Clean up ‘disgusting’ beach butts KINGSTON Council and Mordialloc Beach Patrol have joined forces to hold the first annual Cigarette Butt Clean Up Day on Sunday April 23 and are calling on community volunteers to join in. Mordialloc Beach Patrol’s area manager Tony Buckle said the group had launched monthly clean-ups late last year and had been disgusted by the high number of dumped cigarette butts along the Mordialloc beach and recreational areas. “Mordialloc Beach Patrol has collected over 10,000 dumped cigarette butts in just five, one hour sessions with only a handful of volunteers,” Mr Buckle said. “We’re calling on the community to join us for our first annual Ciga-
rette Butt Clean Up Day. We want a massive community turnout so we can tackle this problem head-on,” Mr Buckle said. Cigarette butts are not only unsightly but take around 15 years to breakdown, leech harmful toxins into our environment and enter our marine food chain. Kingston mayor Cr Tamsin Bearsley commended the work of Kingston’s Beach Patrol groups and urged the community to add their support. “I’ll be there on the day to help and I hope we can get a great turnout to help clean-up our beautiful beaches and parkland areas,” Cr Bearsley said. “Council is working closely with
our Beach Patrol groups and local businesses to find ways to reduce littering along our beaches. So please do the right thing and put your rubbish and cigarette butts in the bin.” Mr Buckle said new volunteers were also always welcome at the Kingston Beach Patrol regular monthly clean-up sessions at Aspendale, Parkdale, Chelsea, Mentone and Mordialloc. The Cigarette Butt Clean Up Day is on Sunday 23 April, 9-10am. Meet at the Rotunda, Peter Scullin Reserve, Mordialloc. Bring garden gloves, zip lock bags and community spirit. See beachpatrol.com.au for details.
Go and play FAMILIES are invited to visit Parkdale Preschool on its Open Day on Saturday 7 May, 10am-midday. Established in 1948, the beachside preschool is a vibrant, communityminded service run by a parent-led committee to offer a safe, warm, caring and most importantly fun learning environment. Drop in and talk to their dedicated and qualified teachers about our program and before enrolments for 2017. There will be lots of fun for the littlies including face painting, a playball session, balloons and games. Parents will get a free barista-made coffee. See parkdalepreschool.com.au or call 9580 1155 for further details.
Police patrol
Bashed in caravan raid A CARRUM man living in a caravan suffered “major head injuries and brain swelling” when a group of men burst in and stole a safe, 9.15pm, Sunday. Chelsea police said four or five men entered the back yard of the house in Church Rd and forced their way into the van where the man, 20, was living. They threatened him with a large kitchen knife and hit him on the head several times with a baseball bat. He also received deep lacerations to his left foot. Occupants of the house watched the attack in horror. The offenders ran off with the safe – whose contents are unknown – and were tracked for a short time by the Dog Squad before disappearing. The victim was taken to The Alfred hospital for treatment. Police later charged a Carrum man, 45, with theft of the safe, but not the burglary. Yesterday it was in police hands – still unopened.
Police van sideswiped
Musical youth: Youngsters enjoy bongos fun at Parkdale Preschool.
A divisional van was sideswiped in Patterson Lakes, 11.50pm, Sunday. Police had followed the former taxi with partial taxi markings and false plates from McLeod Rd into Tennyson St where they activated their lights and prepared to intercept. However, the taxi did a U-turn in the dead-end street and drove into the side of the van, causing damage to both wheel guard panels. The driver, described as Caucasian,
young, with blond hair, was seen driving “erratically” earlier that day. Following contentious no-pursuit rules the taxi was not chased.
Arrests on gangrelated charges A 21-YEAR-old Keysborough man was arrested in Dandenong, Friday, as part of an ongoing police Taskforce Tense and Special Operations Group investigation into a series of aggravated burglaries and car thefts in Melbourne’s south east. The man is facing multiple offences, including armed robbery, kidnapping, aggravated burglary, firearms and drug offences. He was remanded to appear in court at a later date. A 31-year-old Noble Park man was also arrested, Thursday, and remanded to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court at a later date, charged with multiple offences, including armed robbery, aggravated burglary, kidnap, false imprisonment, theft and blackmail. Police said numerous items were seized, including firearms, ammunition, drugs and alleged stolen goods. “Detectives arrested the men as part of their ongoing commitment toward dealing with violent gang-related offending across southern metro region suburbs in recent months,” Victoria Police media officer Belinda Batty said.
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