Archives: 2008 February

February 29, 2008
Bega Valley Shire mayor, Cr Tony Allen, has taken issue with unattributed reports about his meeting with Planning Minister Frank Sartor last October.

Mayor Tony Allen

Cr Allen said reports in this week’s Merimbula News Weekly (February 27, 2008) were wrong when they said he had told Mr Sartor that the intention of limiting development […]

February 29, 2008
Eden-Monaro primary school students have been urged to join in a competition to design a poster as part of this year’s 20th anniversary celebrations of the 1988 opening of Parliament House in Canberra.

Mike Kelly, Member for Eden-Monaro

The Member for Eden-Monaro, Mike Kelly, said the students are invited to design a poster using the […]

February 29, 2008
There will be changes to the opening hours of Bega Valley Shire branch libraries.
Acting librarian, Ros Raward, said the new operating hours would provide improved services to the community and a safer working environment for staff.
She said that following the closure of Bega Valley Shire Council branch offices last July, branch libraries had […]

February 29, 2008
A trainee in the Works department of the Bega Valley Shire Council, Kirstie Brown, has received financial assistance for a trip to the United States later this year.

Council Works trainee Kirstie Brown (right) accepts the cheque from the Mayor, Cr Tony Allen, and Sertec Group Training team leader, Melinda Michael.

As the winner of […]

February 29, 2008
Mike Kelly’s Eden-Monaro electorate office in Tumut will open next Wednesday (March 5).

Mike Kelly, Member for Eden-Monaro

Member for Eden-Monaro Mike Kelly said he looked forward to being represented locally on the Southwest Slopes.
The office at 55 Wynyard Street is believed to be the first ever Australian Government electorate office in Tumut. It will […]

Sharon Cornthwaite is the artist in residence at the Bega Valley Regional Gallery for several days during the current exhibition, In-Off-On.

Sharon will demonstrate a range of products and the techniques she uses in her artistic expression on Thursday 28 and Friday 29 February and Saturday 1 March.
Techniques used by Sharon include cold connections, form manipulation […]

February 28, 2008
Young readers were encouraged to make books part of their summer this year with the Bega Valley Shire library’s Summer Reading Program.

Some of the participants in this year’s Summer Reading Program with children’s librarian Anne Moore. They are (back row, from left) Lillian Green, Lachlan Sims, Matthew Sims, Josh Johnson, Meg Johnson, Kate […]

February 28, 2008
A draft management plan for the Bega River Estuary is on public exhibition following a decision of the Bega Valley Shire Council on Tuesday.

Bega River Estuary - Yvonne McArthur.

The draft plan was prepared by Council in partnership with the Department of Environment and Climate Change over the past two years and funded by […]