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No 1:1272
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 14, 2015
COMMUNITY CONNECT | page 6 Letters to the Editor | page 8 If It’s Got Wheels | page 20 Adviser Classifieds | page 27-29 Free 7 Day TV Guide | page 30 ADVERTISING HOTLINE: 5832 8900
BROOKLYN A STAR IN THE MAKING Sport Adviser page 31
MOTOR MUSEUM SET TO ROCK page 14
Better Services and upgrades
A must for our trains
BUSINESS AWARDS COUNTDOWN pages 4+5
FOCUS ON FITNESS FOR SUMMER pages 24+25
Exceeding all expectations
FEDER A L Member for Murray, Dr Sh a r m a n Stone a long w it h C at hy McG owa n , Memb er for I nd i , met with the Victorian Minister for Public Transport and Employment recently to talk about the issues of poor service rail lines between Shepparton and Melbourne and Albury and Melbourne. Continued on page 16
PARKRUN EVENT A HIT WITH LOCALS… Shepparton Parkrun has almost doubled in size since it began just over a year ago, with attendance rates breaking records week after week. As it grows in popularity, the event hopes to become a permanent part of the Victoria Park Lake precinct. Photo: Tara Bell.
Parkrun popularity explodes in Shepparton THE locally operated Shepparton Parkrun event has grown in popularity, more than doubling its attendance rates in the first year of operation. The local, free event as a part of Parkrun world wide, has popularised goal driven time trial exercise and has almost single-
handedly created its own community within a community. Parkrun itself started in London 11 years ago before being brought to Australia in 2011. The event only began here in Shepparton in January 2014. Continued on page 10