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2 <strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Wednesday <strong>February</strong> <strong>21</strong> <strong>2024</strong><br />
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from the editor’s desk<br />
WRITE THE name Franco<br />
Marek down in your<br />
notebook.<br />
It might earn you a dollar<br />
or two in the next few<br />
months.<br />
On page 1 today, we<br />
report on the promising<br />
pacer’s win at the weekend,<br />
and the significance of that<br />
victory for trainer Greg<br />
Manson and the family of<br />
a good friend, the late Blair<br />
Vining.<br />
Franco Marek is a big<br />
tough beast who beat a very<br />
handy field at Rangiora, and<br />
is on the way up to bigger and<br />
better things.<br />
Speaking of racehorses,<br />
watch out for galloper<br />
Palmetto in Sydney over<br />
news<br />
New street lamps a style crime<br />
Deputy Mayor Malcolm Lyall says Prebbleton’s new street lamps are<br />
“awful”. But what do you think?<br />
Page 5<br />
motoring<br />
Brave new world<br />
Toyota has ditched the petrol Corolla in favour of hybrid-only models –<br />
and the move doesn’t disappoint.<br />
Page 32<br />
the next several weeks. It is<br />
owned by a group of Lincoln<br />
people and has a fair bit of<br />
ability.<br />
It has its comeback race on<br />
Saturday, a stepping stone for<br />
bigger assignments through<br />
autumn.<br />
– Barry Clarke<br />
barry@starmedia.kiwi<br />
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