Tomorrow, Friday March 1, will see most of the judging completed and the dogs will turn out for the Championship Dog Show.

Saturday, March 2, is the big day with the gates opening early and all the regular events, features, plus more to keep you entertained.

I urge everyone to support your local show.

Boorowa Community Landcare Group always has a stall at the Show. This is their 30th year and the 20th year of the annual North Sydney Bushcare visits.

Landcare will be having a bit of a party, a celebration, and would welcome your visit to their stall – and congratulations.

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The Boorowa Historical Society needs some help and believe me, almost everyone can lend a hand – or in this case an eye.

They have been given a heap of old photographs, most courtesy of the Boorowa News.

There are hundreds, and the Society would love to identify all the people in the photographs. That’s where all those eyes would come in handy, and, from my experience, memory too.

Pop in when the museum is open, or, if another time is more convenient, give Sharon Meere a ring on 0415 207 541 and she’ll drop down and open the museum for you.

Rest assured, it’s quite a joy rummaging through those old photos as old memories come flooding back.

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This day in 1953 was a day that criminals would like to wish had never entered the annals of history.

Deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA, has been the crucial evidence that has put criminals behind bars without any shadow of doubt.

On the other hand, some criminals wrongly convicted have been freed on DNA evidence.

On this day 66 years ago, Francis Crick and James Watson discovered the chemical structure of the DNA-molecule (double helix polymer).

I don’t think the criminal world will be popping champagne corks in celebration, but some will be thankful for this discovery.

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An interesting murder case in America involved a grazed Palo Verdi tree at the site a woman’s body had been dumped.

Police were aware of a ute seen in the vicinity of the site, and on inspecting the suspect vehicle discovered two Palo Verdi pods in the tray of the ute.

These pods came from the same species of tree at the dump site, but were they from the grazed tree?

There were no marks on the ute to say it had grazed the tree, but with DNA just entering into criminal investigation, one astute detective sought to see if any scientist could prove a conclusive match.

After an extensive search a laboratory found and proved each tree had its own unique DNA. The two pods DNA matched the DNA of the grazed tree and one murderous villain went down on that evidence.

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Received an E-mail from Pati Dwyckers after last week’s piece and photograph of the flood ravaged North Queensland.

We’d all like to help the farmers, and Pati had a suggestion the Government re-introduce a lottery akin to the one used to build the Opera House.

A disaster relief lottery which could be utilized to pool funds ready for distribution in time of need.

Pati submitted the suggestion to the ABC but at time of writing hadn’t received a reply. Definitely worth some thought.