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Rapt to have Harry onside
(Shawn Smits)
Taylors Lakes Secondary College students had a ball when legendary Socceroo Harry Kewell helped them in a training session. Six of the school’s sports captains were given the chance to work with Kewell as part of their studies. Year 12 sports captain Stefania Valerio said she loved the world game. “It’s a huge passion of mine, and to share that passion and have Harry Kewell here is very exciting.” Soccer is a big part of the school’s culture, with about 130 students enrolled in its academy program. Student leadership co-ordinator Chris Greechan said the soccer academy ran in place of physical education classes in years 7 to 9. “Our academy focuses on improving playing abilities and also takes on a coaching flavour towards years 11 and 12,” Mr Greechan said. Stefania said she enjoyed soccer’s fitness and social benefits. “It’s a team environment and I’ve met heaps of different people from different backgrounds.” The school is training male and female squads to compete in July’s Kanga Cup competition in Canberra. It’s the third year the school will have taken part in the competition, which will have 275 teams of 4200 players from Australia and overseas meeting for a week of football, culture, fun and friendship. Sarah Aquilina
Vigil to honour stab victim By Priscilla Moca The sister of Sunshine stabbing victim Fiona Warzywoda still “breaks down every day” when she remembers Fiona is gone. Jolene Warzywoda will honour her sister’s life on the anniversary of her death a year ago by holding a community vigil in Sunshine on Thursday. “It feels like someone else’s life. I can’t get over the fact my big sister is gone,” the Bendigo woman says. “I was pregnant at the time and I gave birth to my little girl at seven months
from the stress of it all.” Fiona, a Melton West mother of four, was allegedly stabbed by her de facto partner of 18 years, Craig McDermott, on April 16 last year, just hours after the pair left Sunshine Magistrates Court over an intervention order hearing. The incident happened at a busy Sunshine shopping strip in broad daylight. Mr McDermott has been ordered to stand trial on October 19 this year, and will appear in court again on April 23 for a further directions hearing. Last year, Sunshine Magistrates Court
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received a staggering 3041 applications for family violence intervention orders – more than quadruple the number for matters outside the home. Figures obtained by Star Weekly reveal that 2671 new family violence intervention orders were sought last year, with 313 heard in October alone. Jolene says she doesn’t want her sister to be “another victim that just doesn’t matter”. “I don’t ever want her to be swept under the rug or forgotten. This has rattled so many people, most of all her poor children,” she says.
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“I never knew how many women die like this, like my sister did. It’s shocking, disgusting and needs to stop.” Hampshire Road, where Fiona was killed, will be closed as people gather to light candles and carry posters reading “no more violence” and “no more murder”. Some of Fiona’s family and friends and a White Ribbon representative will speak at the memorial, at the corner of Hampshire and Devonshire roads, from 6.30pm. More information is at: jowarzywoda@ gmail.com
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