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KINGSTONS elderly residents will have access to high-quality ageing in place residential care in their neighbourhood after Kingston Council last week selected not-for-profi t organisation Southern Cross Care (Victoria) to take over its residential aged care services.

This followed a public tender process.

The mayor Cr Geoff Gledhill said the tender evaluation panel unanimously found Southern Cross Care would provide the highest-quality accommodation, care and services. Im pleased to announce our elderly residents will be cared for by such an experienced, award-winning not-for-profi t group, he said.

Kingston Council is one of the last remaining Victorian local councils to deliver residential aged care services and this has been a major decision by council. We have acted to ensure that our elderly residents can receive top-quality care from expert providers, in modern facilities all within their own neighbourhood for years to come.

Councils existing facilities cannot provide ageing in place residential care nor do its facilities meet the standards provided by an organisation such as Southern Cross Care.

Most importantly, the council has ensured that all existing residents

in the council hostels will be able to move into the new facility with no change to their fi nancial arrangements.

Southern Cross Care will build a new state-of-the-art ageing in place home in Mentone that will provide quality care for Kingstons ageing residents. It will also take over management of the councils three existing aged care centres: Northcliffe Lodge, Nixon Hostel and Corben House, plus the independently run Mordialloc Community Nursing Home, which is on council-owned land, while the new home is built.

Southern Cross Care will develop a fantastic modern home that will meet the long-term needs of our ageing population and give their families certainty for the future, Cr Gledhill said.

While councils existing homes can only cater for lower-care residents the new ageing in place home will enable residents to remain on the one site as their residential care needs change.

Mordialloc Community Nursing Home president Bill Nixon said the management committee was pleased to join the council in the venture. Southern Cross is a well-established specialist aged care provider that has excellent credentials to operate our nursing home; we are very pleased to see that the homes residents will continue to be in good hands.

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Local families help secure kindergartens futures Local families help secure kindergartens futures CONSTRUCTION works have begun on removing level crossings at Centre, North and McKinnon roads, Bentleigh. During the works, boom gates will be down for half an hour during morning peak.

Bentleigh MP Nick Staikos said the construction schedule for removal of the crossings had been brought forward from the end of next year, to mid-next year, meaning the crossings will be removed earlier in 2017 than expected.

This means the 34-day closure of the Frankston line, between Caulfi eld and Moorabbin, will occur before other closures from the nine level crossings set to go from the Cranbourne Pakenham rail line.

Express trains will stop at all stations during the morning and afternoon peaks, and the four weekday express services will be cancelled. McKinnon, Ormond and Bentleigh stations will also be closed for several months next year while new stations are built.

KINGSTON Crime Investigation Unit detec-tives are asking for public help following the theft of Range Rover from a property at Pat-terson Lakes earlier this month.

They have been told a woman entered a garage at the house in Governor Arthur Dr, 7am, Sunday 18 October, and stole the car. The owner heard it start, ran to the garage and tried to open the door, but the offender drove off.

At 8.15am the high-end four-wheel-drive crashed into a pole near the intersection of Paperhill and Hawthorn streets, Doveton, and stopped in a car park. The driver ran off. She is perceived to be Caucasian and in her 30s.

Police would like to speak to anyone who wit-nessed the crash or who has further information.

Call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or make a confi dential report at crimestoppersvic.com.au.

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CHELSEA and Chelsea Heights kindergartens are secure after the City of Kingston agreed to add to the state governments $2.35 million grant.

This comes after meetings and a community action campaign and petition led by Chelsea Heights Kindergarten and Mordialloc MP Tim Richardson.

The councils $321,000 allocation will ensure the two community kinders operating for more than 50 years will have certain futures.

The mayor Cr Geoff Gledhill said the council stepped in to contribute $321,000 to the refurbishment to ensure $2.35 million in Victorian Government funding was not lost to the Kingston community. Council is committed to providing quality early learning services and facilities, he said.

Since 2010 the council has invested $25 million of community funds to upgrade our local kindergartens to help give our young people a great start to their schooling.

About a year ago Chelsea Heights kinder was to be closed and moved to a site now deemed by the council to be unsuitable for develop-ment. The kinder was not consulted about the move and sought the support of the incoming state government to stop the move and seek an alternative solution.

Now, after months of investigating and con-sulting on options, Chelsea Heights kinder will be refurbished and remain at Third Av, Chelsea Heights, while Chelsea kinder will be moved to a new base near Chelsea Primary School.

Under a revised funding arrangement to be presented for consideration by Families and Children Minister Jenny Mikakos, Chelsea kinder will receive a $2 million kinder with two rooms adjacent to Chelsea Primary School, Glenola Rd, Chelsea.

Chelsea Heights kinder will be refurbished with a $671,000 joint investment between the state government and the City of Kingston. This

will provide a much needed second room at the kindergarten.

Chelsea Heights Kindergarten president Nicole Adams said: Our kinder committee has been through so much over the months and I want to thank the Chelsea Heights community for getting behind us and supporting our call for a fair share of funding from Kingston Council.

We really couldnt have done it without your support. I am so pleased that Chelsea Heights kinder will now become a two-room kindergar-ten, which will cater for the growing number

of families with young children in our commu-nity.

Mr Richardson said the two kinders had pro-vided wonderful environments for children to learn, develop and grow their skills. I want to pay tribute to the parents, educators and support-ers who gave their time, effort and have worked so hard to secure the future of these wonderful kindergartens.

This is an example of what the community can achieve when we come together.

Home safe: Chelsea Heights kinder mum Nicole Adams with Sadie, Ashlee, Mordialloc MP Tim Richardson, and Lucas. Picture: Yanni

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WORK has begun on an $8 million upgrade of the Frankston-Dandenong Rd, Wedge Rd and Boundary Rd intersection in Carrum Downs.

More approach lanes on Boundary Rd and Wedge Rd will be added and traffi c lights will be installed at the intersection.

The new traffi c lights will mean drivers no longer will have to wait for gaps in oncoming traffi c when turning from the side roads onto Frankston-Dandenong Rd.

Major pre-construction works have been done over several months to relocate underground services at the intersection including power,

lighting and telecommunications.Carrum Labor MP Sonya Kilkenny said

residents had long called for the upgrade and the Labor state government was keeping its promise to upgrade the intersection.

In the fi ve years to December 2013, there were 17 crashes at the intersection, with seven of them resulting in serious injury.

While road works are carried out, access will be maintained through the intersection with reduced speed limits in place.

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THE Family Life Opportunity Shop, Chelsea, was transformed for a fashion show last week with in-store male, female and young fashions on display.

Models wore race wear, mens wear, hip hop and Indian Saris to name just a few as they traversed the catwalk, showcasing the variety of stock on offer.

Modelled entirely by a team of shop volunteers, PeopleWorx students and friends, the show was in aid of Family Lifes PeopleWorx program. The employment training program helps students learn and develop skills in retail, logistics, and personal development, as well as meet new people and gain support in a fun and friendly environment.

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EVOCCA College is refusing to re-veal graduation rates at its Frankston campus in the wake of a damning Senate inquiry into the funding and management of vocational education and training (VET) providers.

The Queensland based college, which has more than 40 campuses nationwide, was one of several reg-istered training organisations offer-ing short diploma courses criticised in the report over its marketing to students (Colleges marketing to stu-dents slammed, The News 28/10/15).

The Senate committee heard allega-tions vulnerable students with little or no chance of completing courses are

enrolled by some private sector op-erators to boost enrolment numbers and rake in hundreds of millions of dollars in profi ts at the expense of taxpayers.

The federal government banned private colleges earlier this year from offering so-called free iPads and laptops to persuade students to sign on the dotted line.

Students are signed up for study now, pay later deals with federal VET FEE-HELP funding, paid for by taxpayers, not having to be repaid un-til students earn at least $50,000 per year.

The Senate committee tasked with investigating the private colleges in-dustry recommended the repayment threshold be lowered to $30,000 or $40,000.

When asked about graduation rates at its Frankston campus Evocca College communications executive Suzanne Ross said the college is focused on delivering quality voca-tional education and training that is geared towards students generating strong outcomes in a statement.

This year 79.4 per cent of gradu-ates from Evocca College Frankston have either continued with further study or are in employment.

When asked how many students had graduated at its Frankston cam-pus, Ms Ross subsequently replied: Its Evoccas policy not to disclose statistics relating to specifi c cam-puses.

Data released by the Department of Education and Training reveals Evocca had 27,907 students enrolled

Marketing under fi re: Evocca College opened its Frankston campus in Balmoral St in 2013. Picture: Gary Sissons

Unanswered questions on Evocca graduation ratesUnanswered questions on Evocca graduation ratesnationally last year but just 1053 stu-dents completed courses.

Evocca received more than $250 million in VET FEE-HELP funding in 2014 according to the Depart-ments fi gures.

Evocca College has completion rates which are well in excess of the industry average for both public and private VET FEE-HELP providers, Ms Ross said.

Department of Education and Training statistics show Evocca Col-leges progress rate of units com-pleted by students against units un-dertaken was 27.6 per cent against a national average of 64.4 per cent for VET FEE-HELP providers nation-ally.

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MELBOURNE needs two new ports one at Hastings and one on the western side of Port Phillip Captain Richard Cox told the Port of Melbourne Select Committee hearing in Hastings last week.

The committee is gathering infor-mation about the Labor government's proposed long-term lease of the Port of Melbourne to commercial interests, and came to the peninsula for the fi rst time to hear submissions from indi-viduals, councils including Morning-ton Peninsula Shire and Frankston, and conservation groups.

Captain Cox, a Tyabb resident and former Port of Hastings harbourmas-ter, told the committee that bulk trade required waterfront space for silos and tanks with wharf loading and unload-ing infrastructure different from that used for containers.

He said Hastings should be devel-oped as a container port, and the west-ern side of Port Phillip dubbed Bay West should be for bulk trade "com-bining Geelong and Melbourne port facilities".

After dumping plans for a container port at Hastings last year, the state government said Western Port should become a port for bulk trade. The area is already a bulk trade node with United Terminals (fuel) and Esso (gas and crude oil) operating north of the

town, and Swiss company Puma En-ergy seeking to build a tank farm for imported fuel in the precinct.

Captain Cox said Victoria needed the two new ports if trade was to remain strong "otherwise we will become a backwater and have the added expense of our goods being sent by road from NSW or Adelaide".

"Businesses will then move closer to these ports with dire consequences for Victorias economy," he said.

The entrance to Port Phillip The Heads would not allow transit of big-ger container ships, he said.

"One shipping company already wants to bring in vessels that carry 8000 containers and many shipbuild-ing yards have orders for 10,000 con-tainer ships."

The Heads was not up to interna-tional standards for vessels of this size. "What will happen to Victorias econ-omy if a vessel did hit the rocky sides [of the channel] and sink, blocking the channel?"

Captain Cox said 60 per cent of con-tainers coming into the Port of Mel-bourne were taken by road to the Dan-denong and Braeside area. There was not enough room to store containers west of Melbourne but Hastings had 3500 hectares zoned for port-related use. Melbourne had just 560 hectares.

He said the government should lease the Port of Melbourne for 10 years not 50.

Mornington Peninsula Shire and

Frankston Council told the commit-tee Melbourne's second container port should be at Hastings.

"Port development at Hastings is integral to driving continued industry development and business innovation" in the southeast, the shire's submission stated.

It would bring $1 billion in gross re-gional product by the mid-2030 and an extra 5700 jobs.

Both councils oppose any further deepening of The Heads and Port Phil-lip shipping channels.

Preserve Western Port Action Group told the committee an expanded Port of Hastings would have "serious adverse consequences for the everyday life of the region, its economy, its social fab-ric and its biodiversity".

"Construction will involve substan-tial dredging in Western Port, which in turn will speed up the tides, which will redefi ne the coastline and compound the effects of climate change."

There was a risk of damaging sea-grass and marine animals and endan-gering the biodiversity and food chains of the region.

Other risks included increased air and noise pollution, illegal discharge of ballast water, collisions and oil spills, and road congestion.

Western Port's $620 million a year tourism industry (including Phillip Is-land's famous penguin parade) would be harmed. It currently provided 5000 full-time jobs.

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By Craig MacKenzieSOUTHERN United Soccer Club has named Theresa Deas as president and Stuart Munro as head coach. It is one of eight clubs contesting next years inaugural Victorian Womens National Premier League competition.

Deas is a former Matildas goal-keeper who made her Victorian state debut aged 14 and her international debut at 17. She was inducted into Football Federation Australias Hall of Fame in 2003 and the Football Fed-eration Victoria equivalent in 2011.

Married with two daughters she has managed the national womens team, Victorian state teams, is a former director of Womens Soccer Victoria, worked as a womens football de-velopment offi cer and project offi cer

and sat on the FFV womens standing committee.

Munro has had a celebrated career as a professional footballer and as a coach. The Scot played with St Mirren and Alloa before establishing himself with Glasgow giant Rangers where he played for seven years. He also played with English clubs Blackburn Rov-ers and Bristol City before coming to Australia in 1997 to join Sydney United.

Munro has coached Gippsland Falcons, Carlton, Parramatta Power, South Melbourne, Oakleigh Cannons and Dandenong Thunder and has been assistant coach of Perth Glory.

Southern United is expected to an-nounce the rest of its coaching staff shortly.

In charge: Southern United president Theresa Deas and senior coach Stuart Munro. Picture: Darryl Kennedy

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PROTECTING wetlands in Western Port and Port Phillip which are integral to the survival of migratory birds, ranges from controlling pest plants and animals to increasing understanding about their importance.

Management of the three internationally rec-ognised Ramsar wetlands - Edithvale-Seaford, Western Port and the western shoreline of Port Phillip Bay is coordinated out by the Port Phillip and Westernport Catchment Management Authority (PPWCMA).

In addition, the PPWCMA has started the Improving Wetlands Project supported by the state governments Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning involving partnerships with councils, government agencies, community Landcare groups and private landholders, the authoritys Andrew Morrison said.

Some birds, such as the eastern curlew, migrate annually over 10,000 kilometers from

places such as Siberia to Australia, and rely on our wetlands to rest and feed as part of their amazing yearly ritual.

However, some pests and modern land uses and activities, including weeds, foxes, feral cats and increasing urbanisation and recreation have put the Ramsar wetlands under pressure.

Mr Morrison said the fi ve-year, $3 million Improving Wetlands Project will contribute to improving the ecological health and condition of mangrove and saltmarsh vegetation communities across the sites.

It will also help to reduce the threats from feral animals to native wildlife, and community engagement activities will raise awareness of wetland values and increase community and public knowledge.

For more information on the PPWCMAs work at the Ramsar wetland sites, visit www.ppwcma.vic.gov.au.

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Ironman off Ironman off after GP clashafter GP clashNEXT years Ironman Asia Pacifi c Championship race has been cancelled and Frankston Council fears the regions economy will take a multi-million dollar hit as a result.

Race organisers blamed a scheduling confl ict with the Melbourne Grand Prix on the same week-end of 17-20 March as the reason to pull the pin on the swim, cycle and run triathlon but authorities say both events could have been accommodated.

The annual race, held in the south east of Mel-bourne, begins in Frankston and ends at St Kilda with the bike stage taking place along Eastlink after the swim stage at Frankston.

In a statement last Thursday (29 October) World Triathlon Corporation Asia Pacifi c CEO Geoff Meyer said the cancellation was due to challenges that have arisen due to a scheduling confl ict with another major event in the Melbourne calendar.

The Australian Formula One Grand Prix was originally scheduled to be held in Melbourne on 31 March-3 April but was moved to 17-20 March.

Holding both events on the same day was ex-plored; however, the impact on the city, surround-ing communities, roads and emergency services was not manageable for an event to be delivered in Melbourne to the level required for our athletes safety and satisfaction, Mr Meyer said.

Frankston mayor Cr Sandra Mayer said the Iron-man race cancellation is a devastating blow to Frankston.

This annual international event brings wide-reaching benefi ts to local businesses, on both the day of the event and ahead of the race. It at-tracts 15,000 spectators and 2,500 competitors to

Frankston City, who contribute an additional $2.2 million to the economy.

Cr Mayer said council had notifi ed the Ironman race organisers that the entire event could be hosted in the Bayside region to avoid traffi c clashes with Grand Prix attendees.

This would turn a potential issue into an oppor-tunity that would benefi t the south east Melbourne region.

Frankston Labor MP Paul Edbrooke said he is bitterly disappointed World Triathlon Corpora-tion decided not to proceed with next years event. He understood competitor registration numbers were lower than expected for 2016 compared to previous years.

The organisers were presented with a range of options, including changing the route so the event fi nished in Frankston, but theyve nonetheless de-cided to cancel the event for commercial reasons, he said.

A spokesman for Sports Minister John Eren said there was no logistical reason to cancel next years Ironman event.

This is a commercial decision made by the World Triathlon Corporation and is not due to a clash with another event, spokesman Patrick Lane said.

Victoria is more than capable of hosting the big events side by side at the same time - our track re-cord proves it.

The triathlon was fi rst held in 2011 and next year was the fi nal race before the partially taxpayer funded events contract was due for renegotation.

World Triathlon Corporation says all athletes reg-istered for the 2016 Ironman Asia-Pacifi c Champi-onship Melbourne will be offered race transfer and race refund options.

Continued from Page 1Southern Cross Care (Victoria) is thrilled to be

selected to offer quality residential aged care to the Kingston community.

We have a long and proud history of offering quality care and services set in an intimate and homely environment, CEO Jan Horsnell said. We look forward to a strong future in Kingston, fi rst in the existing homes and then in a new state-of-the-art purpose-built home.

Construction of the Collins St, Mentone, home is expected to take three years with current hostel residents given access with no change to

their existing fi nancial arrangements. Corben House will continue to run for fi ve

years after the transfer of ownership. The council will consult widely on the future use of the existing sites before they become vacant.

Cr Gledhill and Mr Nixon have said the council and the Mordialloc Community Nursing Home would continue to be active in supporting and keeping all residents, families, staff and volunteers informed throughout the transition process that is expected to be completed by April.

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AN exhibition portraying the events of World War I from the perspective of the men and women who endured and fought battles along-side Allied nations will be on display at the Frankston Arts Centre until 12 December.

The Australia Will Be There: Victorians in the First World War (1914-1919) exhibi-tion, a travelling exhibition from Melbournes Shrine of Remembrance, features photographs and historical documents mapping out the war from the landings at Gallipoli to the battles in Palestine, Passchendaele and Fromelles.

Away from the frontline, the exhibition fo-cuses on the wartime experiences of the people of Victoria, their contribution to the war effort and the growing social divisions around the

bitterly contested but unsuccessful conscrip-tion referenda in 1916 and 1917.

Shrine of Remembrance exhibitions and collections director Jean McAuslan said the travelling exhibition honours the centenary of World War I.

It looks at what the war cost in terms of lost lives but also lives that were never the same again. It was a horrendous experience for the world and resonated throughout the genera-tions.

Wars dont just end on a given day there are consequences.

See shrine.org.au/australiawillbethere for full details.

War echoes through the agesWar echoes through the ages

Thanks for the memories: Memorabilia contributer Valma King, daughter of WWW1 Stoker Horrice Blunderr, talks to Frankston RSL collections curator Graham Wilson at Frankston Arts Centres new Shrine of Remembrance exhibition. Picture: Yanni

Sweet smell and look of successSweet smell and look of successBUDDING horticulturists can marvel at the blooming success of some of the regions best orchid growers at Langwarrin this week.

The Mornington Peninsula Orchid Societys summer exhibition will be on display at the Gateway Shopping Centre on 5-7 November (Thursday-Saturday) during shopping hours.

Society vice-president Barry Larkin

said the orchid growers club was established 55 years ago and has members from Frankston, the Mornington Peninsula and Chelsea and new members are always welcome to join.

Guest expert speakers often address the society meetings held on the 4th of each month, Decembers excepted, at the Brotherhood of St Laurence

building, 24-26 High St, Frankston.Talking to someone who knows

what theyre doing is probably the quickest and easiest way to pick up what you need to know, he said.

Mr Larkin has been growing or-chids since 1985 and says the exhibi-tion at Langwarrin will eature Australian native orchids.

Theres a particular type that fl ow-

ers at this time of year.See the Mornington Peninsula

Orchid Society website at oscov.asn.au for membership details, annual membership is $20. New members can also complete an application form at the Gateway Shopping Centre, 230 Cranbourne - Frankston Rd, Lang-warrin at the exhibition stand, 5-7 November. Neil Walker

In bloom: Mornington Peninsula Orchid Society members Barry and Marilyn Larkin display orchids at Karingal last month. Picture: Gary Sissons

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They were remanded in custody to appear 20 January at Melbourne Magistrates Court.

The victim received minor injuries during the incident.

TUESDAY was a busy day for Frankston Highway Patrol members.

First, a 32-year-old Oakleigh woman was intercepted in Frankston North and had her car impounded. She will be charged on summons with drug driving, disqualifi ed driving and driving an unregistered vehicle.

While police were waiting for the tow truck, a 31-year-old Seaford man was intercepted and will receive an infringement notice for drug driving and his licence will be suspended for three months.

A short time later, a 31-year-old Mt Eliza man was intercepted on Golfl inks Rd, Frankston South, and had his car impounded for driving while suspended.

Then, a 32-year-old Somerville woman was intercepted on the same road for driving an unregistered vehicle. She also returned a positive oral fl uid test and will be charged on summons with drug driving.

Arrests on kidnap charges

Busy day at the office

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PENINSULAEssence | 101Spring 2015

Only three villas grace the scene, creating a sense of seclusion

and indulgence. The outlook of the lake with its birdlife offers a

cathartic break from the daily grind.You can self-cater in the well equipped kitchen, or dine at

Stillwater at Crittenden which is on the family estate.

There is a natural synergy that exists between the Crittenden Wine

Centre and the newly refurbished Lakeside Villas accommodation

suites on the estate, together with the Stillwater at Crittenden

restaurant, said Rollo whose wife Linda manages the villas.

We like to provide guests with the complete package in one location.

Crittenden Estate in Dromana have set the benchmark high for

a peninsula wine experience. The vision that was born 33 years

ago with those first five acres shows no sign of abating. The next

generation have embraced their fathers dream and it seems like

nothing will stop them.There may be many wineries on the peninsula, but there is only

one Crittenden Estate. If you havent been there, you havent

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Address: 25 Harrisons Rd, Dromana, Victoria 3936, Australia

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A lot can happen in a year as young peninsula photographer, Josh Brnjac demonstrates, the 13-year-old photographer having started his own online

business since we last met in Spring 2014.Melissa Walsh catches up with Josh, now in his first year of

high school, to find out whats been happening in this creative

kids world.In the past 12 months its been really exciting. After releasing

the first website I got back into the photography but wanted

to get an online presence for my business, says Josh. I have

recently released an e-commerce store offering a collection of

my best photographs on stunning mediums to an Australia-

wide audience.For Josh the whole process of getting the online business

right has been trial and error but he was determined to stick it

out as he knew the value of a good online presence.It has helped me along the way to attain my other goal as

well, which is finding a charity I feel touched by and giving

a percentage of the proceeds to that, says Josh, who believes

it is as important to give back to the community. This way I

get to help bring the beauty of Australia into everyday living

spaces, and support a charity which is close to my heart.The charity that Josh supports is Kigezi Youth and Mentor

Development Project Uganda, Africa.I wanted to empower the lives of others, and the KYMADP

is an outreach initiative in Kabale. The primary focus of my

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THROUGH THE EYES OF THE YOUNGsponsorship is to equip, empower and enrich, says Josh. To

equip the underprivileged youth of Kabale with life skills, to

empower the vulnerable young to utilize their full potential,

and to empower the lives of those who have been marginalized

through abject poverty by providing education to enrich their

lives with purpose, hope and opportunity. Josh has already been amazed with where the money has been

used so far.I was fortunate to sell a print at the Flinders Gallery and

put the money towards a young boy who needed leg surgery.

This was about two months ago, before I had even released

the website.As for running a business when you are 13, Josh says his

parents insist that he gets his homework done first when he

gets home from school. Then he can do business follow-ups.

My parents are so helpful. There are lots of things you

cant do when you are a kid so they will help me out with

things like contracts with suppliers for instance, but I do all

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though. Sometimes they care about my age. Other times they

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glass and metal, and has found a niche in the market for this

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When Peninsula Essences Ricky Thompson met his wife Tracy in High School he soon became aware that if he wanted to go out with her he had better develop an interest in horses.Thats the way it is when you love horses and Tracy had been riding

since she was a little girl, following closely in her mothers footsteps.Now, decades later, the females of the family continue to ride together, and have run agistment properties for 25 years.On 64 acres in Bittern is Jacks Beach Farm, where the three

generations of women gather every week to ride and look after their horses.Tracy, her daughter Chelsea, sister Sara and mum, Linda, are as

close as you can get, and theres no doubt this special bond has everything to do with their four legged friends.Linda has been riding ever since she can remember, having grown

up on the peninsula and raising her daughters around horses. My main love is trail riding, getting out and into the country,

says Linda, who grew up in Tucks Road, Shoreham. The kids loved it too and got their first horses when they were 7 and 5.Linda says that there have been many changes in where you can

ride as the years have gone on.I used to ride from Red Hill to Crib Point along the road but

you cant do that any more. Its too dangerous now but I used to ride up to the hills every Sunday.When the girls arent on horses, they are talking about horses

or on websites about horses, and young Chelsea is no different, following in mum and grandmas footsteps.Chelsea goes to the Balnarring Pony Club, the same one we

used to, says Tracy and Sara. We are members of the Merricks Saddle Club.Rain, hail or shine, this family of horse-lovers put their money

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Beware: con men on the moveTHE state government is warning Victorians about a coming spike in the number of dodgy door-to-door tradespeople trying to rip off people.

Consumer affairs minister Jane Gar-rett said summer was the peak time for con men offering cheap "today only" cash deals on jobs such as painting, roof and driveway repairs.

In 2014-15, Consumer Affairs Victoria received 486 reports of trav-elling con men, with reported losses totalling $1.35 million. Reports spike between January and March.

Ms Garrett said con men often ask for cash payments up front, then take the money and run. They leave behind unfi nished or poor quality work.

Victorians are encouraged to report con men to a national hot line 1300 133 408 or call police.

Detective Senior Sergeant Steve Fyffe of Frankston police said a gang of Irish gypsies several years ago had conned several "vulnerable" elderly homeowners out of tens of thousands of dollars by promising to repair their roofs.

The gang extracted deposit money and cash for supplies, returned next day and appeared to do work on the roof but caused more damage, he said. Some con men used fake busi-ness cards from a legitimate company.

The men were caught, had their visas revoked and were deported to Ireland.

Sergeant Fyffe urged residents to be careful of itinerant tradies. Never pay money up front. If the price sounds too good to be true it usually is.

"If you need a tradie, look online or in the Yellow Pages," he said.

UNIONS have been accused of mis-leading the public over claims Coa-lition MPs would attend Australian Council of Trade Unions hosted public debates about the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement.

The union advertised debates last week between the ACTU and Liberal or National MPs in 23 federal elector-ates across Australia, including Dunk-ley, without confi rmation from MPs they would attend.

After the debates the union made au-tomated phone calls to voters the next day expressing disappointment MPs who had never agreed to appear at the debate decided not to turn up.

Dunkley Liberal MP Bruce Billson said he was surprised to see the ACTU promoting his attendance at a debate in Frankston last Wednesday (28 Oc-tober).

In a letter to ACTU secretary Davie Oliver, who authorised the advertising, Mr Billson noted the union movement has targeted Coalition MPs despite La-bors support for the China FTA.

It is very surprising the ACTU has promoted my attendance at your cam-paign event through a range of chan-nels including advertising and a let-terbox drop despite no indication of my attendance, Mr Billson said in the letter.

Our community has been deceived about the events nature and arrange-ments.

The ACTU is campaigning against the China-Australia Free Trade Agree-ment, dubbed ChAFTA, arguing for-

eign workers could be hired for some major projects.

The facts are this deal creates ex-emptions to labour market testing which means jobs on major projects no longer need to be offered to local workers fi rst, Mr Oliver said in a me-dia release issued on 21 October.

This means major projects like the Frankston train line upgrade could be built by overseas workers if these pro-jects are owned or sold to companies with at least 15 per cent Chinese in-vestment.

Labor agreed to back ChAFTA after amendments were made to migration regulations forcing employers to fi rst seek to hire Australian workers before employing overseas workers on work visas.

ACTU president Ged Kearney had no misgivings about the way the union promoted the debates.

We make no apology for providing an opportunity for government MPs to discuss the China Free Trade Agree-ment in front of their electorates, she said.

The community campaign opposing the China free trade deal has already meant the government has reversed its position on local labour market testing and tying overseas workers rates of pay to enterprise agreements.

At every single debate on the China Free Trade Agreement, Liberal and National Party MPs have refused to participate. It is not possible that all these MPs were unavailable, which makes it clear there has been a central decision by the Turnbull government to avoid the scrutiny of their electorate on the China deal.

Fake debate not as advertisedFake debate not as advertisedNeil Walkerneil@baysidenews.com.au

The Times received an automated phone call from the ACTU the day after its staged debate on ChAFTA last week as part of an automated phone calls campaign to Dunkley voters:

Hello, my name is Ged Kearney and Im the president of the Aus-tralian Council of Trade Unions. Im really sorry about the recording but I need to tell you about an important issue and I promise it will take less than a minute of your time.

In Frankston last night we hosted a debate on the China Free Trade Agreement and heard just how that agreement will lock local workers out of jobs. I want to say how terribly disappointed I am that your local member of parliament, Bruce Billson of the Liberal Party, decided not to turn up.

This issue is just too important to our kids and their future job prospects for politicians to simply not show up. You deserve better. Please call or write to your local member, Bruce Billson of the Lib-eral Party, to tell him how you feel about this important issue.

Thank you for your time.

Bruce Billsons response: It was clear that the unions political event was a fi t-up, staged, fake gathering and the latest stunt in the deceitful campaign by the union movement to smear me, the govern-ment and the landmark ChAFTA.

Despite Labor voting to support the China Free Trade Agreement, you dont see the unions targeting their Labor parliamentary bedfel-lows and the Labor Party the union movement owns.

I wouldnt go to a Labor campaign event so why would I go to a union organised campaign event when it is designed to help my Labor political opponents who also voted for the China FTA just like me.

Yet the deceit from the union movement continued with organisers falsely advertising that Id be attending when I had made no such undertaking.

I have been and continue to be happy to provide factual informa-tion and to answer questions or comments the community have in relation to ChAFTA.

I was pleased to hold a public forum on the FTA in Frankston and was pleased by the level of interest and participation.

Union makes house calls

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SONGS and music cut across all boundaries and a concert being held in Mornington this month is being held to help young people take up educa-tion rather than crime.

Run by the Brotherhood of St Laurence, the RESET program helps students fi t back into mainstream classes at Monterey Secondary Col-lege, Frankston.

Concert organisers say lyrics of the song Street Angel sung by Colleen Hewitt about the plight of street kids best expresses their thoughts: The soul of our nation shines through the eyes of her children.

The RESET - (Re-engaging Early Secondary Education and Training) - project is designed for 10 and 14 year olds living in Frankston and on the Mornington Peninsula who are disengaged from school and involved with crime.

Since late last year the program has been run in a stand-alone room in the college grounds.

While operating independently, the RESET students, who are enrolled at the college, partici-pate in several school activities, including sport.

They are helped to develop interpersonal problem solving and other skills. One member of RESETs team is a psychologist, whose work with the students includes cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).

The program began in response to concerns by Victoria Police and schools that young people were likely to live a life of ongoing disadvantage and crime without appropriate help.

The college provides a part-time teachers

aide and its staff help to facilitate the transition of young people from the RESET program into mainstream classes.

Money raised through the Mornington concert will help supply students involved in the RESET program with text books and stationary and pay for their transport.

The concert, A Christmas Cracker, is billed as featuring a bass, a baritone, a soprano and a pianist as well as three tenors.

Guest artist is Berlin-based tenor Michael Smallwood who returns to Melbourne for this months Melbourne Art and Song Collective at the Melbourne Recital Centre. Also on the bill is The Aspidistra Vocal Quartet, with tenors Richard Hobson and Adrian McEniery, baritone Michael Leighton Jones and bass Jerzy Ko-zlowski with Michael Fulcher.

The program is by MC Michael Leighton Jones and will also feature the Brotherhood's own soprano Meredith Kerr.

A Christmas Cracker, 7.30pm 27 November Mornington Peninsula Community Theatre, Wil-sons Rd, Mornington (Melway 145 E2). Tickets: $60 (concession $50) include tea, coffee and wine from Prancing Hill Estate at interval. Bookings: mpearce@bsl.org.au or call 0407 145 552.

The Brotherhood of St Laurence can arrange transport from aged care homes and other venues.

Keith Platt

The sounds of music help students find their way

A CARAVAN parked on the Rosebud foreshore and later found to be stolen was a holding pen for property stolen from residential and holiday homes from Carrum Downs to Rosebud.

Inside the caravan and in a stolen Ford Econo-van police found an Aladdins Cave of missing items valued at thousands of dollars.

The light-fi ngered owner of the vehicles, of Frankston North, was last week charged with 13 counts of burglary, theft, car and caravan steal-ing, and obtaining property by deception. He was remanded at Frankston Magistrates Court on Friday 23 October to reappear at a date to be fi xed.

Detective Senior Sergeant Nick Vallas, of Somerville police complex, said members of the public reported a man door handling in the Rosebud area walking quickly past cars and trying their door handles to see if they were open and raised the alarm.

Police drove to the foreshore and interviewed the suspect, who Detective Vallas described as a transient.

The man claimed to be the owner of the white Econovan, which was later found to be stolen from South Australia. The caravans number plates were allegedly stolen from Page Bros. RV,

of Wells Rd, Seaford.The fellow could not produce his bona fi des

as to ownership of the van, the caravan or the goods, Detective Vallas said. He consented to a search and police found a lot of property which turned out to be stolen over the previous fi ve days.

The haul included wallets and their contents from car break-ins at Frankston, Frankston North, Mornington and Mt Eliza, electrical goods and TVs from a Seaford retailer, as well as the campervan, which was reported missing from Carrum Downs. The total value was estimated at $40,000 for the caravan and its contents and $1000 for the Econovan.

Police will allege credit cards stolen from wal-lets were used to buy items from unsuspecting re-tailers. They say keys to several homes had been stolen and then used to rob them of valuables at different times.

One house in Frankston was broken into in April and then again in the past fi ve days, De-tective Vallas said.

The man may have travelled back and forth and a lot of property may turn out to have been stolen from over a much longer period.

Police on Tuesday towed the van and caravan to a secure Mornington Peninsula vehicle depot to sort through the stolen items. They are now working to reunite the rightful owners with their property.

Mobile storage for stolen goodsStephen Taylorsteve@baysidenews.com.au

Telltale signs: Somerville Senior Constable Dave Taylor dusts the caravan for fi ngerprints.

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Community Event CalendarAspendale Gardens - EdithvaleCommunity Bank Branch

COMMUNITY EVENT CALENDAR

Exercise For SeniorsGentle Movement: Mondays 9.30am-10.30am Easy Exercise: Tuesdays 9.30am-10.30am Fun and Fitness: Thursdays 9.30am-10.30am $6 per session Tea and coffee provided Patterson Lakes Community Centre 54-70 Thompson Road, Patterson Lakes Phone: 9772 8588

Frankston and District Prostate Cancer Support GroupThe support group meets on the last Thursday of each month at 10am in the King Close Community Hall in Frankston North. Men with prostate health issues and their partners are invited to attend the support group for discussion on prostate health issues and some friendly banter. Details: 0407817996 (Gordon)

Weight LossMondays at 6.30 p.m.If you are not happy with your weight join us at T.O.W.N. (Take off Weight Naturally) Group Aspendale Senior Citizens Club Rooms 151, Station Street, Aspendale. Very friendly, supportive group. Contact: Carol 9787 5168 or Sue 9580 0604 or just turn up.

Special Display World War 1 Chelsea Court House Museum6 The Strand, Chelsea. Open Sundays 1pm to 4pm. Featuring Gallipoli pictures, maps & memorabilia. Details of men who enlisted from this area and were killed on the battlefields. Local group weekday visits by appointment. Phone 9772 2896

Carrum Community Activity CentreEvery Thursday at 10 amCarrum Community Activity Centre invites new members. We meet every Thursday 10am at 38 Valetta St, Carrum. Join us for exercises, card making, crafts, oil painting, demonstrations, guest speakers and day trips. For more information call 8588 1831 or 9772 4564.

Mordialloc College Alumni AssociationThe Mordialloc College Alumni Association welcomes former students and staff to join its ranks, and especially welcomes donations of memorabilia for digital preservation prior to the schools centenary in 2024. Please contact Bronny Blackburn (Secretary), email bronny.blackburn@gmail.com

Aspendale Seniors Club Social Table TennisAspendale Seniors Club is looking for players

to join our Social Table Tennis on a Thursday morning from 9.15am. If you are interested could you please ring Annette on 9773 4704 or 0417 302 595 for details.

Opportunity to get involvedThe Board of AGECOM Enterprises Limited is interested to speak with members of the community who would like to get involved in community banking. We have volunteering opportunities ranging from formal roles as Directors on the Board through to participation on Board Committees. If you are interested, please contact Chairman, Tony Harford on 0407 338 462 for an initial chat.

Mordialloc Superules Football ClubWe are a non for-profit sporting clubWe provide a training program & games for over 35s who still play Aussie rules footy or in some cases just to train. We have two sides over 35 years & over 40 years. We have members training & playing born in the 1950 thru to the 1980. We are requiring more players & members.

Contact Paul Joyce on 0417 583 025

Carrum Bowling Club Bowling by the BaySOCIAL BOWLS: Brush up your off-season bowling skills by joining the Carrum Bowling

Clubs Social Bowls on each Saturday and Wednesday, 10.30am. All bowlers- beginners, novice and experienced - are welcome. Our synthetic greens offer year-round bowling in a great ambience, by the beach at Carrum. We are at 716 Nepean Highway, Carrum. Telephone: 9772-2437.

Epilepsy Support GroupMeet every 2nd Saturday at St Francis Xavier Parish, 60 Davey St, Frankston from 1pm 3pm. Further details phone Sue 0407 509 519 or

Cris 0437 386 867

AL-Anon Family GroupsSupport relatives and friends of problem drinkers, held Tuesdays 7.30pm at Longbeach Place, Chelsea Rd, Chelsea.Details: 1300 252 666 (ALANON) or www.al-anon.org/australia

CWA Chelsea Branch MeetingMeets 7pm, third Monday of the month. Friendship, craft, baking, community service Longbeach Place,15 Chelsea Rd, Chelsea Next meeting: Monday 21st September Enquires to Pam (0412 427 349) orCathey (cwa.chelsea@gmail.com)

Family Fun DayFrankston North Schools Family Fun Day Saturday 7thNov 10am to 2pm at Monterey Secondary College. Rides, market stalls, carboot sale, animal sale, face painting and lots more. All welcome.Please contact Monterey SC on 9781 7700 for enquiries.

SocialTwilight TennisMonday evenings from 6.30pm at Belvedere Park Tennis Club, East Road, Seaford. All standardswelcome. Non members $5.00.Further details contact Kerry on0412712328

Playdate fundraiserMentone Pre School are hosting a playdate to support Monash Childrens Hospital. Friday 6th November 2pm - 4pm at 6 Station St Mentone.No RSVP, $5 entry per family with all money raised going to Monash Childrens Hospital.

McClelland Market Day21st November 9.30am to 2pm. McClelland

College, Alexander Ave entrance,FrankstonOver 40craft and community stalls, silent auction andraffle prizes.

Karingal Uniting Church Market Conducted the second Saturday of the month from 8am to 1pm, Cnr Karingal Dr and Lindrum Rd. 50 stalls selling tools, memorabilia, crafts including folk art, woodwork, knitting, toys, books, clothing, jewellery, soaps, plants, seedlings and lots of trash and treasure. Food and drinks are sold by the Church.No charge for visitors, but bookings are essential for Stall Holders. All enquiries to Kieth on 9789 9727.

Fashion Parade Edithvale UCAF Fashion Parade and Clothing Sale Fashions by Kays Classic Fashions Monday 16th Nov commencing at 1.00 pm Edithvale Uniting Church Hall Cnr Edithvale & Clydebank Rd, Edithvale Any enquiries ph 9580 1947

Womens Friendship CafeHeld on Fridays at Ebdale Community Hub in Ebdale Street Frankston, during school term,from 10.00am onwards, the Womens Friendship Caf welcomes all women, all ages, all cultures. We are a happy group of ladies who love to sew, knit, crochet, cook, listen to guest speakers, have a cuppa and a laugh together. For more details please phone Cheri 97812626

Twilight Food FairFriday 20 November 5:30pm to 8:00pmHigh Street Uniting Church, 16-18 High Street, Frankston. Celebrate our multicultural heritage, Gingerbread decorating activity for children. Bring the family for a fun and flavoursome night out. Proceeds to community outreach projects in Frankston and beyond. Details:www.frankstonuniting.org.auor 9783 3400.

VIEW ClubThe Dingley Village VIEW Club meet for fun and friendship on the second Tuesday of the month 10.00am at Amys Bistro Dingley International Hotel, Boundary Road Dingley. We are a friendly group of women who support The Smith Familys disadvantaged children in The Learning for Life program. Please ring Mary Daly on 0401035 835.

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100 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK...

Long awaited Caste opens TuesdayLong awaited Caste opens TuesdayCompiled by Melissa Walsh

THE annual meeting of the Tyabb An-nual Picnic will be held on Monday evening next at 8 oclock.

***THE Wattles Club are holding one of their popular dances tonight (Sat-urday) when a good time is expected. One shilling will be charged for ad-mission, and a good supper will be provided.

***WORD has been received at the Frankston Post Offi ce, that on and af-ter the 1st November mails will be due at Frankston at 2.39 p.m. daily, in lieu of 6.11 p.m. as formerly.

***WE have received some schedules and entry forms, relating to the Moorabin Show which will be held at Chelten-ham, on the 13th inst. The proceeds are being devoted to the Australian Sick and Wounded Sol-diers Fund, and we understand that quite a number of donations in goods have been received, which will be of-fered by auction by Mr W. P. Fairlam on the day of the Show. Entries close on the 9th November at the Show of-fi ce, Cheltenham.

***THE name of Sapper Harold T. H. Reeve appears in the list of those who have died of wounds at Gallipoli. He was the nephew of Messrs C. and T. Cooper, of Frankston, 26 years of age, and followed the occupation of a plummer. Though he enlisted from Euroa, he

was well known in this district, and was a member of the Malvern and Dandenong brass bands, for both of which he did service as a cornet play-er. He leaves a father and brother, who reside at Rutherglen.

***THE members of St Pauls Club, Frankston, have been putting through a big double task in preparing scen-ery as well as learning and rehearsing their parts in the great three act com edy Caste, which is to be staged at Carrum on Tuesday night, and at Frankston on Wednesday night. The new scenery has been made on new and special lines, and is parti cularly adapted for quick changes be tween the acts. It comprises two sepa-rate interiors, and represents a spa-cious drawing room and a common living room. The play itself is one of the fi nest comedies ever staged. It combines farce, burlesque, high class comedy and touching drama, in never ending variety. Written forty years ago, for the Prince of Wales Theatre, London, it was recently produced at large the-atres in Sydney and Melbourne. Its theme is one of never failing in-terest, the law of caste and the mean-ing of social distinctions. In spite of the great diffi culties which attend the staging of such a farce as this, the of-fering by St Pauls Club should be well worth seeing.. The rehearsing has been thorough going and the players are well suited to their parts. There will be one or two musical items, as well as the comedy.

As the piece is not short, the audi-ence is requested to be started by eight oclock sharp.

***A somewhat novel provision has been incorporated in the Justices Act, con-solidated, and it is now law. Where a person who is in gaol is prepared to pay a part of his fi ne the governor of the gaol can accept it and, calculating what portion of the total sentence it represents, deduct that time from the sentence. If, for instance, a man has been fi ned a pound and can pay 10s his sentence in default of payment would be re-duced by half. This system has been in vogue for some time in New South Wales, where it has been found to work well, and its adoption here meets with the approval of the Crown Law offi cers,

***THE prolifi c growth of crops this sea-son is causing offi cials at the Lands department apprehension of dangers by fi re. It has therefore been deemed necessary to issue a very special cau-tion as to the lighting of fi res and burn-ing off. The Minister of Lands invites the cooperation and assistance of all con-cerned in minimising the risk that must inevitably occur during the ap-proaching summer season. Wherever possible assistance is to be given to Australian fruit growers to obtain insulated space for perishable goods on transports.

***MR Jensen, Minister for the Navy,

stated on Wednesday that the Direc-tor of Transport Captain Clarkson, had recommended to him that a conference should be held with the fruit growers in Australia with regard to their wants over the coming shipping season. The Minister added that it was his intention, therefore, to have a confer-ence held in about ten days time in Melbourne with a view to ascertaining the amount of insulated space required upon the transports. Wherever it is possible he intended to assist the fruitgrowers to get their perishable goods on the market in Londod during the months of Febru-ary, March, April, and May.

***Polly my pet, my brightest little batswing. and most brilliant burner Sam the gasman in Caste.

***ON Tuesday evening 16th Novem- ber, the Hon Samuel Mauger (Great- est Temperance Reformer in Austra-lia) will lecture in the local town hall. The lecture will be on The War and its affects. On Thursday evening last the business people of this town met in the hall to discuss the best ways and means of assisting the band. The band is worthy of assistance and it was agreed to hold a concert and dance on November 19th. The programme for the concert will consist of Melbourne and local talent. The following offi - cers were duly elected. Chairman Mr R. Davis; secretary, Mr E T Kin- ninmont; treasurer, Mrs ONeill; com- mittee, Messrs H Knox, P. Ryan, D. Hoban, A. T. Denison, A. Campbell,

F. Strickland, A. Perrot, G. Hoglund(?) and Mrs Kay. Mladyship, you and med have a dream together on the quiet. Eccles, in Caste.

***AN error crept in the paragraph de-voted to the Langwarrin Tennis Club last issue. Mr Herbert Oates was the winner of the racket and press, not Mr H Carrs, as reported.

***TWO of our young men, W.Thomas and Leo.McNally, have entered into partnership as market gardeners to supply the residents cost to the railway station. They do not intend to compete for outside local trade. Any surplus supplies will be sent to Melbourne for export. We wish them every success.

***MISS Gillard, who succeeded Mr H Tidiman, as health teacher of the lo-cal state school here, is proving very painstaking with the scholars, and good results are to be expected at the examinations to be held this month.

***AT a committee meeting it was de-cided to asphalt the fl oor of the shel-ter shed of the school. Mr G. Upton was elected correspondent and Mr P.J.Murray treasurer. It was decided to grant a school holiday one day this month to enable scholars to attend the Methodist Sunday School picnic.

***VERY few of our punters picked Pa-trobas for the Cup. In one instance a soldier invested 5 and won 100.From the pages of the Mornington Standard, 6 November, 1915

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By Stuart McCulloughWITH the benefi t of hindsight, I am not proud of my behaviour. Frankly, I could have been more compassion-ate, more sympathetic. But in your late teens and early twenties, nuance is something of a stranger and every emotion is extreme. I was no differ-ent in this regard. It was these traits together whether a lack of guile that can only be described as spectacular that made me a truly lousy housemate.Share house living is an experience best enjoyed as nostalgia. As wonder-ful as it is, its a time in your life that you spend the rest of your days try-ing never to repeat. I remember it as a shock to the system. One day, youre living at home with your parents and in danger of being grounded if you so much as leave a pair of socks on the ground. The next youre in squalor, surrounded by anarchy and setting secondhand furniture on fi re in an at-tempt to keep warm.

I lived with all kinds of people. From artists to religious zealots to new age hippies and engineers. There were insomniacs and those who hibernated until well after noon. Left wing, right wing, chicken wing: I cohabitated with them all. As for me, a reasonable description might be steadfastly up-tight. But as uptight as I was, it was nothing compared to one guy I lived with.

I shouldnt use his real name. For all I know, hes mellowed out and is now the nicest guy in the world. For the sake of anonymity, lets call him Win-ston Churchill. No, wait I can do better. Perhaps Captain Tightpants is a more suitable name. Me and the

Captain lived with another guy who, although entirely reasonable and nor-mal should also be awarded the cloak of anonymity so Im going to call him Chuck D. The three of us lived in a share house in Clayton.

We were all quite different; the Cap-

tain, Chuck and I. What we had in common was our domestic ineptitude. None of us could cook or had any idea how to run a household. Wide-eyed and witless, we simply did the best we could. Back then, the cornerstone of my culinary repertoire was a dish

I now refer to as cheese glue with tuna. Frankly, I was a hopeless cook. The Captain, on the other hand, was not quite as good as I was.

Im not sure what its offi cial title was. Perhaps the slab. Consisting of mixed vegetables doused in an anony-mous syrup, crowned with a layer of burnt chops as some kind of carnivo-rous canopy; all poured into a glass casserole dish and frozen solid. When Captain Tightpants produced this so-lidifi ed chunk of yuck from the deep freeze of the Kelvinator, I had my doubts. These doubts quickly trans-formed to outright suspicion as the Captain proceeded to cook his frozen-solid monstrosity by plonking it on the stovetop and cranking up the heat way, way up.

The coil turned a bright, sulfuric red. The slab groaned as the heat and deep-freeze wrestled with each other. When it gave way, it sounded like thunder. With a crack, the glass casserole dish exploded, sending vegetable remnants and the chop covering in all direc-tions across the kitchen. Ill admit, I found it somewhat amusing. That, or so I thought, was the last Id see of the slab.

But I was so very wrong. When din-ner was served, it looked a lot like post-explosion vegetable casserole. Granted, as a result of the force of the blast, it was hard to recognize any-thing much. Demanding an explana-tion, I was told by Captain Tightpants that hed saved the meal by scraping off the blast debris into a saucepan and reheating it. Lifting the fi rst forkful, I could see shards of glass sticking out. I instantly declared I would eat not one mouthful on occupational health and

safety grounds. Chuck D needed little persuading and joined my boycott. We quickly let the table; electing, instead, to get fi sh and chips. The Captain ate every last morsel.

A more mature person might have steered clear and avoided confl ict. Or maybe even found a new place to live. I, however, was not a mature person. I decided that the best way to deal with such a delicate situation was to write a story about it and submit it to a ra-dio station. It was, apparently, read out with some fanfare. Frankly, I spilled my guts more than I ought to have. I wrote about the time the Captain tore down a picture of musician Paul Kelly on the grounds that he looked Satanic, choosing to omit that I had then put it up again after defacing it through the addition of horns and a tail. I recounted his violin playing that, to me at least, sounded like a mosquito death-spiral, leaving out the fact that I owned an acoustic guitar and was prone to caterwauling of my own.

I didnt hear them read it out. But I knew Id crossed a line when pa-rishioners from Captain Tightpants church turned up at the house to stage an intervention. At the time, I was pre-dictably unrepentant. But now, with the benefi t of hindsight, I have come to regret my actions. As is the way with share houses, we each drifted in our own direction and I have no idea what became of the Captain. Maybe he mellowed out. Part of me likes to think he became a chef. But wherever you may be, dear Captain Tightpants, I wish you well.

stuart@stuartmccullough.com

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Music Arts Food

THE MOUNTAIN: A COMING OF AGEBy Melissa Walsh

Lachlan Bryan is back and forth from his house in Richmond and Mt Eliza but still calls the peninsula home.

The 34-year-old country music sensation has done the peninsula proud with his band Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes since their album debut six years ago.

The dynamic team has since had three hit albums and released their fourth, The Mountain, on 25 September. The highly anticipated album comes two years after their smash hit, 2013s Black Coffee, which won the 2014 Golden Guitar for Alternative Country Album of the Year and The Age Music Victoria Award for Best Country Album of the Year. The album, which debuted at number 12 on the ARIA Australian Albums Charts, confi rmed Bryan as one of Australias fi nest new country singers and songwriters.

The Alternative Country and Folk band released their much awaited album last week, coinciding with a national tour.

Billed as Bryans most personal album yet, The Mountain features 12 brand new songs recorded in his hometown of Melbourne.

The songs on the new album are defi nitely more personal, and a sign I think that we are maturing as musicians. Its not just about the music, its about telling a story, says Bryan. When I fi rst started writing

songs I was infl uenced by people like Bob Dylan and Tom Waites, who write more about other people. I decided to dig deep and write from my own personal experience for this album.

Bryan says the reason its called The Mountain is to signify the journey.Its like a coming of age album, with a personal element of the journey of going through hard times. When you reach the top of the mountain you realise its all about the journey, and that you still have to come

back down, and fi nd another peak to climb, he says.

For Bryan and the rest of the band, this album has been particularly enjoyable to make.

We took longer to write and record this one. Our drummer, Mat Duniam, whos a Frankston boy, did all the arrangements for the horn section, and had a lot of input into the songs, says Bryan, who fi rst met Duniam on a train on the Frankston line.

Shaun Ryan, our bass player, helped a lot with the vocals too, and this album we concentrated a lot more on the singing as the sound.

For the release of this record, Bryan says hes grown a mountain climbers beard, and reckons he needs it.

Theres blood in these songs, between the lines and the back story. Its the most personal we have done, says Bryan of the landmark recording from one of the countrys most versatile collectives.

Recording The Mountain in the studio, Bryan was joined by drummer Mat Duniam, bassist Shaun Ryan, and guitarist Damian Cafarell, alongside legendary session player James Gillard (Paul Kelly, Kasey Chambers), pianist Ben Grayson (The Bamboos), and pedal steel player Seamus OSullivan (Ruby Boots, Bakersfi eld Glee Club).

The Mountain has been called Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes at their careworn, uncluttered best. Lacquered throughout with nostalgic guitar parts straight out of the Sun Records playbook, the album traverses dancehall rocknroll, heartworn alt. country-Americana, and freewheeling rockabilly.

To coincide with the albums release Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes will be playing at The Caravan Club on Saturday 7 November.lachlanbryan.com

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