildlife
WIRES has launched a mobile phone
app that will allow anyone with an iphone,
ipad or android device to report a native
animal in need of rescue.
The app has been developed by Sydney
based company GiveEasy in response to
the growing demand on WIRES, a charity
organisation, to provide service to 10s of
1000s of native animals annually.
Features include:
Report a rescue form, find the nearest
24 hour vet; instant photo upload function
to help WIRES identify an animal in need;
access to urgent rescue advice; make calls
to report rescues outside of NSW; and
make a donation on the go.
WIRES is one of the organisations out
on the ground 365 days a year rescuing, re-
habilitating and releasing native wildlife in
NSW, said WIRES Marketing and
Fundraising Manager, Kyla Shelley.
We have the license to do this across
the majority of the state and the demands
on our rescue service are growing rap-
idly.
In the past 10 years, WIRES has seen
an increase in calls of over 400% and our
donations have certainly not increased at
that same rate.
WIRES is currently managing over
100,000 incoming calls annually and
helped more than 68,000 animals in the
last financial year.
Its necessary for us to find low-cost,
creative ways to help improve our service
and increase efficiency.
By downloading and using this app,
people will be helping WIRES spend more
time arranging care for animals, and less
time gathering data.
This ultimately means WIRES can
service the need of animals faster, said
Kyla.
The Australian Mobile Device Owner-
ship and Home Usage Report 2014 reports
that over 70% of Australians own a smart-
phone or tablet device and rarely leave
these devices out of hand.
As a nation, our use and preference for
smartphones and tablet devices will con-
tinue to grow. WIRES will turn 30 years
old next year and its important that we
move with the times, added Kyla.
Developing this app is one of the ways
WIRES will help the community to service
the needs of native animals into the future,
she said.
The WIRES app can be downloaded for
free at the App Store for iphone and ipad
or from Google Play for android devices.
The new WIRES app will help the char-
ity organisation continue to help ani-
mals in danger. sub