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Man held over armed robbery, 7 burglaries
Water view workout: Testing the fitness station are Dromana Football Club players Billy Quigley, Christian Ongarello, Ash Waterstone, Toby Banks, Shaun Clarke, Jack Fowler and Terry Wheeler. Picture supplied
Foreshore with a view to keeping fit THE first of four fitness stations made of 100 per cent plastic waste has been installed on the Dromana foreshore. It’s a double-whammy win devised by Rob Tannahill of Dromana foreshore committee of management – a place to get or stay fit for people using the Bay Trail, and keeping the equivalent of 95,000 plastic bags out
of landfill. The fitness equipment is made by award-winning Carrum Downs-based company Replas, which has been turning waste plastic into useful items such as bollards, seats and decking for more than 20 years. Now its “RE-fit” fitness station equipment is becoming popular. Mr Tannahill said the first station
had been installed by the committee’s ranger Michael Everitt and his assistants beside the Bay Trail and car park near BP corner, “roughly at the start of the area of our management”, near where Point Nepean Rd turns inland. Steve Vezer of Dromana prepared the site with his Bobcat. “We’re hoping to obtain funds from
donations and grants for three more stations,” Mr Tannahill said. The committee looks after the foreshore between BP corner and the boat launching ramp near Anthonys Nose. “We are getting a very positive response from the public who are making great use of it.” Mike Hast
A 39-year-old Rye man has been charged with armed robbery after allegedly threatening an 80-year-old woman milk bar attendant with what appeared to be a shotgun. The gun was later found to be an imitation. The man is also facing seven counts of burglary and two of theft from cars in the Rosebud area over the past few weeks. He allegedly pointed what was thought to be a sawn-off shotgun at the woman at the Melbourne Rd milk bar about 4pm on Sunday 14 June. The woman told police the man ran around the counter and forced her to open the till, escaping with $400. Detective Sergeant Nick Vallas, of Mornington police, said it would be alleged the gun was found when the man was arrested during a raid on a house in Woomera St, Rye, early on Thursday morning. The arrest was made after Detective Leading Senior Constable Deb Seymour, of Mornington police, thought she recognised a possible suspect and his car while viewing CCTV footage of robberies at Rosebud stores, a doctor’s surgery and offices. She was later granted a warrant to search his home for stolen goods. The man faced Frankston Magistrates’ Court the same day and was remanded to appear at a later date. Stephen Taylor
Southern Peninsula News 23 June 2015
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