Jaffas had the mullet chop and in doing so made a massive contribution to his chosen charity.
Andrew ‘Jaffas’ Jefferies can no longer feel his luscious mullet blowing in the breeze, but he can be very proud of his contribution to his chosen charity.
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If you can picture a hairdo of multiple mini pony tails accompanied by Jaffas dressed in budgie smugglers - a gift for raising more than $1000 - then you can visualise what 711 others chose to view live online during his mullet chop.
A whopping $1300 additional dollars were donated during the chop, so let’s just say mission accomplished.
He raised in excess of $4300 for the Black Dog Institute and Mullets for Mental Health.
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Andrew Jefferies, pictured with wife Donna, centred his 50th birthday celebrations around his ‘80s style mullet.
Trove project progress
The Deniliquin Genealogy Society is close to having enough money to get another 3200 pages of local history recorded for generations to come.
The group hosted a street stall in the Cressy St kiosk Thursday last week, selling tasty treats, books and more to boost its Pastoral Times Digitisation Project pool of funds.
Genealogy Society president Val Hardman said the street stall alone made $1154, while the raffle raised $467.
Combined with funding raised previously, and a donation pending in the next few days, Mrs Hardman said the next bundle of Deniliquin Pastoral Times newspapers can go to the digitisation team.
Once digitised, the local newspaper can be searched freely on the history research website Trove.
The Deniliquin Genealogy has partnered with the Echuca-Moama Family History Group, historical societies from both communities and the NSW State Library for the project.
“This is a project we have wanted to do for many years, as this is where much of our local and area history is recorded,” Mrs Hardman said.
“The partnership with the library allows us to use their original films for digitisation, and gets us a sizeable discount.”
The initial goal for the group is to have all papers between 1895 - the first ever edition of the PT - and 1950 digitised. This is expected to cost at least $50,000.
Last chance to submit your photos
Today is the last day to submit photos for the annual Mathoura Photography Competition.
And organisers say with the way the river is looking right now, finding a subject for the Mathoura and Surrounds photo section should not be too hard.
There are four entry categories for the competition:
Sheep, shearing or shearing sheds;
Farming or rural landscape;
Mathoura and Surrounds (Murray River Council region);
Rural portraits/people (includes local events).
Each category has an open (18 year-old and over) and five to 17 year-old section.
All entries will be displayed at the Mathoura Speed Shear at the Mathoura Recreation Reserve on October 29.
For an information pack, phone 0429 843 579.
Halloween is coming
Get your costumes ready, Deni!
The Deniliquin Mental Health Awareness Group will host its annual ‘Mental Health: It’s Not As Scary As You Think’ Halloween event later this month.
A free family event will be hosted in the Deniliquin Waring Gardens from 3.30pm to 6pm on Halloween, Monday, October 31.
There will be a sausage sizzle and stalls from local service providers.
There will be prizes up for grabs, and you can collect a map of registered decorated homes.
Keep an eye out for details on how you can register your home or business as a trick or treat stop.
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