Lions fly traps
Kyabram Lions Club members will be rebaiting fruit fly traps this Saturday.
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Lions members will be outside the Salvation Army Op Shop from 9am to noon, ready to do business.
The rebaiting cost is $6 and fly traps will also be on sale.
Rainfall soars
Kyabram’s January rainfall total soared to 47mm when 22.8 was dumped on the town on Friday night into Saturday.
This was on top of 3.2mm being recorded on Thursday and Friday.
The rain provided some temporary relief from the humid conditions that have prevailed for most of January.
Kyabramites endured 12 consecutive days of temperatures above 30 degrees from January 18 to last Sunday (January 30).
And apart from Tuesday, January 18, when the mercury peaked at 28.4°C, the nine previous days also produced maximums above 30°C.
In fact up to Sunday, 26 of January’s 31 days registered temperatures above 30°C, with last Friday’s top reaching 37.4°C, the second hottest day for January.
The hottest day was on January 1, with 38.1°C.
Pick a box — Kagome style
Those with a long memory will remember the popular Bob and Dolly Dyer-hosted Pick A Box game show, which aired on radio from 1948 until the early 1960s and then on television from 1957 to 1971.
Well up at Mayrung, near Deniliquin, Kagome has just held its own version of Pick A Box – members of the public picking their own boxes of tomatoes from its Moonee Valley Farm.
Over 170 pickers took up the offer, the first day of its kind staged by Kagome in the Deniliquin area.
Pickers were charged $10 a box for the 3402 variety (similar to Roma) of tomato and this was matched by $10 from Kagome, with all funds raised going to Deniliquin Health Services.
The Kagome factory at Echuca processes around 200,000 tonnes every year from its tomato farms and has held Pick a Box days in the Echuca area in the past.
Southern 80 postponed
The iconic Southern 80 ski race scheduled for February 11 to 13 has been postponed to May 13 and 14.
With uncertainty over staffing levels amid the ongoing COVID crises, organisers were forced to pull the plug.
After discussions with Water Skiing Australia the new date was selected, with Easter being ruled out due to previously booked accommodation in the Echuca-Moama region.
Not fussy about beer
Not a bad answer when a guy who loves a beer was asked: ‘‘what beer do you like best?’’
‘‘Any that’s opened’’ came the quick-as-a-flash reply.’
COVID-19 fine
A Numurkah man has been hit with a $5000 fine for failing to comply with Victoria’s Chief Health Officer’s direction to only leave home for essential reasons.
Wayne Lowry, 48, pleaded guilty to the charge in Shepparton Magistrates’ Court for refusing to comply with the COVID direction, unlicensed driving, careless driving and failing to undergo a breath test.
On the driving charges he was fined $2000 and disqualified from driving for four years.
Silo art funding
Australian Arts Trails will distribute more than $71,000 to 14 silo art communities from its sales of its annual silo art calendars.
The calendars are produced by Australian Arts Trails, which donates a percentage of sales each year to communities that feature in the publication in that year.
The private Australian Arts Trail Facebook Group now has more than 110,000 members.
Cobba Cruises closed
Cobram’s Cobba Paddleboat Cruises closed on Monday, with coronavirus issues a factor in the shutdown.
Owner Danny Dunn built the paddleboat Cobba outside his day job as a carpenter over several years, as well previously owning houseboats and fishing boats some years ago.
Danny has put Cobba and the business up for sale hoping someone will take up the challenge, but if there are no takers he’ll pack it up and take it home.
Catmandue right at home
Catmandue the cat has made herself at home at Cobram’s BP service station.
The moggy was a stray but over a period of months of considerate care by staff she warmed to the idea of a better life.
She is now a star attraction for customers, even appreciating a gentle pat.
100 years of Finley golf
If you were a member or ever played a round of golf or two at the Finley Golf Club, keep the weekend of February 12 and 13 in mind.
That’s when the club celebrates 100 years of golf.
A book acknowledging the milestone, which was to be celebrated last year but was delayed due to COVID-19, will be launched at a social function on the Saturday night.
Tickets are $35 a head and can be obtained by contacting the golf club or online at finleygolfclub@bigpond.com
Gwen’s war honour
Gwen Dickson was just 18 years of age when she enlisted in the Women’s Auxiliary Australian Air Force on July 8, 1943.
Three months later she was transferred to the RAAF base at Tocumwal.
The former ledger keeper became a trained telephonist in her two years at Tocumwal but on January 20, 1946, she was struck down with an unidentified illness that killed her. She was only 20 years old.
Last Friday, Gwen’s service was honoured by the Australian War Memorial – her name projected into the façade of the Hall of Memory, joining 102,000 Australian service personnel who have died during conflicts.
Each named is projected every three months.
Square Dinkum
G’day
When the menswear store manager returned from lunch, he noticed his assistant’s hand was bandaged, but before he could ask about the bandage, the assistant had some good news for him.
‘’Guess what, sir,’’ said the assistant. ‘’I finally sold that terrible, ugly suit we’ve had here for so long.’’
‘’Wow,’’ said the manager. ‘’Do you mean that repulsive pink and turquoise, double breasted thing with the satin collar?’’
‘’That’s the one,’’ beamed the assistant.
‘’That’s great,’’ insisted the manager. ‘’I thought we’d never get rid of that terrible thing. Had to be the ugliest suit we’ve ever had in this store. But, tell me, why is your hand bandaged?’’
‘’Oh,’’ replied the assistant. ‘’After I sold the bloke that suit, his seeing-eye dog bit me.’’
Hooroo!
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