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GRADE 2 pupils Ashley and Escobar enjoyed planting native ground cover and small shrubs at Patterson Lakes Primary School last week. Organised by parent volunteers Peter Nash and Sarah Ashburn, the tree planting has become an annual event that enhances the school grounds and encourages the pupils to take ownership of the plants. Picture: Gary Sissons

AN independent check of the Kingston portion of the Bay Trail being built from Charman Rd to Mentone Lifesaving Club has found the pathway’s width conforms with approved plans.

There had been concerns that an excessive amount of vegetation had been uprooted from the foreshore at Plummer Rd where a new parking lane is being installed (‘Trail works fail to measure up’, The News 29/7/15).

Kingston mayor Cr Geoff Gledhill said an independent check by Complete Surveying has confirmed contractors hired to build the Bay Trail shared bike and pedestrian pathway had followed “the correct procedure” and built a three-metre path as instructed.

“The Bay Trail project is an important link to promote cycling and walking around Port Phillip Bay and will be a fantastic community asset,” Cr Gledhill said.

“I’m pleased to be able to reassure the community that only the required approved amount of vegetation has been removed”.

The mayor said council was happy to call in an independent surveyor to check out concerns that an extra 0.2 of

On right path: The Bay Trail will run alongside Beach Rd. Pic: Gary Sissons

a metre had been cut into the foreshore than was stipulated.

The surveyor’s report did not cost ratepayers any additional expense since it was the same surveyor who did the original Bay Trail mapping work.

The Charman Rd to Mentone Lifesaving Club portion of the Bay Trail is in the final weeks of construction.

VCAT ruled against an appeal by the Kingston Residents Association, Mordialloc-Beaumaris Conservation League and Kingston Conservation & Environment Coalition in April.

The groups argued the Bay Trail could be built without the need for “excessive” vegetation removal.

At May’s public council meeting, councillors voted to seek a report before beginning the next section of the Bay Trail from Mentone to Mordialloc.

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Teeth at the root of good health A $207 MILLION grant to public dental services by the state government will allow Central Bayside Community Health Services in Parkdale to treat clients with new and upgraded dental equipment.

The state government funding will pay for eight dental chairs, steriliser and extra sterilising equipment, and an x-ray machine.

The result will be higher quality care, improved safety and better outcomes for Kingston residents.

The value of their service was brought home to staff by a letter from a former client who had been the victim of longterm domestic violence.

The woman says the support, understanding and kindness she received from Bayside Health staff, as well as their professional treatment, helped her “reclaim” her life.

“My teeth were a mess,” she told them. “You organised immediate extraction and an upper denture. A lot of that time is still a blur as I was in a pretty bad state: you helped me organise my finances, helped restore my confidence – and always with smile and encouragement.

“Part of rebuilding my life meant going to counselling. Without new teeth I literally could not speak. Having been silent from years of abuse and shame it actually meant far more to me than just the dignity of dentures in normal circumstances.”

The woman said she “could never express what your help meant to me at the

time”. Shattered and afraid, she felt her cause was hopeless and looks back now realising how staff worked to ease her pain, encourage her and help re-establish herself.

Having new teeth meant she could build the confidence to go to court and “continue my battle”, as well as end years of isolation from friends and family. Her new, stable life is a reward for the pain she experienced – and a tribute to the helpful role played by Bayside staff who “saw a crisis situation and yet gave me so much hope and support”.

This funding will provide dental treatment to 332,000 eligible patients this year, and includes more than $3.7 million to upgrade equipment at more than 40 public dental clinics across Victoria.

Central Bayside Community Health Services will also receive funding to upgrade digital radiography equipment which will mean dentists can quickly share images with other clinicians and doctors.

“This is an important investment in Victoria’s health system and will result in more patients receiving the care they need, as well as reducing waiting times,” Health Minister Jill Hennessy said.

“Good oral health is the foundation for good overall health.

“We know that lack of access to timely dental care can cause conditions to worsen and can even lead to chronic disease.”

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an instructional aircraft by Kangan TAFE out of a Tullamarine hangar.

Deemed as being past its use-by date, the plane could have been flown out and sold overseas, but a missing cargo door prevented it flying.

The Lady Luck stepped in: “Someone out at the airport told us that it was going to go for scrap, so we put our hands up and said we’d take it,” Mr McArthur said.

That move is seen as something of a coup. “It’s a fantastic acquisition and will become a real drawcard for the interactive museum alongside a Viscount and DC3,” he said.

“It is ‘old-school’ but still a valuable teaching tool. In aircraft-speak, 1982 is deemed ‘old’.”

But not everything ran smoothly in securing the asset.

“We still had to decant 15,000 pounds of fuel and get some of the internals stripped out: it took about a week to get everything ready,” Mr

Do it yourself A 28-YEAR-OLD tradie, of Palm Trees Av, Aspendale Gardens, took matters into his own hands when he found his van burgled 10m Tuesday.

Thieves had taken his tools and an iPhone. After tracking his phone via Google he rounded up three mates and drove to a house in McFee’s Rd, Dandenong North.

They knocked on the front door. A man opened it and the victim could see his tools stacked in the hallway. After being invited inside to collect his tools the victim reported the theft to Dandenong police who later visited the house.

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Smiles better: Health Minister Jill Hennessy, dentist Priya Gopalakrishnan and Mordialloc Labor MP Tim Richardson check out new dental services at Central Bayside Community Health Services. Picture: Gary Sissons

Mordialloc Labor MP Tim Richardson said this new equipment meant the services could continue to deliver vital public dental services to the local community.

“Central Bayside Community Health Services provides a vital service to our local community. The dentists and dental technicians work hard to ensure that

everyone has access to the dental services they need.”

Dental services are a vital part of the Victorian health system and it is important that the government commits to improving dental services.

Good oral health is vital to an individual’s general health and their overall sense of wellbeing and self-esteem.

WOOLWORTHS have advised The News they are now aware of fears outlined in last week’s article about the close proximity of a Safeway supermarket loading bay to a pedestrian crossing behind the Chelsea shopping strip (‘Crossing danger for pedestrians’, The News 19/8/15).

A statement from a spokesperson said: “There are current driving procedures in place at our Woolworths Chelsea store for our delivery trucks to turn around within the parameters of the loading bay area safely and efficiently.

“We are reviewing these guidelines to make sure our delivery trucks are entering and leaving the loading bay area safely and will implement improvements when necessary.”

When asked to give a name for the spokesperson Woolworths corporate and public affairs media relations manager Sean Ottley said it is not company policy to provide a name.

Low flying arrival adds to museum’s family WATCHING apprehensively from a distance, Australian National Aviation Museum secretary Ewan McArthur was as proud and anxious as a new dad on Monday as his six tonne “baby” made its way slowly home from Tullamarine.

But, all went well on the 40km journey, despite an incident with one of the transport trailer’s wheels, and the Boeing 737 fuselage, saved from the scrap heap, reached Moorabbin Airport in 85 minutes.

“Planes are aerodynamically designed to move very freely through the air,” Mr McArthur said.

“We had to time our run to beat the school zones, but all went well.”

The former US Metro Jet, built in 1982, and later flown by Philippine Airlines, was until recently used as

McArthur said.

“We asked for the engines, large forward section, including the cockpit and controls, and said they could demolish the rest.”

The plane is expected to be ready for the airport’s Family Open Cockpit Day, 9am-5pm, Sunday 11 October.

Visitors can inspect a Sea Venom, Victa, DC-9 Simulator, EE Canberra, B57 Canberra, Hunter, Firefly, Viscount Freighter, F-11 Module, Volksplane VP-1, Winjeel and Wirraway.

As for their newest “baby”, it will be open and running with fans, controls and instruments all working.

“Visitors will be able to sit in the pilot’s seat and pretend they are flying the plane as we encourage hands-on involvement,” Mr McArthur said.

The museum, founded in 1962, is run by volunteers and members who take pride in its collection of aircraft and engines, models, uniforms and other items associated with Austral-

Economy class: A Boeing 737 fuselage on its way to its new home at the Australian National Aviation Museum in Moorabbin. Picture supplied by Membrey’s Transport

ia’s aviation history.

The collection includes the oldest surviving Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation aircraft, the Wirraway A20-10, Victa AirTourer, DAP Mk21 Beaufighter, MIG fighter, Hawker Hunter, and a World War I display.

A total of 16 cockpits are open to visitors.

The museum, corner First St and Second Av, is open 10am-4pm weekdays and 10am-5pm weekends.

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Students talking rubbish, seriously A GRASS cutter, chairs, gym equipment and hordes of insidious plastic were among rubbish of all sorts collected by Patterson River Secondary College students at Kananook Creek on Friday.

Taking part in the school’s community leadership program, the students look forward to their involvement in activities such as lifesaving and care of the wetlands – and especially cleaning up the creek.

Afterwards they get together as a class to talk about the environmental impact of rubbish and how it can be minimised as it makes its way downstream to the bay.

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Beach drama: Jackson Hillier was first into the sea to help save a teenage girl from drowning off Frankston beach. Picture: Yanni

Beach rescue sees bravery rewarded WHEN Jackson Hillier heard a young girl was in strife in the waters off Frankston beach he did not hesitate.

The teenager plunged into the sea and began a rescue effort that saved a 17-year-old girl’s life.

The 16-year-old Bonbeach resident was at Frankston beach with a friend on 8 February last year when it suddenly became clear a girl was in danger of drowning. His actions in mounting a rescue effort will see the teen receive an Australia Bravery Award approved by the Governor-General.

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and another beachgoer, Aleziah Spiers from South Australia, will also receive Bravery Awards after joining the Bonbeach teenager in the water to save the young girl’s life as she struggled about 250 metres off Frankston beach.

“I didn’t even think about it, I just headed straight out there,” Jackson said.

He more than an hour talking to the girl to calm her before the police officer and Mr Spiers joined him to help and drag the teenage girl back to shore.

Jackson said the scariest moment came when he feared for his life “when

I went under” during the tiring ordeal.

During the journey back to the beach the girl lost consciousness and Constable Wallace was forced to give her “three quick breaths causing her to be ill and also breathe again” according to information released by the GovernorGeneral’s office.

Jackson, Mr Spiers and Senior Constable Wallace are among 40 Australians set to receive the Bravery Medal.

The Bravery Award nomination noted: “By his actions, Mr Hillier displayed considerable bravery.”

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A BID to subdivide Green Wedge land at Kingston Rd, Heatherton for “horse agistment” has failed to get over the line after the landowner withdrew from a tribunal hearing.

The Defenders of the South East Green Wedge had been set to appeal a controversial decision by a narrow majority of Kingston councillors to approve a ten lots subdivision of land at 217-227 Kingston Rd (‘‘Horsing around’ with Green Wedge’, The News 4/3/15).

VCAT set aside council’s approval last Friday (21 August) after applicant Kingston Heights Pty Ltd decided to drop out of the tribunal hearing.

Defenders secretary Barry Ross said the Kingston Heights planning application “principles involved were almost identical to those applying to the Leslie Rd application”.

VCAT overturned a contentious planning application last month to subdivide land at 2 Leslie Rd, Clarinda to house horses (‘VCAT says neigh to horse play’, The News 29/7/15).

“Our group is delighted that the fate of the subdivision applications has finally been settled as it was like a black cloud hanging over the Green Wedge,” Mr Ross said.

“Hopefully, the landowners will now get down to running legitimate green wedge activities such as agri-

culture and recreation.”

Kingston Heights Pty Ltd principal Paul Smith, owner of the Din San Nursery in Dingley Village, did not return calls from The News before publication deadline.

A council officers’ report supplied to councillors at the March council meeting noted the Heatherton application was inconsistent with state and council planning policy.

Mr Ross believed the attempted subdivision layout looked “suspiciously like a plan for a residential subdivision”.

Crs Ron Brownlees, Tamsin Bearsley, John Ronke and mayor Geoff Gledhill voted to approve the Heatherton subdivision at the March council meeting.

Crs David Eden, Steve Staikos and Rosemary West opposed the application.

Crs Paul Peulich and Tamara Barth were absent from the meeting.

Future plans for the Green Wedge have divided councillors during the current four-year council term.

A push by some councillors to rezone parts of the Green Wedge for rural living fell by the wayside after a council-commissioned report by consultants Meinhardt found existing landfills and required buffer zones made residential development impossible in the short term.

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NEWS DESK Police patrol Overnight raid JEWELLERY, mobile phones, cash and a car were stolen in an overnight raid on a two-storey house backing onto a beach in Lagoon Pde, Patterson Lakes, Friday. A 49-year-old female victim told police thieves entered her house and stole the phones, iPad, $20,000 diamond ring, $300 Prada earrings, purse containing $700-$1000, and two sets of car keys.

There was no sign of forced entry and they left via a rear sliding door, stealing a 2002 Toyota Land Cruiser from the garage. It was later found – with panel damage and coated in mud – at Frankston South. Anyone with information should contact Kingston CIU on 9556 6565.

Road rage attack A 32-YEAR-OLD Chelsea Heights man driving to work along the Frankston Freeway Wednesday morning told police he was the victim of a road-rage assault. The man said he merged into traffic but noticed another car had driven up fast behind him and was only 1.5 metres from his rear bumper. He veered into the left lane to allow the other car through but it followed with its headlights on close behind. The vehicle behind then allegedly rammed into the victim’s car, shunting it forward. Both cars then pulled over and the victim asked the other driver “what’s your problem?”

He said the man became aggressive, allegedly rushing at the victim, swinging his fists and swearing. The victim took evasive action. He said the man took a screw driver from his pocket and threatened to stab him, then jabbed

it into his spare wheel and side of his car before driving off. The man is described as Caucasian, 50-60, 180cm, obese, dark coloured hair with grey patches, wearing a fluoro coloured orange long sleeve shirt and jeans. Anyone with information should contact Kingston CIU on 9556 6565.

Gang attack A GROUP of Caucasian and African teenagers are being sought by police for unlawful assault after repeatedly punching a 13-year-old McKinnon boy at Southland shopping centre on Saturday afternoon. The boy was standing with a friend near the Apple store when a 12-year-old boy bumped into him. The victim did the same back prompting the younger boy to punch him in the face, causing pain and lacerations. The 10-member group then descended on him, punching him repeatedly in the face.

They were wearing Nike clothing and caps. Police said the victim felt intimidated and scared. They are studying CCTV footage of the incident.

Anyone with information is asked to call Chelsea police on 8773 3200.

Racist assault A 53-YEAR-OLD woman was reportedly “frightened and intimidated” by another driver who pulled up behind her outside a Tarnard Dr, Braeside, mechanic’s workshop. The man allegedly grabbed her by her hair and arms as she got out of the car and frogmarched her 40 metres back to a speed sign “to show her that she was speeding”. The man verbally abused the woman, saying she should “go back to China”. The victim was reportedly submissive and in fear

for her safety. She suffered bruising to her upper arms. The man is described as Caucasian, 50s, with greying hair.

Anyone with information should contact Springvale CIU on 8558 8600.

Shots fired SIX shots were fired into the garage at a house in St Andrew’s Dr, Heatherton, 1.40am, Wednesday. One shot penetrated the door of the garage and lodged in a car. No one was injured.

The 56-year-old female victim said she had “no idea” why the house was targeted. Anyone with information should contact Kingston CIU on 9556 6565.

Service refused A MAN terrorised a Mordialloc brothel, 4.30pm, Thursday, after his demands for sex were not satisfied.

The man, described as Caucasian, 50s, 170cm, solid build, short brown hair, selected a partner, 42, at the Citrus Av premises but put her offside when he refused to shower. The man grabbed the woman and forced her onto the bed but service was declined when he refused to wear a condom.

After allegedly holding the woman down and manhandling her she broke free, pushed a panic button and hid in the toilets. The man went downstairs and verbally abused the madam and demanded his money back. She refused. He then jumped the counter to reception, attempted to rifle the till, and left only after his money was refunded. Police searched the area for the man who was wearing a white Tshirt, grey Harley Davidson hoodie, and denim shorts.

Thin blue line: Police stand guard outside Braeside premises raided as part of a crackdown on a bikie gang last week. Picture: Gary Sissons

Police raid bikies’ bases POLICE raided properties linked to the Coffin Cheaters Outlaw Motorcycle Gang at Lower Dandenong Rd, Parkdale, Connewarra Av, Aspendale and a factory in Jarrah Drive Braeside, 5.30am, Friday.

The simultaneous search warrants relate to a Caulfield Divisional Response Unit investigation into alleged drug trafficking and liquor offences.

The raids allegedly uncovered drugs, weapons, quantity of cash and large amount of liquor.

A 58-year-old man from Windsor was arrested and was assisting police with their inquiries last week.

Police from Kingston were involved in the DRU raid alongside Caulfield and Prahran DRUs, Glen Eira Tasking Units, Echo Task Force, Razon, Operation Response Unit and the Dog Squad.

Southern Division Investigations Inspector John Cormack said it was believed the Coffin Cheaters had

been operating a premise without a liquor licence.

“Our investigation has identified a factory in Braeside which includes a purpose-built bar,” Inspector Cormack said.

“We believe the bar is a place of assembly for the Coffin Cheaters and their associates.

“The community can be reassured that Victoria Police actively monitor OMCG activities and will investigate any illegal activities they are suspected of committing.

“Today’s operation is an example of our ability to detect, identify and disrupt alleged illegal activities being undertaken by outlaw motorcycle gangs within our area and draw upon whatever resources are needed.”

Anyone with any information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential crime report at crimestoppersvic. com.au

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No station patrols ‘public risk’ Neil Walker neil@baysidenews.com.au THE Andrews government has been accused of putting public safety at risk during the upcoming trial of allnight public transports on weekends.

Earlier this month the Labor state government announced a one-year trial of 24-hour Friday and Saturday train services, called “Homesafe”, across the state including the Frankston line.

Liberal opposition leader Matthew Guy visited Seaford train station on Monday (24 August) and slammed the government for failing to budget for protective services officers at all stations all night.

“That leaves quite a number of stations like Seaford exposed to no security after 11pm,” Mr Guy said.

PSOs will be on duty all night at locations dubbed “premium stations” by the state government.

Frankston, Carrum, Mordialloc, Mentone, Cheltenham, Moorabbin, Bentleigh, Caulfield, South Yarra and Richmond stations on the Frankston line have been classed premium stations with PSOs set to patrol these stations overnight.

PSOs will clock off overnight at all other stations on Friday and Saturday evenings.

“The PSOs will leave and it’s going to be a lottery if you’re not at a premium station,” Mr Guy said.

“The fact that the public now won’t know which station has them or not is a real concern. The idea of PSOs is that every station had them

Tickling the ivories: Joe Chindamo (left) and Alan Kogosowski perform in Frankston next month. Pictures supplied Safety first: Liberal opposition leader Matthew Guy says the state government should ensure protective services officers patrol all stations including Seaford all night during a 12-month trial of 24/7 weekend train services. Picture: Gary Sissons

until the last train.”

Mr Guy says the government “haven’t done their sums right” on the trial.

When in opposition before last year’s state election Labor said the 12-month all-night weekend public transport trial would cost $50 million but this figure has blown out to $83.6 million.

“The government has done it on the cheap. Our view is that there should be PSOs until the last train.”

Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan said the government consulted with Victoria Police about the best model and the best use of resources.

Ms Allan said police determined

109 extra PSOs and an extra 62 transit police would be needed, so funding was increased to enable Victoria Police to employ extra staff.

“It’s disappointing Mr Guy doesn’t support this important initiative, which will do so much for people down the sandbelt and across Victoria who just want to get home safe on the weekend.”

Carrum Labor MP Sonya Kilkenny welcomed the Homesafe trial.

“I wish Matthew Guy would stop picking on Seaford. I live in Seaford.

It is a terrific community with many families who just want to know that their young people can get home on the weekends.”

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Kogosowski is a world leading authority on the music of Chopin.

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Four piano students from the region will perform two classical and two jazz pieces of about five minutes each in front of a live audience at the theatre from 11am-1pm on Sunday 13 September.

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LETTERS

Letters to the editor can be sent to The News, PO Box 588, Hastings 3915 or emailed to: team@baysidenews.com.au Name, address and a daytime phone number are required for verification purposes. operate (‘Kinders visits in political spotlight’, The News 12/8/15). It is sad to think that councillors are willing to use ratepayer money, and time to look at controlling how kindergarten committees liaise with their local representatives. This council wastes hundreds of thousands of dollars on trying to undermine our Green Wedge, and now they hone in their focus on adding red tape to kindergartens.

If council cut out the game playing and waste, our rates wouldn’t be so high. Councillors should remember why they are there - to look after the community, not control everything and everyone.

I guess these councillors may sleep better at night knowing they are using the might of council to control our local kinders.

Cr David Eden, South Ward

Green Wedge ‘safe’ Recent rejection of development proposals is good news for Kingston’s Green Wedge and for the overwhelming majority of Kingston residents who, when surveyed, told the Kingston Green Wedge Plan consultants that they wanted the Green Wedge kept for “‘green’ uses – agriculture, open space, environmental wetlands and reserves, recreation.” (Kingston Green Wedge Plan p.48) The main threat hanging over the Green Wedge for more than a decade, has been that it would be carved up for residential or industrial subdivision. Green Wedge landholders, backed by some councillors and council officers as well as self-interested development consultants, have been talking down agriculture and allowing their properties to degrade or to be used for unsightly waste processing or truck parking, in the foolish hope that this would help their case for subdivision.

The July VCAT decision to overturn the majority councillors’ resolution to allow subdivision of Leslie Rd land in the Special Use Zone put an end to the prospect of subdivision north of Heatherton Road, and other copycat applications have now been withdrawn.

The Meinhardt consultants report commissioned by the majority councillors to justify rezoning the land between Heatherton and Lower Dandenong Road to a Rural Living Zone with a 2000 square metre minimum lot size instead found it couldn’t be done without huge costs and risks to council.

This put an end to the ‘dream’ not so much of rural living, which is endorsed in some areas by the Green Wedge Plan and which is possible in the existing Green Wedge zones, but it has put paid to the prospect of carving our Green Wedge up for suburban sprawl, which would have been the consequence of carving it into 2000 square metre lots.

A few Green Wedge landholders might still be dreaming of rezoning the final 53 hectares bounded by Springvale Rd, Governor Rd, Braeside Park and Southern Golf Club for residential development – Meinhardts have offered to work

Making a splash: A black swan comes in to land at Edithvale-Seaford wetlands earlier this month.

Picture: Gary Sissons

up such a proposal for somewhat more than their original fee – but the councillors wisely decided to ask the Planning Minister Richard Wynne about this before throwing good money after bad.

The Minister effectively ruled this out in March by telling The News: “The government made clear commitments to the protection of Melbourne’s Green Wedges and the locking down of the urban growth boundary in its planning policy document, Keeping It Liveable. I am committed to preserving our open spaces for future generations and protecting productive farmland and jobs in the horticultural and agricultural industries.”

We should all now face the fact that the highest, best and most productive use for Kingston’s Green Wedge is, as the Minister says, agriculture and horticulture: the market gardens and nurseries which have hung on through the past decade of discouragement need to be given the priority, recognition and encouragement they deserve.

The main remaining threat is from the landfill operators that need to move on to make way for the long-term vision of the Chain of Parks. The

first sign that the state government will back council’s resolve to make them go and relocate their concrete crushers and refuse transfer stations in appropriate industry zones came when local MPs had the Statewide Waste and Resource Recovery Plan amended to remove the designation of Kingston’s Green Wedge as the waste hub for south east Melbourne.

To put paid to that threat, we need Minister Wynne to approve council’s recommendation to rezone the land north of Heatherton Road to the Green Wedge A Zone, which prohibits concrete crushers and refuse transfer stations.

Cr Rosemary West, Central Ward

Kindergarten cops Kindergartens can’t get a break; whether it be the savage Federal funding cuts, or the most recent decision by a ruling group of Kingston councillors to control kindergartens - they are doing it tough.

I was horrified when I saw council push through a motion that in effect makes it harder for local, community driven kindergartens to

Horsing around I wasn’t surprised to see the recent decision

by VCAT to refuse the planning permit for KP14/117 - 2 Leslie Road Clarinda.

This was, at best a questionable subdivision of land for the purposes of ‘horse agistment’.

Despite council officer recommendation to council to refuse this application back in September 2014, Crs Tamsin Bearsley, Ron Brownlees, Geoff Gledhill, Paul Peulich and John Ronke (despite turning up late to the meeting and leaving early) all voted against officer advice to push through this already questionable application.

To add to the chaos it seems the applicant was advised by council that the only way the application would be supported is if the applicant were to change the purpose of the subdivision from ‘future residential development’ to ‘horse agistment’ on the initial permit application cover letter to Kingston Council.

How much of ratepayers’ money was spent to defend this at VCAT? It is clear these five councillors are just horsing around!

Georgina Oxley, Parkdale

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Hunt now backs marriage equality Neil Walker neil@baysidenews.com.au ONGOING tensions within the Liberal Party over the legalisation of same-sex marriage have been downplayed by federal MP for Flinders Greg Hunt.

A passionate Mr Hunt told The News last Friday he believed media claims of internal party divisions in the aftermath of a Liberal party room meeting earlier this month to discuss same-sex marriage legalisation have been overblown.

Workplace Minister Eric Abetz slammed cabinet leakers as “gutless” as differences of opinion on same-sex marriage emerged publicly after the meeting held behind closed doors in the Liberal party room on Tuesday 11 August.

Mr Hunt revealed he spoke in favour of marriage equality during the Liberal party room debate and backed a “free conscience vote” by MPs not tied along party policy lines.

“I do support same-sex marriage and that view has evolved over recent years through conversations with the community,” he said.

Mr Hunt has changed his mind on same-sex marriage since voting against a private members bill in September 2012 to legalise marriage for gay and lesbian couples.

The member for Flinders was among 98 MPs who voted against the proposal. Just 42 supported the bill at the time.

Mr Hunt said he now supports same-sex marriage “subject to strong protections of religious freedom”.

The Environment Minister in the Abbott government says there is no animosity between himself and Dunkley Liberal MP and Small Business

Changed vows: Flinders MP Greg Hunt now backs same-sex marriage having previously voted against its legalisation.

Minister Bruce Billson, for example, despite differing views on same-sex marriage (‘Liberals remain divided on same-sex marriage’, The News 19/8/15).

Mr Billson favours “the formal recognition of same-sex relationships” rather than its legalisation and says “going to a process after the next election that puts the question [on legalising same-sex marriage] to the people enables all individuals to have their say”.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott, a long-time opponent of same-sex marriage, has rejected any party room backing of a free vote for Liberal MPs and instead favours a national plebiscite or referendum if the Coalition government wins a second term in office.

Opposition leader Bill Shorten has vowed to legalise same-sex marriage without a plebiscite or referendum within 100 days of Labor winning government.

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Certificates awarded for good work Compiled by Melissa Walsh HOW would you treat your husband if you found he were a German spy?

Come and see at the Red Cross Dramatic Entertainment by St Paul’s Club next Wednesday night. *** “IS war ever right?” Come and hear the dialogue at St Paul’s Club dramatic entertainment, at Frankston on Wednesday. All money taken at the door goes to the local Red Cross Fund—no expenses. *** THE many friends of Mr Corlett Senr, of Langwarrin will be pleased to hear that he is recovering from his illness and hopes to be about as usual in a few days. *** THE President of the Shire (Cr W. J Oates) will officially open the Mornington Junction Miniature Rifle Range this afternoon at 3pm, All interested in rifle shooting are given a cordial invitation. *** THE friends of Mr D Downs, who recently enlisted and went into camp, will regret to hear that be is dangerously ill with meningitis, and is at present in the Alfred Hospital. *** WE regret to learn that Mr C. O’Connell, who met with a serious accident some months ago, by being thrown from his jinker, is still confined to his bed, and it will still be some time before he is able to return to Frankston.

*** THE Hon Treasurer of the Frankston Belgian Relief Fund desires to acknowledge the donation, through Mr W. H. Prosser, of the sum of £1 10s from the Wesleyan Sunday School prize winners. They unanimously decided to forego their prizes and donate the value of them to the above Fund. *** THE many friends of Mr. J. E. Ridout will regret to hear of his death, which occurred at his residence, Frankston on Friday evening, 20th inst.

On Tuesday previous a blood vessel on his brain burst, and he gradually became unconscious, and died as above stated. The deceased was highly respected by all who knew him and his loss will be sincerely mourned by his wife and family, and a large circle of friends.

The remains were interred in the Frankston cemetery on Sunday afternoon, the Rev R. Jackson officiating at the grave. *** MR C. W. Murray of Langwarrin, left on Wednesday last by the S.S. Katoomba for West Australia. As he for some time past has filled the position of hon secretary to the progress Association and correspondent of the school committee, his departure has left those positions vacant.

So far no one seems willing to fill those positions, but it is hoped someone will be public spirited enough to fill the gap and keep those public institutions on the road to well doing. ***

WE have again to record this week, of several of our Peninsula lads being wounded at the Dardanelles; and unfortunately of the death of Private Colin Thomas, of Somerville, who succumbed to his wounds, while in the hospital ship, and Private Norman Tetley, who was killed while in action.

Private A. Meldrum, of Somerville, is reported wounded, and Lieut.Corporal W L Cooke, of Flinders, as ill. *** A very happy evening was enjoyed on Saturday last August 21st at Seaford, where a concert and social was arranged by the Church of England in aid of the fund to reduce the debt.

The musical part of the evening was arranged by Mrs Glidden, who, with help of Miss Draper as accompanist, trained about twenty children as a choir.

The children sang very delightfully four sacred songs, and pleased everyone. Others who took part in the programme were Mr and Mrs Galway, and Mr M. Galway, the Misses Longmore, Mrs Armstrong, Mr Peebles, and Mr Hoare.

At the end of the musical programme supper was served, and a short dance completed the evening’s enjoyment. *** THE hon. sec. (Dr Plowman) of the fund for presentation to volunteers recently enlisted from Frankston and the immediate district, desires to acknowledge the receipt of the following donations to the fund :—Lieut. Colonel Grimwade, £5 ; Sir John Madden, £2 2s ; G. W. Booth, Esq., £2 2s; C.

P. Watson, Esq, and Miss Watson, £1 2s 6d ; Mrs (Captain) Pidgeon, £1 1s; C. G. V. Williams, Esq., £1 1s ; W. Beckwith, Esq, £1; Jas Grice, Esq., 10s; Mrs Moloney, 10s; Mrs Hunt, 10s ; Captain Sherlock, 5s; Mrs W. H. O’Grady, 5s; Mrs Garrood, 5s ; Messrs Ritchie and Co., 5s; M. Jacobs, Esq., 5s; 44 donations of 2s 6d each ; 2 of 2s each; and 4 of 1s each. *** ST Paul’s Club advertise a social for next Wednesday night at 8.15 at the Mechanics’ Hall Frankston. The whole of the takings are to go to the Red Cross Fund. Some of the items will be appropriate to the occasion, for example a dialogue on “Peace and War”, and a dramatic item entitled “The Spy”.

Songs and other musical items will be also on the programme, which will include a farce entitled “An Interrupted Proposal”. At the end of the programme a short dance will be held, and Mr and Miss Cowan have kindly promised to supply the music, with flute, piccolo and piano. It is hoped the social, admission for which will be one shilling, will be well attended.

Two or three raffles will be drawn during the evening, notably one for a pug puppy, and one for a doll. It is hoped during the evening that a presentation from the club will be made to Private Matthew Elliott. *** ON Wednesday afternoon an official visit was paid to the Frankston State School by members of the Board of Advice, for the purpose of present-

ing junior certificates from the Department of Education to eight of the scholars who had passed the necessary test for juniors in swimming, diving, floating and methods of resuscitation.

The chairman of the Board (Mr E.M’Comb) in presenting the certificates, impressed on the children the necessity of going still further than they had gone, and thus being able to compete for a higher grade when the Department sent an officer to examine them.

The following are the names of the successful competitors:—Nancy Cameron, Lexie Richardson, Christina Hay, Ivy Bray, Arthur Gale, Geo Bradbury Raymond Coxall, and Hector M’Comb.

After the presentations the children sang the National Anthem, and Mr Richardson (the head teacher) returned thanks to the Board on behalf of the children, who were then dismissed.

The members of the Board, after an inspection of the school, were invited

by Mrs Richardson to partake of a cup of tea ,which was much appreciated, and a hearty vote of thanks was passed to the lady for her kindness. *** ALEX Scott and Co. report,— A moderate supply of both milkers and springers, prices on the whole being without alterations. Milkers £11 15 to £14, springers to £10 15s to £12 12s 6d. chopping cows to £9, fat cows to £18, store cows £6, to £8, poddies 40s to 67s 6d, From the pages of the Mornington Standard, 28 August, 1915

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A Grain of Salt TWO years for Collingwood’s Lachie Keefe and Josh Thomas and $50,000 apiece? Like a thousand others on any one night they took an illegal drug which apparently included a performing enhancement. So much for Collingwood looking after “their boys”. Everyone scampering to come out of it with halos. Worse still the Essendon boys. Three years now.

“They had a choice”? What choice if they refused? Ten years focussed on “making it” with the probability of bye byes for a supplements refusal?

The first choice was to protect those kids, lying and leaking unabated. For the good of the game? Nathan Buckley suggested it may be the making of his two boys; sweet nonsense. The clubs, ASADA, WADA, AFL, Herald Sun, The Age, Fox Footy. Like most politicians; hypocrites. *** Nathan Buckley, James Hird and Michael Voss; champion footballers not necessarily champion coaches. James Hird blamed the AFL as expected, never him, then added “it’s about the players”, a shade late James? Rather sad, but it’s difficult to shed tears for millionaires. Tony Shaw on extending Nathan’s contract: “I thought they might have gone a bit too hard a bit too early in dumping really talented players”. Shaw being the first to call for Heath Shaw to be dropped; a convenient memory. If Nathan could coach half as well as he talks my once mighty Magpies would be right up there. *** Dear Danny Andrews, (John Kennedy, ex-Hawthorn coach “Don’t think, do!”); GF Eve holiday and a $220,000 logo design for nine

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months work? Don’t hurry yourself Mr Popularity Premier. No surprise regarding the suggested bias of Commissioner Dyson Heydon. We knew this before and after his comments on Julia Gillard’s evidence, well before Billy stepped up to the plate.

Always amusing; the assumption judges are beyond reproach. Nobody is beyond reproach. Imagine Gillian Trigg at a Labor fundraiser? *** All those labour saving devices in the 50s to 80s have disintegrated.

The sheer need to keep up with technology is overwhelming. The more I let one go the further I get behind, to the point of near surrender. A word processor, Google and away we go; once upon a time. Now they upgrade, be it software or new models, and to comfort you they restrict your usage of the old model. Buy a new one or stay behind to the point of more confusion, more money and memory breakdown. I assume (on the basis of George Orwell’s prediction) we are but a step away from security control through our screens. Therein lies the danger of emitting wind being interpreted as a boo? *** $40 billion on Navy ships in South Australia. Why?...Nick Kyrgios sentenced to all of January in Rye?...

What goes on in the bedroom stays in the bedroom, when the wife and kids are out for the day?...“Humour is the great thing, the saving thing.

The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place” [Mark Twain]..“And thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges” [Shakespeare]...

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*** This is my last column. 130,000 words is quite enough. I’m saddling up my horse and riding into the setting sun. My hero (Hopalong Cassidy) has lived through his adventures, and, when it was over, he got on his horse and rode into the sunset.

What happened when he disappeared over the horizon with Lucky and California? What happens after the “The End” placard covers the screen? Do they take time off before finding another adventure?

Do they die of wounds suffered during those 66 movies? Do they live happily ever after in some frontier town? Not a bit of it. They run out of daylight puff, camping quietly in a unit, listening to a Roy Rogers CD, or Gene Autrey. Rear of the Rye shopping precinct, dodging psychologists, doctors and councillors, happily ever after until the big fellow calls it quits.

As the saying goes “I’ve been everywhere mate”; 20 years as a public servant, 37 at racetracks, 40 in theatre and television, freelance activities including eight years with this column. The consistent thread throughout is trying to dodge morons. I’m not referring to acquaintances, relatives, people you say hello to etc, always taken at face value.

I’ve got my faults, probably more than I realise and like everything there are pluses; working with someone you respect, who in the scheme of things is better than you in matters which concern your outlook on life or simply the job at hand. I’ve been lucky, not often but enough to give me strength.

It’s the others who are my problem, those you work with in one

By Cliff Ellen form or another, sometimes bosses, sometimes equals who for reasons best known to themselves adopt a position of superiority but in my eyes suffering from a defect of reason, in most cases a high selfopinion which I see as a mirage. Am I complaining? No. Simply letting it out there. I’ve often been asked if a particular piece I wrote was about “them”. Not true. General pieces have never been about any particular person, unless I named them. If it occurs to you when reading this piece I may be referring to you, then my guess is the chances are you’re most likely close to correct...for once.

I’m reliably informed an upmarket swisho villa in Bali away from the madding crowd with the ocean as your view, serviced by a maid, cook and perhaps a lover (or two) can be had on a 12 months lease for $15,000. A life of Reilly for less than my pension. True, one or two shonky adjustments to cover the Centrelink gestapos, but so tempting. Mind you, with my luck the Islamic State, now gaining prominence in Indonesia, may well conclude I’m a Christian, equalling danger to life and limb. Worth the risk?

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These are the ties that bind

By Stuart McCullough IT’S hard to be ‘the one’. Fate can play some pretty nasty pranks from time to time and, without really meaning to, you might find yourself being held responsible for an absolute disaster. No one wants to be the person who undoes a good idea. There’s not a soul on this earth who deliberately sets out to be the one that sinks the ship whilst simultaneously slaying the golden goose. It was a decade before they could make another Batman after George Clooney was done with him. Poor George. It wasn’t his fault the whole thing stunk like a week-old trout in the sun. He was simply in the wrong place in the wrong time.

There is no franchise as beloved as Star Wars. I was never a fanatic, but that one trip to the Burwood Drive-In in the family Volkswagen remains one of the greatest cinematic experiences of my life. I knew nothing of it when we arrived. By the time we left, my life had been forever changed. Star Wars was to become a defining part of my childhood, something I’d talk about with classmates. I had action figures, the classic Luke Skywalker haircut and a light saber for about thirty seconds after I received it as a gift for Christmas but promptly bent in half during an overly vigorous duel with my brother. But after three films, George Lucas wisely called time; leaving behind a fantastic, epic story that each new generation of moviegoers can discover for themselves. Then, of course, he changed his mind.

After years of begging, the public were finally getting what they had so

long demanded – more Star Wars films were on the way. New films meant new creatures which, in turn, meant new merchandise that could appear on lunchboxes the world over and be purchasable as plastic figurines. They must have had such high hopes. Enter

has since been described as one of the picking up occasional gigs as an acmost reviled characters in film history. tor. He’d appeared as Blanche’s loveJar Jar Binks appeared in the next interest in an episode of The Golden two installments but in a drastically Girls and been a back-up singer / dancreduced role. Inevitably, the work er for Madonna on her ‘Who’s That dried up. Madonna changed her muGirl’ world tour but had never really sical direction. Blanche from The threatened to breakout as a bona fide Golden Girls no longer returned his star. But, one fateful night, everything calls. Jar Jar got bumped from barista changed, after Jar Jar got a message on to clearing tables at ‘The Mighty Turhis pager to call George Lucas. nip’. He withdrew from public life, Imagine it. Someone tells you even quitting as keyboard player for they’re going to change your life forKeanu Reeves’ band, ‘Dogstar’. ever by putting you in one of the most In the process of moving house, anticipated movies of the decade. Then there have been many discoveries. they tell you you’ll be playing the role Perhaps most startling of all is that I of a Gungan from the planet Naboo. appear to possess any number of neckSo far, so weird. But regardless of ties that I would only ever wear at gunhow strange it might sound, Jar Jar point. As I was sorting through a pile would have consoled himself with the of ties, there was one that caught my thought that these people were responattention. Black and made a synthetic sible for some pretty wonderful films material that was both unpleasant to and, doubtless, they knew what they the touch and (probably) highly flamwere doing. With the benefit of hindmable, there was a picture at the botsight, Jar Jar might also have paused tom. There, at the end of the tie, was to consider that these very same peoa picture of Jar Jar Binks, smiling as ple were also responsible for Howard though he hadn’t a care in the world. the Duck, one of the most spectacular I have no idea why I have a Jar Jar cinematic flops within memory, living Binks necktie and cannot imagine a and dead and even not quite feeling circumstance under which I’d wear it itself. to work. But that’s not the point. RathWhen The Phantom Menace was er, it’s a reminder of another time. One finally unleashed on an expectant where Jar Jar thought the world was public, the results were mixed. It was, not merely his oyster but his seafood without a shadow of a doubt, a huge platter. Where anything was possible. financial success, paving the way for Now it’s a souvenir of an unmitigated Jar Jar Binks. two further films. But things did not disaster. Soon there will be another You’ve got to feel a little sorry for go so well for Jar Jar. To say that his Star Wars film. But as you await its him. Prior to The Phantom Menace, he performance was poorly received is LOVING FAMILY LIFE ON THE PENINSULA release, spare a thought for the guy like describing the maiden voyage of was just quietly going about his life, clearing coffee cups at The Mighty the Titanic as leaving room for imworking as a barista and an organic Turnip. provement. Put simply, it was a disaswhole foods café called ‘The Mighty stuart@stuartmccullough.com ter for the aspirant actor. Jar Jar Binks Turnip’, supplementing his income by

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LENNON: YESTERDAYS IN THE LIFE

By Neil Walker The dark side of Lennon’s character could be hurtful to those close to the late Beatle but Waters says people who have seen the show who knew Lennon reckon Waters and D’Arrietta’s Glass Onion show captures the essence of the man who they could not help but forgive.

“I would love to be Doctor Who!” Actor and musician John Waters’ declaration has been prompted by mint magazine’s suggestion the 66-year-old would be a perfect choice to play the Time Lord in BBC TV’s longrunning sci-fi show now the Beeb has seen sense and is skewing older in its casting of the good Doctor in the form of current incarnation Peter Capaldi.

“He was rejected by both his parents and brought up by his aunt so there was a lot of anger there,” he says.

“I found him to be a very angry man and most of the people who’ve seen my show who knew him said ‘he was a really nice guy but he couldn’t help the anger, it came out and made him quite prone to some violent outbursts now and then’. He did have that side to him.”

While mint hopes the Scotsman does not immediately vacate the TARDIS there will come a time – as for all 11 of his Doctor Who predecessors – for the 57-year-old Capaldi to regenerate.

“Of course, the body is only a vehicle for The Doctor but I think he looks better when he’s older,” Waters says.

Before heading to the US to perform the Lennon show, Waters and D’Arrietta had to seek Yoko Ono’s permission to stage the Glass Onion show off Broadway.

“I think the original Doctor William Hartnell was fantastic because I was around for him but there’s been a few good ones.”

“I think she’s always supported it and thinks it’s a good idea,” Waters says.

You read it here first. The time could soon be right for the first Australian Doctor Who. Kind of. Waters was born in London but he is also an Aussie, spending time between this country and England between acting jobs.

“There’s no big money in it for her because her percentage of our percentage is pretty tiny so it’s more about protecting the image and I understand why she does that I think she does a great job. She’s been fabulous with us. We got great reviews in New York and we were relaxed because we knew we had her full backing.”

This push to install Waters as the next Doctor is thanks to his role as D’arcy in hugely-successful TV comedy drama Offspring, since mint reckons there was an almost Jon Pertwee-ian sparkle to the character, the father of Asher Keddie’s Nina.

Waters admires Ono (“We couldn’t have done the show without Yoko’s support”) and remembers the harsh public criticism she copped at the height of The Beatles’ career in the 1960s.

But enough Doctor Who. Let’s talk another UK cultural icon: John Lennon.

“Yoko was reviled by the press. They slagged her off all the time and used racist epithets about her, called her ‘inscrutably Oriental’ and all that and she really supported John. She herself was an avant-garde artist of very high standing in her own right in New York City.”

Waters has been “playing” the role of Lennon on and off since 1991 when he had the idea for a stage show based on the former Beatles man’s life and he’s bringing the show to Frankston Arts Centre in early September.

In fact, Waters believes Ono was pivotal to the success of much of Lennon’s best later music.

Thankfully Waters doesn’t dress up as and impersonate Lennon, rather he tries to capture the attitude and spirit of the legendary singersongwriter.

“Even though his angry political songs were good in that decade it was great to hear him going back to those great groove-based pop songs he was so good at writing. Songs like (Just Like) Starting Over.

“I wanted it to be based around the songs and what they said about him because they are quite autobiographical. I also based what I was doing on some of the things he had said and his attitudes. I’d read enough and followed enough through the newspapers, ever since I was 16 really.”

“It’s a Yoko word ‘Imagine’. It’s a whole concept by her about bringing something into existence by imagining it. She did contribute to John’s work in a major way because she was the biggest influence in his life at that time.”

While interest in Lennon’s life has risen in the past two decades – boosted by the likes of Oasis singing his praises during the Britpop boom of the ‘90s to a generation not around in the ‘60s – Waters says no-one had thought about staging a show about his life and songs a decade after Lennon’s death in 1980.

At first, Waters decision to rope in musical partner Stewart D’Arrietta to perform the Lennon: Through A Glass Onion show was a pragmatic one despite the actor’s love of The Beatles’ and Lennon’s music.

“The short answer is ‘unemployment’. You’re looking around for something to do in one of those down times,” he says.

“My career was good but I just had ‘a hole’ and guys I knew who ran the entertainment room at The Tilbury Hotel in Woolloomooloo in Sydney said ‘Hey, we’ve got a spare three weeks coming up in a month’s time, do you have a show you could do?’ and I went ‘yep’ but hadn’t actually thought about it at that stage.”

Co-opting D’Arrietta proved to be the start of a long and winding road for the Glass Onion show which made its way to Lennon’s adopted home city – New York – two years ago, decades after its first small shows in the Sydney suburb in 1991.

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Fast forward forty years or so – and three decades since the Glass Onion show made its debut – and the spirit of John Lennon is still very much alive and heading to Frankston next month.

Waters was thrilled by the audience reaction to the show in New York during a sold-out 122 shows run off Broadway at the Union Square Theatre.

“We loved it ... I think John Lennon is more revered in New York than anywhere else, including Liverpool. They just loved him there.

They loved the way he’d chosen their town and adopted it and thought very highly of New York.

He was recognised on the streets but they left him alone and that’s what he liked about it.

New York is like that. There’s a lot of famous people walking down the street and nobody really bothers about them too much.”

But, much like Lennon’s real-life character, there was a dark side to the freedom afforded the famous in The Big Apple when Lennon was callously shot and murdered.

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the end – his accessibility and a random lunatic thing that happened to him because of his celebrity,” Waters says.

It’s this premature end to Lennon’s life that Waters credits with keeping the Glass Onion show alive in audiences’ minds.

“People didn’t realise they felt as much as they do about Lennon, about the tragedy of a man who’s just really actually reached a pinnacle of peace in his own life and his own head ... settling down and calming down.

“So suddenly for it all to end there it gives people an emotional jolt and I think there’s no stage show that lasts the distance unless it has an emotional impact. I didn’t know how to strive for that, being a bit of first timer when I put it together, but it must have hit the target. It does provoke an emotional reaction in people.”

After that, the show must go on to the Edinburgh International Festival in August. It began as “something to do between gigs” for Waters but has morphed into something bigger than he ever anticipated.

“It has sort of taken over my life to a certain extent,” he says.

But then Lennon and The Beatles had dominated many days in his life since Waters’ mid-teens.

“I was born in late 1948 so was 16 when The Beatles arrived so I was really in that dead set target audience. It dominated all of our lives.

It wasn’t really a case of whether you were a Beatles fan or not, The Beatles were the soundtrack for us.”

And a soundtrack for subsequent generations.

Lennon: Through a Glass Onion will be performed at Frankston Arts Centre, 27-37 Davey St, Frankston on Saturday 12 September, 8pm.

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Hillmen rocket into finals NEPEAN LEAGUE

By Toe Punt RED Hill will take enormous momentum into its Elimination final against Hastings this weekend after belting Dromana to the tune of 86 points on Saturday.

The Hillmen have won four matches in a row by an average margin of 59 points and have regained that confidence that eluded them in the middle part of the season. The Hillmen’s last two wins against Dromana and Frankston Bombers have been by 86 and 113 points respectively.

Red Hill beat Hastings at the start of the month (three rounds ago) in a hard fought, tough contest by 27 points.

Red Hill went into the final home and away game of the season having to beat Dromana, while relying on Sorrento to beat Rye. While Red Hill went in as favourite, it had lost to Dromana on the previous three occasions.

From the very first bounce, the Hillmen got their backyard in order and opened up a 30 point lead at the first change.

In the corresponding game earlier in the season, the Hillmen did the same and went on to kick just one more goal for the game.

Not this time. By half time, the margin had blown out to ten goals and Red Hill had placed itself in a position to jump into the top five.

Jake Mold booted five goals, Jared Eames four and teenager Danny Allsop three majors while Jake Mitchell and Daniel McNamara also dominated.

Daniel Guerts and Kieran Voelkl were the best of the Tigers.

After the match, Red Hill coach Tony Blackford was obviously very pleased to be part of another finals campaign.

“Once you’re in Toey, anything can happen,” said Blackford.

“Our game finished a lot earlier than the Sorrento v Rye game so we all got in the rooms to listen to the last ten minutes on the radio. The guys were obviously pretty excited.

“We go into next week knowing we’re playing really good footy again and we were lucky enough to beat

Season slips away: The siren couldn’t come quickly enough for Crib Point, going down to Somerville by 106 points.

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Hastings a few weeks ago.

“Finals are a different ball game altogether though and as far as I’m concerned, it all starts again.

“We’ll prepare the best we can and no doubt give it our best shot.

“We’re the underdogs of all the teams in the finals but we don’t plan to be there just making up numbers.

We’re confident we can have a real impact if we play to our potential,” said Blackford.

While Red Hill got the four points, it had to rely on Sorrento to knock over Rye. It wasn’t until the 20-minute mark of the last quarter that Red Hill could start to celebrate.

Rye played the best football I had witnessed it play this season and took it right up to the Sharks.

On a couple of occasions through-

out the match, it appeared as though Sorrento was going to break the game open, however, with their season on the line, the Demons kept fighting back.

Scores were locked together at half time and the margin was just nine points at three quarter time in favour of the home side. The final margin was three goals, 16.10 (106) to 13.10 (88).

Jon Croad was superb for the Sharks, despite not being named in their best, while Daniel Grant was also a solid four-quarter contributor.

Brady Egan is a star of the competition and he was excellent for the Demons, while Adam Kirkwood was superb in the back half, despite his opponent Myles Pitt kicking three goals.

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keeping an eye on was Hastings versus Rosebud.

What a fizzer that turned out to be.

Rosebud mauled the Blues from the first bounce and won by more than 100 points.

The Buds kicked 20.12 (132) while restricting the Blues to just 4.6 (30).

The Buds went into the game without Greg Bentley and Paul Kennedy and full back Chris Zurek. Chris Rogers, Jackson McRae and Brenton Payne all played in the reserves while Sean Downie was at Stingrays.

Rob Forrest was at his devastating best with five goals while Ryan Spooner booted four and Tom Baker three. Matt Baker was superb on Luke Clark.

Jake Hewitt and Shaun Foster were the best of the Blues.

Hastings now has a week to regroup

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before playing Red Hill in the knockout Elimination Final.

Rosebud has been the best side all season and deserves the week off.

Crib Point was put out of its misery at 4.30pm yesterday by Somerville, losing by a whopping 106 points.

It’s a far cry from the club that was flying this time last year and was a genuine premiership threat.

This season has been a disaster for the black and white, winning just three games for the season.

Coach of the Year in 2014 Duane Annable has stepped down and the popular choice if you listen to the beating drums is that Brad Arnold will take control.

The Eagles were sensational on Saturday, despite a lacklustre opposition.

Make no mistake, Somerville is right there with Rosebud as the best teams in the competition.

Tom Shaw booted five goals, Rowan Hogenbirk was back from a quad injury with four goals and Billy Rolfe is just winding up for a big finals series – he finished with four goals.

Adrian Speedy and Justin Allsop were outstanding.

Devon Meadows finished the season on a real high, winning its final four games. It beat Tyabb on Saturday 24.17 (161) to 9.14 (68).

Dylan Hand booted seven goals and Beau Miller and Pat Harmes dominated.

Jake Anderson kicked five majors for the Yabbies and Adrian Clay in his 150th game was outstanding.

In the final game, Pearcedale finished on a high too and beat Frankston Bombers, 18.7 (115) to 12.10 (82).

In what has been a tough season for both clubs, they both finished where expected. I think both clubs misunderstood the strength of the competition and there was talk of finals from both camps.

Pearcedale must resign its coach Jamie Merchan and invest in additional talent.

If Merchan was to go, and he doesn’t want to, I think the ripple effect could be significant.

Both the Panthers and Bombers can’t keep treading the boards and expect things to improve.

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By Toe Punt MT Eliza full forward Justin Van Unen booted the five goals he needed against Pines on Saturday to notch his second century in the MPNFL. ‘JV’ first kicked 100 goals when he was playing for Rye in an Elimination Final and while he was still wearing the red and blue on Saturday, this time it was for the Redlegs.

Van Unen had the tough job of playing on the returning Beau Hendry on Saturday, making the feat even that much more impressive.

In 16 games, Van Unen has averaged almost six goals a game and he holds the key to the success of the Redlegs this season.

Despite the potency of Van Unen in attack, the strong midfield group and the experienced defence, many still say Mt Eliza and the rest of the teams in the Peninsula competition are playing for second place.

Many believe that Frankston YCW is by far the best team in the competition.

It’s hard to argue following their shaky start. Figures don’t lie and the Stonecats are head and shoulders better in the points for and against column.

Regardless, it’s not a theory that sits well with Mt Eliza coach John Georgiou.

“I think it’s very disrespectful to my players and the other teams in the competition to hear we are all playing for second prize,” said Georgiou.

“We didn’t play a great game against YCW the last time we played them but we’re really confident in the way we are playing.

“Mornington have been very good this season too and Pines and Edithvale-Aspendale have shown that they are more than capable on their day.

“I think the season is wide open for the team that brings its best on any given day. Frankston YCW has lost three games, so we know they can be beaten.

“They (YCW) are a strong team, we know that, but they can be beaten.”

Georgiou said there was no chance of a return for his star forward Scott Lockwood.

“Scott has been a great player for us for a long time and unfortunately his knee won’t allow him to get up for the rest of the year,” said Georgiou.

“We have made some adjustments in personnel but our structures are still the same. We’re very confident our best is still good enough,” he said.

Mt Eliza’s best was good enough on Saturday against Pines.

Redlegs manage to hold on: Despite Pines storming home, Mt Eliza won by eight points. Picture: Gary Bradshaw

While the Pythons came storming home with a four goal to one last quarter, Mt Eliza was still able to record a pretty comfortable victory, 11.19 (85) to 11.11 (77).

Sam Gill, Karl Lombardozzi and Dave Barton dominated for the Redlegs.

Aaron Edwards booted four goals and Guy Hendry three for Pythons while Chris Guganovic and Shaun White also had a heap of the footy.

Mornington put the second last nail in Langwarrin’s coffin, smashing the Kangas 23.12 (150) to 8.8 (56).

Langwarrin has just one more week to go in what has been an extremely frustrating season.

They have been cursed with injuries

again this season. They couldn’t afford one.

Their coach, Gavin Artico, has resigned and its best player Rikki Johnston has accepted the Dromana coaching job. It’s highly likely that Luke O’Neil and Liam Hogan will return to the Tigers with Johnston. Who could blame them.

The Langwarrin job is still a very good one for a coach that wants to invest three years.

The 2015 season has been a writeoff.

Jackson Calder had a field day on Saturday with six goals for the Doggies while Daniel Moss and Warwick Miller brought their own Sherrin.

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Jarrod Garth booted eight goals for Edithvale-Aspendale as they torched Seaford on Saturday.

The Eagles booted 14 goals to five in the second half to win 24.15 (159) to 9.11 (65).

Brett O’Hanlon booted four goals and Mark Mullins and Matt Clark dominated.

Dean Williamson and Brendan Doyle were the best of the Tigers.

Frankston YCW opened up a 32-point quarter time lead against Bonbeach and finished with a solid 50-point win, 21.12 (138) to 13.10 (88).

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Jackson Casey and Jackson Sole were the best of the Sharks.

Chelsea was able to turn around a real form slump to get the job done against Karingal, 17.15 (117) to 12.9 (81).

Todd Gardiner was clearly the best player on the ground for the Gulls while Jayden Attard also worked pretty hard. Curtis Bywater played his best game for the club and Chris Charity booted six goals in only his fourth senior match.

Zac Clements, Brad Occhipinmti and Aaron Lees were the best of the Bulls.

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