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Footy colour pride By Brendan Rees
Jaxon, Oakley and Emmy were among the cheering students at footy day at Tooradin Primary School. 184427
Picture: STEWART CHAMBERS
With September AFL glory on the horizon, excited students from Tooradin Primary School celebrated in their footy colours on Friday 21 September. Three hundred students participated in the annual footy day which saw AFL, NRL and soccer teams represented as well as many donning the Tooradin Football Club jumper. "There was even a camera man and a walking hot dog amongst the outfits," said P.E and Sport Coordinator Mark Trounson. Students participated in a range of activities including goal kicking and high marking, while the day concluded with a teacher's versus student's footy match which was declared a draw.
Ashes to crashes A 57-year-old driver refused to give a blood-alcohol sample after driving through a red light and crashing in Cranbourne North, a court has heard. Louise Traverton, of Cranbourne North at the time, had been drinking at a wake for her late husband before she drove against traffic signals on the South Gippsland Highway. When police arrived, they found her car with significant front-end damage parked in a service lane. A preliminary breath test indicated she
had alcohol in her system, Dandenong Magistrates’ Court was told on 24 September. As her car was towed away, Traverton started to walk from the scene. She disregarded police requests to accompany them for an evidentiary blood-alcohol test at a police station, the court heard. Traverton said she didn’t care and wanted to walk home. She had been driving back from Kilcunda, where her late husband’s ashes had been scattered that day, her defence lawyer told the court.
There were a “few drinks” with family and friends at a wake, the lawyer said. After the crash, she had suffered a panic attack when asked to accompany police, the lawyer said. Traverton was since “extremely remorseful” and “extremely thankful no-one was injured”. Traverton , who lived by herself, had recently moved to north-west Melbourne to be closer to family, her lawyer said. It was argued that Traverton should be spared conviction due to her difficulties finding work. She had no prior drink-driving convictions, her lawyer argued.
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“She has already been knocked back for several jobs because she is not going to have a licence.” Magistrate Doug Bolster said the crash could have been a “lot worse”. If it was more serious, Traverton would have faced a “significant” jail term. Mr Bolster couldn’t “see my way clear” from imposing a conviction. Refusing a breath test was a serious offence, he said. Traverton was convicted, fined $750 and disqualified from driving for the mandatory two-year period.
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