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Issue 94
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FIRST PRINTED SATURDAY 14 MAY 2016
get ready to rofl If laughter is the best medicine, then Wagga’s Kathleen Matthews and her family are about to get a serious dose of the good stuff. Ms Matthews and her family members have tickets to eight of the 12 acts featured in this year’s Wagga Wagga Comedy Fest line-up. On the Saturday night of the Festival the family will enjoy back-to-back-to-back comedy, after working out they could see three shows in a row. Continued inside
SIDE-SPLITTING LAUGHTER: Wagga’s Kathleen Matthews and her son Joseph Wallace, 17, can’t wait for the Wagga Wagga Comedy Fest. Kathleen and her family have snapped up tickets for eight of the 12 comedy acts coming to town for the festival, which hits the Civic Theatre stage on 1 June. Joseph is also looking forward to taking part in one of the festival’s comedy workshops.
Let's build a bright future
Wagga, are you ready? Tomorrow kicks off four weeks of community consultation to determine Wagga’s vision for the future. Wagga View – Our Future in Focus is the community’s opportunity to have a say on the
new Community Strategic Plan. This plan is not a Council document. It is an overarching guiding document created by the community, for the community. The Wagga View consultation starts tomorrow at the Wagga Beach Markets from 9am to 2pm. The first week of consultation, from Sunday 15 May to Saturday 21 May, focuses on reviewing the community vision created in
2009 and having a discussion on whether this vision should change or remain the same. Wagga’s current vision is: “We are a thriving, innovative, connected community on the Murrumbidgee. We are rich in opportunity, choice, learning and environment.” Participants can share their opinions on this vision by taking part in a short video, polls, a createa-vision activity and an interactive
ball game. You can also watch community leaders and experts share their opinions on Wagga’s current vision. Find the Wagga View crew at the following locations: Sunday 15 May: Stall at Wagga Beach Markets from 9am to 2pm
Monday 16 May – Friday 20 May: Shop front, Sturt Mall 10am to 4pm Saturday 21 May: Stall at Tarcutta Markets, Tarcutta Hall from 8.30am to 2pm. Further information and consultation opportunities are also available online.
wagga.nsw.gov.au/waggaview
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