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Catani great hits magical milestone By Russell Bennett
Owen Fitzpatrick, front row centre, with his team mates after his record-breaking day. 181528
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Owen Fitzpatrick’s 1000-goal milestone on Saturday was a memory to savour for all the Catani faithful. The big man with a heart of gold has meant the world to the Blues ever since he made his senior debut, and on Saturday Owen - now in his 30s - made history, slotting seven majors (plus one more for good measure) to bring up 1000 senior goals for his career ... and all while wearing a Catani guernsey. It’s an achievement never before reached in the history of the Ellinbank and District Football League, and one that may never be replicated. But Owen was just proud he got to celebrate the milestone at his home ground, in front of some of his closest friends and family, and alongside his beloved team mates. For the full story of a magical day at Taplins Road, turn to the back page of this week’s Football liftout - on page 48.
People crush fear By Kyra Gillespie
edge of Pakenham and people don’t even know about it.” According to 2016 census data, Warragul is currently home to 15,757 residents and 6837 dwellings. Pakenham East will be home to over 20,000 to 22,000 people and 7100 dwellings. There will be around 16.40 lots per hectare ranging from single storey to four storey structures. “We strongly oppose having four storey apartments; there are no four storey residential buildings in the rest of Cardinia so why should they put them in an estate that borders a rural area?” Rose Biddell asked on behalf of the Nar
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The proposal for an estate “bigger than Warragul” on the eastern outskirts of Pakenham had residents and land care groups in a panic at a public submissions hearing on Friday 1 June. The new neighbourhood, yet to be formally named but currently under the working title Pakenham East, was far from welcomed by locals at the hearing, with one bemoaning the likelihood of “battery humans“ being crammed into the estate. As a result of green wedge rezoning by the then Planning Minister Matthew Guy in 2012, around 630 hectares of farmland will be trans-
formed into a thriving estate comprising of over 7000 dwellings. It will be bordered by Deep Creek and Ryan Road to the west, Mount Ararat Road to the east and the Princes Freeway to the south. Almost eight full hours of submissions were heard by representatives of the Planning Minister at the Cardinia Civic Centre, almost all of which of which flagged traffic congestion, environmental impacts and community safety as key concerns. “It’s going to be bigger than Warragul, this precinct is humongous,” Nar Nar Goon Progress Association president Geoff Bramley said. “They’re building a new Warragul on the
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Nar Goon Progress Association on Friday. “No one likes battery chickens so we don’t want battery humans.” Traffic congestion was the hot button topic of the day, particularly for existing Ryan Road residents. Current data estimates nine daily vehicle trips per day will be made by the future population of Pakenham East. There are also 100 new houses set to be built on Ryan Road. “Over 7000 cars a day is massive, and Ryan Road will cop a large brunt of the traffic,” Ryan Road resident Jason Santori said. Continued on page 4
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