He says he has fleeting happy moments, but on the whole he joked his favourite memory of attending the school was “jumping the fence to run home”.
But when Ken came across a photo (pictured) of his Year 2B class from 1956 in his collection, he started to reminisce a little more.
While he recognises some of his former classmates from this photo, he admits there’s quite a few names he cannot recall.
He’d also love to know how many are still located in the Deniliquin district.
If you can help Ken identify the people in this photo, and where they are now, please let us know at the Deniliquin Pastoral Times.
Send an email to zoe.mcmaugh@denipt.com.au or call into our office.
Overhead masses
Even long time locals used to the din of cockateils and cockatoos were looking skyward on Wednesday.
A larger than normal flock of the white birds were flying over the Deni CBD at regular intervals.
They seems to be content in the trees that line the Edwardes St side of the Deniliquin Waring Gardens.
Whenever they took to the air, they completed a few laps in a circular motion over Civic Place and then returned to the trees.
Each time they did, their screeching was almost deafening.
We’re sure all the noise of the skate park demolition played a part in their contact movement.
We’re not certain what changed in the space of 24 hours, but by yesterday the flock was back to its normal size and noise level.
If you can shed any light on to why so many of the birds were in town, we’d love to hear from you.
Demo started
As mentioned above, demolition of the skate park in Civic Place has begun.
Fences went up Monday, and the crash and banging of heavy equipment taking down the concrete ramps started Wednesday.
Work was continuing in the rubble yesterday.
The old skate park will make way for an entirely new one, designed with input from local users and built using grant funding.
Round-up at the Challenge
This is your reminder.
The use of opera house yabby traps is now illegal in NSW, and a new project is now running to ensure they are disposed of correctly.
As part of the Yabby Trap Round-up program, there will be a collection point at the Edward Kolety Fishing Challenge this weekend.
You can swap your old traps for an Oar-Gee Plow Lure with the guys from OzFish Unlimited.
Even if haven’t entered for the comp, you can still head down to Memorial Park on February 16 and 17 to enjoy all the fun and swap your old traps for a new lure.
What a great opportunity to recycle your opera house traps into something more useful for the future of fishing.
The program is also running in the Murray River region, with the Barham and Moama waste depots as swap sites.
If you cannot get to any of the local drop off points, go to ozfish.org.au/projects/yabby-trap-round-up and read the step-by-step process on how to send by mail.
The Yabby Trap Round-Up program is an initiative of TierraMar in collaboration with OzFish and the NSW DPI. Lures are limited to one per customer.
Raffle on pause
In last week’s edition we advised you that the Edward River Fishing and Camping Group’s Friday night raffled has returned to the Coach House Hotel.
These will continue in coming weeks, but as the group will be at tonight’s Edward Kolety Fishing Channge mega raffle night, tonight’s raffle at the Coachie has been cancelled.
From next Friday, tickets for the raffle and Joker Poker will go on sale from 6pm.
The fundraising efforts support the restocking of the Edward Kolety River in conjunction with the Edward Kolety Fishing Challenge.
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