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Ticket blues for police ballPETER BANNAN

THE men and women who don the blue and risk their lives are walking a very dif-ferent fi ne line.

The Swan Hill branch of the Blue Ribbon Founda-tion runs the risk of having to cancel its major fundrais-ing event for the year unless ticket sales for its ball don’t improve.

The Blue Ribbon Ball will celebrate its 10th anniversa-ry at Swan Hill Town Hall on Saturday, October 22.

Held every second year, this year’s ball will feature Mel-bourne band The Baker Boys.

Chairman of the Swan Hill branch, Leading Senior Con-stable Nik Probyn, said funds from the ball go towards the upkeep and purchase of new

equipment to maintain the Robert Lake Resuscitation Unit at Swan Hill District Health.

Detective Senior Consta-ble Lane was killed on July 13, 1979, after he want to a Kyalite address, 60km north of Swan Hill, to make enquir-ies about a stolen car.

“A lot of time and effort is put in by very few people to raise these funds and to put such an event together and it would be extremely disap-pointing if this time and ef-fort was for nothing,” Lead Sen-Constable Probyn said.

“If you were thinking of or planning on attending the event, please purchase your tickets as soon as possible so as not to miss out. The com-mittee will be meeting next Monday. Unless ticket sales

improve, a decision will be made then as to the viabil-ity of continuing with the event.”

Lead Sen-Constable Probyn said the foundation worked to provide a living memorial for members who have lost their lives on the job protect-ing the community.

“It really is a channel for the community to appreci-ate the work of Victoria Po-lice; between the foundation and the community, I guess we are the middle men and women,” he said.

Lead Sen-Constable Probyn said the charity component of the night was not to be forgotten.

“The main thing is the mon-ey raised will go to the local hospital,” he said.

“And, hopefully people will

have a good time as well.”Raffl e prizes include a car

fridge, crockery and one-night accommodation in Melbourne with items to fall under the auctioneer’s ham-mer, including a day out on a barbecue boat and a week-end getaway package to Halls Gap.

“Just like we police offi cers do, we will battle on; put up with it and move on,” Lead Sen-Constable Probyn said.

The branch has raised more than $120,000 since it formed in 2006.

In 2009 the foundation won the Swan Hill Rural City Council Community Organi-sation Award.

Tickets cost $60 per head and are available for purchase at Swan Hill District Health’s main reception room.

Swan Hill Leading Senior Constable Nik Probyn is urging residents to dig deep and honour those fallen in the line of duty.

VICTORIA Police o� cers killed in the line of duty will be honoured at a National Police Remembrance Day service to-morrow.

The service at the Pioneer Settlement church at 11am co-incides with Blue Ribbon Day, when Victorians remember the 159 o� cers who have paid the ultimate sacri� ce while serving and protecting the community.

Two slain officers from the Swan Hill region, Constable Joseph Delaney and Detective Senior Constable Robert Lane, will be particularly remem-bered during the service.

Constable Delaney was shot and killed when he approached an alleged 15-year-old burglar at his Tyntynder home on Au-gust 30, 1923.

The service is open to the public, with light refreshments to follow afterwards.

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