Thursday, November 5, 2020 perthnow.com.au/community-news INSIDE Brothers in arms Paying AUTHOR tribute to STAKES unique HER bonds CLAIM Page 8 Page 3 Childcare worker in Belmont RSL Sub-branch president Alan Richardson and Garth Pienaar at court the Belmont War Memorial at Faulkner Park. Picture: David Baylis A FORMER childcare work- er accused of assaulting four children and causing a 10- month old baby to lose consciousness has been ordered to hand over her passport after police pros- ecutors raised concerns she could be a flight risk when changes to WA’s hard border come in. FAKE LAWN Rupinder Kaur, 39, faced Perth Magistrates court this week charged with four THE City of Belmont is digging in over fake counts of aggravated com- turf, which has been described as an “envi- mon assault and one count ronmental nightmare” that contributes to of endangering the life, heatwaves in the suburbs. health or safety of a person The City has banned artificial lawns on over the alleged incidents verges, long thought to be a water-saving that took place in 2018 and measure, citing the raft of environmental 2019. drawbacks and loss of tree canopy. The Karawara woman, who tried to hide her face as TURFED FULL STORY PAGE 3 she left court, was stood CONTINUED PAGE 5 SVB 2 NEWS November 5, 2020 NEWS ......................................................................... 1-9 ZEST FOR LIFE........................................................ 10-11 LIFESTYLE .............................................................. 12-13 EDUCATION MATTERS ......................................... 14-15 A date with history COMEDY ...................................................................... 16 A CENTURY of the Bickford home, a haven of support by LOCAL SPOTLIGHT..................................................... 18 Soldiers’ Memorial Hall will a grateful community that TRADES DIRECTORY ............................................ 19-21 be celebrated this month, came together through diffi- with the community invited cult times and contributed EMPLOYMENT ........................................................... 22 to mark the milestone occa- to its construction by volun- CLASSIFIEDS .............................................................. 22 sion with an historic ban- teering their time and SPORT .................................................................... 22-23 quet. resources to provide food, At the close of World War skills and additional I, the residents of Carlisle, labour,” she said. INSIDE formerly known as Bickford, “The hall was built on decided to erect a hall in community spirit and this commemoration of the men legacy continued when the from the district who had original hall burnt down enlisted. and a new hall was erected Editorial Director: Amanda Keenan The hall, now known as on the site in September News Production: David Friedlos the Harold Hawthorne Com- Bickford Soldiers’ Memorial Hall under construction. 1969.” Design: Carly Pilton munity Centre, was original- The banquet will be held Features Editor: Arylene Westlake-Jennings ly built by voluntary labour Leanne Hampson, from diers arriving home from on November 11 from 10am. Digital Editor: Alison Middleton and used by returned sol- the centre, said the story of the Great War only to face Tickets are $25; RSVP to Lib- diers to learn a trade so they the hall was eerily relevant the Spanish Flu pandemic. by and Leanne on 9470 1155 General inquiries: 9237 1000 could learn new skills and to today’s uncertain times, “The Hall provided the or community@hhcentre. Email: [email protected] re-enter the workforce. with weary returned sol- returned soldiers with a org. 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THE City of Belmont has while artificial turf had a hotter. among Perth councils that Canopy mapping by the stripped given new meaning to grass reputation for being eco- “In some suburbs west of do not permit the installa- City in 2013 found a 28 per roots policy, moving to ban friendly because it did not Sydney there are predic- tion of synthetic turf as a cent decline of canopy ALL traces of a prestigious people from putting fake turf need water, fertiliser or tions of temperatures of 50 verge treatment. coverage in residential award handed out to noto- on their verges. mowing, it had a raft of envi- degrees because of the heat Hahn said fake lawn was zones between 2001 and 2012, rious Claremont killer Bra- The City, which has been ronmental drawbacks. island effect,” he said. an “environmental night- largely due to urban infill dley Edwards have been identified as highly vulnera- “Artificial turf is made of “It is getting hotter and mare”. development. The City’s deleted from history. ble to heatwaves because of plastic, which breaks down the hottest suburbs of Perth “With the new drought tol- Urban Forest Strategy aims The City of Belmont has its lack of tree coverage, will into smaller particles and will also be heavily impacted erant lawns, they use as to initially replace lost cano- scrubbed Edwards’ name no longer permit what gar- gets into our soil, our unless we start to reverse much water as a native gar- py coverage to at least the from the honour board and dening guru Sabrina Hahn groundwater, our rivers and that now. Councils need to den bed if the right prep is level it was in 2001. removed all traces online of labelled “an environmental oceans, and starts killing plant thousands of trees, done and are wonderful for Mayor Phil Marks said the the 2013 community service nightmare”. plants and animals,” he said. give away trees to local resi- cooling the planter down, decision to ban artificial turf award that was granted for As water becomes an “Plastic is the latest long- dents to plant in their back- make a fab fire break and was made due to its negative his volunteer work with the increasingly precious com- term pollutant we are com- yards, plant more green capture carbon,” she said. environmental impact. Kewdale and Belmont Little modity, it has fuelled a ing to terms with and we will walls and roofs, and get Data published in 2014 by New local laws adopted by Athletics clubs. growth in popularity for ar- need to phase it out.” more nature into our urban 202020 Vision, a national col- council will also mean hard Councillors were unani- tificial turf as a substitute Professor Newman said environment.” laboration of public and pri- surface materials can only mous in their decision to for water-guzzling lawns but artificial grass also contrib- The cities of Fremantle, vate organisations, said the be installed on verges that remove recognition of it has since been criticised uted to the heat island effect, Canning, Victoria Park and City of Belmont had an aver- have a frontage more than Edwards’ award at their Oc- by environmentalists. an emerging problem in Subiaco, the towns of East age tree canopy cover of 9.1 12m wide to allow sufficient tober meeting. Peter Newman, from the cities around the world, Fremantle, Victoria Park per cent including Perth Air- space for street trees. Edwards filled a number of roles at the clubs, includ- ing president and chairman. He initially volunteered at the clubs when his step- daughter joined but con- tinued to be involved after Vampire book with fun bite she left. Mayor Phil Marks handed Tanya MacNaughton out the award to Edwards for his commitment and leader- VICTORIA Park author ship at the clubs at a civic Shirley Marr was on a Mel- dinner. bourne Writer’s Festival At the time he said panel 10 years ago — during Edwards, and other award the height of vampire novel recipients, had consistently popularity — when she was displayed community spirit asked if she had ever consi- through their dedication dered writing her own vam- and hard work serving pire story. others. With two young adult ti- In 2016, Mr Edwards was tles to her name, she had arrested at his Kewdale joked that Chinese vam- home on Acton Avenue and pires were disgusting rot- charged with the Claremont ting corpses and no one murders that took place in would want to romance one. the ’90s. However, it did spark the In September, he was idea of writing a Chinese found guilty of brutally vampire story and after her murdering Jane Rimmer son was born six years ago, and Ciara Glennon. Marr decided she wanted to Judge Stephen Hall write something young and acquitted Edwards of killing fun for him. Sarah Spiers, though said he “Little Jiang is a rollick- was a likely suspect. ing middle-grade caper Late last year, Edwards about evil morticians, thou- admitted two sex attacks on sand-year-old fox spirits, teenagers, including a 17- Bagua Masters with laser year-old he abducted from blasters and a pint-size hop- Author Shirley Marr Picture: Jessica Wyld Claremont late at night in ping Chinese vampire,” she 1995 and brutally raped at said. forward by hopping, I The book is set in fiction- Pang has a lot of qualities I a strong young Chinese girl Karrakatta Cemetery. “Chinese vampires were always found both funny al Perth suburb Honey- see in myself, my sister and I hope all young women can In the second attack, my favourite Chinese leg- and gross.