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COMMUNITY CONNECT | page 6 Letters to the Editor | page 8 Free 7 Day TV Guide | page 30 Great Activities in November | page 19 Adviser Classifieds | pages 27-29
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 18, 2015
YOUTH SUCCESS THOUGH MUSIC page 22
Adviser Travel with Geoff Vallance
MEET HOTONDO HOMES TWO NEW page 25 MEMBERS
OUT OF AFRICA
Child abduction warning
LAWN BOWLS OPENS ACCESS TO page 31 COMMUNITY | Sport Adviser
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By David Lee ON the back of a recently reported attempted abduction of an 11 year old Numurkah boy and another attempt in Nathalia only days later, a warning has been issued to parents to not only educate their children on ‘stranger danger’ out on the streets, but also to be aware and cautious of the dangers of online grooming. On Friday, November 6 at 8pm, the Numurkah boy was allegedly approached by a man believed to be in his 50s on Melville Street, who was driving a white van without registration plates and offered the boy lollies to “get in the van.” Continued on page 20
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MASTER PLAN TO SEE TOILETS DEMOLISHED… The Greater Shepparton City Council’s Queens Garden’s Master Plan includes the demolition of the brick toilet blocks, which will begin this week and continue for the coming three weeks. Image: Supplied
Demolition works causing a stink By David Lee AFTER demolition plans were passed through council in July this year, the Queen’s Gardens public toilets will begin a three week removal process this week, in-line with council’s master plan for the gardens. But the $22,081 demolition works have caused quite a bit
of controversy within the community, with fears that Shepparton’s public toilet shortage is being made worse. Constructed in the 1930s, the brick toilet’s proposed removal received 14 objections that were lodged with council earlier this year. Continued on page 18