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Soft toys with life-saving ideals
Shelf life: Patrick Guest presents Ann and Garry Briggs with soft toy versions of the story characters they inspired. Picture: Supplied
A BOOK launched in Mornington last week comes about after a chat between an author and a Main Street book seller. Patrick Guest got the idea for his children’s book Rabby the Brave from a conversation he had with Ann Briggs, who has worked at Farrell’s bookshop for the past six years. While chatting, Ms Brigg’s revealed she was soon to have a “small surgical procedure”. Being naturally curious, Mr Guest asked what it was all about and was told she was getting ready to donate a kidney to her husband, Garry, whose kidney function had fallen by 93 per cent. Five years before, Mr Guest’s brother Bryan had died suddenly – but after earlier agreeing to donate his organs. Guest family members have been strong supporters of organ and tissue donations ever since. Patrick Guest’s latest work focuses on two soft toys belonging to siblings Leon and Lily: Rabby the rabbit and Snuggles the elephant. In the story, Snuggles is inadvertently left in the rain causing him to lose an ear and damage his leg. After a sleepless night, Rabby and Leon decide to help Snuggles by donating an ear and a leg – and Captain Rabby the Pirate is born. The story is described as a warm-hearted take on living organ donation and generosity in the face of adversity. It’s also relevant to the 148 deceased Victorian organ donors who have helped transform the lives of 389 grateful recipients: the highest number in any state. A further 273 living donors across Australia have provided partial liver and kidney transplants to 273 recipients, like Garry. The Australian Organ Donor Register is at donatelife.gov.au The book is available at Farrell’s Bookshop. Illustrations are by Tom Jellett.
Crime stats please police Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au
Good news: Inspector Janene Denton says the peninsula is a safe place to live. Picture: Supplied
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SENIOR police on the Mornington Peninsula are pleased with the drop in crime across almost all categories over the past 12 months. Crime Statistics Agency figures for the year ending 31 December 2017 released last week show reported crimes in the region were down from 9123 to 8483. Mornington Peninsula Local Area Commander Janene Denton, based at Rosebud, said it was “good news that
crime is trending in the right direction”. “We live in a very safe area,” she said. “There is good community spirit on the peninsula and no reason for people to feel unsafe.” Crimes Against the Person fell from 1204 last year to 1154 this year, with assaults down 769-702 and robbery 26-21. Sexual offences were up 149172 and dangerous and negligent acts endangering people up 104-125. Stalking down 142-124 and burglary/break-and-enter 1487-1166. Property and deception offences fell from 5496 last year to 4966 this year,
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but deceptions on their own were up 329-369 and drug use and possession up 260-283. Disorderly and offensive conduct was up 696-750. Inspector Denton said use of media and social media – such as the police Eye-watch page – helped make residents aware of crime and made it easier for police to make arrests. Despite the figures showing a drop in crime over past year, the state Liberal Nationals compared figures from 2014 to 2017 to say crime has “risen 4.61 per cent” on the peninsula (from 10,446 incidents up to 10,928) since Labor came to power.
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