Michael Patterson

NEWSSaturday October 10, 2015 WEEKEND ADVERTISER 3dailyadvertiser.com.au

THE Kangaroo Marchre-enactment that beganinWagga on September 5ends today with a closingceremony at Campbell-town.Walking from Camden toMenangle Park yesterday,vice-president of theKangaroo March CentenaryAssociation, RhonddaVanzella, described the35-day 524km re-enactmentof aWWI recruitment marchas an epic experience.“It was full of emotion aspeople shared not onlytheir family stories, but alsotheir own stories about howthey felt about marching.”

KANGAROOMARCH EPICEXPERIENCE

Kangaroo March at Picton

POLICE have struck backagainst car thieves in a“shock and awe” operationin the early hours of Fridaymorning. Officers swarmedthree homes at about 6am,thought to house serialcar thieves, and arresteda 17-year-old Ashmontboy as he tried to flee aCallaghan Street address.The teen, a suspect in thetheft of aVolkswagen fromaWagga home this week,was charged with a raftof offences and will frontWagga Children’s Court ona date to be fixed. It comesamid a spate of car theftsacross the city.

COPS STRIKEBACK AT CARTHIEVES

WAGGA on Friday lookedthe picture – and was alsopart of the picture thanksto popular daytime cookingshow Alive and Cooking.

Celebrity chef James Ree-son was shown the culinarydelights of the region at thecity’s Food I Am cookingschool, with an episode of

the visit set to be broadcastacross Australia.

“We were really thrilled.It’s a great showcase of whatwe’re doing in the Riverinaand our facility here,” Food IAm’s Tania Sibrey said.

“The show has quite a bigfollowing, so it’s a really greatway of highlighting the cook-

ing school and the region’sproducers to more than justRiverina people.”

Cameras walked throughthe Springvale property anda live audience watched theteam serve up a treat.

The episode will air onthe WIN Network in comingmonths.

It’s our flavour of the moment

ON AIR: WIN Network's Michael Patterson, Geoff Platts and James Reeson join Food IAm's Tania Sibrey and chef Melina Puntoniero during filming. Picture: Laura Hardwick

Brazenthievesnab warmedalsA MAN whose house wasransacked and robbed ofprecious war medals hasissued an emotional publicappeal to thieves to returnthem for the sake of hisgrandchildren.

The brazen theft hasemerged as another pow-erful symbol of the city’sproblem with repeatedbreak-and-enters – and it re-veals the ugly aftermath thatvictims of crime are forced toendure after being targeted.

Wagga man John Price isnow considering his futurein the city and said the rob-bery at the long weekend isthe final “nail in the coffin”for him.

He was in disbelief.The medals belonged to

his father and were awardedfor his service to AustraliaduringWorldWar II.

Other medals dated backto the 1920s and were forsporting achievements in theboxing ring and on the foot-ball field, and also includedrecognition for his work withRotary. Remarkably, familyphotos were also stolen.

They were contained in asimple brown box under hisbed, but they pieced togethera lifetime ofmemories forMrPrice.

“Themedals are part ofmyfamily’s history,” he said.

“They should be passedonto my grandchildren.

They are worthless to otherpeople, but priceless to myfamily.

“They are irreplaceable.”Mr Price was just one of

20 homes and cars that weretargeted acrossWagga on thelong weekend.

Sitting in a near-emptyhouse that had its windowssmashed, the Wagga manspoke of his disbelief andanger at the string of attacks.

“What I have to say aboutit you couldn’t print,” he said.

“You feel like your privacyhas been disrupted – theyneed to do something …there is more to this than justmy case.”

Earlier this week, WaggaLocal Area Commander Su-perintendent Bob Noble im-plored people to remain vig-ilant in the warmer monthswhen windows are typicallyleft open for ventilation.

“A trend of late has beenhome owners leaving a doorunlocked complacently andthieves strolling in and tak-ing what they want,” he said.

“Often thieves will look forkeys, car or house keys. Theywill then come back laterand let themselves back inand have their way and/orsteal your car and commitfurther offences in it. Car andhouse keys should not be leftin plain sight.”

Anyone with informa-tion over Mr Price’s medalsshould phone the Advertiseron 6938 3316 or Wagga po-lice on 6922 2599.

BY BRODIE OWEN

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