Tanea Bower, Doug Miller, Jemma Keast, Jennifer Dawson and Jennifer Florence helped serve up lunch at the Deniliquin Baptist Church Easter in the Park. Photo by Ryan Heffer.
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Ryan Heffer
Easter revellers were forced to reach for the winter woollies and the scarves, but it did not prevent them from having an amazing weekend in Deniliquin and district.
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Outdoor events still attracted bumper crowds despite the cool breeze, which at times was blowing an absolute gale.
Saturday was cool enough with a low of 12.9ºC and a top of only 21ºC, and with wind speeds reaching up to 39km/h.
But Sunday had it beat with a low of just 9ºC and a top of 18.4ºC, with winds slightly weaker to a top of 35km/h.
There was tennis and the Deniliqun Rodeo to enjoy, markets, arts shows and the Deniliquin Baptist Church’s Easter Sunday in the Park was a hit with families.
As well as hearing about the message of Easter, those in attendance on Sunday enjoyed family games, an Easter egg hunt and a stomach warming barbecue lunch.
More photos from the church service, courtesy of Ryan Heffer, will appear in Friday’s edition.
The cooler conditions continued yesterday, with the day’s low recorded at 5.4ºC by the time of going to print.
But even still, there were plenty of people soaking up the last of the Easter entertainment in the CBD, attending the Deni Lions Market and the last day of the Deni Easter Art Show.
Elliane Boulton got first and second in the 3d Artworks section. Pictured is her blue ribbon collection of eco dyed silks.
Double for Elliane
Speaking of the Easter Art Show, one entrant’s local connection which inspired her to enter really paid off.
Yanco based artist Elliane Boulton - the granddaughter of Deni’s Pam Boulton - entered this year and claimed first and second in the 3D Artworks category.
Her first prize entry was a collection of silk scarves Elliane had eco dyed, which elicited a strong recommendation to viewers from judge Susie Scott.
“Please viewers, have a closer look at the textures and markings imposed on the silk. The colours are from nature; subtle but evenly distributed over the silk with areas of line, tone and patterns,” she wrote in her judges notes, handed out to everyone who visited the art show..
In her second placed entry in the same category, Elliane was commended for her use of bark and the process of weaving to tell a story.
Fresh ‘new’ look
It may be only a subtle change for most, but we at the Pastoral Times have been watching in anticipation as our office gets a bit of a makeover.
Over the past week our well recognised logo at the side of our Cressy St building has been painstakingly re-painted.
The design has not changed a single bit - nor has the colour - but we see a big difference already.
Thank you to our customers, and passers by, for your patience as the qualified painters working on the project have been hard at work.
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