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Time for breaky before teeing off A CHARITY golf day at Portsea Golf Club, Friday 22 April, will raise funds for Southern Peninsula Food for All’s new storeroom at Rosebud. In its 25th year, the organisation has packed and distributed more than 51,000 weekly food parcels for the needy all over the peninsula. At $150 per person, the Ambrose tournament is an opportunity to play on a links course among sand dunes adjoining Point Nepean National Park. Mornington Peninsula Shire mayor Cr Graham Pittock will host the day which includes a breakfast roll and coffee before the shotgun start at 8.30am. After the game there is a buffet lunch in the clubhouse, recognition of sponsors and presentation of prizes, as well as a silent auction. “With the demand for emergency food parcels continuing to grow each year, Southern Peninsula Food for All has been forced to find larger premises to pack food parcels for those in need,” Cr Pittock said. “I encourage any member of the community to participate by playing, sponsoring or donating.” Entries close Friday 15 April. Call shire communications manager Mark Kestigian on 5950 1200 or email mark.kestigian@mornpen.vic. gov.au
In the swing: Diane Falconer from Southern Peninsula Food for All takes to the course in support of the Mayoral Charity Golf Day, April 22. For tickets at $150 call 5950 1200.
Fear as crime surges on home front Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au CHRISTMAS should be a time of giving, but for Nicole Hill and her family, this year the reverse was true. The Baxter family lost a car, boat and all their holiday gear in a brazen robbery at their Frankston-Flinders Rd home on Christmas night, just hours before they were to drive to the Murray River for a caravan holiday. The thieves entered their kitchen
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and stole the keys to their fully loaded F250 utility before crashing through electric gates and driving off. The utility was later recovered at Cranbourne with $17,000 in damages. An $80,000 speed boat and $18,000 in ski gear was never recovered, although that loss was covered by insurance. Two of three off-road motorbikes valued at $12,000 were later recovered. The lost motorbike gear was valued at $8000. The thieves cut a hole in the side of a
shed to get the motorbikes out but were unable to steal Mr Hill’s prized Harley Davidson. “We didn’t hear a thing,” Mrs Hill said Wednesday. “It was raining overnight and we had some electrical appliances on and that must have muffled the sound. “My husband got up at 7am and went outside and then came running back saying we had been robbed. “The police didn’t even want to come out. After four phone calls they eventu-
ally arrived and took fingerprints.” The family’s front gate was found 100 metres down the road. A detective last week said the timing of the robbery – Christmas – and the pressure to police more serious crimes may have contributed to the delay in attending. Mrs Hill said there had been “quite a few robberies” in their area at that time. That robbery – and others like it in the Western Port region – has added to
residents’ concerns that a lack of police numbers and the contentious vehicle pursuit policy is giving a green light to criminals. Privately, police concede that crime gangs are ahead of the game with wellplanned tactics and young members prepared to steal whatever they can. The say the criminals may be comforted knowing they face a legal system seemingly determined to keep them out of jail and free to do it all over again. Continued Page 6
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