Support ‘humbling’
Patricia Gill. Rob and Sally Seminara tell of how a ‘ï¬rey’, overcome with emotion, had wept while presenting them with a cake after the couple had returned to their burnt out house. The show of emotion and gesture touched the hearts of the devastated couple whose home of 30 years at Parryville was razed overnight on February 4.
Damned dam a blessing
Serena Kirby. Steve Birkbeck’s 20 million-litre dam at Wentworth Road became a watery asset during the recent bushï¬re. A constant stream of helicopters and ï¬re trucks drew many millions of litres from the dam. Once a controversial feature, the dam is said to have enabled dozens of properties to be saved.
Stockfeed need now urgent
Paddocks of several farms have been severely burnt in the recent bushï¬res and hay and silage bales have been destroyed along with fences and sheds leaving little feed for stock. In collaboration with the Shire of Denmark, Wilson Inlet Catchment Committee has put a call out to local growers to lend a hand by donating livestock feed to the affected farms.
Bushfire emergency – Spirit prevails in fire crisis
The most ferocious ï¬res seen in WA, four of them ranked level four bushï¬res, wiped out 60,000ha across WA with Denmark recording the heaviest losses with four houses.
Bushfire emergency – Defending the ‘reasonably’ defensible
Patricia Gill. Osborne Road residents Denise and William Legge stayed put on Saturday believing their farm was ‘in a reasonably defensible position’. This did not stop the couple from experiencing ï¬re raging on all sides of their property that day but with the help of ï¬ve heavy-duty ï¬re brigade appliances their home and sheds were saved.
Bushfire emergency – Fire crew saves home, chooks
Happy Valley Road resident Anala Linckens described returning to the home she shares with partner Artha Holmes on Saturday as like entering Mordor ... Denmark-born and raised Ian Osborne thought he was in trouble on Saturday afternoon when the ï¬re loomed above his property on Osborne Road.
ATAR stars shoot Denmark Senior High School into State’s top 50
Serena Kirby. Denmark Senior High School is one of only 11 public schools to make it onto WA’s list of top 50 performing schools for ATAR results. DSHS principal Katherine Ward said the results of all students over ATAR, general and VET pathways were the product of the hard work put in by students and staff.
