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No 1:1726
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2024
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2024 Greater Shepparton’s
Business Excellence Awards
2024
Nominations are now open! See pages 8 + 21
Page 24 + 25
INSIDE: ■ Blowing in the wind | page 8 ■ National Skills Week | pages 18, 19 + 20 ■ Classifieds | page 22 ■ Trades & Services | page 23 ■ Sport | pages 25, 26 + 27
Historic opening of Munarra Centre Marks new era for regional education
By Deanne Jeffers THE LONG awaited Munarra Centre for Regional Excellence (MCRE), an Indigenousled educational centre, opened in a moving ceremony on Wednesday, August 7, in Yorta Yorta Country, Shepparton, Victoria. Continued Page 10
ONE TREE... Wyndham Early Learning took part in the One Tree Per Child program, planting indigenous trees, shrubs, groundcovers and grasses at Sevens Creek Park. Scarlett Hunter, Florence Gibbs and Stella Briggs had a blast playing in the dirt. Photo: Aaron Cordy
Kinder kids growing their future Wyndham Early Learning take part in One Tree Per Child program By Aaron Cordy THE youngsters at Wyndham Early Learning took part in the One Tree Per Child program on Monday at Seven Creeks Park. 27 children from Wyndham Early Learning took part in planting
the Indigenous River Bottlebrush, Sedges and Tastic Grass, with Greater Shepparton City Council’s Environment Officer Kylie Hoskin. Continued Page 12
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SEE US AT THE CARAVAN SHOW SITES 28 + 29
16-18 August 2024 Shepparton Showgrounds
The only way is the Donway Caravans
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