{"id":18721,"date":"2020-09-01T16:13:15","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T06:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themooraboolnews.com.au\/?p=5334"},"modified":"2024-02-02T23:42:39","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T12:42:39","slug":"a-connected-voice-speaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/a-connected-voice-speaks\/","title":{"rendered":"A connected voice speaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Helen Tatchell<\/p>\n<p>Nominations don\u2019t open for another three weeks yet there is one council candidate who has his hand up already, follows Hawthorn and predicts West Coast Eagles to take the AFL Premiership flag.<br \/>\nRod Ward told the Moorabool News he is planning to nominate in the East Ward of Moorabool in the upcoming 2020 Council elections.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00\">To read the full story &#8211; Simply click on the following link and flip through to page number seven (7).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00\"><a style=\"background-color: #ffff00\" href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/themooraboolnews\/docs\/mn_2020-09-01\">https:\/\/issuu.com\/themooraboolnews\/docs\/mn_2020-09-01<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00\">in the 1 September 2020 edition<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"background-color: #ffff00\">OR<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"background-color: #ffff00\">pick up a paper around your town.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>**NOW DELIVERING <span style=\"background-color: #ff00ff\">11,500<\/span> FREE COPIES WEEKLY**<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Helen Tatchell Nominations don\u2019t open for another three weeks yet there is one council candidate who has his hand up already, follows Hawthorn and predicts West Coast Eagles to take the AFL Premiership flag. 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