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Spy kids are on the case
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No mission was impossible for these aspiring 007 secret agents. Armed with a spy ID card, an activity booklet, a cypher wheel for code-cracking, and some mission instructions - 25 children set out on their secret mission at Cranbourne Library's 'Spy Camp' as part of Casey Cardinia Libraries free school holiday program. "The kids had fun with a range of training missions which included code-cracking, crawling through a 'laser maze' of red wool lasers, pine cone 'bomb defusing' and sending secret messages to one another," said Acting Youth Services Coordinator Faith Cadman. "We cordoned off the area usually used for our console games for the activity, but they also had to venture out into the junior non-fiction shelves to crack some Dewey Decimal codes." All participants received a training certificate at the end of the session. More on school holiday activities at the Cranbourne library website.
Caught in the act A Cranbourne man has told of how he chased a pair of intruders with a baseball bat after they allegedly took off with his motorbike on Tuesday 2 July. Stuart Callow, 23, said he was at his Narre Warren - Cranbourne Road home about 6am when he heard a noise from his driveway where his pride-and-joy, worth $7500 was parked. "I'm sitting there and didn't think much of it; it's not unusual that I hear the cat and stuff," he said. "I kept hearing it so I moved my curtain a little bit, and wiped a bit of fog off. "I was like my bike's not there so I've got a baseball bat in my room preparing for this
A photo of the bike allegedly stolen from a Cranbourne home. Picture: CASEY CRIME PAGE day," he said. According to Mr Callow, he ran out to his driveway where the pair had spotted him. "They've both run to the car as quick as they could.
"By the time he's gotten into the car, I've belted the bat into his door, that didn't break the glass so I started belting the s**t out of the windscreen." He said his bike, a black 2007 Suzuki GSXR1000 with registration GV 130 was already loaded onto a trailer that was hooked up to their car. "He didn't even shut the door, the car was still running and he's just put it into drive and flown out the driveway. "He's torn up my lawn because he's cut across the gutter," he said. A couple of friends of Mr Callow noticed the white ute pull up in the driveway about 5.50am but assumed it was him and "didn't think anything of it." It is the second time in 12 months Mr Callow
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has had his bike stolen, which was not insured. "I dare say they're going to be stripping it apart for parts. Why would you want that bike for without the keys?" he said. Mr Callow described the getaway car as a white Falcon ute with a tub, either an AU or BA model, and a steel six by nine trailer. He said the men were caucasion and aged in their thirties. Mr Callow posted images of his bike on Facebook's Casey Crime Page in the hope of the bike being found. He is also offering a $1000 reward to anyone that can help track down its whereabouts. Cranbourne police are investigating. Anyone with anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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