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Issue #277 – Wednesday, 15 April, 2015
Albury Wodonga’s largest circulating newspaper
Youth make it one to remember They may be young, but they certainly have a lot to give. As this week marks National Youth Week, the Border's own are making sure it's one to remember as well as trying to make a positive difference. FOR MORE ON THIS POWERFUL PRODUCTION, TURN TO PAGE 2 Albury RSL president Graham Docksey inspects the new Cross of Sacrifice. 137609 Picture: ERIN SOMERVILLE
There is an alternative
Honour delivered By ERIN SOMERVILLE AFTER 90 years, the Albury War Memorial is finally complete. The monument that looks over the city of Albury received its final touch yesterday morning with the installation of a Cross of Sacrifice and memorial plaque. Although the monument was designed in 1923, a shortage of public funding meant the bronze cross could not be included for the 1925 opening. Now, only a few days short of the 100th anniversary of the Anzac Gal-
lipoli Landing, the memorial for Albury and district servicemen is now complete. It was a moment that left City of Albury RSL Sub-Branch President Graham Docksey very proud and excited. “It just completes the job that wasn’t done when it opened. “We’re ecstatic, this is something that needed to be done.” The project is worth $11,000 and was funded through a Federal Anzac Centenary grant.
Mr Docksey was able to see the cross erected before he headed to Turkey tomorrow to attend Anzac ceremonies at Gallipoli. This will be his 18th occasion at Gallipoli, but he says it is something he looks forward to every time. “It’s special at Gallipoli every year,” he said. “Standing there among the crowd when they are singing the national anthems for all three countries - Australia, Turkey, and New Zealand – make you proud to be Australian.”
The cross will be maintained by AlburyCity. Mayor Kevin Mack said it was a great moment to see the latest addition to the city’s well-known memorial installed. “It’s really important that we maintain this legacy,” he said. “I encourage all residents to come up for the dawn service and spend the day celebrating 100 years of the Anzac landing and that it’s passed on to the next generations.”
LOCAL media has itself been in the media recently due to the announcement of significant numbers of redundancies at the Border Mail. There have been plenty of local identities willing to weigh into the debate about the changes, calling for locals to support the Border Mail. But at a time when Fairfax has decided to further consolidate and centralise its newsrooms and other functions, local advertisers and readers do have an alternative and an alternative with local ownership. The NewsWeekly was begun in this region by a group of businesspeople six years ago to provide a free alternative at a time when paid circulations were declining. The NewsWeekly provides truly local news and information without syndication. Today the NewsWeekly is majority owned by a family newspaper company, Star News Group, which has a history of 105 years, and the remaining shareholders are local businesspeople. The NewsWeekly can continue to grow its local content with the support of local advertisers to become the region's premier local news provider. “The NewsWeekly, started by locals, continues to service the region as the only free weekly local newspaper,” Star’s managing director Paul Thomas said. “We’d like to call on local advertisers to support the NewsWeekly more to ensure this region is well serviced by local free media. “With the NewsWeekly’s free delivery and continued web presence, local news can be consumed from a variety of sources as it breaks and offer advertisers an excellent way to reach local readers. “As paid circulations continue to decline with more syndicated news and less local news, free papers are becoming even more vital to their local communities.“
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