Family say driver who killed Kenwick boy, 2, not to blame

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THE family of a two-year-old Kenwick boy killed when he ran on to the road after buying a lollipop don't blame the driver who hit him, it was reported tonight.

Police said toddler Christian Mead was playing with other children on Wanaping Rd when the accident happened about 5.30pm.

Nine News said tonight his family did not blame the driver whose 4WD hit Christian.

Christian had been crossing the road back to his home, excited after having been bought a lollipop from a roadside ice-cream van.

The 47-year-old woman driver had stopped her silver Jeep Cherokee immediately to render assistance.

Christian, the youngest of 13 children, died at the scene.

His father, Steven Mead, said he would be greatly missed by his family.

"It's taken a piece of my heart away that can never be replaced," Mr Mead said.

More on Channel Nine News: click here

Police are asking anyone who witnessed the crash, or who saw the vehicle involved before the crash, to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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Substation complaints surge

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RESIDENTS living near the site of a proposed Western Power substation in Maddington are concerned the facility will be an eyesore and present a bad first impression to those entering the area.

Forrestfield MLA Andrew Waddell said he had been contacted by many residents opposed to the planned 132,000-volt substation, which would have frontage on three roads – Austin Avenue, Church Road and Carole Avenue – making it easily visible from the main entrance road into Kenwick.

“I understand that in order to meet the growing electricity demands of Maddington, Kenwick and other south-eastern suburbs, a new substation is needed,” Mr Waddell said.

“However, the proposed location is a prominent one for what is likely to be an unsightly development that I don’t believe is an ideal structure to welcome people into Kenwick.

“The proposed structure requires four 9.3m gantries to support the powerlines connecting the substation to the existing transmission network, five 15m lighting masts and a 40m high communications tower – all enclosed within a 3m high solid fence.”

The Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC) will make a decision on the proposal and take into account recommendations by the City of Gosnells.

The City’s director of planning and sustainability Chris Terelinck said council had recommended the tower component of the substation not be approved and the applicant be requested to consider using existing cable infrastructure.

Other recommendations included the proposed development being lowered one metre below the surrounding road levels to minimise the visual impact of the building.

Both Mr Waddell and the City believed an encased design similar to those used for substations in the other states could be more appropriate.

“Other places have adopted this model successfully so perhaps it’s something worth looking at to ensure everyone’s needs are catered to,” Mr Waddell said. “I’ve written to the WAPC with this in mind, as I believe this model has potential to improve the amenity to the community and would reduce community opposition to the project.”

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Fire rips through Gosnells quarry

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More than 20 firefighters were called to a massive blaze that broke out on the top floor of a building at a blue metal quarry at Gosnells last night, causing about $500,000 damage.

The fire began about 8.20pm when a worker using oxy-acetylene equipment is believed to have started the fire at the site in Cockram Road.

The fire spread rapidly, ripping through the third floor.

Firefighters from several stations south of Perth including Armadale, City of Gosnells, Fremantle, Murdoch and Welshpool responded to the fire and took more than an hour to bring it under control.

After destroying the screening shed on the third floor, the fire was eventually extinguished about 10.30pm.

No-one was injured.

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Banner thief persists

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Reverend Ralph Terry replaces the stolen banner. Picture: Marcelo Palacios www.communitypix.com.au Buy this photo

THE virtue of persistence has been sorely tested at the Gosnells Baptist Church after three banners that were used in a recent religious campaign were stolen from the church.

The church had been taking part in a national Jesus, all about life campaign organised by the Bible Society of Australia.

Almost 2000 churches from all denominations throughout Australia took part in a bid to raise awareness of Jesus.

Gosnells Reverend Ralph Terry said several churches throughout the metropolitan area had had their banners stolen.

Gosnells topped the list with three banners stolen by a “mystery thief” during October.

Undaunted, the church commissioned a fourth banner which read: “Even if you steal this sign, yet again, we still love you and Jesus is still all about Life”.

The sense of humour was not confined to Gosnells, with a Mandurah church also coming up with a cheeky message after several banners were stolen.

It read: “OK, Jesus is hanging with thieves again.”

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Taking Action with City of Gosnells!

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Meet the all inspiring Young People from the City of Gosnells group and hear what inspiring actions they are planning on taking over the next three weeks!

SUBMITTED 23/10/2009 BY ACTNOW VIEWS 107 COMMENTS 2 UPDATED23/10/2009

11 awesome young people from The City of Gosnells in WA participated in a workshop this week. They came together to think about how they could make the world a better place for young people and discussed what that might look like. 

During the workshop the young people identified what was important to them. 

Check out some of the key issues that they identified that they cared abouthere. 

Once they had identified heaps of the possible ways they could take action  they then then identified all the great strengths, skills and interests they had in the room. They all had some great skills and a diversity of interests that they can use for taking action - we put all these into a tree of knowledge - check it out:

Then thinking about all the ways they could take action and all the skills and interests they had in the room they then divided into two groups to develop actions to assist the community.

Check out the teams planning their actions below:

The actions they came up with were to:
1. Hold an event to bring together the young people in their community, and
2. To raise awareness of young people in hospital and to fundraise to provide assistance to these young people.

Over the next three weeks the young people will put these plans into action.

They will share their experiences via regular blog updates and comment updates - reflecting on their visions for change and whether they meet their aims while also taking stock of the highlights, challenges and impacts that taking action has had on them as individuals.

Send them your support, find out more about the actions they are doing and hear about how their actions are coming along by checking out:

1. The comments section below; and
2. The blogs on their member profile pages. To get to their member profile pages click on the links below:

http://www.actnow.com.au/Members/shanny15.aspxhttp://www.actnow.com.au/Members/roslyn1511.aspxhttp://www.actnow.com.au/Members/janiemwatts.aspxhttp://www.actnow.com.au/Members/eloiseeloise.aspxhttp://www.actnow.com.au/Members/aliciarawl.aspxhttp://www.actnow.com.au/Members/mihajla.aspxhttp://www.actnow.com.au/Members/tahnayb.aspxhttp://www.actnow.com.au/Members/laurenmac.aspxhttp://www.actnow.com.au/Members/nic829.aspxhttp://www.actnow.com.au/Members/jordanc.aspxhttp://www.actnow.com.au/Members/Cmaio.aspx

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Police investigate suspected drug lab

Police investigate suspected drug lab: "Police investigating a suspected clandestine drug laboratory in the Perth suburb of Huntingdale say an ammonia leak at the property poses no immediate danger to local residents."