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Katie Woolf spoke with Zuccoli IGA owner Shelly Lay after the store was broken into overnight during the lockdown · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Now, Unfortunately, while we have been in lockdown, some of
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  Speaker 1: our territory businesses, well one in particular, has suffered another blow,
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  Speaker 1: and that is Zicole I Ga and Celebrations. As I
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  Speaker 1: understand it, they were again broken into overnight and their owner,
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  Speaker 1: Shelley Lay, joins me on the line right now. Good
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  Speaker 1: morning to you, Shelley. Hey Katie, Shelley, what happened last night?
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  Speaker 2: Cap bely?
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  Speaker 1: We're here again?
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  Speaker 3: Oh no, oh yeah, hit again?
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  Speaker 2: Six people use as I suspect.
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  Speaker 4: Just smashed through the front door this time.
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  Speaker 2: No car this time.
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  Speaker 3: Where can I is grateful that the mess isn't as bad?
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  Speaker 3: If there is something to be grateful.
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  Speaker 1: Out of this?
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  Speaker 4: Just yeah, a mess, absolute mass again.
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  Speaker 1: Oh Shelley, what did they steal? What did they get
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  Speaker 1: away with?
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  Speaker 5: Oh?
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  Speaker 1: Just some bottles of spirits?
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  Speaker 2: I mean yeah, they just after the one sort of thing,
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  Speaker 2: bit of rum bit of jim been, bit of scotch,
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  Speaker 2: you know that, those type of spirits, and they're in
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  Speaker 2: and out.
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  Speaker 5: They're so quick.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah they look young to me, whether they are or not,
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  Speaker 4: but yeah, in and out so quickly, and.
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  Speaker 5: It looked like they were on foot this time. So
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  Speaker 5: when we're all doing.
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  Speaker 2: The right thing and locking down and staying home.
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  Speaker 3: Do you think this is essential going and robbing places?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Oh, Shelley, it's bloody heartbreaking. I mean last time,
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  Speaker 1: the people who broke in last time caused an enormous
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  Speaker 1: amount of damage. I imagine based on the photos that
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  Speaker 1: I've seen that it's a substantial amount this time as well.
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  Speaker 1: How much damage did they cause? And what do you
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  Speaker 1: anticipate that it's going to cost for you to fix
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  Speaker 1: it up?
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  Speaker 2: Well, last time it was over fifty thousand, and this time,
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  Speaker 2: well the whole well I think it was.
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  Speaker 4: It's the glass, So the glass lifetime was just eight thousands,
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  Speaker 4: So whatever that.
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  Speaker 3: Is this time, but it's you know what, it's the emotional, right.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, Shelley. I feel for you and your husband. Like
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  Speaker 1: I said last time, you guys are a little family.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we're not talking about some big corporate here.
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  Speaker 1: We're talking about a local territory family who are working
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  Speaker 1: bloody hard to make ends meet. And this kind of
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  Speaker 1: thing has an unbelievable impact, and I think that that's
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  Speaker 1: sometimes what gets forgotten is, you know, we hear a
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  Speaker 1: lot about break ins and things like that, but the
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  Speaker 1: impact that that has on a family like yours and
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  Speaker 1: on somebody like you is actually massive.
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  Speaker 4: It's massive, it really is.
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  Speaker 3: In our beautiful stuff.
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  Speaker 4: We're just violated own, none of us.
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  Speaker 5: We all work so hard, the staff work hard.
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  Speaker 3: We're here day and night. You know, when the lockdown happened.
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  Speaker 6: On Monday, for example, I couldn't even go and collecting
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  Speaker 6: my kids from school because there's so many people that
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  Speaker 6: you need to serve and if you're not serving them
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  Speaker 6: quick enough, they're looking at you like why not get
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  Speaker 6: us through?
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 5: So just everyone's working so hard and to have this
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  Speaker 5: type of blow again, it's disheartening, that's.
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  Speaker 3: For sure, because we live in it's like a beautiful community.
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  Speaker 3: There's beautiful people around here, and it makes them feel
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  Speaker 3: lucky too. Just think that there's been you know, criminals,
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  Speaker 3: beeds around the area.
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  Speaker 4: People have come this morning. They're sending me videos of
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  Speaker 4: them walking down their streets, the same six people. Someone's
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  Speaker 4: come and found some of the alcohol in it in
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  Speaker 4: a lame way. They've people want to do the right
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  Speaker 4: thing by us and about the little community that we
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  Speaker 4: stand for here, which is that's really lovely too.
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  Speaker 1: Oh and Shelley, we've been sent photos as well, I'm
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  Speaker 1: not sure if it's I don't know whether it's from
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  Speaker 1: the same area. There's photos of a playground that's been
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  Speaker 1: sort of burnt, you know, burnt as well. I don't
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  Speaker 1: know if it's from the same area. But what I
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  Speaker 1: do know is that the community is over it. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: we're all over it.
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  Speaker 4: Everyone is over it. And I think that yeah, they've
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  Speaker 4: been terrorizing around Johnston. I think they may have even
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  Speaker 4: been up to the school here.
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  Speaker 2: It's not fair.
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  Speaker 5: No one deserves it.
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  Speaker 4: No, why aren't these kids at home in bed and
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  Speaker 4: especially during lockdown?
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  Speaker 1: Yep, oh, your spot on. You know it's it is.
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  Speaker 1: It's heartbreaking, and it is devastating for a business owner
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  Speaker 1: like you to wake up and have to now deal
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  Speaker 1: with this when you're already deal with the three day lockdown.
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  Speaker 1: I know that you guys are obviously able to continue
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  Speaker 1: to operate, but it's tough going. And and you know,
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  Speaker 1: like you said, though, you have got the whole community
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  Speaker 1: rallied around you last time this happened, I know that
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  Speaker 1: that community love was felt so broadly for you and
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  Speaker 1: everybody at your at zechole I GA, So yeah, and
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure you're going to feel it again today. It's
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  Speaker 1: like our hearts go out to you. We love you guys.
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  Speaker 1: We hope that you know that it doesn't bloody happen again.
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  Speaker 4: I know, Katie, thank you.
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  Speaker 3: We we appreciate your love and support and that of
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  Speaker 3: our beautiful community because it's you know, that's why we
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  Speaker 3: open outdoors every day. It's just so they have a place.
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  Speaker 5: To go to they can get their supplies that's just.
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  Speaker 4: Down the road.
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  Speaker 3: You know, It's it's convenience.
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  Speaker 7: It makes their community a little bit nicer that, you know,
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  Speaker 7: they can here, have a chat, talk to locals and
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  Speaker 7: just have that down the road.
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  Speaker 3: And I think we love.
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  Speaker 4: Them just as much as they love us.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, we love you.
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  Speaker 1: Know what I mean. Yeah, Shelley, I know it's hard today.
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  Speaker 1: I know it's really hard this morning, but keep it
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  Speaker 1: chin up because the community is rallied around you guys,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, we do not think it's acceptable that
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  Speaker 1: this kind of thing continues to happen. I you know,
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  Speaker 1: I hope that whoever the powers that be are listening
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  Speaker 1: this morning and they can hear the hurt in your
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  Speaker 1: voice and the way that this impacts upon a business.
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  Speaker 1: When senseless crime is committed, it's not good enough.
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  Speaker 4: It's not something's got to stop, something, something's got to
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  Speaker 4: change because to keep getting done like this. And we're
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  Speaker 4: not the only one. There's many other poor businesses that
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  Speaker 4: suffer like this, and it's it's not fair. It's not
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  Speaker 4: the way that businesses should have to run.
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  Speaker 3: And then it such a beautiful part of the world. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: should never put up with it.
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  Speaker 1: No, you shouldn't, Shelley, look after yourself today. I reckon.
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  Speaker 1: We are going to get plenty of calls for support
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  Speaker 1: of support for you guys again as we did last
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  Speaker 1: time this happened. We're thinking of you guys. And yeah,
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  Speaker 1: and I hope that you know, I really hope that
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  Speaker 1: they catch whoever did this things.
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  Speaker 4: Katie, I appreciate your support.
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  Speaker 1: You take care of you two. Thank you, Shelly, you
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  Speaker 1: look after yourself, you and your family. Thank you. And
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  Speaker 1: oh look, there is a lot of messages coming through.
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  Speaker 1: I'm getting messages here like not only on the three
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  Speaker 1: sixty five, but like messages, personal messages from people going
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  Speaker 1: this is unbelievable.