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Local schools closed as teachers strike for change P3 Bad 24 hours on the roads in Narromine shire By SHARON BONTHUYS IN the space of 24-hours last week, four separate incidents occurred on the roads in Narromine shire. Narromine resident Viv Halbisch had a terrifying experience on the afternoon of Tuesday, May 3, when she was almost run off the road by a vehicle just outside Narromine. Returning from Dubbo, she was on the straight stretch of road near the industrial estate when a vehicle crossed to her side of the road, forcing her off the road to avoid a collision. The vehicle did not stop. Mrs Halbisch was left shaken by the incident. A motorist following behind her who was also forced off the road by the wayward driver stopped to see if she was okay. The same vehicle is believed to have forced another Narromine-bound driver off the road closer to Dubbo on the same afternoon, Ms Halbisch said. Mrs Halbisch called triple zero (000) to report the matter at 4.19pm and when she was able to continue her journey, she stopped in to speak to the police in Narromine. Inspector William Russell from Orana Mid-Western Police District has confi rmed that a 21-year-old male driver was apprehended by police highway patrol in relation to this incident. Continued page 2
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Vandals target church twice over weekend By SHARON BONTHUYS PARISHIONERS at St Mary’s Anglican Church in Narromine got a rude shock on Sunday when they arrived for worship to fi nd vandals had visited overnight. Both properties on the site at the corner of Dandaloo and Terangion Streets suffered damage in the attack. A toilet at the rear of the church hall was smashed to pieces while a vent at the base of the neighbouring church building was broken, and a hose thrust into the space and turned on. It is unknown how long water was left running under the 89-year-old church, which opened in July 1933. On Monday morning, St Mary’s treasurer, Shirley Alderton, arrived to fi nd the vandals had returned and infl icted more damage. Security mesh was torn from outside the kitchen window in the church hall and the window was smashed. Glass littered the ground outside the building as well as inside the kitchen. It appeared that the vandals did not enter the hall during the second attack but again left a hose running through the vent under the church building. Ms Alderton expressed disgust at the attacks which have destroyed the toilet used by males visiting the church hall, and caused unknown water damage beneath the church building.
Main photo, Shirley Alderton and others were shocked to see a running hose under the church building. Above, the men’s toilet was smashed to pieces in the vandalism spree. PHOTOS: NARROMINE STAR.
“Our parishioners are devastated. Who would do this?” she said, pointing to what was left of the men’s toilet. It will need to be completely replaced and re-plumbed. Broken beer bottles were also found outside the church on Terangion Street on Sunday morning, a local resident
reported. The glass was removed by churchgoers. Police attended the site on Sunday afternoon but were yet to hear of the additional damage when the Narromine Star visited the church on Monday morning. The sheds onsite at the church had been targeted ear-
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lier in the year, Ms Alderton said, but nothing was stolen. “They tried to get into our sheds a few months ago. There’s nothing of value in them,” she said. Ms Alderton said hoses left onsite to assist with gardening would be removed following the senseless repeat attacks. The church council will meet this week and look at upgrading security in response to the vandalism, she said. “I feel like sleeping on site in case they come back again,” Ms Alderton said.