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Sustaining Balnarring BALNARRING Primary School is holding a fair “to inform, educate and inspire the community to work toward a more sustainable future”. The school now wants to find businesses, organisations and community groups that “share a focus on environmental and sustainable issues” to participate in the 24 November Balnarring Community Sustainability Fair. It will be held at the Balnarring Racecourse and include workshops for children and adults, live music and guest speakers. Balnarring primary’s curriculum includes “sustainable principles as a cornerstone of the students’ education”. In the past two years the school has received the Resource Smart 5 Star Sustainability Award, won the Victorian Keep Australia Beautiful Active School Award (2010), was runner-up in the state Landcare awards and won three categories of the 2012 Mayoral Sustainability Awards. In 2011 the school attained the Water LiLi (Learn It, Live It) bronze, silver and gold awards. Businesses, community groups, producers, artists and musicians who want to be involved in the fair can go to www.balnarringsustainability.org.au or call Pea Saunders at Balnarring primary on 5931 4444. Growing up: Tyson leads a band of Balnarring Primary School pupils preparing for November’s sustainability fair.
No answer to skinned dog By Keith Platt POLICE are baffled by the partial skinning of a labrador found dead in the backyard of its owners’ Hastings house. “It’s quite bizarre, really,” Leading Senior Constable Nick Sweetman said. He said the dog had been dead before the skin was removed. One of its owners told police she found 17-year-old Pepper in the back-
yard with her two other dogs at about 7pm on Sunday 28 August. Pepper had a 40 centimetre by 15 centimetre piece of skin missing from her back and had lost one ear. The dog was still wearing her winter jacket. Leading Senior Constable Sweetman said one vet believed the injuries could have been caused by another animal while a second vet believed a straight
edge to the cut “would have needed the use of an object”. Both vets agreed the injuries had been caused after Pepper, who was suffering from cancer, had died. Leading Senior Constable Sweetman said the backyard of the Salmon St property was surrounded by a paling fence. “Whatever happened, there has been no offence committed,” he said.
“We’ve pursued all lines of inquiry and don’t know if an animal or human was involved.” He said Pepper appeared to have died between 5.30pm and 7pm while a woman who lived in the house was at home. “She heard the dogs barking, but didn’t think anything of it because it was near their feeding time,” Leading Senior Constable Sweetman said.
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