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Graffiti vandalism angers community Kids help ‘Good Samaritans’ with clean-up By SHARON BONTHUYS ACTS of graffiti vandalism over the new year period have angered the community. Graffiti vandals left offensive language and images, personal tags and drawings across the play equipment at Dundas Park in the first week of January 2022. Concerned grandmother Jan, noticed the graffiti at Dundas Park during a visit on January 5. She enlisted the help of fellow nannas Kerry and Gwenda, her daughter Amy, and their children and grandchildren to try to remove the graffiti from the equipment. Two other mums visiting the park with their children also joined in the clean-up. “Some of the graffiti we could get rid
of, but not all,” Jan said. “We were able to remove some of the swear words with wipes. The ‘F’ word was on a seat – we managed to get most of that off.” A photo of their clean-up efforts was subsequently posted on social media, resulting in praise for their actions and condemnation of the vandalism. When the Narromine Star visited Dundas Park on January 11, the remaining graffiti was still in place, including a very offensive phrase on the small climbing frame. One mother visiting the park with her young children that day commented that smaller children could not read the language but older children could. Jan agreed. “My grandchild has just fi nished kindergarten and she can sound words out. One of the other nan-
nas has an eight-year-old grandchild and she could read them as well. “Those kids just learning words are probably the most vulnerable,” she said. “It horrifies me that kids have to be exposed to [bad language] at the park.” General manager of Narromine Shire Council, Jane Redden, said that council takes action to remove and clean all graffiti when observed and reported. “Graffiti is not isolated to Narromine alone, it has occurred across the shire. Unfortunately, the Christmas/ new year break has seen an increased amount of graffiti vandalism and damage to council and private property,” said Ms Redden.
Young children help clean up the graffiti at Dundas Park.
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Council’s animal shelter forced to close temporarily By SHARON BONTHUYS
The Surrender Pens at the Animal Shelter. Council’s GM described the dumping of animals at this time of year as “a prevalent issue across the state”. PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR
THE Narromine Shire Council’s animal shelter was forced to close temporarily earlier this month due to the large number of companion animals surrendered to the facility. This was the fi rst time the
Dandaloo Road facility had ever had to close under these circumstances. General manager Jane Redden said that the animal shelter was at maximum capacity on January 4, 2022 when the facility was closed. It reopened on January 6. “Maximum capacity utilis-
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ing the two surrender pens is 12 dogs and six cats,” Ms Redden said. During the closure, members of the public were unable to surrender any animals and were advised to contact council in an emergency situation. Continued page 2