Students make anti-bullying pledge: As part of Young High School’s mental health initiatives, the entire school took part in the National Day of Action Against Violence and Bullying. Pictured students signing a pledge not to bully.

The White Paper to watch: There are changes afoot as to how Crown Land in NSW will be managed in the future and local Labor MLC Mick Veitch is urging Young Shire residents to voice their views before it’s too late. One of the proposals being considered is getting rid of all Crown Trusts and handing the responsibility over to local councils.

$845,000 upgrade for Elizabeth Street: Local Member, Katrina Hodgkinson, has announced that safety improvements for the Olympic Highway north of Young, known locally as Elizabeth Street, will start in mid-April around the Iandra Street intersection.

Aboriginal meet and greet day: For the first time known, a meet and greet barbecue was held at Carrington Park on Wednesday for local Aboriginal families and individuals to get together and mingle.

Kicking off Youth Week: Hennessy Catholic College have had a great start to Youth Week for 2014 after defeating the police team in the PCYC Youth Gala Day. Pictured Young High School student Joel McKenzie puts the pressure on Cootamundra High School student Caleb McNally during the Youth Gala Day on Friday.

Charity ride exceeds goal by $15,000: The staff from the Snowy Hydro SouthCare Rescue Helicopter have just capped off an impressive month of fundraising initiatives, which included a charity bike ride involving seven cyclists riding 700 kilometres across seven days and raising over $45,000.

Car plunges into house: A 54-year-old female wanting to see how hilly a block of land was, drove her Mitsubishi Outlander onto a Cram Avenue property on Sunday. The female told police she mistakenly accelerated instead of braking, causing her vehicle to jump from an elevated 2.5 metre retaining wall and crash into the side wall of the residence, into a bedroom/kitchen area.

BIG ART: Wednesday night marked the opening of one of the Lambing Flat Chinese Festival fringe events in the Sculpture, Wood and Big Art Exhibition. The exhibition finishes tomorrow, April 12.

Rollover at Bendick bends: Young Police are still investigating an incident at Bendick Murrell at the weekend which saw a car involved in a rollover having to be towed. The accident occurred on the same section of road that has been the scene of two other accidents, one a fatality, in the past three weeks.

High school takes top fundraising honours: Young High School’s Year 12 students were officially crowned the top fundraising team in the 2014 Young Relay for Life. So far they have raised $3360 and they expect another $500 soon to be banked.

Huge support for Harmony Day: Young Multicultural Society recently had a fun-filled day with close to 100 people of many different backgrounds attending their Harmony Day celebrations in Carrington Park.

1920s ball a ‘roaring’ success: The Greenethorpe community certainly ‘put on the ritz’ on Saturday evening, when they celebrated a 1920s Gangster Ball at the Greenethorpe Soldiers’ Memorial Hall. Pictured for their mug shot Melissa Monge and Danielle Allen.

Young Heritage Motor Club car muster: Vintage cars, classic cars, live music and food – all up a perfect combination that was offered to Young residents at the inaugural South West Historical Car Muster at the PCYC on Sunday.

Strong start for Yabbies: The Young Yabbies launched their 2014 campaign with a near perfect scorecard against the Temora Tuskers on Saturday. First Grade player Tom Stockings takes down a Temora player.

Cherrypickers reach $8000 fundraising goal: Australian former multi-award winning rugby league footballer Allan “Alfie” Langer and retired leading Australian jockey Allan Robinson were guest speakers at the Young Cherrypickers Annual fundraiser at the Young Services Club on Saturday night.

A tribute to the Chinese: Young’s turbulent gold rush history will be turned on its head on Saturday as the town celebrates the influence of Chinese culture on modern Australia through the Lambing Flat Chinese Festival.

Schools get ready for festival: An exciting new feature to the revamped Lambing Flat Chinese Festival this weekend are performances from local schools, including St Mary's Primary School. Students Lillian Williams (Year 3), Maddison Druett (Year 3), Kate Murphy (Year 5), Grace Taylor (Year 3) and Max Connelly (Year 2) enjoy Chinese fortune cookies during their rehearsal on Wednesday.

To the lock-up for Wes: The scenes outside 2LF and Roccy FM yesterday at noon were not pretty as Sergeant John Waples and Senior Constable Brendan Clark arrived to take local radio DJ Wes Heather into custody. But it was all in good fun, raising money for the Young Police Citizens Youth Club for their annual Time4Kids fundraiser.

Nationals for Murringo motorcycle apprentice: It’s a tough life being an apprentice but for Alex Rotzler all of his hard work has just paid off. Mr Rotzler recently took out the Ulysses Club Motorcycle Apprentice of the Year award in the ACT/NSW zone.

Youth Week barbecue: Students from all years and both high schools - Young High and Hennessy Catholic College - were treated to a sausage sizzle, live music and a DJ as part of Youth Week celebrations, thanks to the combined effort of council, community organisations and support services.

The cutting edge: He might be quietly working and training horses out at the family property at Tubbul but Young’s Trent Smith is also this month gracing the cover of a national cutting magazine. Young’s new cowboy coverboy is the lead story in the April edition of Cutting Horse Chatta – and it’s a story that would inspire any horse lover, particularly those involved in the discipline of cutting.