Southern View: June 16, 2022

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Thursday June 16 2022
Resource centre
targeted by thieves
• By Emily Moorhouse
ROWLEY RESOURCE Centre
members are asking the
community to keep an eye out for
electrical tools stolen from their
garden shed.
The stolen items include a
Ryobi electric lawnmower, an
electric weed trimmer, an electric
leaf blower and an electric power
drill.
The shed at 89 Rowley Ave was
broken into about three weeks
ago by someone cutting the bolt
on the padlock. The centre has
since had two new padlocks put
on the shed.
Centre director
Evelyn Kenneally
said it was
extremely disappointing
that
someone would
do something like
Evelyn
Kenneally
this, especially
to a community
centre.
“I just feel a bit
disappointed, it’s just happening
all over the place with people
coming in and stealing stuff, just
disappointed really.”
Kenneally said the centre had
never been targeted by thieves
before, but she knows there are
things like this happening around
the city.
“That somebody would come in
THEFT: The resource centre
used the tools stolen to
keep the property tidy.
PHOTO: FACEBOOK
and do that, knowing who we are
. . . for this community. I think
people are just struggling at the
moment.”
She said she has filed a police
report and is looking to get the
tools replaced if the centre can get
funding as well as have security
cameras installed in the future.
Kenneally posted on the centre’s
Facebook page and is urging
anyone who has seen or heard
anything in relation to the stolen
tools to come forward.
“These tools were essential
to keeping our property tidy
and (we) would really like them
returned with no questions
asked.”
All smiles as museum
hits fundraising target
• By Emily Moorhouse
IT WAS smiles all round from
volunteers at the New Brighton
Museum, knowing it can finally
purchase the building on Hardy
St.
The museum was granted
$105,000 from Lottery
Environment and Heritage,
which gives it enough to buy the
building with some leftover.
Museum secretary Peggy
Butterfield said volunteers were
“over the moon” to hear of the
lovely news.
“We were holding our breath
because we needed to find out by
the end of June. It’s good news
for the community for once,
instead of bad news,” Butterfield
said.
The leftover money will
go towards upgrades to both
the inside and outside of the
110-year-old building, with the
roof needing repairs and the
walls a revamp.
Butterfield said the museum
has already had engineers
come through and plans are in
place for upgrades, which the
volunteers will be fundraising
for to cover costs.
She said the idea of buying the
museum was first mentioned
two years ago, so it was great
SUCCESS: Secretary Peggy Butterfield outside the New
Brighton Museum.
to finally have that “sense of
security”.
“It takes away the worry of
having to worry about applying
for grants to pay the rent all the
time because that was getting
quite hard,” she said.
Museum president Tim
Baker had a new sign made as
a ‘thank you’ for the grants and
donations received.
The lottery grant was applied
for in February through a
professional fundraiser and
Butterfield said the money
should come through any day
now.
She said the museum received
more than 200 likes when she
shared the news on its Facebook
page.
“We don’t get a lot of visitors
but obviously we’ve got a big
following, people support us
because they want to see us keep
the museum, they don’t want to
see it go,” she said.
“It’s a big relief and I think
the community are right behind
us.”
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