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Guiding the way for art Pakenham Girl Guides has celebrated a brand-new artwork at their Henry Street Hall on Sunday 7 April which honours the almost century-long history of Guides in Pakenham. The mural was completed by Simon White, an artist who travels the country creating predominantly murals for local communities. The mural became a reality after finding the artist for the job and securing a sponsorship with Ray White Officer’s Gavin Staindl. A prospective artwork at the hall was a long-time passion for district manager Sonya Boloski. “I was absolutely over the moon, what he has done is everything I could have wished for in the artwork,” she said. “It has everything, they are tributes to the brownies of the old. It’s all a tribute to guiding in Pakenham.” On Sunday, an afternoon tea was held at the hall to officially reveal the artwork, with mayor Jack Kowarzik in attendance.
From left, back, Gavin Staindl, Jack Kowarzik, Claire Baker and Jackie Murphy; front, Sonya Boloski, Khloe, Kat, Mia, Miley and Jan Withers. Picture: GARY SISSONS
Water safety plea By Violet Li and AAP
service on Thursday 4 April for the shattered families of Dharmvir and Gurjinder. Harpreet Singh Kandra, a community volunteer who helped organise the prayer service, said they tried to build a bit of water safety awareness in the community on the day. “A lot of people in the Indian community do not know swimming, which is not good. We did tell people that it’s good for everyone to learn to swim,” he said. “If you can’t learn swimming, you need to be extra careful with water when you are on a
holiday.” He said there was a need for the media and the community to build up awareness on a wider scale. “When news is new, people remember it and people can relate to it. But once the news dies down, people again get used to their lives,” he said. “I have spoken with a few community leaders, and I don’t think it’s a problem in the wider community. Continued page 3
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A prominent Cardinia Shire community leader has stressed the importance of water safety awareness following the deaths of six people from the local Indian community. Clyde residents Dharmvir Singh, 38, and Gurjinder Singh, 65, drowned after leaping into a pool at a Gold Coast hotel to try to save the younger man’s child on Sunday 31 March. The shocking news came only two months after Victoria’s worst drowning incident in almost two decades where three Clyde North
residents - Kirti Bedi, 20, Suhani Anand, 20, and Jagjeet Singh Anand, 23 - and Reema Sondhi from India, drowned during at Forrest Caves Beach on Phillip Island on Wednesday 24 January. On 12 January, Cranbourne East man Sahil Panwar, 25, was swept out to sea in the vicinity of the Bourne Creek Trestle Bridge at Kilcunda Surf Beach when he was trying to retrieve his sunglasses in the water. The Officer Sikh Temple Gurudwara Siri Guru Nanak Darbar held a voluntary prayer