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AUGUST 2 2013 ISSUE 1114
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THE HEARTBEAT OF PENRITH
LAKES LATEST A masterplan and strategy for the Penrith Lakes site could be before State cabinet as early as the end of this year. Speaking to the Weekender, Head of the Office of Penrith Lakes, Pat Coleman, said that significant progress is being made to have a strategy for the 1,900 hectare site. One of the major challenges continues to be a management structure for the parklands and lakes once they are completed.
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Cheryl Ardler’s sister looks at photos of her missing loved one, who hasn’t been seen since November last year. Photo: Melinda Jane.
Puzzling mystery
NO BARRIERS Disabled locals show off their talent PAGE 33
Baffling case of mother who vanished without a trace
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KATHERINE TWEED
heryl Ardler was a loving mum, a passionate football fan and part of a close-knit family. But her life and her whereabouts for the best part of the last year, is now part of one of the Penrith region’s biggest mysteries. Ms Ardler has not been seen or heard from in nine months. The 41-year-old Aboriginal woman from Cranebrook was last seen by family members in Penrith in November last year. It is believed by her family that Ms Ardler
travelled up the coast to visit a close family friend. She was said to be returning from that trip, but never arrived home. In a strange twist, family members have discovered that all photos of Ms Ardler have been removed from social media websites, that her mobile phone answering machine has been changed and that she had stopped following her favourite rugby league team, the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Ms Ardler, who normally kept in regular contact with family, stopped returning calls, didn’t reply to messages and was silent on social media. “It is like she has just disappeared completely,”
said Ms Ardler’s sister, who did not wish to be named. “It is just unexplainable – for her to go without speaking to her stepchildren, grandchildren or her son, it is not like her.” Th is week is Missing Persons Week, and it is hoped that the interest surrounding the week will prompt somebody to come forward with information about her disappearance. “My mother is broken, it has devastated our family. We lost another sibling at a young age so to not know where she is, not know if she is alive, is devastating. It has ripped my heart apart,” her sister said. Continued page six
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