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valerie cannon [Peak Hill]<br />
Val was born in Parkes and with her family moved<br />
to a property in Peak Hill when she was six. It<br />
was here that her parents instilled in her a love<br />
and understanding of farming and the concept<br />
of ‘if a community is worth living in, it’s worth<br />
working for’. She is an energetic, dynamic role<br />
model and mentor to those around her. Val brings<br />
enthusiasm and style to all her charity work and<br />
projects within the community. She is articulate,<br />
intelligent and passionate about causes close to<br />
her heart. Her award winning garden has won the<br />
Peak Hill Show Society’s Rural Champion Garden<br />
over many years. Val has taken on executive<br />
and committee roles in organisations such as<br />
the Peak Hill Showground Trust, Peak Hill NSW<br />
Farmers Association, Meals on Wheels, Peak Hill<br />
Show Committee and Auxiliary, Hospital Fete<br />
and Volunteer Rural Fire Fighters Association.<br />
She dedicates endless hours to doing paper<br />
work, cooking, liaising, organising and attending<br />
meetings. While being a tireless volunteer, Val<br />
also supports the running of the family farm. She<br />
is a wonderful mother, grandmother, aunt and<br />
friend, as well as providing fulltime care for her<br />
beautiful disabled son.<br />
rebecca caslick [Murrurundi]<br />
Rebecca is a young Veterinarian living in<br />
Murrurundi. She was born and grew up in Perth.<br />
After Vet School Rebecca lived and worked in<br />
England and Ireland until she moved to the<br />
Hunter Valley in 2002 to work as an Equine Vet<br />
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for 10 years before starting her own vet business<br />
in Murrurundi. Rebecca has been a volunteer for<br />
King of the Ranges Stockman’s Challenge since<br />
the first year of the event, both as the event vet,<br />
and also assisting in other areas such as the<br />
cross country. Rebecca is also the Secretary of<br />
Murrurundi Preschool, volunteers for Score Rodeo<br />
and Camp Draft, Wingen Camp Draft, Murrurundi<br />
Pony Club, Blanford School, Quirindi Eventing,<br />
and Willow Tree Preschool. She is a respected and<br />
valuable member of the Murrurundi community.<br />
dot cattell [Inverell]<br />
Dot is a valued volunteer with the Westpac Rescue<br />
Helicopter Service Inverell Support Group and is<br />
currently Group Secretary. She is a dedicated hard<br />
worker who is appreciated and valued by all who<br />
are associated with her. Dot become a volunteer<br />
when the group was struggling and needed new<br />
ideas and people to continue to raise much<br />
needed funds for this emergency aero-medical<br />
service. Her much loved husband, Allan (who<br />
passed away recently) was also an active member<br />
and they both joined after Allan suffered a heart<br />
attack and was transported and saved by this<br />
wonderful service. Dot previously worked at the<br />
Inverell Women’s Refugee and continues to give<br />
back to her community.<br />
fay cone [Stewarts Brook, near Scone]<br />
Volunteering and community have always been<br />
part of Fay’s everyday life. Growing up as the<br />
daughter of a Station Manager she has lived
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