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Mt Austin High School captains, Jenny Tunley and Graham Woods presented to the school an impressive portrait painted by school parent Mrs Barbara Kerridge, of Mr Colin Stewart Oliver, the school’s inaugural principal, who died suddenly last year.
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Wagga Community Transport manager, Rosina Grosse, has been forced by health problems to resign after playing a substantial role as manager of the service for ten years.
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Wagga Wagga in the Past from the pages of the Daily Advertiser.
Annette Harris was crowned Miss Wagga 1999 and Melissa Barklem crowned as Community Princess at a ceremony at the Broadway Complex.
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Australia’s oldest “satchel swinger” the legendary 85-year-old bookmaker, Alf Ludwig finished his career at this week’s Wagga races.  
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• Kay Hull was officially declared the new Member for Riverina winning the seat with 65.3 per cent of the two-candidate preferred system with Labor’s Peter Hargreaves picking up the remaining 34.7 per cent. Wagga Wagga in the Past from the pages of the Daily Advertiser. Click for more details, more highlights and more photos

North Wagga captain-coach, Alan Hayes will undergo surgery on his little fingers in November but expects to be ready in February to start training for next season’s Farrer League competition.
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• Dean Godfrey Fryar of Saint Saviour’s Cathedral, Goulburn has been appointed as an assistant bishop and will take up residence in Wagga as the rector of Saint John’s Parish and will be the first Anglican bishop to be based in Wagga.
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• Cancer Council community development officer, Elizabeth Moon presented Wagga businessman Ron Crouch with a framed daffodil print by artist Pro Hart in recognition of his contribution to Daffodil Day 1998.
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Former Wagga residents, Mr and Mrs Geoff Dixon are leaving Australia for Europe where Mr Dixon, a former Chief of Staff at The Daily Advertiser has been appointed the Australian Government’s Publications Editor for Europe and Asia.
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Ald Morris Gissing was elected for a third term as Wagga’s Mayor with Ald Harold Fife elected as Deputy Mayor. Wagga Wagga in the Past from the pages of the Daily Advertiser. Open for more details, more highlights and more photos