No. 30,295 MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2011 www.bdtruth.com.au PRICE $1.10* TUE: WED: THU: FULL REPORT: BROKEN HILL TODAY: 31° 25° 27° 29° PAGE 12 A thorough soaking MISTY: The Sydney road yesterday morning. to exercise caution dur- By Kurtis Eichler ing such downpours . “You don’t want to be When it rains, it driving in flooded cause- pours, as the saying ways, flooded lanes and goes. flooded intersections,” The storm that broke he said. on Friday evening Silverton also copped resulted in 82.4mm fall- its fair share of flooding ing on the city over the rains, with 100mm pelt- weekend. ing down over the three It was the Broken days. Hill’s largest deluge Helen Murray record- in 22 months, with ed 80mm on Friday, 51.6mm being recorded 10mm on Saturday and to 9am on Saturday and another 10mm yester- 30.8mm to 9am yester- day. day. Mrs Murray, who owns The State Emergency a property on the edge Service (SES) attended of the Umberumberka 70 call-outs before 1pm Creek, said the heavy yesterday and gave out rain hadn’t caused any some 2000 sandbags. damage in the town- Darren Larkin, the ship but it had made the SES’ deputy controller, roads muddy. said crews had gone to “We’re on the edge of everything from dam- the creek and on Friday aged roofs to collapsed night the creek was verandahs. well and truly running a “There’s been a lot banker,” she said. of roofs damaged,” he Friday’s electricity said. outage which struck the “There were also a lot CBD also hit homes of flooded houses near in Railwaytown and Brown Street.” Menindee, according to Businesses also suf- Essential Energy. fered in the extraordi- The one-hour black- nary deluge. out was caused by light- The TAB in Blende ning hitting the high Street was mopping up voltage network on the on Saturday along with Railwaytown feeder. many shops in the CBD. Some 4000 homes lost Mr Larkin said the power as did 1600 in SES had also been called Menindee, the company to help with cars that said. had been trapped by the water in low-lying areas Continued Page 11 and he advised motorists with more photos Weekend crime spree TRYING CONDITIONS: Electrical technician Carl Berryman and apprentice linesman Nathan Hiscock work on repairs Page 2 near Williams Street. PICTURES: Gavin Schmidt Crime spree worries cops so-called ‘hot spots’ across the city By Kurtis Eichler and known suspects were being inves- tigated. Extra police are being deployed DI Stoltenberg said it was “disap- to patrol the streets at night after a pointing” that offences like these were spate of burglaries at the weekend. happening and that police suspected some of the criminals were from out In Blende Street thieves broke into of town. a house and stole $10,000 worth of items including two large televisions. “It’s obvious that there are new per- The house was also vandalised by the sonalities in town who are going out on thieves, police said. these crime sprees,” he told the BDT. Houses in Galena, Cobalt and “Broken Hill’s just not that type of Cornish streets were also robbed as town. well as a home in Oxide Street where “It’s really concerning for police the offenders caused $4000 damage, because some of these offences are hap- the police said. pening at homes with people inside. An elderly couple at a home in “It’s fraught with danger for the Hebbard Street had their ute stolen community.” along with $200 in cash while they He said police also anticipated that slept in the early hours of Saturday more crimes of this type would be morning. The ute was later found aban- committed and he urged people to doned. make sure their homes were locked and Around the same time, a Pell Lane property secured. 100 TODAY: Ellen Raven with sons Jack, Richard and Matthew at St Anne’s Nursing Home homeowner allegedly saw a young yesterday. PICTURE: Gavin Schmidt Aboriginal man trying to break into his Drunk driver neighbour’s vehicle. Police also reported that a black hits taxi and red Honda motorbike, valued at A man will face court after he alleg- Happy Birthday, $10,000, was stolen from a store in Argent Street after the thieves broke in edly drove his car into the back of a through the front door. taxi. Attempts were also made on the The incident happened in Gossan weekend to break into a delicatessen Street on Friday morning, police said, Mrs Raven in Brookfield Avenue which was held and the 29-year-old driver and the taxi up by armed robbers late on Thurday driver suffered minor injuries. night. They said that the man had been By Kurtis Eichler Detective Inspector Mick Stoltenberg charged with high range drink driving said that in response to the crime wave, and will appear in the Local Court on more police were being deployed to February 21. Ellen Raven has survived two World 445 Argent St Wars, a Great Ph: 8087 8388 Hungry Jack’s Depression, 25 Prime Ministers and 2 Sausage & Egg* $5.95 countless droughts to reach the grand age of 100 today. 2 Angus Wraps* $7.95 Mrs Raven raised five children with 2 Whoppers $6.95 husband Bert, a top local jockey who left 2 Bacon Deluxe $7.45 her a widow 50 years *Wraps only between 6am–11am. Not valid with any other offer. Limited one per customer per vsit. This Voucher expires 31 March, 2012. ago. She has eight grand- children and 11 great- grandchildren. Before moving into St Anne’s Nursing Home, Mrs Raven was LITTLE SISTER: Gladys Aiken (99) reminisces with her sister Ellen. a dedicated church- goer, and a member of is today, the celebrations took place Anne’s. Among them was her 99- the Silver City Racing yesterday when family came from year-old sister, Gladys Aiken. PAY NOTHING Club and the Pensioners interstate for the occasion. Mrs Raven told the BDT that it * Association. Mrs Raven spent the morning felt “great” to be joining the 100 UNTIL 2013! While her birthday being greeted by well-wishers at St club. ARE YOU WANTING CASH? 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After all, the higher the Council would need to con- statements concerning money is spent by either SCC care needs of the residents, the sider all the facts before mak- SUBS FOR 2012 NOW DUE! a proposal to transfer the or Compass Group locally.” higher the funding from the ing such important decisions, Ms Ferry said that along Government.” MS Ferry said and “see past licences of 40 aged care This information is for members & their guests with the previous outsourcing Ms Ferry said that to suggest the dollar signs when it comes BD112903 beds from Shorty O’Neil of cleaning services, it would to providing appropriate care Village. that SCC could do a better job be “interesting to know just at providing care to the aged to our elderly. People should be aware of how much of SCC’s income is was an “insult to the collective “Council also needs to prop- the impact that the proposal spent in Broken Hill. intelligence of the people of erly consult with its employees Saving by Southern Cross Care (SCC) “Of course there is a need Broken Hill.” and the unions concerned, as would have on the residents to increase the number of high well as the people of Broken and employees of Shorty care, nursing home beds; no- “Employees at SOV are as Hill, before making any deci- money’s a O’Neil Village as well as the one is denying that,” Ms Ferry highly trained as their SCC sions. local businesses that supply said. counterparts, and are more “As the union representing products to the village, the “But this should not come than competent at their jobs. aged care workers at SOV, union said. at the expense of the low and “Further, Council is to be I have been approached by “It is still very fresh in our medium care beds at SOV. congratulated on recognising employees querying their breeze minds the adverse effect on “Does Council have a wait- the value of SOV employees’ rights and redundancy entitle- former employees of SCC ing list for, say, at least forty duties and skills in the last ments as, after finally achiev- with IXL Fans! when SCC made the snap deci- ‘independent living’ place- round of agreement negotia- ing decent wages for the work sion to outsource their cater- ments at SOV? If not, Council tions. “Sadly, the same can- they do, they do not wish to ing and laundry services to would have to consider that not be said for SCC who are take a massive step backwards Floor and Pedestal Medirest,” said TEU Secretary, they may not be able to recoup attempting, in current agree- by transferring their employ- Ros Ferry.