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19 Mar 10 | THE BEGA Town Hall has taken another tenuous step along its journey to being either renovated or rebuilt.
A functional brief for the hall was presented to council at its meeting on Tuesday and will now go to the public for comment.
19 Mar 10 | THE Bega Valley Shire Council will now close the Bega library to the public when the inside temperature reaches 30 degrees celsius for one hour.
The decision follows an independent indoor air quality assessment at the library which found that air movement in the library was generally poor.
19 Mar 10 | The BDN has carried many stories on logging and koalas recently. In the interest of balance, here Vince Phillips gives the other side of the debate.
IN TERMS of public debate and reporting on koala management issues the koalas are often managed more as a political animal than a native one.
19 Mar 10 | CONFUSION remains over whether the Bega Pony Club’s annual street march will go ahead, according to committee member Gerry Tarlinton.
Mr Tarlinton said he had received huge support from the RTA and local police, but was somewhat disappointed he hadn’t heard from Bega Valley Shire Council after writing an open letter regarding the event and placing several phone calls.
19 Mar 10 | IT WAS tough going at times but the hills didn’t deter a group of Bega High School teachers and students riding their bikes to school from Tathra on Wednesday.
The group left Lawrence Park at 7am just as the sun was rising and arrived at BHS about 8.30am.
12 Mar 10 | 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.
12 Mar 10 | CONSERVATION groups have appealed to the Premier Kristina Keneally to intervene in the battle over the future of the last koala colony in the South East Forests in a remote area near Bega.
12 Mar 10 | 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.
12 Mar 10 | LIVE It Now is the theme for this year’s annual youth exhibition held in conjunction with National Youth Week showcasing the talents of local young emerging artists 12-24 years old.
The exhibition will open at 5pm today at the Spiral Gallery and will be on display until Wednesday, April 1.
Spiral Gallery is open 10-4pm Mondays to Fridays and Saturday 10-1pm.
12 Mar 10 | 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.
12 Mar 10 | THE chief executive officer of the Australian Koala Foundation has called for detailed mapping of the Bega Valley.
In the region to campaign against logging and its threat to the koala, Deborah Tabart – also known as The Koala Woman - believes mapping is essential to better understand the biodiversity of the area, particularly forests, and consequently provide better knowledge of how to protect koalas.
05 Mar 10 | CONSERVATION groups claim that the NSW Department of Environment (DoE) was dooming the last remaining koala colony in the South East Forests by caving in to the NSW logging agency, State Forests.
A spokesperson for the group said “DoE has effectively sold out on the survival of the last koalas in the South East Forests as it tries to negotiate with State Forests on a grossly unequal basis”.
05 Mar 10 | OVER 400 Bermagui residents have signed a petition sent to Federal Member Mike Kelly, “to stop the destruction of the northern entrance to Bermagui”.
Forests NSW has said it will log in the area known as the “cathedral of trees” which is loved and admired by tourists and locals alike as they drive into town.
05 Mar 10 | PARVOVIRUS is sweeping across NSW but the disease hasn’t been too prominent in the Bega Valley, according to Bega and Cobargo Veterinary Hospitals owner Dr Jane Woolacott.
The virus is particularly dangerous to young unvaccinated puppies and causes vomiting and profuse diarrhoea, leading to dehydration.
05 Mar 10 | ALTHOUGH the tremendous soaking that the Bega Valley has had recently has been good, it doesn’t come without introducing the potential for some adverse animal health impacts, Ian Lugton from the South East Livestock Health and Pest Authority has warned.
05 Mar 10 | ONCE again, Tathra Oysters has been successful at the Sydney Royal Fine Food Show.
The local company has won medals before, but this year the recognition came under duress.
“The rain and flooding caused us huge problems and the win was really against the odds,” owner Gary Rodely said.
26 Feb 10 | THE figures released this week by the government on times for development applications to be processed are wrong, according to council staff.
Group manager planning and environment Andrew Woodley said: “While the government can only go on what is in its system, we have found many discrepancies in the figures.”
26 Feb 10 | SOUTH East Arts Region (SEAR) is looking forward to an exciting 2010, thanks to a very generous donation from a local resident.
John Handley from Wyndham has supported SEAR with $81,000 through the Australia Cultural Fund.
26 Feb 10 | WHILE Bega Valley Shire has been declared a natural disaster zone by the State Government, there could still be problems with financing the repairs after the flood.
Council’s group manager infrastructure, waste and water Wayne Sartori said that while council expected significant funding to come from government, there are certain things that may not be covered.
26 Feb 10 | THE proposed Bega Valley Shire Council draft smoking policy will go to the community for comment, despite rigorous discussion at council’s meeting on Tuesday.
According to council’s Jeff Tipping, a “blanket approach” was taken when developing the policy, after which it might be adjusted depending on the comments received after it had been displayed.
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