Friday, January 27, 2012
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Years of service earn Australia day honours for duo BY JOHN VAN KLAVEREN LONG and distinguished service to the disability sector, veterinary science and education have won two local men 2012 Australia Day honours. Belmont’s Norm Abbey was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM), while Lara’s Professor Ivan Caple received a Member of the Order of Australia (AM). Mr Abbey received his citation for service to people with disabilities, particularly through Shannon Park Foundation. As the founding and inaugural president of the parents and friends committee, Mr Abbey was instrumental in buying land to build Shannon Park Centre. He was also an active fundraising auxiliary member, twice heading campaigns for $150,000. Mr Abbey became involved after son Peter was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at 18 months. “I always felt I had to put something back into the community. We received a lot of support with Peter and wanted to repay that.” Melbourne University professor emeritus Ivan Caple, of Lara, always had the rural life at heart, growing up on a dairy farm at Leongatha. The introduction to animal health and welfare led to an 11-year career as a senior veterinary research officer. Prof Caple worked with seals and penguins on Macquarie Island and elephants in Malaysia before turning to academia. He retired as dean of the faculty of Veterinary Science at Melbourne University in 2007. He held national consultative roles on animal welfare and won awards for his work. Prof Caple continues working on new standards for the health and welfare of animals and achieving national recognition of state veterinary registrations. Main picture: Norm Abbey. Inset: Ivan Caple.
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Stalked, robbed for prescription Geelong pharmacy that was held up at gunpoint last year for opioid-based pain-relief drug Oxycontin. Det Sen Const Kay said the man was walking home after picking up his prescription from Discount Drug Store on Ormond Rd, East Geelong, when a male and female began chasing him. Police believed the pair might have been watching him, knowing what medication he had purchased. Det Sen Const Kay said the pair chased the victim into a
Foodworks supermarket where they attacked him and stole his medicine. The incident should serve as a warning to other chemist customers, Det Sen Const Kay said. “If you’re leaving the doctor and going straight to the chemist be aware that people may be around watching you. “Medication can be a bit like money; if these people depend on it and need it they certainly may become desperate.” Det Sen Const Kay said police recovered a Taser gun at the
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BY ERIN PEARSON DESPERATE drug addicts have started robbing chemist customers for their prescriptions, police have warned. Geelong Police Detective Senior Constable Heath Kay feared that an attack on a middle aged man outside an East Geelong pharmacy last Friday was a sign of things to come. He warned customers to be vigilant as they left pharmacies with medicine. The robbery victim had purchased medicine from an East
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