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I now training on television? or not, most of these milestones offer online personal training. are psychological issues that 24 LIVING LOCAL MAGAZINE WINTER 2012 • No more than 4 advertisements per page. • All season coverage in local shops, cafes ADVERTISER BENEFITS: and businesses, they go very fast! LIVING LOCAL AIMS TO PROVIDE DEEPER INTERACTION WITH OUR READERS, YOUR • Highly competitive advertising rates. CUSTOMERS, WHICH IS MOST IMPORTANT • We are all about connecting people to their TO US. IT’S THIS UNIQUE LOCAL local community with a passion for UNDERSTANDING THAT HELPS supporting and assisting local business in US TO HELP YOU. every way we can! TESTIMONIES: COVERStory “Thank you, last issue has been very popular”. (Denice Kelly from Bendigo Bank, Turramurra). “We find we get a great response from locals MALCOLM PAGE WITH TEAM MATE MATTHEW BELCHER COMPETING IN THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES At Roseville, girls are challenged and inspired to pursue their personal MALCOLM PAGE’S best across the spectrum of College life from academic studies, to sport, when featuring in Living Local Magazine”, the arts, community service and personal interest initiatives. JOURNEY ON WATER It was a great pleasure to meet “I really like being part of a years ago, when I decided to go Allan and Kate Waldon from Eastern Road Another Reason to Visit dual Olympic gold winner, and charity, so this is ideal as it’s a along for another campaign, no Our new, recently opened Library and Learning Enrichment Centre is the all-round top guy, Malcolm sport very special to me. I always Australian sailor had won two Page, at Middle Harbour Yacht wanted to give back and now gold medals so that was my perfect reason to visit – or revisit Roseville College. Club. Malcolm has sailed into I’m giving back to a core group personal challenge. history and has cemented outside the usual groups that Going forward, I think Mathew Quality Meats, Turramurra.