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Tony Fil checks out the pool at Mountainview Retirement Village.
Keep watch around water: Safety needs to be a priority KATHERINE TWEED
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he start of summer means more time spent around water so it is important to ‘Keep Watch’ because it may just save a life. As part of its Keep Watch 2012 campaign, Royal Life Saving Australia, in conjunction with PoolWerx, revealed that 330 Australians, under the age of five, have drowned in the past 10 years, almost half of those in a home pool. The facts are horrific but according
to local PoolWerx franchisee, Tony Fil, keeping watch around the pool and ensuring that your pool is safe can make a big difference. “There are plenty of little things that you can do that can save a life and that is invaluable. The complacency, where people say ‘it is not going to happen to me’, is the biggest issue; it is promoting poor supervision,” he said. As part of the campaign, a free Home Pool Safety Application has been launched. See www.homepoolsafety. com.au for more information.
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Locals are being encouraged to help out with Christmas donations for pets this year.
KATHERINE TWEED
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we want to get Christmas into these animals’ lives so that they can get treats and gifts as well. We just want to get the word out so that people can support us again,” said Werrington County resident, Lauren Freeman. The Kemps Creek Animal Welfare League are after donations ranging from water toys to chicken stock, for doggy ice blocks, to keep the animals cool as well as Christmas presents and treats. If you would like to make a donation, contact Lauren Freeman on 0404 638 126.
| Friday, December 7, 2012
ousehold pets are very much a part of the family for many local people but this Christmas, think about the homeless animals who spend their nights at the Animal Welfare League. Over 100 animals will spend their Christmas at the Kemps Creek Animal Welfare League this year with nothing to keep them cool over the hot summer. “Who doesn’t deserve a Christmas;
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