Western Port
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Western Port
realestate 3 December
2013
FOOD & ENTERTAINMENT
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WESTERN PORT SCOREBOARD
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Quiet place of reflection WESTERN Port Secondary College’s spiral meditation garden was officially opened on Monday afternoon. Creating the garden, its archway and mosaic pavers with words of inspiration such as joy, peace, calm, relax and hope was a collective effort of students in years 7-10 as well as families of students, friends, teachers and Hastings Rotary. Year 8s made a documentary about the project. An arts grant for materials came from Mornington Peninsula Shire. College assistant principal Hannah Lewis said the project was “our contribution to the Warringine precinct, which celebrates the links between the shire, Peninsula Health, Warringine Park and Willum Warrain – the meeting place by the sea�. “Students with family in the defence force made a poppy bowl with the Australian, British and Aboriginal flag on the inside and their garden features rosemary and poppies to signify remembrance,� she said. “We have planted plants for their scent, colour, beauty and to attract birds. “When you walk through the archway the idea is that you will leave your worries, sadness, pain, anger, frustrations or anxiety behind. In our busy lives with so many stresses and competing demands, it is important to find a quiet space to restore and reinvigorate ourselves.� Special place: Clockwide from top left, Hannah Lewis, outdoor classroom coordinator John Eldridge, Robert Clohesy of year 7 and Madi Watson-Bell of year 9 in the garden. Picture: Yanni
Chamber accused By Keith Platt THE crisis facing Western Port Chamber of Commerce and Industry after losing a $50,000 federal government grant has deepened with accusations of lies and deceit being made by the chamber’s marketing and promotions officer. In a no-holds-barred “open� letter to the chamber committee and its members Sarah McLennan accuses the chamber of being an organisation
where “honesty and transparency is not a priority�. Most of the grant for the Empty Space, New Place renewal project was handed back because it was not spent within the specified time frame. However, the program to put artists and “community initiatives� in vacant shops was doomed to fail, with estate agent Chris Watt saying that such use would make it difficult to find paying tenants and advising landlords not to
get involved (“Chamber pursues renew�, The News, 26/11/13). Ms McLennan says she is “devastated� that her job was advertised without her knowledge and has no intention of applying because the position description equates to more work for fewer hours. “I hold all the necessary qualifications and skills to perform the role, but I hold little interest in signing up to something where the time allocated
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to perform the required tasks is unreasonable, in order to achieve anything worthwhile or meaningful for the members,� Ms McLennan stated in her letter emailed on Friday. “Further to this, my concerns run much deeper than just a change of role in the position description. I feel that I no longer have the support of the executive committee, rendering the majority of the original position I was contracted to perform untenable.�
Seven hours after Ms McLennan sent her letter, chamber president Lisa Dixon said the executive committee had decided that by advertising the marketing and promotions job “we recognise the opportunity for Hastings to take the next step in its exciting development with the port expansion, retail growth opportunities, tourism and housing growth�. Continued Page 8
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