Evoking memories
After reading the Bega District News online about the Korean War memorial service held in Bega, two names spring to mind.
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Laurie Brown and Henry Deacon were both in my class at school.
Laurie was a quiet-natured boy and Henry had a passion for comic books and was very outgoing.
It was a sad day when news reached Bega that Henry had been killed in action.
I enjoy reading the Bega District News online, it is an excellent publication and always up to date with the latest news.
Thank you BDN.
Keith Beresford
Sydney
Four Winds pride
A sincere thanks to all the 2014 Four Winds audience and volunteers for being part of this year’s festival and putting the region on the map again as a place of beautiful nature, people, food and music!
Did you know approximately 1500 people attended each day of the Four Winds Festival, and 120 volunteers formed 21 teams to bring Four Winds to life.
Survey results tell us a clear highlight of the weekend was Sunday morning’s “A Portrait of Three Artists” panel with Margaret Throsby joined by Richard Tognetti, Dejan Lazic and Giovanni Sollima and we were thrilled to bring these musicians from around the world to play for us.
Also to have our local musicians have time and make music together was rewarding and adds more to this region's love of beautiful music.
Audience facts from the survey include:
* 72 per cent of the audience had attended in previous years;
* 28 per cent were new to Four Winds;
* 95 per cent said they would return;
* 32 per cent of the audience are from this local region, with 16 per cent from ACT and 22 per cent from Sydney, with Victoria, South Australia and the rest of NSW making up the last 30 per cent.
We are proud of all the people in our region who were so welcoming to all our visitors and celebrated the opening of our stunning new Windsong Pavilion where events will run throughout the year.
A new phase for Four Winds is now upon us and we’ll be in touch soon.
Thanks for your support and find our more at www.fourwinds.com.au.
Sheena Boughen
Four Winds chairwoman
Barbaric weapons
On June 7 this year, I sent the following letter to Member for Bega Andrew Constance.
Dear Mr Constance, I contacted your office recently regarding a kangaroo shot with an arrow and received a sympathetic response advising that the animal had been taken into care.
While of course that was good to hear, the fate on one particular animal was not the point of my letter.
I was questioning why it is legal for anyone, at any time, in the 21st Century, to have access to such a dangerous and barbaric weapon.
I have today attended a display of finalist entries in the Animals in the Wild photographic competition in Narooma.
The winners were chosen by the noted photographer Rex Dupain.
For the category, “The image that best portrays the reality of the hunting, guns and killing culture in Australia”, Mr Dupain chose as the winner a distressing image of a purple swamp hen with an arrow straight through its centre.
He advised that such an image was all too common a feature of entries in this category.
This underlines the point I was making - if people can get their hands on these weapons there will be those that misuse them, and there are more of such people than we would like to think.
So I ask you again, and as a constituent I would appreciate a personal response, will you seek to have the use of such weapons banned absolutely?
Finally, and unfortunately, the swamp hen could not be captured.
One can only imagine how its life finally ended.
I received an acknowledgement, but as of August 4, I have received no response, despite a follow-up request sent on July 24.
I find it extremely disappointing that Mr Constance appears not only to be unprepared to take any action on this matter, but also that he seems equally unwilling to defend that position by responding to my letter.
I will keep this in mind at the upcoming state election and I would urge others to do the same.
Louise Webb
Kianga