It’s your favourite part of the week, we’ve opened the books from November 1998.
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We love the photos, but here are some of the headlines from the time too:
Forbes was announced as one of 1000 towns on the Olympic torch route to the 2000 Games.
The abattoirs were “locked out” after a stalemate in workplace agreement negotiations. The matter was resolved with work to resume in December.
The Murray Darling Basin water cap was the topic of local discussions.
Campaigning for the Inland Marketing Corporation international airport at Parkes was also in full swing.
Forbes’ Murray Fraser won two rounds of the tv show, Wheel of Fortune, to become carry-over champion to the new year.
There were plenty of school concerts, fetes and excursions to keep the photographers busy!
