YOUNG schoolgirl Emily Pleece may be visually impaired but she has a big vision. In September, the Aspendale Gardens resident will blast off to US southern state Alabama for a specialist space camp for blind and vision impaired students just like herself. Now, she is busy raising funds to get her dreams off the ground. Emily, 14, has been vision impaired since birth, after suffering a stroke in utero, and she also presents on the autism spectrum. The Parkdale Secondary College student hopes that Space Camp will bring her confidence, independence and a global network of friends. Space Camp is…
Author: Bayside News
THERE’S more to land than real estate. There’s more to family than DNA. Kingston Arts presents a uniquely Australian tale in Boy Out of the Country for one night only at Parkdale’s Shirley Burke Theatre this month. Jane Clifton (TV show Prisoner) leads a stellar cast to tell a story of land, family and belonging when a family’s block of land, worthless for generations, is suddenly re-zoned as part of a regional housing estate. This fast-paced, funny play delves into family loyalty, property prices and life beyond the big city explored through the relationship between two brothers. The performance is…
IF a tree or branch has come down onto power lines near your home, don’t immediately call the SES – call the power supply company. The power company’s crews will come out and isolate the power from the lines, and, in some cases, also remove the fallen tree or branch. “When we have multiple calls for assistance during a major weather event, it can be frustrating if we have to go to a job only to find that power lines are involved and are still live,” Chelsea SES controller Ron Fitch said. “We cannot do anything while we wait for…
A WATERWAYS woman at home with her son, 7.25pm, Saturday, screamed when an unknown woman came in through the unlocked front door and demanded the keys to her car. The woman’s husband had only been gone 10 minutes from the Barmah Av house when the stranger walked in with a hoodie and scarf over her face. Her son ran downstairs when he heard the scream and the stranger ran out the front door, meeting up with five men who were apparently waiting for her. They drove off in a dark coloured Commodore. There were no injuries and nothing was stolen.…
A LARGE police operation involving 24 Kingston police officers, Dog Squad and Air Wing tracked a gang of burglars for several hours in the southern suburbs, early Sunday morning, as they set out to raid stores at Chadstone, DFO Moorabbin, Waverly Gardens and a service station in East Boundary Rd, Bentleigh. The men were seen “casing” Southland shopping centre but drove off when they saw they were being monitored and turned their attention to DFO, in Centre Dandenong Rd, where they stole clothing valued at $10,000 from Kathmandu, 3.30am. Police said the men, driving a stolen silver Toyota Camry sedan,…