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Tributes for tireless Lyal

16/Feb/2010

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ONE of Gosnells’ finest community leaders Lyal Richardson will be laid to rest today.

Mr Richardson passed away on Monday, February 8, after a three-year battle with cancer but his contribution to the City of Gosnells will not be forgotten.

Daughter Delva Russell said her father had a great zest for life, was fun-loving and very family oriented, raising his three children – Delva, Ralph and Lloyd – to be community-minded.

Mr Richardson was born and bred in Maddington, ran an accountancy business in the same suburb and watched his seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren grow up.

City of Gosnells Mayor Olwen Searle mourned the loss of a confidante and friend this week.

“I will miss him very much and so will the City of Gosnells,” Cr Searle said. “Lyal’s record of service to the community was quite extraordinary.”

Lyal Gordon Richardson was born in Maddington on February 11, 1928, attending East Cannington Primary School, later known as Beckenham Primary School.

His local community and sporting involvement began at an early age and his hard work in revitalising the Maddington Football Club led to him being made an honorary life member in 1956, while still in his twenties.

In 1953, he married Britiannia (Betty) Holyoak, thus beginning a tandem community involvement that would continue for many decades and which contributed to the progress of the Maddington Infant Health Centre, the Gosnells Home Help Service and the establishment of the Maddington Primary School canteen.

In 1960, Mr Richardson became a member of the then Gosnells Roads Board, with his status changing to councillor when the board became a shire in 1961.

He took over from Ray Harris as mayor in 1983, became an Honorary Freeman in 1985 and retired from the council in May 1989, then was awarded an Order of Australia Medal the same year. In 2004 the City of Gosnells named the large function room in The Agonis the Lyal Richardson Room.

Mr Richardson’s funeral will take place at the Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Joondalup, at 10am.

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Waste Local Law 2010 (Proposed)

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City of Gosnells Waste Local Law 2010 (Proposed)

Council at its meeting of 9 February 2010 resolved to commence the process of adoption of a new local law.

The purpose of the local law is to provide for the regulation, control, management and removal of domestic and commercial waste from premises in the district.

The effect is to establish obligations that owners and occupiers of premises must observe relating to the storage, cleanliness, maintenance and placement of waste receptacles and containers.

A copy of the proposed local law and a copy of a Competitive Neutrality Summary may be inspected at the City’s Administration Office, 2120 Albany Highway Gosnells between 8.30am and 5pm Monday to Friday, and at the Gosnells, Thornlie, AmherstVillage and Kenwick libraries during normal opening hours, or click here.

Public comment is now being sought from members of the public and any interested parties and may be made to the Chief Executive Officer, PO Box 662, Gosnells WA6990 by the close of business Wednesday 7 April 2010.

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Setback for 'tree man'

18/Feb/2010

By Jaime Shurmer, Comment News

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THE Heritage Council of WA will not register the gum tree at the centre of a suburban stand-off in Thornlie.

The decision, announced this morning, was made after Hume Road resident Richard Pennicuik's lawyer John Hammond lodged the application for heritage listing last week.

Mr Pennicuik (57) has been living in the tree outside his home since December 7 in a bid to have it saved from a City of Gosnells plan to rid the city of potentially dangerous trees.

Council executive director Graeme Gammie said the State Register of Heritage Places was reserved for places of significant cultural value to the State.

After a preliminary review of the application, both the Heritage Council's register committee and full board decided the tree was unlikely to enter the State Register so a full assessment was not warranted and the nomination would not progress further.

Only three trees are individually listed on the register, including the Proclamation Tree in Fremantle, which was planted in 1890 to commemorate the granting of responsible government to WA.

“The removal of trees in both the public and private domain is often an emotive issue, and is periodically of great community concern,” Mr Gammie said.

“However, these concerns most often relate to issues of local amenity and local cultural significance as is the case with the Thornlie tree.”

Mr Hammond said the Heritage Council's decision was disappointing and overly conservative.

"In Richard Pennicuik's view the tree does have cultural significance because of the protest," Mr Hammond said.

"The protest has had a State-wide audience and international audience and I would say more people have visited that tree than any other in WA."

His next strategy is to focus on getting the City of Gosnells to preserve the tree under it's Municipal Inventory.

Mr Hammond said a mulberry tree and orchards in the city were protected by the inventory.

"I would hope the council would look at it impartially without considering the issues they have with Richard," he said.

While he has not spoken to his client for a week, Mr Hammond said Mr Pennicuik intended to stay in the tree until it was protected.

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Police search for triple-0 caller

Updated 3 hours 39 minutes ago

16-year-old Michael Jones was stabbed in the chest at a friend's birthday party in January.

• AUDIO: Detective Senior Sergeant Kevin Bradshaw wants to hear from this triple-0 caller. (ABC News)
• MAP: Huntingdale 6110

Police have released a recording of a triple-0 emergency call made on the night of a fatal stabbing in the Perth suburb of Huntingdale.

16-year-old Michael Jones was stabbed in the chest at a friend's birthday party in January.

In the 20 second phone call to triple-0, a distressed girl says a man is trying to attack her.

The call was made from a phone box near the Huntingdale home about 15 minutes before Mr Jones was stabbed.

Police want to speak to the woman and have called for anyone with information on the call to come forward.

A 20-year-old man has been charged with his murder and is due to appear in court in April.

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