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100 days By Oliver Winn The Wandin Yallock Primary School prep students celebrated their 100 Days of Prep on Thursday 31 July in an event which saw smiles, excitement and youthful cheer. The kids bounced with exuberance as they built cup towers with 100 cups, raced to score 100 in board games, assembled domino runs with 100 pieces and painted hand prints with 100 fingers. At 11am, the rest of the school formed a guard of honour for the preps which saw the preps walking with their heads high. Star Mail journalist Oliver Winn took photos for the event and captured the unbridled joy of childhood. Foundation teacher Libby Davidson said the students felt very special to have hit this momentous milestone. “In the morning we had a lovely time with our families coming to engage in lots of activities all based around the number 100,” Ms Davidson said. Turn to page 11 to see more photos from the event
The preps had a blast celebrating their first 100 days of schooling. (Oliver Winn: 493971)
Shots save a life By Oliver Winn Police in Yarra Junction were forced to shoot a man who was violently assaulting his sister on Wednesday night after multiple taser rounds failed to subdue him. The 48-year-old woman was airlifted to hospital with a partially severed arm and remains in a coma, while the 45-year-old man was declared dead at the scene. It came after the siblings’ mother called police around 5.30pm, 30 July, after a fight had broken
out between the pair. Upon arrival at the Warburton Highway property, the police officers were briefed by the mother outside the home before entering to find the brother strangling his sister, who appeared unconscious and had a partially severed arm. “What I’ve observed is a male strangling a female and without intervention by police, I think that would have been life-threatening,” Victoria Police Eastern Region Assistant Commissioner Russell Barrett said.
A was sword found at the scene. Mr Barrett didn’t confirm it was used, but he said the woman’s injury was “from a weapon of some description”. The 77-year-old mother was distressed and was also taken to hospital for shock. “You can imagine what the mother is going through at this moment. “It’s a tragic circumstance for a family and for a relatively small rural community who know their community and know their police,” Mr Barrett said.
He reviewed the officer’s body cam footage and said they acted “entirely appropriately”, adding the two officers were distressed after the incident. “These police officers have come to work doing what they do every day in a relatively small community, had been confronted with a situation where they’ve had to take life-taking action. “It’s what they’re trained to do and they’re trained very, very well. But no police officer wants to take these actions.” Story page 3
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