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Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
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All about Good Food By Callum Ludwig The much-loved Gladysdale Bakehouse has been recognised for its tasty array of baked goods and treats, being announced as a 2024 Reader’s Choice Award winner by the Australian Good Food Guide. Co-owners Jason and Melanie Rush have owned and operated the bakery in Yarra Junction for nearly 17 years this year. Mr Rush said it was a bit of a surprise. “It’s not something that we go out chasing, we just do what we do from day to day but I think when you get something from someone like that who’s a pretty reputable organisation I would have thought, it’s good credit and recognition to the staff that come in and work their butts off every day,” he said. Gladysdale Bakehouse is one of 11 bakeries to be recognised in the Australian Good Food Guide’s 2024 awards. Turn to page 10 for more
Melanie Rush with the ever-popular vanilla slice. (Stewart Chambers: 421211)
Driver sentenced 25-year-old Uber driver and student Anmoldeep Singh has been sentenced to three years and nine months in prison for dangerous driving in Wandin North that caused the death of 89-year-old Lewis Carnegie and serious injury to his brother Peter in February 2023. Mr Singh, who had pled guilty in the County Court of Victoria, apologised to the family of Mr Carnegie, including his daughter Ann
O’Connor and her husband who attended the sentencing, as well his Mr Carnegie’s grandaughter Jorja O’Connor, who was driving her grandfather and great-uncle when Mr Singh struck them with his Toyota Corolla. Judge Frances Hogan said there was ‘no explanation’ other than that Mr Singh ‘did not look or pay attention’ when he failed to stop at the intersection of Wellington Road and Clegg Road at about 3.55 on 11 February 2023. Mr Singh was transporting two Uber pas-
sengers Jessica Henning and Justin King to a wedding only a short distance away and was travelling at a speed of between 42-44km/h through the intersection when he struck Jorja O’Connor’s car, which was travelling at a speed of between 52 and 57km/h on Clegg Road, causing it to rotate, roll and then hit an embankment. Judge Hogan said she didn’t think she’d seen an intersection with ‘so many advance warnings and markings’.
At 160m from the intersection at the time of the incident, was a sign warning motorists of the presence of pedestrians, cyclists and horses. At 134m are signs on both sides informing drivers of upcoming rumble strips, with those strips starting at 111m from the intersection. Prepare to stop signs can be found 85m from the intersection, with more rumble strips 42m away and then a visible stop sign 6.7m from the solid line intersection. Continued page 4
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