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No 1:1750
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2025
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DIGITAL DELIGHTS SHOWCASING TOP DIGITAL PRINTS OF 2024
WOMEN IN THE WOODIES PAGE 15
COMPASSIONATE LOCAL SURGEON LOSES CANCER FIGHT
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OBITUARY PAGE 16
INSIDE: ■ Letters to the Editor | page 4 ■ Valentine’s Day Feature | page 12 ■ Trades & Services | page 18 ■ SEN - Shepparton’s Home of Sport | page 19
Donation dumping By Aaron Cordy CLEANING out the closet and taking a couple of bags full of old or outgrown clothing to the nearest Op Shop is a great way to update your wardrobe and make use of preloved clothing. The generosity is greatly appreciated, and with most Op Shops being used to raise funds for other causes it is a win-win situation. When the generosity of clothing donations doesn't hit the mark is afterhours donating, or more correctly dumping of used goods which happened around 10pm Sunday, January 26, at GV Hospice Op Shop, when a male and female threw four large bags over the fence. Continued Page 13
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