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Councillors commit to committeesA NEW way for Kingston Council to seek community feedback is beginning to take shape.

Kingston councillors have backed a plan to establish new council advisory committees after the village committees system of consultation was controver-sially axed last year (‘Village commit-tees canned’, The News 28/5/15).

Kingston residents will be able to ap-ply to sit on individual advisory com-mittees focused on arts and culture, access and equity, community safety, festivals and events, public spaces and environment, sports and recreation, business and economic development and a youth advisory committee.

A councillor will be appointed chair-person for each of the eight committees.

The committees focused on specific areas of expertise replace the village committees which were split by loca-tion. For more than 20 years the village committees considered wide-ranging subjects to provide public feedback to council.

Critics of the new consultation sys-tem note the specialised advisory com-mittees will report back to councillors behind closed doors at councillors’ briefings rather than at public council meetings as previously.

Cr Rosemary West hoped council “will not hobble these committees to the point where no-one goes on them”.

“Councillors have made it really clear they do not want these committees to obtain information and advice from

[council] officers via a similar system formally utilised by the village commit-tees.”

Cr Paul Peulich said the advisory committees replacement of village committees is “a more efficient and effective model [and] is a positive re-form.”

“[It is important] to have a well-func-tioning committee structure which is able to advise council and inform coun-cil about community views and also tap into local expert knowledge … is vital in any decision-making process, espe-cially at local government level.”

The committees will be able to report directly to council and will be able to help council “shape policy”, according to Cr Peulich.

Councillors unanimously backed the draft plan for the new advisory com-mittees although not all are convinced it will be an improvement on the former village committees system.

Cr West believed the new consulta-tion process is “a bit of a charade” but said she would support it since “we’ve been nearly a year without community consultation”.

“This council sacked the village com-mittees and shame on the councillors that did vote to sack the village com-mittees.”

Crs Ron Brownlees, Tamsin Bearsley, Geoff Gledhill, John Ronke and Peulich voted to end the village committees.

Crs West, Steve Staikos, David Eden and Tamara Barth opposed the move.

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Survivor: Donna Bauer wants others to heed the warning signs of bowel cancer since early diagnosis is crucial for survival. Picture: Gary Sissons

Busy life carries a health warning

WHEN Donna Bauer first felt fatigued she put it down to the relentless work-load of being a state MP and working mother.

“I was working very long days in Parliament and in the community and by the time I’d get home I’d be so ex-hausted,” she said.

After a battle with bowel cancer, the former Liberal MP for Carrum hopes other may be able to learn to seek early diagnosis and treatment to save lives.

The 44-year-old mother of four first noticed “twinges” of pain in her stom-ach while training to walk the Kokoda track in mid-2013.

“When I was in Kokoda I had extreme abdominal pain but I pushed through and finished the track,” she said.

The abdominal pain was “spasmodic” upon her return to Australia, flaring up every three or four weeks.

“I just lived with it. I ignored it and it wasn’t really until nine months later than I started looking into what was causing that pain.”

Tests revealed she had advanced bowel cancer.

“I got so involved in my career, my busy professional life and being a mum … that I put my own health last like a lot of busy people do.”

June is bowel cancer awareness month and Mrs Bauer said it is not just “an old person’s disease”.

Bowel cancer claims the lives of 77

Australians each week, according to information from Bowel Cancer Aus-tralia.

More than 1000 Australians under the age of 50 are diagnosed with bowel cancer every year.

“Bowel cancer is preventable through raising awareness and taking a bowel kit test or colonoscopy. Having polyps removed prevents bowel cancer,” Mrs Bauer said.

She said people should be aware of the danger signs such as fatigue, stom-ach pain, unexplained weight loss and blood in bowel movements.

Seeking out a family history of bowel cancer is also paramount to assess the risk factor. An uncle and cousin of Mrs Bauer both died of bowel cancer aged in their 40s.

“People need to be alert that if they have a change in bowel movements then go and see a doctor and get it checked out.”

If bleeding or pain persists, Mrs Bau-er recommends insisting on a colonos-copy.

She considers herself lucky to have had such expert medical treatment after the delayed bowel cancer diagnosis.

“Don’t wait until it’s too late … it nearly cost me my life. I was told if I presented three months later I would have had a 50 per cent change of sur-vival and six months later the cancer would have been inoperable.”

See bowelcanceraustralia.org for details of bowel cancer testing or call 1800 555 494.

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Bay Trail works beginWORKS have begun on the “miss-ing piece” of the Bay Trail after the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal endorsed Kingston Coun-cil’s plans for the project (‘Bay Trail gets VCAT go ahead’, The News 9/4/15).

This will allow a 600 metre sec-tion at Mentone to complete the continuous bike path around Port Phillip Bay.

The three-metre wide path next to Beach Road will run from Charman Rd to the Mentone Lifesaving Club. A reconfiguration of the Mundy St car park will allow the new path to link up with existing sections of the Bay Trail.

Some vegetation along Beach Rd has been removed, which the council says it will compensate for with off-set plantings elsewhere and other vegetation and weed control works.

The mayor Cr Geoff Gledhill said the project had been discussed for many years and he was pleased resi-dents would soon be able to enjoy the results.

“This is a valuable community project that will make it easier and safer for the community to walk, ride and run along our beautiful foreshore area,” he said.

“I’m pleased that VCAT agreed that the project would cause only a ‘negligible’ loss of native vegeta-tion that would be compensated by off-set planning.”

Construction works will take about two months, depending on weather conditions.

Some traffic and parking changes will occur in the area during the construction works, which may af-fect travel times in the area.

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CHELSEA Rotarians could relax yesterday knowing they had done everything possible to make this year’s – 40th - Chelsea Art Show as appealing as ever.

Entries had been accepted, paintings hung and catalogues printed – all was quiet in the lead up to the big weekend.

Guests at the annual event at Chelsea Hall, Station St (next to the police station) will enjoy a gala opening 7.30pm Friday with champagne on arrival and finger food throughout the evening. Judging and presentation of major prizes will follow.

The exhibition will then run over the Queen’s Birthday weekend 10am-5pm Saturday and Sunday and 10am-2pm Monday.

Rotary’s Helene Brown said the show, with 440 entries this year, had in some years raised up to $25,000 for a range of charities, such as the Chelsea hospital auxiliary. “Let’s hope we do that well this time,” she said.

The show attracts artists with high quality works in

the $1500-$3000 range, but most are in the $600-$900 bracket. “Some professionals are out to sell for top prices but, for most entrants, it’s the chance to pit themselves against other artists and, hopefully, sell some works in the process,” she said.

Judge David Chen – who has art works on display at the National Gallery – will judge the show, which has catego-ries for oil/acrylic, pastel, drawing and water colours. Prize money ranges from $1500-$1000 for category winners. This year a photography section will be judged by Mark Gray, of Mornington Photography Gallery, for a $1000 prize.

Local schools, too, have been invited to submit works, with prize money ranging from $50-$100 for the best works.

Details: Helene Brown 0417 431 932 or email info@chelseaartshow.com.au Stephen Taylor

Colourful: Parkdale Primary School’s Haley Thompson exhibited her Autumn Leaves painting at last year’s Chelsea Art Show. Picture: Gary Sissons

Art, for much more than art’s sake

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CLIENT services formally provided by nurses at the former Royal District Nursing Service of-fices at Rosebud and Frankston are now being handled from Moorabbin.

The service has given assurances that the change will not affect “service levels”.

A revamp of RDNS operations across the state has also led to the loss of 45 full time nurs-ing positions (‘Nursing service cuts staff’, The News 4/2/15).

The RDNS says there were no forced redun-dancies at Rosebud or Frankston offices, al-though seven management staff “chose to take redundancies rather than work within the new structure”.

Australian Nursing and Midwives Federation Victorian branch secretary Lisa Fitzpatrick said

the union had “given our full support to RDNS members who have been affected by the major staffing changes, including redundancies”.

“While we cannot give specific redundancy numbers for Rosebud and Frankston, overall the RDNS in Victoria has lost about 23 full time senior nurse positions and 22 full time equiva-lent Grade 4 registered nurse positions.”

Ms Fitzpatrick said the RDNS expected the Grade 3 district nurse specialised role to take on a broader focus as a care manager.

“This will see about 24 full time Grade 3 reg-istered nurses moved to the lower positions.”

The future of the Rosebud wound clinic - which describes itself as “providing vital home nursing care for local communities since 1885” - is still under negotiation with Peninsula Health.

‘Business as usual’: RDNS

COUNSELLING and practical advice, negotia-tion and advocacy on behalf of those struggling to make ends meet, and referrals to experts on drugs, alcohol and gambling, are just some of the services provided by Chelsea Community Support Services.

“We are here to help those in need,” manager Ann Catanese said.

The service’s 15 volunteers provide much-needed help to clients of limited means, includ-ing pensioners, single parents, chronically ill – and even former prisoners – so they can get back on their feet and into a job.

This month – tax time - ATO-trained volun-teers will provide on-line help for low-income earners with tax issues. Clients just need to phone in and explain their situation.

In other areas, volunteers will endeavour to ensure clients secure the right payment plans with utility providers, those needing food par-cels have access to Pantry 5000 at Carrum, and that vouchers to Op Shops are provided to those desperate to make a fresh start.

“There’s more demand for financial support in the wake of federal government cuts to social services,” Ms Catanese said. “Also, more people are coming to us for support after having been released from jail, and we give them food vouch-ers, letters to Op Shops so they can receive, for example, bedding, and we advise them on where they can get free lunches and breakfasts.”

The support service runs a low-interest loan scheme and helps clients with the paperwork, and arranges free legal aid from Peninsula Legal Service.

A volunteer is trained in dealing with Ice-af-fected clients and those who are drug or alco-hol affected. “The program works towards harm minimisation – not total cure,” Ms Catanese said.

President Joy Fletcher said the service was es-pecially looking for more volunteers for its com-mittee of management. “Those interested could be mums or dads at home with children, retirees, those wanting to give back to the community, or

others interested in gaining new skills and expe-rience,” she said.

“We would like to provide them with the op-portunity to become part of a leadership team which strives to help and improve services to the community.

“If you feel you have the skills which could benefit this community service agency we would welcome your consideration in becoming a committee member.”

Applicants should email admin@chelsea.org.au or call 97728923.

Chelsea Community Support Services is at 1 Chelsea Rd, Chelsea.

The service receives support from the City of Kingston, Department of Social Security emergency relief, Frankston Magistrates’ Court on an irregular basis and donations from local churches.

Help in times of needStephen Taylorsteve@baysidenews.com.au

There for you: Joy Fletcher and Kathy Barnett at the Chelsea Community Support Services office. Picture: Gary Sissons

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Fight could have been fatalA FIGHT over a wristwatch ended with two combatants wrestling on the tracks at Aspendale train station at 3.10pm last Wednesday. A 17-year-old youth from Aspendale Gardens was listening to music while waiting for a train when an unknown man demanded his G-Shock watch. When the youth refused he was allegedly punched in the face. The pair wrestled for several minutes – even falling onto the tracks – but, luckily, no train was approaching. Police were not notified until 9.30pm. Witnesses should call Moorabbin police on 9556 6565.

Cycles, stock stolenCYCLES and stock valued at more than $21,500 was stolen from a Mor-dialloc bicycle shop in the early hours of Friday morning. The thieves spray painted over a security camera before removing bricks from a barred win-dow at the rear. They then dislodged a steel grate and gained entry to the store to steal the cycles which included a $7000 Merida, $6000 Norco, $3000 Giant Reign, $2500 Orbia Orco and two wheel bags valued at $3000. Ser-geant Arran Ferguson, of Moorabbin Proactive Unit, said businesses were welcome to ask police for a security assessment to help minimise thefts.

Cage raidedAN underground storage cage at a Mordialloc apartment block was raided overnight on Sunday 24 May. Thieves used ratchet cutters to cut through the chained and padlocked cage in a secure garage at the Main St premises. They stole a Scott cycle and Shimano fishing rod valued at $1300 but left behind the ratchet cutters.

Auto damagedTHE cloth top of a late model Mini Cooper sedan parked in the driveway of a house in Ghiran Close, Aspendale Gardens, was sliced open by thieves overnight on Thursday. Nothing was stolen but damage was estimated at $2000.

Fare, what fare?NINE young men “did a runner” from a maxi taxi which had brought them from Oakleigh South to Anchor St, Aspendale, at 11.30pm, Saturday 16 May. Police are checking CCTV foot-age of the men who ran off rather than pay the $67.80 fare.

Heater goesA WATER heater valued at $1000 was stolen from an apartment under con-struction in Embankment Dr, Chelsea, early on Thursday morning. Thieves entered the side gate of the five-apart-ment site, probably unaware that the building was already occupied.

Even the kitchen sinkA RANGE of appliances was stolen from a house under construction in Golden Av, Chelsea, on the weekend of 23-25 May. They included an electric oven, cook-top, sink mixer tap, hand-held shower, kitchen sink, basin and flick mixer tap. A wheelbarrow in the backyard was also stolen, probably to cart off the items, police said.

IT is against the law for a person to smoke in a car if there is also someone aged under 18 in the car. The Tobacco Act 5S prescribes a $295 on-the-spot fine or a $700 fine at court.

A WOMAN described as “Australia’s first lady of jazz singing” (Penguin Guide to Jazz, UK), will perform with her band in the Banquet Room, King-ston City Hall, 8pm, Friday 12 June.

Janet Seidel has been compared to Peggy Lee, Doris Day and Blossom Dearie. Her smooth, sophisticated and stylish Janet Seidel Trio will perform popular jazz standards, ballads, Latin

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The trio has a wealth of experience the world over, and Seidel’s capti-vating voice, along with piano, jazz guitar and double bass, makes for a memorable performance every time they play.

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LETTERS

Aged Care processI AM disappointed that KRA Presi-dent Ms Maureen Lim chose to ap-proach the issue of Aged Care in such a manner as appeared in last week’s paper (‘Aged care ‘sell off’’, Letters, The News 27/5/15).

The KRA’s letter is comprised of mistakes, baseless assumptions and rhetorical exaggeration – those of us who seek to serve the community in any capacity must do better than that.

Aged Care is a critical issue, not just in Kingston but Australia-wide and beyond.

From Kingston’s perspective, we have embarked on an RFP process that has asked both private and not-for-profit operators to submit expressions of interest demonstrating their ability to provide the standard of aged care that is an expectation in the community – and one that the current structure in Kingston is unable to deliver in the long-run.

The KRA quoted unsubstantiated articles in newspapers as if they were an authority on the issue, they go on to totally misrepresent the level and complexity of the debate and discus-sion that council has engaged in over this matter.

Ms Lim is correct on one point. Council did, in the end, believe that the proper and sustainable care of our senior citizens should take precedence over a pocket park.

Some residents who would have benefited from such a park in their street remain disappointed with that decision, which is their absolute right and I accept their criticism accord-ingly.

Council has to make decisions on balance, not from a single perspective. The issue of open space in Mentone will be addressed, but not at the ex-

pense of proper aged care.If the KRA wishes to participate

in an informed way in this process they may be well-served by speaking to people who work in the aged care space and hear firsthand from them the types of facilities that will and won’t be able to deliver the standard of care expected.

I would have been happy to discuss the issue with the KRA, if they had contacted me, where they would have learned of my aspirations for the existing facilities that will, in time, be surplus to Council needs.

To my mind they will not be sold-off rather they should be made avail-able – through a proper process – to organisations that seek accommoda-tion for people in need, for example young people with a disability. Of course any such decision will be a matter for the council to determine.

Cr Geoff Gledhill, Kingston mayor

Funding for allI WRITE in response to the recent letter by Mr Trevor Shewan from Carrum, that made claims based on inaccurate information to criticise councillors who make decisions on upgrading and improving facilities within the City of Kingston regard-less of which ward the project is in, and based on need and factual data (‘Central largesse?’ Letters, The News 27/5/15).

The cost of replacing the Mordialloc Life Saving Club, which has over 500 members, referred to by Mr Shewan is $4 million - not $5 million - and includes $1.5 million from the state government, Life Saving Victoria and the lifesaving club.

The new $1.6 million Activity Hub in Mentone will house the Mentone Mordialloc Art Group - who are contributing $100,000 of their own

money, the Mentone Senior Citizens, and other seniors and community groups. What a great outcome. The council building in Brindisi does not sit “half empty” as repeatedly claimed by a former colleague.

With regard to the Carrum Life Sav-ing Club, I was always supportive of the project, and only opposed a 20 per cent increase in size to accommodate an unwanted cafe/restaurant. What a great community asset it now is.

Trevor appears to have forgotten, or chosen to ignore, that in the term of this council we will have completed the Chelsea Activity Hub ($1.2M), The Carrum LSC ($1.6M), Edithvale Recreation Reserve and Pavilion ($3.6M), Nola Barber Pre-School

($800,000), Edithvale Family and Children’s Hub ($6.5M), Patterson Lakes Pre-School ($900.000), Roy Dore Reserve ($1M), Carrum Fore-shore improvements ($500.000) plus the Beeson Reserve and many other smaller projects in Chelsea, Edithvale, Aspendale and Bonbeach/Carrum that equates to a “spending spree” well over $16 million in the South Ward.

You should be proud that your council has acknowledged and ac-commodated the needs of the South Ward residents, or are you spreading misinformation from another source for some obscure political gain?

As for voting patterns, I am for-tunate that I do not have to follow any external direction and like most

councillors, always try to vote in the best interest of the community.

Cr Ron Brownlees, Central Ward.

Bay Trail clearingWHILE the Beach Rd residents who support the removal of foreshore vegetation for the Bay Trail may be gloating at the VCAT ruling, residents who were door knocked by environ-mental groups in 2006 supported the “back of kerb” option for the trail and insisted that the goat tracks on the cliff-top be retained as these sandy, unformed paths under mature tea-trees, were highly valued as they pro-vided shade and shelter for walkers.

These people will be devastated when they see the extent of the clear-ance of foreshore vegetation required to provide unnecessary indented car parking for the full length of the Bay Trail - Charman Rd to Mordialloc Creek.

Unfortunately the vegetation offsets supposedly compensation for denud-ing Kingston’s foreshore vegetation can be planted anywhere in the Port Phillip Bay and Western Port catch-ments according to the state govern-ment’s native vegetation policy thus trees and understorey planted forty years ago to stabilise cliffs and pro-vide shade, shelter and pleasure for visitors will be wantonly destroyed.

Mary Rimington, secretary, Mordialloc Beaumaris Conservation League

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.

ON behalf of the executive, committee and members of the Longbeach RSL Sub Branch, I would like to thank the businesses and shoppers in Chelsea, Chelsea Heights, Patterson Lakes, Edithvale, Aspendale, As-pendale Gardens, Bonbeach, Carrum, Edithvale and Southern Cross train station.

I would also like to thank the nine Kingston primary schools, local aged care homes, the Longbeach and Chelsea Heights hotels and members/guests from the Longbeach RSL Sub Branch for their wonderful support and generosity in supporting our RSL annual Anzac Day appeal.

The grand total from all of the above sources and our dedicated volun-teer collectors was $64,973.

All monies collected are used exclusively to assist ex-servicepersons and their families, who find themselves in necessitous circumstances, not only in our immediate area, but throughout Victoria.

John P Morris, appeals officer, Longbeach RSL Sub Branch

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Bon voyage: State government plans look certain to keep container ships heading into the Port of Melbourne rather than to a new terminal at Hastings. Picture: Keith Platt

THE Opposition is accusing the state government of lying over its claim to be searching for the best site for Vic-toria’s second container port.

The Labor government has all but backed away from choosing Western Port and is overseeing the slow de-mise of the Port of Hastings Develop-ment Authority (PoHDA).

And now, with its intention of leas-ing the Port of Melbourne for 50 years with a guarantee of compensation if there is competition from another ma-jor port, the government appears to have abandoned its plan for another container port.

The greatly diminished PoHDA says it is investigating investment op-portunities for Hastings to become a “bulk port”, but imports of petroleum products and exports of LNG have dropped markedly in the past two decades. (Port planner slashes jobs’, The News 27/5/15.)

Environment groups have already expressed their concerns about Hast-ings used to export coal and the gov-ernment would be sure to face their ire if that was the “bulk” product cho-sen to replace containers.

“Labor lied to both the Western Port and Geelong communities prior to last year’s state election when it as-sured them both it would take genu-ine expert advice [from Infrastructure Victoria] on where Victoria’s next port and the thousands and thousands of jobs that would be created with it, should be located,” Hastings Liberal MP Neale Burgess said last week.

“Labor has told lie after lie in order to further its selfish political objec-tives.

“In a complete contradiction of everything it has had to say over the last decade about our state’s desper-ate need for a second container port, Labor did what it always does when private enterprise turns up with a bag of money - it got giddy and fell over.

“Instead of the thousands of jobs that would be created and tens of thousands of Victorian jobs that would be protected through main-taining our state’s logistics’ industry national leadership, Labor wants to trade our state’s future away for a short term financial fix.”

The previous Coalition government, of which Mr Burgess was a member, had promised the PoDHA $110 mil-lion of four years to plan for a port at Hastings.

The authority is estimated to have already spent $30 million, but the money has all but dried up with the passing of Labor’s first budget.

Mornington MP David Morris told The News that dredging Port Phillip for large ships “in 20, 30 or 40 years” would make the 2008 channel deep-ening project “look very small scale”.

On Thursday he told Parliament ships were “growing beyond the ca-pacity of Port Phillip Heads”.

He said the previous Labor govern-ment had wasted so much time that Hastings, could not be developed to meet the demands of international shipping and “the only action left … was to deepen the Port Phillip Heads”.

“Here we are again, only a decade on, and we have a new Labor govern-ment confidently expecting that the

Heads will be able to sustain our trade for 50 years,” Mr Morris said.

“There can only be two outcomes from this policy decision: either Mel-bourne will surrender its role in trade to the rest of Australia or Port Phil-lip Heads will be deepened again and again. Any way you look at it, it is a bad decision.”

Frankston mayor Cr Sandra Mayer sees the decision to not develop a container port at Hastings as a further economic blow to the region.

“After six months under Labor the south-east Melbourne region is going backwards, with major road, rail and now freight projects being scrapped, and the peninsula environment and tourism industry again under threat from dredging,” Frankston mayor Cr

Mayer said.In the lead up to last November’s

state election the then mayor Cr Dar-rel Taylor was touting Frankston as being ideally situated as the proposed port’s commercial hub.

Much has changed in the following six months and Cr Mayer is now call-ing on the government to make “a se-rious injection of funds from the Jobs and Investment Fund and the Region-al Jobs Fund into the south-east Mel-bourne region, or else our residents will have every right to feel forgotten about after helping deliver Labor into power”.

Opposition leader Matthew Guy said the Liberal National Coalition supports leasing of the Port of Mel-bourne “in conjunction with the de-

velopment of a second container port for Victoria”.

Mr Guy’s statement was released along with quotes from present minis-ters and the Premier Daniel Andrews when they too backed Hastings or Bay West, near Geelong in Port Phil-lip, for a container port.

“That’s why it makes no sense that Daniel Andrews now says Victoria won’t need a second container port for at least 50 years,” Mr Guy stated. To prohibit the development of a second container port for the next 50 years is highly irresponsible, anti-competitive and will cost Victoria jobs.

“What Daniel Andrews is effective-ly doing is providing a leaseholder with a 50 year monopoly.”

Little chance of container port at HastingsKeith Plattkeith@baysidenews.com.au

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POLICE are searching for a man who allegedly stole a puppy from a pet shop in Carrum Downs in April.

Investigators have been told the man entered the store on Frankston-Dandenong Rd at 4.30pm on Tuesday 14 April.

He waited for employees to be distracted and then al-legedly used a screwdriver to pry the lock and gain access to the puppy’s pen.

The man then hid the puppy – a tan-and-white cavoodle - under his jacket and left the store. The now 20-week-old puppy is valued at $2000.

Police are investigating the incident and have released a CCTV image of a man they believe may be able to assist with their inquiries.

He is described as being Caucasian, in his late 20s-early 30s, with a thin build, pale skin and brown hair tied up in a ponytail.

He was wearing a black-coloured hooded jacket with black and red-coloured board shorts.

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

Puppy theft: police seek man

Dog lover: The man police wish to speak to over the theft of a puppy from a pet shop.

NEWS DESK

New party’s displayA NEW political party formed in April is holding an information session at Frankston 5-6pm on Tuesday 9 June in Frankston Library’s long room, 60 Playne St.

The national convener of PIBCI (Public Interests Before Corporate Interests) is Dr Joe Toscano, a medical practitioner with a history of political activism who stood as an independent in the Frankston electorate at last year’s state election.

The meeting has been organised by Frankston resident Gillian Collins, an environmental campaigner and co-organiser of the 12-week picket that tried to stop bulldozing of part of the historic Westerfield estate in Frankston South for the Peninsula Link freeway in 2010.

Dr Toscano has campaigned on issues such as Medicare, the ABC, public housing, corporate welfare, and indigenous matters.

PIBCI’s website states the party aims “to ensure the interests of the Australian public are put before the interests of unaccountable corporations whose major responsibility is to create ever-increasing profits ... irrespective of the human, social, environmental and national costs”.

Details: Gillian Collins, 0414 309 960 or gillianuu@yahoo.com.au

App links sports loversA VICHEALTH phone app called TeamUp helps people connect with the type of exercise they enjoy, including team sport, dancing, walking, finding someone to have a social hit of tennis with, and more. Details: teamup.com.au

Exchange ideasA MULTICULTURAL Forum for those aged 16-25 will be held 4-7pm, Friday 5 June, at Frankston North Community Centre. Participants at this free Victorian Multicultural Commis-sion event can share ideas, opinions and experiences. Bookings, details: Call 9651 0605 or elizabeth.blades-hamilton@vmc.vic.gov.au

Holiday funENROLMENTS began on Monday for Kingston Council’s June/July Vacation Care program.

The program is for children attend-ing primary school. It runs 7.30am-6pm, Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays) under the care of qualified and experienced educators who provide recreational activities for children to enjoy during the school holidays.

Activities include excursions in and around Melbourne, workshops, art and craft and games.

The vacation care program runs throughout the school holidays at four venues across Kingston. It is being run at Yarrabah School - Mill St, As-pendale, call 0418 437 832; Bonbeach Primary School - Breeze St, Bon-beach (0439 868 716); Dingley Pri-mary School - Centre Dandenong Rd, Dingley (0439 868 714) and Moorab-bin Primary School - Worthing Rd, Moorabbin (0439 868 713).

Results of the March/April Vacation Care satisfaction survey are being col-lated. Families will be provided with feedback soon.

Vacation care fees: In-house days Monday and Friday: $57, workshop day Wednesday: $72.50, and excursion days Tuesday and Thursday: $73.50.

Contact the Vacation Care office on 9581 4846 or 9581 4875 for details.

FORMER police officer turned busi-ness and life coach Ruth Cyster-Stu-ettgen wants women to know they can have a bright future no matter how dark the present can be.

The mother-of-three has turned her life around after leaving an abusive situation and has written a book called From Misery to Mastery: Jour-ney to Freedom and Empowerment as a guide for anyone who has “ever felt lost, helpless or scared of what your life has become”.

She hopes the book can find an audience with “women who are suf-fering in silence behind closed doors” and give women tips and strategies to empower themselves to make a change.

“The reason why I wanted to write the book was to use it as a tool for myself to heal and to be a voice for other women going through the same thing.”

The book includes practical ex-ercises to enable women to forgive themselves for tolerating abusive situ-ations due to feeling isolated before seeking support.

The author’s own life has been a journey to seek freedom from oppres-sion. In the early 1980s her family left South Africa and moved to Australia.

“We left to basically escape the Apartheid regime and have a better life in Australia,” she said.

After studying for a degree at La Trobe University, Ms Cyster-Stuett-gen joined Victoria Police and spent time living in Germany after leaving the force.

Despite an outwardly happy dispo-sition and life, she said appearances can be deceiving.

“There are so many women out there in an abusive situation who don’t appear to be going through

Strong advice: Ruth Cyster-Stuettgen has written a book she believes can help women navigate themselves away from unhappy and abusive domestic situations. Picture: Yanni

Taking control to change life for the better

things like that and that’s a dangerous thing.

“Try to be strong enough to step out and create of seek help from support systems to not have to be scared of consequences of speaking out.”

Ms Cyster-Stuettgen used to attend domestic violence incidents during her time in the police force and she believes the way authorities in the legal system deal with such cases has improved since the 1980s.

“Decide that enough is enough, and take control of your life – move to-wards one of peace, love and success, for yourself and your family.”

From Misery to Mastery: Journey to Freedom and Empowerment pub-lished by Busybird Publishing will be officially launched at Petersen’s Bookstore, 103 High St, Hastings on Sunday 14 June, 3-5pm with special guest Rose Batty, domestic violence campaigner and Australian of the Year.

Entry is free. Light refreshments will be provided.

Call Ruth Cyster-Stuettgen on 0432 441 146 or see ruthstuettgen.com.au for further details.

Neil Walker

Musical tributesSONGS in the Key of Motown, 8pm, Thursday 4 June at Frankston Arts Centre, will feature award-winning vocal quartet Spectrum and their sister group Radi-ance. The musicians will pay a soulful tribute to the glory days of Motown and R&B music. Bookings, details: Call 9784 1060 or thefac.com.au

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A LIFE of luxury and opulence is yours for the taking with this stunning home where the sparkling waters of Port Phillip Bay glisten in front of you. The finish and attention to detail with this home is incredible with polished timber floors throughout the living areas and tall ceilings that accentuate the already brilliant sense of space. From the living room you effortlessly spill out to the vast entertainment deck with the bay views on offer. A full bank of bi-fold doors merge this splendid outdoor zone with the dining area and stylish kitchen. Featuring Caesarstone benchtops and striking

glass splashbacks, the kitchen also boasts Bosch stainless steel appliances. A host of smart inclusions will please today’s tech-savvy buyers with zoned climate control in addition to reverse cycle air-conditioning. There is an alarm system with colour video monitoring, keyless entry and remote-controlled sun blinds. There are three bedrooms; the spacious main bedroom has its own balcony access and further appointments are a walk-in robe and gorgeous ensuite bathroom with spa, double vanity frameless glass shower with rainfall effect shower head. Two other

bedrooms have built in robes are share the adjacent main bathroom. Externally, there is a nice, private courtyard for garden entertaining, and a double garage has internal access. Undoubtedly one of the best lifestyle properties to be found along this famed strip of real estate, this beautiful property is literally maintenance free with a glorious amount of living space and luxurious finishes.

Address: 1/632 Esplanade, MORNINGTONFor Sale: Offers over $1,050,000Agency: Eview Mornington Peninsula, 176 Main Street, Mornington, 5971 0300Agent: Jarrod Carman, 0488 400 600

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ChelseaOffice

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Luxury, Style And Exceptional QualityPrestigious double storey town residence combining cutting edge architecture with style and superior finishes. Moments to the beach and with shops, station and schools within a short stroll- this Ratcliffe built luxury home includes 3 bedrooms + study 2.5 bath enjoying a north facing formal lounge with private side courtyard, open plan entertaining with stacked sliders to covered Merbau deck, sleek stone kitchen with 900 mm Technika appliances and dishwasher, 3 generous living zones, high ceilings, extensive porcelain, ducted refrigerated cooling and heating, landscaped, water tank, feature timber double auto garage with internal access and rear roller door. With too many features to mention, this is a must inspect, you’ll not be disappointed. This is low maintenance, Bayside living at its affordable best.

54 Royal Road, BONBEACH

Sofia Vatos 0421 328 255Peter Gourdouros 0428 234 155

3 2 2BED BATH CAR

FOR SALEBuyers over $660,000

OPEN TO VIEW Saturday 11.30-12.00pm or by appointment

Beautiful Renovated ApartmentThis beautifully renovated two bedroom apartment will surely impress with it sheer style, class space and location. Offering year round resort style living boasts a Brand new 2 Pac kitchen with an abundance of cupboards, granite bench tops, Bosh stainless steel appliances and separate meals area. Large open plan living & dining area and two newly renovated bath rooms will sure to impress as no expense has been spared on this one. Two generous sized bedrooms, main with WIR’s and en-suite style bathroom, reverse cycle air conditioning and heating, two baloneys, single car lock up garage, fully gated access and use of the complex pool and facilities. There really is nothing to do but move in enjoy and relax.

12/5 Thompson Road, PATTERSON LAKES

Sofia Vatos 0421 328 255

2 2 1BED BATH CAR

FOR SALEContact agent for price

OPEN TO VIEW Saturday 12.30-1.00pm or by appointment

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Ideal First Home Or InvestmentCapturing expansive park views, this contemporary 3 bedroom 2.5 bathroom retreat is affordable living made easy.Finished with warm neutral tones, this low maintenance home enjoys open plan living & dining with sleek kitchen (s/steel appliances) opening to a private courtyard garden; fabulous main bedroom with private terrace, ensuite & WIR; 2 further bedrooms (BIRs), stylish bathroom, powder room & laundry.On its own title in this newish residential development, this modern home features ducted heating, great storage & direct access to a single garage.This quiet pocket of Bonbeach has a lot to offer such bike/walking tracks at the end of the street to the river, beach, train & cafes.It is currently leased for approx. $1,870pcm so it is ideal for an investment or even for those who want everything at there doorstep. An opportunity not to be missed

34 Banjo Circuit, BONBEACH

Sofia Vatos 0421 328 255Peter Gourdouros 0428 234 155

3 2.5 1BED BATH CAR

Great OpportunityThis solid home has all the ingredients for a fabulous first home or investment. Included in this entry level price are three bedrooms, central bathroom, functional kitchen, and single carport set on a family friendly block.The home is clean throughout and offers buyers the opportunity to move straight in and in time make improvements that suit. Act now to ensure that this GREAT opportunity becomes a part of your portfolio.Conveniently situated close to shops, schools, Seaford beach & East-link.

44 Mersey Crescent, SEAFORD

3 1 1BED BATH CAR

FOR SALEOffers Over $390,000

OPEN TO VIEW by appointment

OPEN TO VIEW Saturday 1.30-2.00pm or by appointment

FOR SALEOffers Over $520,000

Sofia Vatos 0421 328 255Peter Gourdouros 0428 234 155

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Tel: (03) 9781 1588

Tony Latessa CEA (REIV), AREI, ABB, MAICD Mobile: 0412 525 151 REIV BUSINESS AGENT VICTORIA

Australian Institute of Business Brokers Committee Member.33 years selling experience based on honesty and reliability

$65,000 + sav

$310,000 + sav

$120,000

FRESH POULTRY

$150,000 + sav

$69,950 + savALL OFFERS CONSIDERED

HOME BASEDWell established cleaning round, 60% holiday rentals, also private. TAC & Workcare. Busiest period

Sept to April. Some linen services. Profitable business can be fully

managed.

$80,000 + sav

$85,000 + sav

PRICE REDUCEDCHILDRENSWEAR BOUTIQUE

SHEETMETAL

$1 million + sav

CONFIDENTIALITY APPLIESSpecialises in design & manufacture of wide range of quality sheetmetal components. Huge factory inc large

office space, forward orders in place. Vehicles included in sale.

FRANKSTON Very busy in newly renovated Bayside Shopping Centre food court,

excellent equipment, extensive made to order and ready to serve food. Currently fully managed with enormous potential for owner operator. Huge

takings – this is an excellent price for this business.

$150,000

$119,500

MELBOURNEUltra modern with floor to ceiling windows. Ground floor of large corporate building, many orders

from upstairs tenants. Good seating capacity, excellent equipment. 5 days 7.30am to 3pm. S52 shows

$6395 pw.

NARRE WARRENBusy takeaway/milk bar with good

cash turnover, large shop with walk-in coolroom, commercial kitchen, double pizza oven. Long lease available includes 3-bedroom

residence with double garage.

$180,000 + sav

$65,000 + sav

CARRUM DOWNS Vendors are moving on to another

venture and require a quick sale. Manufacture & design of upholstered and commercial

furniture in large factory, good location. Vendor offers all training

and support.$50,000 + sav

MOUNT ELIZA Newborn to 14 years clothing, accessories, footwear & toys.

Shopping centre under revamp, currently managed by staff, vendor

offers assistance. Website & domain name inc, 6 days.

$119,500 + sav

MORNINGTON PENINSULAEstablished & growing business with all hard work done. Widely

recognized brand, multiple sales channels, quality product. Ideal “bolt

on” business or as a continuing stand alone. Long lease options.

REDUCED TO$119,500

$235,000 + sav

MORNINGTON Sales & installation of all kinds of garage doors. Business has been

scaled back due to health reasons, huge potential for new owner.

Good equipment, very well known business of 40+ years. Vehicles

included.

BAYSIDEOpportunity to purchase exceptional

ChemDry Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Franchise. Endless

possibilities await the astute buyer as T/O can be easily doubled. Grow the business, relish the lifestyle. As new VW van, all equip & training.

S.E. SUBURBS & PENINSULADomestic, factories, real estate, hotels etc. Approximately 50%

residential, 50% commercial. Good profits. Some garden maintenance.

$180,000 + sav

BRAESIDE Great price for the turnover! Cheap rent, long lease, prominent corner

position, coolroom. Trading 5 days. Can’t go wrong with this one – call

now!

$2.2 million + sav

PARKDALE EAST Attractive salon could suit first business owner. Trades Tues,

Thurs, Fri and half-days Wed & Sat. Easy to operate, cheap rent

of only $782 pm no gst. Has been established around 40 years. Very

profitable.

FRANKSTONEasy to run business with one driver

& one admin, perfect H/W. Home-based – no rent to pay, no

stock to carry. 7 days midnight to 8am. Delivers SE suburbs &

Peninsula.

$110,000 + sav

SEAFORD Ideal for first business owner, trading 5 ½ days. Keen vendor, immaculate premises with indoor and outdoor

seating. On busy main road amidst retail and commercial properties.

Has coolroom, good equipment. S52 shows $4066 ave pw turnover.

PRICE REDUCEDINDUSTRIAL TAKEAWAY

JEWELLERY MANUFACTURING

LICENSED CAFE

RESTAURANT, CAFE & BAR

WARRAGULSuperb fitout of the original

courthouse in town. Central location, stunning established grounds, high

ceilings, commercial kitchen. Restaurant seats 149, 78 over the bar. Licensed premises until 1am.

$650,000 + sav

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CAFE

FOOD MANUFACTURING

ROSEBUDVery well presented business in

busy plaza, only two owners in 20 years. A profitable business ready to

be taken to the next level, good turnover and profits. Easy to operate

Local and interstate suppliers, whole-sale to retailers across Melbourne inc Bellarine & Mornington Peninsulas.

Increasing by two customers per week. Vendor will stay for smooth

transition, premises can be used by new owner for a period of time.

$1.35 million + sav

NEW LISTINGHAIR SALON

GLASS APPLICATIONSCONFIDENTIALITY APPLIES

Specialises in gourmet bakery prod-ucts, multi award winning business,

wholesale and retail trade. Huge delivery network covers Melbourne

metro area. Tremendous potential for expansion.

ROSEBUDStrong branded retail store in

prime showroom, leads and repeat business guaranteed as positioned alongside the Number One Carpet Retail Organisation in Aust. All work

handled by sub-contractors.

CURTAINS & BLINDS

NEW LISTINGGARAGE DOORS

ASIAN TAKEAWAY

WHOLESALE DELIVERY

FROZEN YOGHURT

$165,000 + sav

KARINGALGreat start up shop with cheap rent due to the small size of the shop. Easy to operate, currently

run by part-time staff. Good profits, fantastic location near cinema, trades 7 days noon to 10pm.

$435,000 + sav

NORTHCOTE Bulk wholesale to retailers in Aust & NZ, online for trade customers. Unique approach with precision

engineering & design to meet individ-ual requirements. Rapid production process, high quality finish. Vendor

retiring after 19 years in the business.

NEW LISTINGCLEANING

HASTINGS Established 50 years in main street of town, long lease available. Very

well presented, includes gifts. Large number of repeat customers. Training

assistance available. Mon-Fri and half days on weekend.

NEWSAGENCY

CLEANING

FRANKSTON Attended 5 ½ days for service

washing, drying, ironing and open 7 days 7am until 9.30pm for coin

operated machines. 12 washers, 8 dryers. Premises air-conditioned and

alarmed, with automatic door.

LAUNDRETTE

$640,000 + sav

DROMANATwo businesses – Aluminium

specialises in custom made furniture, outdoor tables & benches, powder coating, fabrication for residential, commercial & marine industries.

Marine constructions manufacture pontoons & carry out jetty demolition.

MANUFACTURING & CONSTRUCTION

COMMERCIAL UPHOLSTERY PRICE REDUCEDINDUSTRIAL TAKEAWAY CHEMDRY

RESUMES

$99,500

HOME BASED Professional resume writing, free

analysis, interview preparation. Great website, all assistance offered, good systems in place. Work hours to suit

yourself.

CONFECTIONERY MANUFACTURING

ROSEBUD WESTThis very popular venue is located

directly opposite foreshore and close to S/C with plenty of parking available. Dual shop, always busy, seats 60 inside and more outside

under footpath umbrellas.

ORGANIC FOODS

PRICE REDUCEDPIZZA, FISH & CHIPS

ROSEBUD WESTLarge premises with new lease

offered. Specialises in glass design applications and manufacture & supply of security doors. Large

customer base of major builders, many repeat clients, Vendor happy to

stay on for an agreed period.

BRIGHTONPrime location near beach, train station, school & bowling club.

Has 3 bdm accommodation. Fully renovated, little cooking, excellent equipment. 7 days 8.30am to 4pm.

Good profits.

$1.25 million + sav

CAFE

$695,000 + sav

KARINGALLong standing business in prominent position in food court. Huge turnover,

good equipment, well presented.

CAFE

$395,000 + sav

CONFIDENTIALITY APPLIESTwo businesses in one, long standing

of some 30 years, has licence agreement with major tyre

manufacturer. Excellent turnover and profits. 5 ½ days.

TYRE SALES & AUTO REPAIR

$350,000 (business)

WARATAH NORTHGroup lodge can accommodate up to 20 people, 3 cottages, solar heated pool. 10 acre freehold property also available for $1.2M, 3 acres of bush-land at rear attracts birds & wildlife. .

HOLIDAY LODGE

$390,000 + sav

CONFIDENTIALITY APPLIES Supply of auto air-conditioning

compressors t’out Aust. Customers include related businesses &

industries. New & re-conditioned. Pickup and delivery by couriers,1300

number or email. Computerised accounting & stock $40,000 + sav

PRICE REDUCEDAUTOMOTIVE COMPRESSORS

$180,000 + sav

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No pane, no gainSPECIALISING in the manufacture and installation of top quality windows, doors and conservatories, this established business can also assist with the uPVC double glazing process that increases energy efficiency. Stock lines include plain glass through to leaded, bevelled, frosted, patterned or stained glass and European high security locking systems. A 2013 model Mazda ute is also included in the sale price.

Manufacture & installation, MORNINGTONPrice: $420,000 + savAgency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston, 9781 1588 Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151

Eat and runTHIS large shop has been fully renovated and presents well with a clean and bright interior. There is plenty of seating for customers, the equipment is in excellent condition and the kitchen features a storage area. There is great potential here for new owners to take this business to the next level.

Industrial takeaway, CARRUM DOWNSPrice: $99,000 + sav Agency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston, 9781 1588 Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151

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Deadline reminders to ratepayersCompiled by Melissa WalshMESSRS Brody and Mason will hold their usual monthly sale at Somerville on Wednesday next, for which they invite entries.

***MESSRS Alex Scott and Co will hold their monthly sale at Tanti on Monday next, when they will offer for sale a good yarding of cattle, sheep and sundries.

***MR S. S. Price, dentist of Melbourne, will visit Frankston for the conve-nience of patients on Sunday, June 13th, and may be seen at Garrood’s Prince of Wales Hotel.

***MRS J. Reynolds, of Bay St Frankston has on view in the window a “towel tidy” which she intends raf-fling for the benefit of our wounded soldiers. As the price of the tickets are fixed at 1d and the object a praise-worthy one, there will doubtless be a large demand for them.

***THE tender of Mr R. Philbrick for £615 for additions to Somerville Me-chanics’ Institute has been accepted, and the work will be put in hand very shortly, and when finished will add materially to the look of the build-ing as well as to the comfort of the subscribers. Six tenders were received for the work.

***Rose Logan was charged at the

Frankston Court of Petty Sessions on Monday, before Mr Cohen, P.M. and

Messrs Williams, Oates, and Grant, JPs., with travelling on the railway between Frankston and Langwarrin

without a ticket, and a fine of 10s with 7/6 costs was recorded.

***A MONSTER temperance demon-stration will be held in the Mechanics’ Institute, Somerville, on Monday eve-ning next at 8 oclock, when the Hon. S. Mauger will give an address. First class Melbourne artists have been engaged. The chair will be taken by Mr Nelson Rudduck,J.P. No charge will be made for admission.

***MESSRS T. R. B, Morton and Sons notify by advertisement that they will hold an auction sale (through Mr J. L. Parks, one of their auctioneers) of town blocks at Hogan’s Hotel, Hastings, on Saturday, 12th June, at two o’clock p.m. Full particulars may be obtained from the auctioneers at 72 Swanston St, Melbourne, or at Bittern.

***RATEPAYERS are reminded that on or before Wednesday next,(10th June) all rates must be paid to entitle them to be placed on the ratepayers’ roll. The Shire Secretary will be in at-tendance at the various centres in the Shire from now up to the 10th inst on date specified in advertisement for the purpose of receiving rates.

***THE Aspendale, Chelsea and Carrum Electric Supply Company Ltd., are applying for an order-in-Council,

authorising them to extend its distri-bution mains to supply electricity in the Shire of Frankston and Hastings for public and private purposes. Any objection respecting the applications must be lodged within three months from the date of the advertisement appearing in the Government Gazette addressed to the Minister of Pubic Works.

***A COMMITTEE meeting of the Frank- ston Belgian Relief Fund was held on Tuesday June 1st when the monthly collecting cards were presented. There was a falling off in subscriptions compared to last month which was attributed to the introduc-tion of the Belgian Buttons. But as that does not go to a local fund it was decided to still continue the card collecting.

The amount of cash in hand for the month is £6 11s 2d. Mr Hay acknowl-edges the sum of 18s 1d, the proceeds of a raffle conducted by Mrs Rimmer.

The following letter was read:—Miss Bertha Rogers and Miss D. Gregory, hon secs Ladies collecting committee Belgian Relief Fund. — Mesdames,—

“I have great pleasure in informing you that at a public meeting of the Contributors to the above Fund held on the 19th inst, the fol- lowing reso-lution was unanimously passed:—”That the best thanks of this meeting be accorded to the ladies collecting committee for their successful efforts

in collecting funds for the above ob-ject, and for the handsome sum of £15 contributed by them to the Frankston general Fund’.

I shall be pleased if you will con-vey the terms of the above resolution to your Committee. I may add that the meeting fully recognised the extent of the efforts of your Committee in collecting the above amount in small sums and expressed a hope that your Committee may be equally successful in future.”

***THE Emu Plains and Bittern races were held on Tuesday last, in fine weather.

***LANGWARRIN V NAVAL BASE. The game was clean and full of good football. Langwarrin must admit that they were met on Saturday by a far superior and a better trained team but had the guard used more accuracy in their kicking they may have stood a better chance. The first quarter opened up by the base scoring a goal then off the game went just and clean, Every man was put to his toughest test, then guards started scoring behind after behind only getting 2 goals out of 10 shots which appeared to be quite easy, base getting 2 goals out of two shots. The next round saw base well on the job getting 5 while the guards fought hard and played well for 1 behind.

Every man seemed to be getting the hard task they were now fighting

but all was clean and good. The last quarter opened with the

guards 12 points behind and kicking against the wind.

For the guards Dad Corbert and Hock Walker stood out alone, others who at times faired well were Capt Cousins, Conrick and S. Taylor.

The umpire’s task was difficult and but for a few mistakes he was consid-ered in good order.

***A CROWDED house assembled at

the Somerville Mechanics’ to listen to the efforts of the pupils and ex-pupils of the Somerville school on behalf of the local Red Cross Society. Mr Geo Griffith was chairman and spoke on the necessity for strenuous efforts for the fund of the Red Cross Society.

The concert was right up to the excellent standard that the pupils have hitherto set, in fact it is stated by many to have been the best heard for a considerable time.

The programme opened with national songs “Ye Mariners of Eng-land,” “When the Empire calls.”

Ring drill by some 30 infants under the direction of Miss Ruth Murray; military discipline by Gen. Grant and some bad soldiers accused of looting; an extract from “The Queen and the seasons” was excellently rendered by Miss Dorothy Thornell.

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Hawthorn supporters may well boo Buddy. Collingwood may well boo Daisy, but never will they boo Heath – therein lies the difference.

***AUSTRALIA’S five-man Junta: Abbott, Hockey, Brandis, Cormann, Morrison?...Spotting potential ji-hadists in schools – Tony’s brown-shirts?

...Any team beating a sky blue team from NSW gets my nod, despite most of Melbourne Victory coming from Carlton wearing navy blue colours. I prefer quoits...

PM Tony accuses Billy boy of raiding “our money”? A superan-nuation concessional rate at 15 cents in the dollar. You pay 45 you save 30 for retirement; you pay 19 you save 4 for retirement. Enough said....

Some 80 per cent of the commu-nity are in favour of choice (eutha-nasia), even higher for those over 70, so why are we controlled by this minority, again?...

The players want James Hird, but who would be game enough to say otherwise?...

Social Services Minister Scotty Morrison is the man to make us believe in the superior efficiency of the NBN rollout?...

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GOOGLE Pliny’s Naturalis Histo-ria, 77 A.D.: “After the defeat of that mighty monarch Mithridates, Gnaeus Pompeius found in his pri-vate cabinet a recipe for an antidote in his own handwriting: Take two dried walnuts, two figs, and twenty leaves of rue; pound them all to-gether, with the addition of a grain of salt; if a person takes this mixture fasting, he will be proof against all poisons for that day”. To take a statement with “a grain of salt” means to accept it but to maintain a degree of scepticism about its truth. So there.

***HOW can a man can beat his wife, go to confession and walk out cleansed? A sure sign of madness? Solomon 971- 930 BC “Seeist a man wise in his own conceit, more hope is of a fool than of him.” Some argue females are different. I disagree, but for now I’ll limit my thoughts to men generally in the light of this violence against women. Men are right. They are always right. They may well “agree to disa-gree” but each will be right. With varying degrees they are all also mad, lustful, envious, ambitious and all assume sanity. In their own spe-cial way men think and laugh at the stupidity of other men and women. The English laugh at the French and the Germans and vice versa. We presently laugh at the Greeks and most other races, via customs, religion, food, clothing and corrupt governments. A man assumes his own desires, however much hidden, as right. They send young men to war to face possible death on our behalf. They lie as politicians sup-posedly for the greater good, never questioning their self-righteousness.

They tell people to behave in a cer-tain way, rarely, if ever, following that way themselves. “The winds which men most fear are those which uncover them” (Montaigne).

***MY concerns politically are with health, education, infrastructure, overseas aid and our disgusting treatment of asylum seekers. It’s sad to see more people con-cerned about two dogs belonging to some pirate actor rather than those poor souls transferred to Cambodia ex Nauru. On a personal level however, the changes in arts funding worries me. Elia Kazan’s words ring true “I feel that artists are our only hope, today. I see this country as sick. I think big business has succeeded in dominat-ing and degrading our whole scene. Our political leaders only want to stay in office and will do what’s necessary to that end. Our only hope is the men/women, those few men/women, the artists, who tell us what we are and what we are doing and where we are heading. Only they might wake us up. Only they speak the truth or some of it. They yell when we all hurt, become furious when we are outraged, show us our shame, awake us from our habitual indifference”.

***ARTS Minister George Brandis has transferred $104 million from the Australia Council to the National Program for Excellence in the Arts to be administered by the Arts Ministry, Attorney-General’s De-partment. Read public servants? A concentration on the higher uplift-ing types of culture (read ballet and opera) and the convenient necessity of putting all those drama lefties (read individual artists and small

groups) in their proper place, out of sight? ”Audiences should benefit,” George tells us, preferably audi-ences who admire visual spectacu-lars rather than the evils of criticism whatever the form. “Excellence” as defined by George, before anything likely to challenge orthodoxies? Arts funding was always heavily dependent on “who you know”, not public servants, but often a facsimile. Australia Council is (was?) protected by legislation, giving it “arm’s length” independence from government and political favours or prejudice towards individual applicants for funding. Not so now? Either way Joseph Goebbels is smiling.

***OUR leaders?

Tony Abbott, whose promises destroyed the meaning of the word and continues with his personal program to destroy Labor, which is surely far removed from governing for all Australians.

Bill Shorten on science, technol-ogy, engineering and mathemat-ics with no mention of art, music, literature and humanities, and a his-tory of heavy involvement behind the dismissal of two Labor Prime Ministers.

Tony as a school bully, Billy as a man of straw.

Conundrum.***

SAD to witness Mick Malthouse’s slow painful demise. He did well at Collingwood; many a side per-forming above their natural talent. Ushered out to make way for Eddie McGuire’s hero, via his cushy job offer and Eddie’s childish notion of great footballers making great coaches.

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By Stuart McCulloughHOW dare you. Frankly, you should take all the money you’ve earned from those big Hollywood movies and buy yourself a large quantity of shame because it’s clear that you have none at present. Now that your lies have been exposed, I find myself question-ing every truth I once held dear. Is the sky really blue? Are puppies truly adorable or is it just a ruse to mask an evil heart of darkness? Does Taylor Swift exist or was she invented by the Toshiba Corporation and originally given away in a box of cereal? I can’t believe in anything anymore. Thanks a lot Rebel Wilson.

As a forty three year old man, you’d expect I’d take this kind of devastating news in my stride. Guess again. Frank-ly, this changes everything. I’ll admit that when I first heard the news, I tried my best not to overact. For that reason, after falling to my knees and shaking my fists at the sky, I only spent an hour in sackcloth and fifteen minutes flagellating myself with some left over television cables before leaping to my keyboard and expressing my sense of anger, hurt and betrayal the way nature intended: on the internet.

Once online, I discovered that I was far from alone. Others were also trying to recover from this elaborate decep-tion and were rightly asking whether the ‘real’ you would step from the shadows in which you have lurked for so long. It appears to me that you’ve given no thought at all to how lying about your age might make others feel once the truth was ultimately unveiled.

In fact, it’s as though you’ve not had a moment’s pause to consider the social contract that, as a performer, you have willingly entered. When you appear in a movie or a series and, in turn, that piece of entertainment is then made available for purchase, we’re not just buying your performance; we’re buy-ing you. That’s right, Rebel. We own you.

So it’s only fair that I communi-cate my absolute sense of outrage in the clearest terms possible. Indeed, I haven’t felt this betrayed since learn-ing that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West had hooked up and I had to throw out all his albums as a precaution, lest I too should be seduced by the dark side of the Force. Why oh why! Until news of your subterfuge came to light,

there was one thing I thought I knew about actors and it’s this: everything they say is absolutely true. That’s why Martin Sheen was such a great Presi-dent. Now I don’t know what to think.

Turns out you aren’t twenty nine years old as previously claimed, but thirty six. That means that you and I are exactly the same age. I have to be honest and say that this puts a differ-ent perspective on everything. More than that, it raises some very serious questions of the ‘road less travelled’ variety. If I too had lied about my age, would I have had my own sitcom by now? Probably. Worse still, I suspect that the role you had in Bridesmaids really ought to have gone to me in-stead. Granted, you were hilarious, but if that role was obtained in suspicious circumstances, then there’s nothing for it other than to re-shoot the entire movie.

As a twenty seven year old left-handed puppeteer, perhaps I should have known better. After all, there’s a long history of actors telling absolute porkies about a whole range of mat-ters. Cary Grant was not really Cary Grant. He was, in actual fact, Archiba-ld Alexander Leach. Upon learning this, it totally ruined The Philadelphia Story for me. All this time, I’d thought it was Cary Grant rather than Archie Leach on screen as CK Dexter Haven. Re-shooting the movie isn’t even an option as all the characters are now deceased. But it’s far from an isolated example.

Mister Ed was not really Mister Ed but a horse named ‘Bamboo Harvest-

er’ which doesn’t really sound like a horse at all but a piece of agricultural equipment. If I dig a little deeper will I discover that Mister Ed wasn’t a horse but an apparatus used on the farm for cropping? As for Flipper, it’s long been an open secret that he wasn’t a dolphin at all but a ten year old with a rare form of alopecia and a major attitude problem who, with the aid for some pretty amazing makeup, convinced the world that instead of a small angry pre-teen he was the ocean’s most beloved mammal.

As a twenty one year old sudoku champion and award winning basket weaver, you might think I should just get over it. And you may well have a point. What does it matter if you’re a little older than I previously thought? Sure, I feel a touch foolish for sending all those year-specific birthday cards. But who cares? Others have done far worse. Especially when you consider that Abigail Breslin was actually thir-ty-seven years old when she played that role in Little Miss Sunshine.

As a twelve year old unicorn with magical fire breath, I can only be honest and say that I feel massively let down. But I’ll still watch your stuff. Some might argue that to do so is a sign of weakness but, trouble is, you’re kind of awesome. This whole age fiasco thing doesn’t detract from how funny you are. Come to think of it, it kind of makes me wonder whether the whole ‘lying about your age’ thing matters a hoot. Perhaps it doesn’t. Sorry to trouble you.

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The annual Mornington Winter Jazz Festival is arriving this week. Main Street Mornington will come alive with all things Jazz to celebrate the very best of the Mornington Peninsulas Arts, Culture and Heritage. Of course the usual Mornington delights of food, fashion and wine will also be in fine form, so if you are still making plans for this Queen’s Birthday Weekend June 5th – 8th then make sure a visit to the Mornington Winter Jazz Festival is on your list.

Here’s our Top 11 – Not to be missed Highlights!

Friday 5th June

1. Kick off your festival weekend with a bang: Head to one of the dinner shows for a night of sumptuous entertainment, A Night With ‘The Professor’ Adrian Cunningham at The Rocks Mornington or Latin Jazz Dinner Show with Clave Mania at Biscottini Café, then take things up a notch and head on over to The Grand Hotel where one of Melbournes Hottest club bands Jazz Party take over the dancefloor.

Saturday 6th June

2. Main Street Live: Main Street Mornington, 10am – 3pm. Get down to Main Street early on

ALL THAT JAZZ!Mornington Winter Jazz Festival is Almost Here

Saturday as Free Live performances kick off at 10am with roving jazz bands and impromptu performances from some of the festivals finest in and around town all day long.

3. Pop Up KidsZones: If you’re looking for something to entertain the little ones there will also be plenty for them to see and do with pop up kids entertainment throughout Main Street including face painting, music workshops, magic and more… 10am – 2pm Saturday and Sunday.

4. Live Laneway Painting: Make

sure you check out the live laneway mural painting by The Snakehole Gallery artists in ‘Jazz Alley’ from 9am – 5pm @ 200 Main Street Mornington.

5. Windows To The Sacred: Live Gallery Exhibition at the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 9am daily from 15 May – 12 July 2015.

6. Winter Fashion: Make sure you stop past the 100+ fashion retailers and treat yourself to something special to wear this festival. From snuggly winter knits, to the seasons hottest designer looks our Main

Street has the right look to Jazz Up your wardrobe!

Sunday 7th June

7. Jazz On The Train: Mornington Historical Railway, 11am – 4pm. Take a step back to a bygone era and take a ride on a heritage train while you enjoy the sounds of live jazz floating through the carriages. See www.morningtonjazz.com.au for timetable details.

8. Beaches Combo: Double up your festival experience and catch Beck Rewired, Jazz Head, Orlando Combo and Feel The Manouche (George

Washingmachine) in a back to back combo! Beaches of Mornington, 3pm – 10pm. Bookings and details www.morningtonjazz.com.au

9. A Day of Grand Entertainment: Kicking off at 2.30pm Emma Pask “one of the finest voices in the Australian Jazz scene” performs at The Grand Hotel Mornington. Later in the evening witness the magic of Vika Bull as she performs At Last! The Etta James Story. A breathtakingly wonderful walk through the life and trials of the famous artist.

10. One Night Only ‘Tea For Two’: Celebrating their 80th Birthday duo CD release George Golla and Jacki Cooper perform an up close and personal, intimate show at The Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery. Definitely do not miss what could be one of the final performances for this Jazz Great.

Monday 8th June

11. Jazz At The Races: Mornington Racecourse, 11am – 6pm. Picnic races, Jazz Head and The C’est Si Le Bon Band live in the grandstand and a host of Free kids activities. Plenty of fun for the whole family.

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9.30am - 5pm MPRG (Regional Gallery) Windows To The Sacred - Exhibition Free – $410am - 2pm Main Street Mornington Live Street Entertainment and Pop Up Kids Zones Free10am - 2pm Mornington Central Muso’s In The Mall Free10.30am & 1.30pm Old Post Office Museum Mornington Historical Walking Tours from $511am - 4pm Mornington Historical Railway Jazz at the Station $5 - $161pm - 3pm Squires Loft Sunday Roast ft. Steve Romig Free1pm Brooklands of Mornington Afternoon Delights @ 1878 - Lounge Jazz Free2pm Leaf and Bean James “Mr.Jazz” Vincent Free2.30pm Grand Hotel EMMA PASK - THE REAL THING from $253pm Beaches BECK REWIRED - THE BEST OF JEFF BECK $104pm Bay Hotel Wilbur Wilde - Winter Blowout Free4pm Beaches JAZZ HEAD $105pm God’s Kitchen Chris G Le Bon and the C’est Si Le Bon Band Free6pm MPRG GEORGE GOLLA AND JACKI COOPER ‘TEA FOR TWO’ $606pm Beaches ORLANDO COMBO $20 7pm - Late Mornington Library Afterdark Series’-Ivy Stone Assembly/Peninsula Jazz Quartet $107pm Assaggini Jazz Lab ft. Charlotte Jane Free7pm La Monica’s Frankies Favourites ft. Michael Moss Free7.30pm Manhattan in Mornington HOT & BOTHERED BURLESQUE (dinner & show) $757.30pm Leaf and Bean Peter Bennet Duo Free8pm - 10pm Beaches FEEL THE MANOUCHE $258.30pm Grand Hotel VIKA BULL - AT LAST! THE ETTA JAMES STORY from $50

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ROUND 9Saturday June 13

Seniors Vs Essendon 12pmPlayed at Windy Hill

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NEPEAN LEAGUEBy Toe PuntIT was certainly a day of upsets in Ne-pean League football on Saturday.

Crib Point came from 20 points down at half time and 15 points down at three quarter time to beat Sorrento at David McFarlane Reserve.

Dromana bounced back from an or-dinary defeat the week before to beat Frankston Bombers, who had won two on the trot.

Up at Red Hill in front of the 1990 premiership side, the home side was smashed by Hastings.

Somerville, after a tumultuous week, went down by two goals against Rosebud in a low scoring, scrappy af-fair.

The two expected results went ac-cordingly. Pearcedale restricted Tyabb to four goals and won by 63 points and at Devon Meadows, Rye had to work hard but got home by 22 points.

The ladder now sees four teams on 20 points, while Somerville makes up the five with 16 points. Sorrento and Dromana are outside the top bracket on three wins (12 points).

There was plenty of fireworks at Somerville in their match against Rosebud.

Rosebud midfielder Brad McDonald was reported by three umpires for al-legedly head butting and striking in the second quarter.

However, despite playing one short for most of the third quarter, Rose-bud was still able to kick four goals to three and lead by 24 points at the final change.

As expected, Somerville came back in the final quarter with the wind, booting 1.7 to one behind.

The Buds got the chocolates 9.15 (69) to 7.15 (57).

Rosebud coach Nick Jewell was understandably ecstatic with his team after the win.

“The reality is that we cannot get into a shoot out against teams. It’s not our style and we are not going to win footy games like that,” said Jewell.

“We need to slow the pace down, grind down and make it a bit of a slog. We were able to do that today against Somerville and the result went our way.

“You (Toe Punt) were spot on with what you wrote in the Footy Record about us being a scrappy side that doesn’t play good looking football.

The reality is that we’re okay with that.”

Greg Bentley was superb for the Buds as a stay at home forward and had ten shots at goal (he finished with three), while Rhys Bancroft was back to his sensational best after returning fom ankle surgery.

Nick Boswell started in deep de-fence and moved a little higher as the game went on. He was vintage in

parts. Rob Forrest and Jason Bristow were superb for the duration.

Luke Rowe played his best game of the season for the Eagles with three goals and Scott Simpson and Tim Hirst also worked hard.

Somerville recruits Billy Rolfe and Tommy Simpson both played in the reserves as a result of the Player Points System.

Dromana wasn’t great against

Rosebud two weeks ago but by gee did they have a crack against Frankston Bombers on Saturday.

After a pretty even first half, Droma-na lifted the tempo in the third quarter and broke clear with a four goal to two point term. The margin was 26 point at the final break.

Bombers kicked with the wind in the final term but Dromana stood tough, holding on for a comfortable 10.16

(76) to 7.16 (58) victory.Hastings dominated Red Hill all

game to record an easy victory, 13.10 (88) to 8.8 (56).

Joel Standfield and Paul Rogasch were sensational in the back half for the Blues while Col McVeigh and Josh Mulheron in the ruck also dominated proceedings.

Jason Kestle was back in the team for the Blues and finished with two goals. Coach Brendan Dunne missed with a hand injury. It’s not the first one of these he has had.

Jake Mold booted four goals for the Hillmen while Paul Wintle was superb in defence.

Crib Point stormed home to over-run a flat looking Sorrento.

The Magpies trailed all afternoon, however, had much more run in their legs when the whips were cracking in the final term.

The Pies booted seven goals to one in the final 30 minutes of the game to win 15.12 (102) to 13.7 (85).

The win did come at a cost with star Waide Symes going down with a knee injury.

Dean Warry booted four goals for the winners and James Cook and Brad Arnold dominated.

Nick Diconza, Ben McCormack and Ryan Potter were the best of the Sharks.

Nathan Henley booted four goals for Rye and Brady Egan was sensational in the ruck as the Demons led all day to beat Devon Meadows.

The Demons kicked clear in the sec-ond quarter and were never headed, winning 12.11 (83) to 9.7 (61).

The game saw Rye coach and for-mer Sorrento premiership player Josh Moore return to senior footy.

Jess Dehey returned to the Panthers after five weeks on the sidelines due to suspension, while teenager Luke Duhig showed he belongs in the se-niors with two goals and a solid four-quarter performance.

Pearcedale booted 11 goals to one after quarter time to beat Tyabb 12.21 (93) to 4.6 (30).

Pat Heijden booted four goals and Ben Mitchell dominated in the ruck for the Dales while Kallum Searle played his best game for his new club after crossing from Mornington.

Justin Volk and Jake Anderson were the best of the Yabbies, while James Cottrell was among the best again.

Day of upsets in Nepean League

Hands up if you’d like the ball: Hastings dominated Red Hill to win by 32 points. Picture: Andrew Hurst

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OPINIONBy Toe PuntTHE time has come for Peninsula and Nepean Football Leagues to take con-trol.

The farsical nature of the handling of the Player Points System issue this week by the MPNFL highlighted the fact that the current administration of the league is incapable of governing effectively.

The member clubs’ appointed MPNFL Board is also incapable of providing the necessary direction to their appointed administration.

The time has come for Nepean and Peninsula clubs to cease complaining about the constant poor administration of their league administration and stop accepting mediocrity.

It’s time for the clubs to demand strong leadership and direction and football administration best practice.

Casey-Cardinia Football League, or the new South East Football Net-ball League (SEFNL) as it is known now, bit the bullet 12 months ago and defected from the auspices of the MPNFL, which was then PCN Alli-ance.

The nine member clubs in SEFNL cited poor administration and poor representation as the key reasons for their defection.

Six months on and SEFNL are still skipping to the footy each week and celebrating what a successful decision it was to fall under the new manage-

ment of the AFL South East commis-sion.

Following the MPNFL’s misman-agement of the Player Points System issues through the week, it’s now time for the Nepean and Peninsula League clubs to seriously reconsider their po-sition.

What unfolded last week was em-barressing for the MPNFL.

In short, two clubs challenged the vilidity of the Player Points allocated to Somerville coach David Hirst. Last year Hirst was listed as a marquee player in some games and this year he is a one point player.

Somerville has done absolutely nothing wrong here. They have been working with the league since Decem-ber, 2014 to help them manage their PPS. They have documentation and written advice and permissions from the MPNFL outlining what players are worth.

Somerville has no reason to chal-lenge the league’s determination of their own rules.

Other clubs do have the right to do so, however, and two clubs exercised that right two weeks ago.

The league didn’t deal with the situ-ation two weeks ago because they said interleague was “more important”.

However, last week, they went into lock down and hiding. The adminis-tration failed to communicate with their member clubs in the appropriate, respectful fashion. This is common, where clubs receive absolutely no ac-

knowledgement of correspondence.What followed were countless

emails to the league from Nepean League clubs, highlighting areas of the blatant misinterpretation of the PPS rules.

Late Friday afternoon last week, the league sent the following statement to clubs.

Dear Clubs,Further to the communication dated

the 26th May 2015 (Somerville FNC Player Points) and official written re-sponses from the two initial clubs in relation to the Leagues decision, the League has acted on MPNFL Player Points System Rule 11.

11. QUALIFYING COMMITTEE An independent review/appeal panel shall be established by the MPNFL. If any player or club is dissatisfied with the points assessed to a player, the club or player may apply for the review/ap-peal panel to undertake reconsidera-tion of the points assessed.

We have established an independent review panel which consists of Brett Connell AFL Victoria’s Community Football & Engagement Manager, Jeremy Bourke AFL South East Re-gional General Manager and a third member that will be appointed by Brett & Jeremy under the following guideline.

• The third panel member must be fully independent and have no past history or connection with any Penin-sula or Nepean club.

The total number of points appear-

ing on the Somerville FNC team sheet this week will be 38.

This statement raised more ques-tions amongst Nepean League offi-cials than it did answers.

Minus all the commentary, everyone wanted to know one thing - was David Hirst a 1, 2 or 3 point player.

That is the ONLY thing the clubs want to know. They want to know this because it has an impact on their own list and their own player point alloca-tions.

Under the league’s new interpreta-tion of the PPS, there are many players in the competition who should now be worth less points.

The league has misinterpreted the rule.

The league ignored its members in a time they were simply seeking clari-fication. It could have been resolved quickly.

When the league finally got back to the clubs, they provided a statement that clouded the situation further.

Why should we be having an inde-pendent tribunal to make decisions on rules that were written by and have been adjudicated by the league for years?

Don’t the clubs pay the league ad-ministration to administer and govern our league?

Where’s their management and leadership to resolve this issue.

Questions were raised over the PPS system, the most important rule in our game, and the governing body refused

to answer them.Last Thursday, AFL South East

Regional General Manager Jeremy Bourke said he had received’ no com-munication from the league regarding this issue’.

Bourke went onto say “I believe there has been enough confirmation around the application of this rule to at least warrant some sort of correspon-dence or communication”.

“The league is there to service its clubs. I think it’s a ludicrous situa-tion that I believe the clubs have every right to expect a service level that they pay for”.

“As a commission, we believe it is starting to get to a situation where if this is the outcome for member clubs, do we need to call constitutional re-views?

“The clubs need to be reminded, however, that whilst they are happy to complain, and we support them 100 per cent, they need to do something about it. The response from the clubs can’t be ‘it’s too hard’.

“Clubs need to start turning a bit of that negative speak into action and get on the front foot and do something about it.

MPNFL General Manager Jeff Jones believed the situation was handled and clubs had an opportunity to take any PPS matter to the independent tribu-nal.

It’s time for a change of leadership

PENINSULA LEAGUEBy Toe PuntWITH two minutes left on the clock on Saturday, Pines was six points in front of Bonbeach and looked like they were going to hold on for the win.

A Pines kick across the body to-wards the new clubrooms end pushed across the face of goal and gave back possession of the footy to Bonbeach.

The Sharks moved the ball quickly to the far end of Bonbeach Recreation Reserve and again Pines were able to cause a stoppage.

With just seconds left in the game, the ball was thrown up inside attack-ing 50 for the Sharks. Paul Lewis, in his first game for Pines after be-ing cleared from Rosebud, became third man up in the ruck contest and smashed the ball clear of the stoppage.

Only problem was that the ball fell into the hands of the Sharks and a quick kick found the arms of Justin Bennett.

The siren sounded and Bennett nailed his third goal of the game from close range.

The final score was 14.8 (92) apiece. The second draw of the 2015 Penin-sula League season (the first was Edi-Asp and Langwarrin).

While the Sharks kicked with the aid of the breeze in the final quar-ter, the wind was going more across the ground. Eighteen of the 28 goals kicked in the match were to the far end of Bonbeach.

Pines dominated the third quarter but failed to convert their opportu-nities. The visitors led by just eight points at three quarter time.

Bonbeach kicked the first four goals of the final term to kick clear. How-ever, Pines then kicked the next four to get their noses in front with minutes left.

Pines’ coach Pat Swayne said it was

Bonbeach’s clearance work that was the difference between the sides.

“Mark Tyrrell and Jackson Casey were superb in the middle of the ground and they scored a few goals from centre clearances. In the end they had seven more clearances than us,” said Swayne.

“That’s our Achilles heel at the mo-ment – we are a couple of midfielders

short. Losing a two time league medal winner and four time best and fairest winner in Jimmy Messina doesn’t help us.

“I thought that in attack we were stronger and defensively we were pretty even. It was in the middle that cost us.

“We’d like to use Luke Potts in vari-ous roles but our hand is forced a bit

to leave him in the middle for long periods.

“I’m bitterly disappointed in the draw but I’m not shattered.

“We made some mistakes and we’ll learn from them together. I’ve always said that I believe we will be a better side in the second half of the season.

“I’ve had a very good look at the competition now and I don’t think we are far away. With the improvement I expect in the back end, I’m confident we’ll be there,” said Swayne.

Bennett, Rob Ferraro, Anthony Ho-gan and Jackson Sole with a couple of goals were in Bonbeach’s best. Guy Hendry with five goals, along with Dale Tedge and Beau Hendry were the Pythons’ best.

Mt Eliza maintained its position on top of the ladder with a solid 32 point victory against Langwarrin.

The game was an arm wrestle in the first half before the home side stepped up its intensity levels in the third quar-ter.

The result was 4.6 to 1.3 in the third and the Redlegs went into the final break with a 19 point lead.

Langwarrin got to within eight points midway through the last but two goals to Ben Lean and one to Scott Lockwood saw the Redlegs dominate the final 15 minutes of the match and win 12.16 (88) to 7.14 (56).

While there was a lot of focus on Ben Lean and Rohan Heasley in the middle of the ground, it was Ben Landry who did the most damage. He racked up almost 30 touches in a best on ground display.

Lockwood started slowly but was dominant by the end of the game and Justin Van Unen, while beaten across four quarters by Langwarrin’s Rikki Johnson, got off the leash a few times to kick three freakish goals and set an-other one up.

David Barton and Sam Wettenhall

were damaging across the ground and the defence, led by Sam Gill and Darren Booth, was well supported by Jimmy Clayton and Aaron Dunne.

James Capkin and Matt Lillie also became pivital around the ground late in the game as mobile ruckmen.

Blake Harkness was comfortably Langwarrin’s best plyer, despite not being named in their best, while John-ston and skipper Scott Sienkiewicz, along with Shane Paterson and Mi-chael Parker were also fine contribu-tors.

Seaford won its first game for the season, defeating Karingal by a whopping 117 points, 26.22 (178) to 9.7 (61).

Ben Crowe and Dean Williamson booted five goals each for the Tigers and Pat Cadd finished with four.

The Tigers booted 17 goals to five in the second half.

Travis Puntaroni kicked five goals for the Bulls while Nathanael Furlong and Aaron Lees also had solid games.

Frankston YCW kept Edithvale-Aspendale to one goal in the first half in their match and went on to win 17.12 (114) to 8.4 (52).

Anthony Bruhn booted four goals and Ryan Santon was the best player on the ground with three majors.

Matt Clark and Jordan Derbyshire were the best of the Eagles.

Mornington overcame a slow start and a five point deficit at half time to get the win against Chelsea, 14.14 (104) to 12.4 (76).

The Doggies still trailed by five points at three quarter time, however, booted eight goals to three in the final term to get the four points.

Michael Gay and Ryan O’dell were outstanding for the Doggies, as was Ryan Smith, while Todd Gardiner, Niz Abdallah and Jayden Attard were good for the Gulls.

Kick after siren ends in draw

Eagles wings clipped: Frankston YCW beat Edithvale–Aspendale by 62 points. Picture: Gary Bradshaw

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