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March is one of my favourite months , the extreme heat drops and gives way to warm days and nights . Moving the body is much more doable , which leads us into our Challenge column , p11 , where our writer Lorna is setting herself and you a walking challenge !
Seniors Week is back , and runs from 13-16 March . This year ’ s theme is ‘ time to shine ’ and the happy ladies on our stunning front cover are certainly doing that .
As a child I loved dolls ’ houses , with their tiny furniture and pretty little windows . So , I would love a few hours in the company of Bill Ruxton , our finest this month , p6 / 7 . Bill hails from Bankstown and enrolled at night school to study architecture . This rekindled his love for model making ; he has shelves full of model planes and also makes model houses , caravans and castles .
Blacktown City Council has revealed a spectacular new plan for the Seven
Hills Community Hub , a $ 35.8 million project that will transform the town centre . The hub will provide a host of amenities and will boost the local workforce , p5 .
The Community Food Pantry and Library in Blacktown has also had an uplift . For three years it has provided essential services to the vulnerable in our community . Due to the generosity of Governor Wayne Taylor of Parklea Correctional Centre , the pantry cabinet and library are now waterproof , p6 .
We have three sporting features this month . The article on Blacktown City Football Club covers its origins in 1953 at Seven Hills , its name changes , sporting triumphs and players that went on to represent their nation , p8 / 9 .
Matt “ Duck Man ” Austin covers the rise of Blacktown Gymnastics in his inimitable style , and gives us the run down on why Sydney Blue Sox are turning heads in the ABL , p21 .
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