Draw to win with ‘luck of the Irish’ ST PATRICK’S Day celebrations will be in full swing this year at the Chelsea Heights Community Centre, with the centre set to host a family fun day on Sunday 18 March. Organisers of the event hope the event will provide a good time for all while celebrating Irish culture. “With such a large Irish contingency in our community, committee and staff at the Chelsea Heights Community Centre have decided to acknowledge this very well known culture and create a family-friendly celebration for our local Irish ancestors,” Chelsea Heights Community Centre president Maddie Race said. “We are embracing the Irish culture and bringing a touch of Irish to our community.” The free event will kick off at 10am and will feature themed activities, including Irish music and crafts. There are also plenty of giveaways to win if the luck of the Irish is on your side. A boy’s bike, a girl’s bike, and a scooter are up for grabs for the lucky winners of the St Patricks Day colouring competition. All children 12 and under will be eligible to enter. “Set in the beautiful surrounds of the centre’s Earth Carers Community Garden, we invite you to have some Irish fun. The morning is all about bringing the community together, as we celebrate the Irish culture,” Mrs Race said. For more details regarding the competition or the Family Fun Day, visit the Chelsea Heights Community Centre website or call 9772 3391. To enter the competition, see chelseaheightscommunitycentre.com.au/events and submit an entry by 14 March.
Police patrol
With Stephen Taylor
‘Visitor’ steals from staff
AN unknown young man found sitting on the floor of a Parkdale business was asked to leave by suspicious staff after he told them he was “looking for his cat”, 3.30pm, Monday 5 March. The man, described as “slightly Asian-looking” and skinny, with short black hair, was wearing dark-coloured jeans and a grey anorak. When challenged he ran across Como Parade towards Parkdale train station with three shop staff in pursuit. They later found he had rifled their handbags and stolen almost $300.
Phones, jacket stolen
Pot of gold: River, left, and Asher who are going to try a Chelsea Heights Community Centre colouring competition to win a bike. Picture: Gary Sissons
GARDEN
DETECTIVES used the Find My iPhone app to track mobile phones stolen from three 16-year-old boys as they walked to a friend’s place in Edithvale, 1am, Sunday 4 March. Earlier, an older boy had called out to the trio asking for cigarettes. Five or six teenagers, aged 16-18, then ran across Edithvale Road and demanded their phones and cash. They stole $40 and a black Nike jacket from one of the boys, and two phones from the others after grabbing their collars. Protective services officers who saw the incident called police as the attackers ran towards Vincent Street. The offenders are described as Caucasian with the main offender wearing a black hoodie. The discarded phones were later found at the corner of Vincent Street and Joffre Avenue.
Cars ‘keyed’
ALMOST $3000 in panel paintwork was damage when cars were “keyed” in Carrum, overnight Tuesday 27 February. The Renault, Toyota and Mazda cars were parked in Nepean Highway. A resident told police she heard a dog bark at about 11pm.
Cars ransacked
POWER tools and electronic testing equipment was stolen from a tradie’s car parked outside his Aspendale house, overnight Friday 2 March. Earlier, the man had heard noises in a neighbour’s garage on Nepean Highway and looked down to see three Caucasian men rummaging through his car. He ran down to confront the offenders but backed off and they ran away. He then checked his own car and found the tools gone. A packet of cigarettes was on his front seat. One of the men was about 183cm tall and the other two about 170cm tall.
Card runs hot
A MENTONE bather’s Gucci wallet containing her credit card was stolen and $981 spent before the theft was discovered, Friday 2 March. The Mordialloc woman checked her bank account the next day and discovered it had been used in 16 transactions before she cancelled it. Anyone with information on any of these incidents is urged to call Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000.
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Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News 7 March 2018
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