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Spiritual leader steps aside Narre Warren Christian Church co-founder Keith Vethaak has always believed there was hope and love to be found in the most unlikely of places. Surrounded by members of the community during the Monday evening service on 7 August, he spoke about about a young man he met as a pastor at the Reformed Church of Kingston in Tasmania about 40 years ago. “The boy had cerebral palsy and he couldn’t talk,“ he said. “The first thing he wrote was “I love God and I want to know more about him.“ Mr Vethaak has now retired as a full-time pastor at the Narre Warren Christian Church, which has been operating as the Transit Soup Kitchen and Food Support service since 2009. STORY PAGE 15
Keith Vethaak is stepping down. 351788 Picture: STEWART CHAMBERS
Shopping terror By Emily Laing A witness of a police chase in Doveton have said it was a “miracle no one was killed“ after a man on a motorised scooter fled dangerously into a shopping area. Around 11am on Friday 4 August, the man was seen riding a motorised scooter with no plates while being “closely“ pursued by police
outside Autumn Place Shopping Centre. Police had intercepted the rider on Hawthorn Road. In an attempt to evade police, the rider drove the wrong way up a one way street into the shopping area. “All of a sudden the motorcyclist came boring up from the supermarket end towards the library end, the police car was only two car
lengths behind him,“ witness Maree said. “It was a terrifying incident to witness. “People walking in the shopping area had to jump onto the footpath.“ Maree said the police took a “terrible risk“ in “forcing“ the motorcyclist into the shopping area, however a police spokesperson said the officers did not pursue the vehicle after “an
assessment was made“ regarding “potential safety risks to the public“. Other witnesses remember seeing a police car, but heard no commotion and did not recall seeing the rider. Investigations remain ongoing and Victoria Police would not comment on “police methodology“.
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