THE name of the new public school in Bega will be announced at the end of the month. Bega West Public School and Bega Primary (Public) School will be amalgamated in 2012 and meetings are being held to discuss the name of the new school, its uniform and all aspects of the amalgamation. At a meeting on Monday night five names were put forward by representatives from both schools.

OYSTER farmers at Wapengo Lake remain unconvinced that logging of the Wapengo catchment will not adversely affect their industry. Logging in Mumbulla State Forest, including an area of the Wapengo catchment, is scheduled to begin this month.

STUDENTS and teachers at Bega High School (BHS) are getting ready to participate in National Ride to School Day. A group will ride from Tathra to Bega before school next Wednesday morning. Run by the Cycling Promotion Fund, the aim of the event is to find a low cost and easy way to get children more active. BHS teacher Vince Weafer said he was looking forward to the event.

4:00 AM AEDT | WELLINGTON: Steve Smith is unlikely to receive a Test debut after a sizzling training session from Marcus North at Westpac Stadium yesterday. Away from prying eyes while Michael Clarke was taking five minutes and 59 seconds to get the media monkey off his back, North followed Ricky Ponting, Simon Katich and Phillip Hughes into a net being run by Australia's batting coach, Justin Langer, and hit the cover off almost every delivery he faced.

Michael Clarke has thanked his former Australian teammate Shane Warne for his friendship and support during the toughest period of his career.