Birthday calls
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Happy birthday to Christie Snell, Emma Rowley, Chloe Dekiere, Cherie Mitchell, Robyn Hanrahan, Mark Austin, Kirsty Sherlock, Helen Thornton, Barb Burton and Leanne Cusack who all celebrated birthdays during the week.
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Australia Day award
Warrant Officer Class Two Ralph Jones was awarded the Conspicuous Service Medal in the Australia Day honours.
He received the award for outstanding service as the supervisor of Physical and Recreational Training at the Army Recruit Training Centre.
Warrant Officer Jones has been singularly responsible for the introduction of a progressive and innovative physical training regime that has reduced the incidence of injury during recruit training.
Ralph has actively contributed to tri-Service fitness and injury prevention programmed, and his advice has been widely sought from other Defence organisations.
He has also provided the local Army Reserve unit with physical training support, and has organised sporting activities for local primary schools.
During 24 years as PT1 he has trained more than 15,000 recruits.
He was posted to Lavverack Barracks (Townsville) in December where he will be responsible for a further 3,500 recruits each year.
Ralph is the eldest son of Barry and Pat Jones of Tathra and attended St Patrick,s Bega and Bega High School.
He joined the army in 1979.
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Brogo dance
The Brogo Hall Committee will hold their monthly dance tomorrow night (Saturday) at 8pm.
Bring your own cold drinks and food, hot drinks will be provided.
There will be novelty dances and a lucky door prize.
Music will be by Maureen McCloy.
Brogo has the best dance floor in the shire.
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Ympa-Jae Yi Wedding
Marianna Ypma and Myoung Jae Yi were married on Saturday, February 1, on the headland at Tilba.
Marianna is the daughter of Helene and Wouter Ypma of Brogo and Myoung Jae is the son of YoungJa Ham and Kang Kil Yi of North Sydney.
The service conducted by celebrant Daphne Gibson was followed by a traditional Korean ceremony.
Friends and family tavelled from Sydney, Melbourne, Wollongong, New Zealand, South Korea and the USA and all worked together to help prepare and enjoy a beautiful ceremony and reception.
They feasted in the gardens of Bimbimbi House Bed and Breakfast at Bermagui and danced until the wee hours to the tunes of folk band Spoot-O-Skerry.
The couple spent their honeymoon in the Bermagui area basking in the company of their guests and will return to work in South Korea at the end of this month.
They have been especially touched by the kindness and assistance shown by the shire locals and look forward to settling at Wallaga Lake in the future.
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Dane for Dublin
A wine and cheese tasting night will be held in the Bega RSL Club tomorrow (Saturday) as a fundraiser to send Dane Waites to Dublin later this year for the Special Olympics.
The wine for the evening is being supplied by Liquorland Australia and the cheese by Bega Cheese.
Andy Willis will conduct a Wine Options game and there will be door prizes and raffles.
The wine and cheese tasting will run from 5pm to 7.30pm and guests are asked for a note donation.
To book phone Kristina Walker on 6492 1855 or Josie Dawson on 6492 1642.
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Farmers'
market
Members of the Sapphire Coast Producers' Association will hold their monthly Farmers' Market today (Friday) in Littleton Gardens, Bega, from 9am to 1.30pm.
Fresh locally grown fruit, herbs and vegetables will be available, as will other value added products.
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18th birthday
Happy 18th birthday to Adam Twyford of Candelo for Sunday, February 23.
Lots of love and all the best from all your family, relatives and friends and Nettie.
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Meals on Wheels
It is business as usual in the Meals on Wheels office, busy, busy, busy!
Some Neighbour Aid bus trips are coming up for Home and Community Care clients.
If you are interested in a day trip around the valley, some good company, lunch and some fun, call the Meals on Wheels office on 6492 4146.
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Pancake Day
Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day as it is often called, is on March 4 so make a l note to take all the family out to St John's Anglican Church, Bega, for a pancake fest that evening.
At $3 a pancake with fillings of your choice, it is still an affordable price for a family outing.
If you have been a patron before, you will go again.
If you haven't had Shrove Tuesday at St John's before, talk to someone who has.
Ring St John's Church office on 6492-5555 weekday mornings if you need more details or wish to help with organisation.
All welcome in any capacity.
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World day
of prayer
ON Friday, March 7, Christians around the world will again join together in a Day of Prayer.
For the last 112 years such an event has taken place.
The day begins in Western Samoa and, as the sun touches each country, people gather to pray.
The Christians of Alaska complete the day.
Each year the service is prepared by people of a different nation and this year an attractive service with the theme "Holy Spirit Fill Us", has been prepared by the Christians of Lebanon.
The local service will be held in the Tathra Uniting Church at 7pm.
An invitation is extended to both men and women to share in what is expected to be a very memorable Service.
For more information phone Nancy Hinde on 6494-1360.
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Bushfire
auction
and sale
The community auction and garage sale to raise funds for the Canberra Bushfire Recovery Appeal will be held tomorrow (Saturday) morning in the grounds of St John's Anglican Church from 10am.
Andrew Gowing will be one of the auctioneers.
Morning tea will be available, there will be a cake stall and possibly a plant stall.
All proceeds from these will be added to the appeal.
If you have not already looked at those items for the auction or the sale, it's not too late.
For more information or if you need goods picked up, phone 6492-2115 - today if possible, please.
Bega has many links with Canberra, especially for hospitalisation and specialist treatment, and this auction-garage sale is one way for the community to raise money of assisting in the aftermath of the fire devastation in Canberra.
If you have nothing to sell or auction and would like to make a direct donation instead, that's fine.
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Hospital
auxiliary
Members of the Bega District Hospital Auxiliary met recently to finalise plans for the auction and fete to be held in the grounds of the hospital on Saturday, March 1.
Auction items will be on view from 9.30am with the auction beginning at 10.30am.
Donations of items for the stalls such as handcraft, books, clothing, trash and treasure (clean out the cupboards and the garage) and cakes, biscuits, slices and sweets would be most gratefully received.
All homemade food items must now, by law, have the ingredients written on them and the use of used polystyrene meat trays is not permitted.
Anyone with donations who is unable to get them to us could phone Julie on 6494-4434 after 5pm and someone will collect them.
BP Bega has helped with our the raffle of $200 (1st prize) and $50 (2nd prize) petrol vouchers.
Tickets are on sale on Thursday outside Woolworth's and outside Perry's Mensland on Friday and will also be on sale at the fete.
There will be fun for the children and Devonshire teas will be available.
So come along and enjoy yourselves and support our local hospital.