THE Setter family, of Red Hill, has had a long and fulfilling association with the local fire brigade. “Dad was one of the founding volunteers, and is still in the brigade and it seemed to follow on. It’s just something we do as a family, and now my son’s in it, and his son’s in it and most of our wives as well,” Darrel Setter said. “The brigade organised a unit citation for our family four years ago. It was just our normal annual dinner, and – being the captain – I had no idea about it. The night was…
Day: May 9, 2016
SOUVENIRS of Dromana including old and new photos, history books, and seeds of local plants and trees have been buried in a time capsule on the foreshore to be opened in 50 years. Dromana foreshore management committee buried the time capsule beside the Bay Trail on the foreshore opposite St Mark’s Anglican Church on a windswept Saturday 30 April in front of about 30 people. Guests included Flinders MP and Environment Minister Greg Hunt (with his young son James in soccer gear) and shire mayor Cr Graham Pittock. The 100-litre, high-density plastic capsule was buried 40 centimetres deep and is…
RISING motocross star Ty Sharp is leading the charge in the 65cc C grade class in Victoria’s premier motocross competition for juniors – the M2R Helmets Victorian Junior Motocross Championships. The third round was held at Ararat over the weekend. The nine-year-old, of Red Hill South, has won all his races – against 39 other riders. The season started in March at Outtrim. He also loved the track at Warrnambool during round 2 in April. “I really liked the jumps and the corners at Warrnambool. I got stuck in the starting gate in race one so was a fair way…
THE manager of the Ace-Hi horse ranch in Boneo has denied allegations that horses at the property are mistreated. This follows an RSPCA inspection of the Boneo Rd property on Wednesday to investigate claims by a former manager of under-feeding and overworking of horses. Kellie Puddy, who says she resigned in distress in March last year, said she “couldn’t believe” the poor standard of care and the malnourished state of the horses ridden during the week by schoolchildren and at weekends by adults. “The RSPCA has a file on Ace-Hi but they need hard evidence to prosecute,” she said. “It’s…
WHILE experts are investigating ways to prevent sand being eroded from Portsea beach, members of Nepean Ratepayers Association say only two of six options will work. Association president Colin Watson says the Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning is “fully aware of this position” but has been told by the Environment Minister Lisa Neville to have all options examined “in a robust manner before any final decisions are made”. The company hired to investigate ways of protecting the beach, Advisian of Worley Parsons, handed in a report in January on wave processes impacting on the front beach at Portsea.…
WESTERN Port Basketball Association players are still coming to terms with the tragic loss of their stadium at Somerville after it was destroyed by fire, Sunday morning last week. Operations manager Tyler Molloy said the “devastating impact on our basketball family and greater community is enormous as we continue to face the fact that it is now reality”. Teenagers lit a small fire underneath the grandstand to keep warm but it spread quickly and took hold before they could put it out. The building was “fully involved” when CFA crews arrived at 7.30am. A 14-year-old Somerville girl was charged the…
A NATIONAL skate competition at Mt Eliza, Saturday 21 May, will have categories for skateboarders as well as scooter and BMX riders. The free event will be held at the Mt Eliza Skate Park, Emil Madsen Reserve, Wooralla Drive, which has the peninsula’s largest skate bowl. The competition is sponsored by Mornington Peninsula Shire and organised in partnership with the Impakt Freeza youth events committee and the YMCA. The competition is part of the YMCA’s National Skate Park League and provides a development pathway for amateur skate and BMX riders. The winners from the skateboard section will join finalists from…
VICTORIA’S longest-running camp, YMCA Camp Manyung, is celebrating the restoration of its historic outside chapel, the Crosby Memorial Chapel, after receiving $74,000 from Victorian Heritage Restoration. The body is dedicated to the preservation of heritage values. After six months of research and construction, the 77-year-old chapel has been brought back to life with original pews, landscaping, and paintwork using the original colours and former pathways. The chapel was designed by architects Walter Burley Griffin and Eric Milton Nicholls, with Griffin best known for designing the townships of Mt Eliza and Canberra. The chapel was dedicated to Charles Fenwick Crosby, one…
THE timing of Cr Lynn Bowden’s resignation – Monday 2 May – means there is “no need” for a by-election for her Watson ward seat. The mayor Cr Graham Pittock says he will represent her constituents until a new Watson Ward councillor is elected in October. “There is no need for a by-election given the time frame,” communications manager Mark Kestigian said. Under the Local Government Act no by-election is required if a councillor resigns within less than six months of the next scheduled municipal elections. Cr Bowden’s resignation came less than two week’s inside the limit. “It would cost…
STAFF at Mornington, Rosebud, Hastings, Somerville and mobile libraries are shocked by a restructure which will see many lose their jobs. In the firing line are four children and youth services librarians, one full-time and one part-time mobile library position and six full-time and one part-time collections management positions. All of the shire’s 20 library officers, who are mostly employed part-time, are believed to be going, but exact numbers are yet to be announced. Two staff on leave overseas were said to be unaware their jobs have gone. Australian Services Union organiser Prescilla Schwalger said seven librarians on Band 5…
SOCCER By Craig MacKenzie FOUR local clubs are in the hunt for title honours after six rounds of the 2016 soccer season. Mornington is equal on points with league leader Malvern City, Skye and Baxter head their respective leagues while Rosebud Heart is breathing down the neck of its Baxter Park arch rival. Mornington found Mooroolbark a tough nut to crack but fashioned a 2-1 win in their State 1 South-East clash at Dallas Brooks Park on Saturday. Andy McCabe’s visitors deservedly went in 1-0 up at the interval thanks to a 43rd-minute strike from Adam Doughty. During the break…
NEPEAN LEAGUE OFF the field, it was built up as Rosebud Football Club versus former premiership coach Nick Jewell. On the field, it was nothing more than getting the four points for Jewell’s new club Sorrento and the Buds. It went to the wire. One point separated the sides at the final siren after Sorrento controlled the match for the larger part of the contest. However, with Luke Tapscott in hospital after copping a head knock, Nick Muller off the ground with an AC joint injury and Trev Mattison tearing a hamstring, the Sorras could do nothing but hang on…
INTERLEAGUE THE MPNFL Sharks have culled the interleague squad to less than 60 players as preparation continues for the May 21 clash against Northern Football League. Coach John Hynes said despite the fact that the list was starting to be fine-tuned, there were some players who were continuing to be added to the squad. Young Frankston YCW star defender Brenton Credlin has been added to the squad while Dan Gormley from Mt Eliza and Beau McMurray from Dromana has also been added. One player that is not in the squad but demands selection in the first five rounds is Hastings’…
PENINSULA LEAGUE BONBEACH went from being belted by Frankston YCW by 114 points in round four to causing the upset of the season a week later in MPNFL Peninsula Division. Sitting on the bottom of the ladder without a win in 2016, the Sharks headed to Wooralla Drive to tackle an undefeated Mt Eliza. By quarter time it was evident that the Bonbeach side that was hammered by the Stonecats was very different to the one that turned up at the home of the Redlegs. The Sharks had nine scoring shots to one in the opening quarter and by half…
By ANDREA LOUISE THOMAS Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery presents two interesting new exhibitions. Country and Western examines the national landscape from the perspective of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists. Eventide is a print exhibition centred on the time between day and night. When the Papunya Tula dot and circle paintings came to prominence in the early 1970s, it was hailed as the greatest art movement of the 20th century. So radically different was their representation of the Australian landscape that it sent shockwaves through the art world. It influenced non-Indigenous Australian artists. Country and Western looks at the impact of…
With a career spanning almost twenty years, half a million album sales, gold and platinum albums and eight Golden Guitar Awards, Adam Harvey is back in black, telling the story of Johnny Cash with country music belle Catherine Britt. The Man In Black has been reloaded after two sell-out seasons at the Sydney Opera House and an 18-month Australia-wide tour. The acclaimed show, originally starring Tex Perkins narrating the life of Johnny Cash, won a Helpmann Award for Best Contemporary Australian Concert. Starring in this year’s tour of The Man In Black, Adam Harvey is one of Australia’s most popular…
WE are pleased to note that Mrs Barclay, of “Osborne House”, is slowly recovering from the accident which occurred about two weeks ago, when she was knocked down by a motor car as she alighted from a tram in Swanston street, Melbourne. *** PRIVATE W. White will be tendered a farewell social and presentation on Saturday (this evening) in the Recreation Hall, Langwarrin, previous to his departure for the front. *** MESSRS Adamson, Strettle and Co will hold their second sale at Tanti,on Monday next, when they will have a good yarding of cattle, sheep and pigs. The sale will…