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A NEW Climate Science Centre in Hobart announced by the CSIRO this week has put the future of the science body’s Aspendale laboratories in doubt amid accusations the decision to fa-vour Tasmania over Victoria is “a po-litical fix to protect marginal seats”.
Liberal Industry, Innovation and Science Minister Christopher Pyne
welcomed the CSIRO’s “decision and announcement” on Tuesday to base a Climate Science Centre in Tasmania.
“As the CEO of CSIRO Dr Larry Marshall has said, it is critical that the CSIRO continue to work in this space, and this announcement today fulfils that commitment,” Mr Pyne said in a statement.
“Throughout its history the CSIRO has independently made decisions about how best to direct its efforts and resources to meet Australia’s needs –
this operational decision is another ex-ample of this.”
Federal Isaacs Labor MP Mark Dreyfus says the CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Centre in As-pendale, where climate research is conducted, is likely to be “gutted” de-spite a reduction in the number of an-ticipated job losses across the CSIRO nationally.
“After months of campaigning by Labor for Mr Turnbull to reverse these cuts to CSIRO jobs, he has barely re-
duced the job losses from 350 to 275. Of the 75 climate researchers now ex-pected to lose their jobs, many of these will be from the CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Centre in As-pendale,” Mr Dreyfus said.
“This is too little, too late, a last ditch attempt to save the Liberals’ political skin in Tasmania, with next to nothing for Aspendale or Melbourne’s south east.”
The federal government says the CSIRO is an independent statutory
agency governed by a board of direc-tors and as such makes its own opera-tional decisions on where best to allo-cate funding for scientific research.
However, Liberal Environmental Minister Greg Hunt told the ABC on Tuesday he and Mr Pyne had inter-vened to try to limit CSIRO job losses.
“Yes, we did help broker an outcome here ... we were very involved and each of us played our role,” he told ABC radio.
Continued Page 4
Spirit unbowedCROWDS turned out in force again this year to commemorate Anzac Day with dawn services and marches throughout Kingston.Chelsea Longbeach RSL president Michael Weissenfeld said attendance numbers were slightly down on last year’s Gallipoli centenary high but there was still a strong turnout to honour those who have served Australia in war.See pictures Page 9.Picture: Gary Sissons
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Hazel Pierce
A FORMER mayor of Mordialloc and prominent Kingston resident Hazel Pierce has died, aged 93.
Mrs Pierce was mayor twice – from 1983 to 1984 and 1992 to 1993 – before the City of Mordialloc was abolished and merged into the City of Kingston in 1994.
She passed away on 15 April.Mrs Pierce was the president of
the Mordialloc Life Saving Club for more than 30 years. Her funeral will take place at the club on Thursday 28 April, 1pm.
Club president Grant Rattenbury said Mrs Pierce was “inspirational”.
Hazel Pierce Reserve in Mordial-
loc is named in her honour and she was awarded the Order of Australia (OAM) in recognition of her selfless community work.
Federal Isaacs MP Mark Dreyfus said Mrs Pierce “was an icon of Mordialloc”.
“A Mordialloc resident since the 1940s, a mayor and councillor and a mainstay of the Mordialloc Lifesav-ing Club, Hazel Pierce was one of the giants of our community,” Mr Dreyfus said.
“She freely gave her time support-ing local clubs and community groups and was one of the most recognisable people in bayside Melbourne.”
“Hazel’s life was one well lived and her loss will be felt by the Mordialloc community. I give my deepest condo-lences to Hazel’s family and friends.
Kington mayor Cr Tamsin Bearsley said “the City of Kingston was sad-dened to hear of the passing of Hazel Pierce”.
“She was an outstanding member of our community and made a significant contribution through her roles as the former mayor of Mordialloc, the long-time president of the Mordialloc Life Saving Club and local trader – just to name a few.
“She will be greatly missed and the councillors and staff at the City of
Kingston send their condolences to Hazel’s family.”
Mr Rattenbury said Mrs Pierce had requested a service at the Mordialloc Life Saving Club which will be closed down soon to make way for a new $4 million club house being built nearby.
“The club is being demolished next month,” Mr Rattenbury said.
“The service will be a fairly big day, I’d imagine.”n A service commemorating Hazel Pierce’s life and achievements will be held at Mordialloc Life Saving Club, Beach Road, Mordialloc on Thursday 28 April, 1pm.
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Mordialloc icon Hazel Pierce dies, aged 93
PUBLIC Transport Minister Jacinta Allan visited Kingston Council last week to discuss community concerns over the possibility of sky rail along the Frankston line.
The Minister’s visit last Thursday (21 April) came after councillors voiced concerns about the state gov-ernment-led community consultation process underway (‘Council along for sky rail ride ... for now’, The News 13/4/15).
Community groups fear elevated rail could be built along sections of the Frankston line as part of the Labor state government’s pledge to separate road from rail at level crossing sites.
Mordialloc Labor MP Tim Richard-son, who attended the meeting, asked Ms Allan to meet Kingston Council to talk about level crossings removals.
Kingston mayor Cr Tamsin Bears-ley, Cr David Eden and Cr John Ronke were also present at the meeting.
“I thought it was important to go there and have a chat with council,” Mr Richardson said.
“We talked about when the options will be put forward ... and some of the issues that have been teased out of community consultations.”
Kingston mayor Cr Tamsin Bearsley said the meeting “was incredibly pro-ductive”.
“We were able to pass on commu-nity concerns and advocate for a well-planned strategic approach that makes the most of this once-in-a-generation infrastructure project to deliver great long-lasting results for our commu-nity,” she said.
ple that the next stage of community consultation, due to take around the middle of this year, would include de-tailed information on different options available at each individual site in-cluding environmental impacts, engi-neering analysis, acoustic reports and estimated costs so our community can make an informed decision and have their opinion clearly heard and taken into account.
“Minister Allan had also been briefed by local MP Tim Richardson on the heritage issues surrounding the Mentone station and the unique sen-sitivities along the Frankston line due
to the close proximity of Port Phillip Bay.”
At the weekend, Ms Allan said every level crossing along the Frankston line will be assessed on an individual ba-sis to determine ways to separate road from rail at intersections.
The state government signed con-tracts this month to start construction “within weeks” on $1.6 billion worth of 10-metre high elevated rail on sec-tions of the rail line between Caulfield and Dandenong.
“The approach that’s been taken on this corridor [Dandenong] is not nec-essarily the outcome that will be taken
on the Frankston corridor and I think it’s wrong to assume that it would be,” Ms Allan.
A Department of Transport body, the Level Crossing Removal Author-ity (LXRA), is overseeing community consultation on level crossing remov-als before options are released in June.
A final decision on how level cross-ings will be removed will be made at the end of this year with construction due to begin in 2018.
Cr Bearsley said council hoped to continue to work with MPs, the state government and the LXRA to “ensure our community is kept well informed
and actively involved in this project”.The mayor said councillors “have
received strong community feedback opposing a sky rail option for the Frankston line”.
The LXRA is seeking feedback on level crossing removal options along the Frankston line. Respondents can drop pins on to an online map at the relevant level crossings and write com-ments at consult.mysocialpinpoint.com/frankston8#
See levelcrossings.vic.gov.au for further details. The deadline for sub-missions is Sunday 8 May.
Sky rail high on council’s mindSign of discontent: An anti-sky rail sign displayed in Aspendale makes this homeowner’s opinion clear on the possibility of elevated rail along the Frankston line. Picture: Gary Sissons
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Continued from Page 1Mr Hunt, the MP for Flinders, did not reply
before publication to questions asking wheth-er jobs at Aspendale in Melbourne’s south east had been discussed when an outcome was brokered.
The Minister’s office said the Environment Minister was interstate yesterday (Tuesday 26 April).
Mr Dreyfus called on Mr Hunt and Mr Pyne to intervene again on CSIRO operation-al matters alongside Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in CSIRO operational matters.
“I call on Mr Turnbull and Environment Minister Greg Hunt to guarantee this is not a backhanded way to close the Aspendale site and sell off the valuable land to a real estate developer. That is not what the people of Isaacs want.”
“It is not too late to stop these cuts. Science Minister Christopher Pyne can direct CSIRO management to halt its plans entirely. But it is clear this government has its priorities all wrong, and politics will likely continue to trump science.”
Australia’s Chief Scientist Dr Alan Finkel backed the establishment of a climate science research hub, to be staffed by 40 scientists and researchers, in Hobart.
“The creation of a national climate research centre is the right move for Australia and I congratulate all the parties involved,” Dr Fin-kel said.
“This announcement recognises the impor-tance of climate research, in particular model-ling and observations, to our science and our community.
“The new centre is a stable building block in this critical field, which will both inform national policy and meet our international obligations.
“Australia has a central role to play in un-derstanding the climate of the Southern Hem-isphere.”
CSIRO Aspendale jobs at risk
Staff angst: CSIRO employees met with Mark Dreyfus at Aspendale last month to discuss worries about possible job cuts. Picture: Gary Sissons
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Three in oneTHREE units in the one block in Golden Av, Chelsea, were robbed, Friday 22 April. The victims, aged 87, 48 and 27, told Chelsea po-lice their homes were all locked at the time. Thieves stole computer equipment valued at $2200, vacuum cleaner $700, jewellery in a silver treasure chest, men’s and women’s clothing, camera, and a 27cm army knife in a sheath – all of unknown value – sometime during the day. A clothes basket was also taken from a laundry. The thieves also attempted to steal a TV from the wall of one unit without success. A dishwasher was found outside another of the units. Thieves jemmied the front doors to gain entry. Anyone with information is urged to call Kingston CIU, 9556 6111.
Was that the cat?A HOUSE in Third Av, Aspendale, was broken into while the victims were home, Wednesday 20 April, and a mobile phone, wallet, cash and cards valued at $880 stolen. Mordialloc police said thieves entered the property around 7.45pm via an unlocked side gate and opened a sliding door to the kitchen. The wallet and mobile phone, belonging to the owner’s friend, was taken from the bench. The victims told police they heard the kitchen door open but assumed it was the cat. Anyone with information is urged to call King-ston CIU, 9556 6111.
Excuse me, driverA UTILITY was found by police in Keast Park, Carrum, with a false number plate at the rear. A further check allegedly found a folding pocket knife in the driver’s door pocket and three knives in the passenger door pocket. A 40-year-old Carrum Downs man was arrested
but released pending summons on charges of handling stolen goods, traffic offences and pos-sessing controlled weapons without permits.
Ice coldPOLICE found the drug ice on a man they searched in Nepean Hwy, Chelsea, early on Sunday 24 April. Police said a brief was being compiled on the 35 year old, of Caulfield.
Driver interviewedA 47 year old Cranbourne man was allegedly found by police in the Patterson River car park with a quantity of the drug ice in his wallet, Saturday 23 April. Chelsea police processed the man at the scene for a drug diversion program.
Get off the grassPOLICE answering a noise complaint at a unit in Station St, Bonbeach, 9pm, Sunday 24 April, said they smelled cannabis and saw a bong on the kitchen table. The remains of cannabis were allegedly found in a plastic container. Five men aged 18-20 were arrested and cautioned.
Police ‘rammed’A UTILITY stolen from the Bentleigh head office of the State Emergency Service was later used to ram a police car in Cheltenham, 6.15am, Monday. Cheltenham police used pepper spray to subdue the driver outside a factory in Bricker St. They said he reversed the Ford Ranger into the police van “at speed” causing extensive dam-age, then drove forward and again reversed into the van. A 27-year-old Bentleigh East man was ar-rested and charged with ramming a police vehicle.
TWO men were arrested and then “released pending further inquiries” as Missing Persons Unit police probe the death of Chelsea Heights teenager Cayleb Hough.
The 17-year-old’s remains were found in a shallow mineshaft in the Lerderderg State Park, Bacchus Marsh, Thursday 10 March and a homicide investigation was launched.
Police on Wednesday arrested a 36-year-old Collingwood man and on Tuesday a 28-year-old Gellibrand man. The men were later released.
A vehicle seized at the Gellibrand property remains in police custody as the investigation continues.
Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential crime report to crimestoppersvic.vic.gov.au
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CHILDREN at Parkdale Preschool are climbing to new heights thanks to a Kingston Council community grant.
The Alameda Place kindergarten has successfully gained a $2000 grant to revamp its large outdoor play area.
As a result of fundraising efforts of parents and the community grant, the preschool has been able to remove an aging timber climbing frame and purchase new equipment.
Parkdale Preschool Director Megan Miller said parents banded together at a working bee to remove the old structure.
“We have now purchased new port-able climbing frames and a crash mat for jumping with the grant,’’ Ms Miller said. “We are blessed to have a large shaded outdoor area with mature trees and open space. The new equipment allows for a more flexible use of this space for things such as sport and performances throughout the year.’’
The grant also enabled the preschool to buy materials to create exciting temporary cubbies and reflective quiet nooks.
“The new equipment fosters the im-agination and encourages the children to move and play,’’ Ms Miller said.
“Movement is integral to early child-hood development; it promotes gross motor skills and cognitive improve-ments and is fundamental to our play-based learning program.’’
Parkdale Preschool will officially launch the new play equipment at its public Open Day on Saturday 7 May, 10am to midday. Call 9580 1155 for details about 2017 enrolments.
The kindergarten is a community-minded non-profit kindergarten run by a parent-led committee.
Preschool climbs to new high
Swing when you’re winning: Lily, 5, rapt with funding for Parkdale Preschool.
MAY the Fourth be with you! Cel-ebrate International Star Wars Day on May the 4th at Parkdale Librarywith a special movie screening of the original film classic.
Star Wars film fans are invited to dress up as their favourite character and join us for an adventure in a galaxy far, far away.
Fancy dress is optional, but great prizes will be on offer for the best costumes - so grab your lightsaber, wookie mask or side hair buns and
join the library light side fun at light speed.
The International Star Wars Day event will include a pizza dinner and is on from 5-7.30pm, Wednesday May the 4th at Parkdale Library, 94/96 Parkers Rd, Parkdale.
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THE Environment Protection Authority has ranked Port Phillip Bay beaches and Yarra River locations over summer and nine beaches are named in equal first place for the best recrea-tional water quality.
Hampton, Seaford, Portsea, Canadian Bay, Sandringham, Elwood, Rosebud, Santa Casa and Black Rock all offered the best recreational wa-ter quality, while Half Moon Bay, Portarlington, Carrum and South Melbourne beaches equalled 10th spot.
EPA Group Manager of Applied Sciences Anthony Boxshall said each of Port Phillip Bay’s 36 beaches was ranked according to EPA and Melbourne Water’s weekly water quality monitoring data from 1 November 2015 until 10 April this year.
“Beach Report and Yarra Watch provide water quality information to the public so they can make informed decisions about swimming in Port Phillip Bay or at certain areas along the Yarra River,” Dr Boxshall said.
“Port Phillip Bay water quality beach forecasts were ‘Good’ 75 per cent of the time, ‘Fair’ for 19 per cent and ‘Poor’ for 6 per cent of the time. Our beaches are great places to visit and the 2015-16 summer was particularly good for swimming conditions.
“On the whole, the 36 beaches in Port Phillip Bay and four swimming locations along the Yarra River had a great summer for water qual-ity; however several heavy downpours of rain did at times affect water quality at some sites, particularly those with stormwater outlets.
“EPA advises the community to avoid swim-ming near stormwater or river outlets 24–48 hours after rain or in areas where water is discol-oured, or debris, oil and scum is visible.”
Dr Boxshall said most of the bay’s beaches met EPA’s water quality objectives for the whole of summer and were safe to swim in during fine weather, with 97 per cent of beaches meeting EPA objectives for swimming – up from 94 per cent for the same period last year and 53 per cent in 2011–12.
In 2015–16, the length of the season was increased in response to warmer temperatures forecast for November, with the season starting on 1 November and running through until the end of school holidays on 10 April.
EPA Beach Report and Yarra Watch will begin again in December.
End of season highlight reports with more in-depth summary of recreational water quality this summer can be found at yarraandbay.vic.gov.au
Bay beaches rankedTenth heaven: Carrum beach was rated equal tenth in an EPA ranking of Port Phillip Bay beaches.
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ALWAYS polite, Frank Hart never-theless knew how to make a point or win an argument. Preparation and knowledge was a key to his success.
A seafarer and former harbourmas-ter at the Port of Hastings, Mr Hart’s many qualities were remembered and highlighted in the accounts of his life given at his funeral in Mt Martha on Thursday 24 March.
Mr Hart, 82, had died the previous Sunday from pancreatic cancer.
Ann Forrest, his partner of 32 years, described him as a “practical, hands on man” enamoured by sailing since being a nine-year-old in England’s Lake District where he would “con lifts with fishermen”.
He was a boarder 1946-50 at The Nautical College, Pangbourne, near the Thames in Berkshire, which at that time offered a curriculum specifi-cally designed to prepare young men for the merchant marine. In his final year he won the school’s seamanship skills cup before going to sea as a cadet, rising to the rank of second in command.
His early years at sea with the Brit-ish merchant navy saw him bring-ing cargoes to Australia and New Zealand. He migrated to Australia with his first wife Wendy Brown and son Timothy in 1960, setting up house at Boronia.
After having two jobs connected with stevedoring in his adopted coun-try and five years with the Austral-ian merchant marine, Mr Hart was appointed assistant harbourmaster at the Port of Hastings in 1966, a posi-tion he held for six years before being
Voyage ends for a master mariner
given the top job which he held for 16 years.
He and Wendy and sons Timothy, Richard and Malcolm, lived at first in Crib Point and then Hastings as a requirement of being harbourmaster. The couple divorced in 1982.
Mr Hart met Ms Forrest in 1984 and they lived in Mornington for 15 years and then Frankston for 13. They moved back to Mornington just over two years ago.
While in Frankston Mr Hart spent a decade with Frankston Beach As-sociation, becoming at various times
president and secretary. Mr Hart was a critic of the plans to build a marina at the foot of Olivers Hill, both for reasons of marine safety and the effect he believed it would have on beaches from Frankston to Mordialloc and in Daveys Bay, Mt Eliza.
After many decades, the marina has never materialised, although Frankston Council remains officially committed to its development.
In later years Mr Hart became known as an “expert witness” during hearings into the state government’s Port Phillip channel deepening
project. Leader of the Blue Wedges campaign against the channel deepen-ing Jenny Warfe, said Mr Hart was “an unexpected but most welcome arrival”.
“It soon became obvious that through his expertise as a master mariner ... Frank was offering us a rare gift,” Ms Warfe said in an email soon after hearing of Mr Hart’s death.
The campaign ultimately failed and environmentalists now say the loss of sand at Portsea’s bay beach is one of the consequences of the dredging.
Ms Warfe said Frank Hart’s “unique contribution” to the anti-channel deepening campaign “was alert-ing us to aspects of the project we hadn’t even thought of: including the complexities of the shipping industry, channel design and current speed, and the risks associated with moving ever bigger and bigger ships through shal-low treacherous waters”.
“Frank was an expert in the true sense. He was deeply well informed. He wasn’t paid for his opinion, he gave it freely. He owed no-one and no-one owed him,” Ms Warfe said.
“He spent hundreds of hours prepar-ing for these appearances, researching widely and writing detailed witness statements. No doubt his evidence contributed to the highly creden-tialed 2004 panel recommending that the project, as designed, should not proceed.”
Ms Forrest said Mr Hart had been an advocate for Western Port as the “logical” site for Victoria’s next con-tainer port.
“He believed in it thoroughly
because it had the depth for big ships, there were rail links and it seemed ridiculous for ships to spend four and a half hours in Port Phillip to reach the Port of Melbourne,” Ms Forrest told The News.
However, in recent years Mr Hart had changed his mind, saying “Darwin is going to be the port for Australia” as Melbourne was “too far away” for ships to come.
“All over the world countries are shifting their ports to the ocean’s edge, not in bays. They can off-load their cargoes straight onto rail.”
One source of great pride to Mr Hart was a boat far smaller than those which had had had a hand in bringing safely to port. Ms Forrest jokingly says she was “behind Isabella [a 29 foot Harrison Butler designed sloop] in the pecking order”.
As a couple, Ms Forrest and Mr Hart sailed many seas in the Isabella.
The sloop’s journeys included a shorthanded 19-day trip to New Zealand in 1997, which saw it battle through three storms, the same ones that created havoc in that year’s Syd-ney to Hobart.
In her obituary to Mr Hart, Ms For-rest recalled how they had first met aboard the Isabella and how “sailing became our connection, both north and south of the Equator”.
“I can still see us sailing under the bridge at San Remo, Phillip Island, on the way across Bass Strait to Tasma-nia. Not a quick passage on Isabella, but always cosy and, as Frank said, it gave us more time to count the stars.”
Keith Platt
Frank Hart
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Flowers and wreaths at the Tyabb war memorial left by those who attended Monday’s dawn service.
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ANZAC DAY CHELSEA 2016
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A VERY successful function took place at Mornington Junction on Sat-urday evening last, when Privates Walter Scott, John Pariss, John Hol-ley and Andrew Fulton were ten-dered a farewell social, on the eve of their departure for the front. Mr Geo. Griffeth, president of the Shire of Frankston and Hastings, occu-pied the chair, and a first-class pro-gramme was rendered by the Lang-warrin Camp Concert Party, under the direction of Sergeant Gigney, the following being the items given :—Overture, Patriotic Airs, Sergeant Moir; song, “On the banks of the old canal,” Private F. Dale; recitation, Sgt Richardson; The Singing Comedian, Pte Val Reeves; A few moments at the piano, Sgt Hammond: The Actor Vo-calist, Band-sergeant-Major Grocott Ragtime Seyncopation, Pte W.Elder; song, Pte Sinclair; The Bird Man, Pte Hogan ; The Silvery Tenor, Pte Smith; Ventriloquism, Carbine Short Rifle.
***A LARGE yarding of cattle and sheep is advertised for Messrs A. Scott and Co’s monthly sale at Tanti on Monday next, besides some spe-cial lines on account of Messrs Firth and Doherty.
***A CAPITAL programme has been arranged for the patriotic concert to be given by Misses Anderson and Miller in the Frankston Mechanics’
Hall this evening, and a pleasant evening’s amusement is assured.
***THE picture show held in the Me-chanics’ Hall on Easter MondayNight, in aid of St Francis Xavier’s R. C. Church funds was well at-tended by an appreciative audience, who showed their appreciation of the pictures shown by frequent applause.
***A PUBLIC meeting will be held inthe Mechanics’ Hall, Frankston, on Wednesday evening next to discuss the matter of having a roll of honor erected in some prominent place in honor of those who have enlisted in defence of the Empire.
***SOME local sports are creditedwith winning large amounts at theEaster race meetings. Mr Col. McK-enzie won a good race at Cranbourne with his own horse which was well backed locally, whilst another local sport is reported to have netted a large amount over the Epsom and Williamstown meetings.
***A CHAR-A-BANC, while on its way to Mornington on Tuesday, with alarge party of returned woundedsoldiers on board, broke down inFrankston. Good Samaritans, inthe shape of Mr W. Catanach (chair-man of the State Waters Commis-sion) and Mrs Catanach, turned up and entertained the party at dinner, at the Pier Hotel, which generous act was much appreciated by the belated
ones.***
ANOTHER old and respected resident of this district has passed over the border, in the person of Mrs Cottier, who died on Monday evening last at her residence, at the ripe age of 81 years. The deceased lived here for the last 27 years in the enjoyment of average health up to about last Xmas, when she had a nasty fall from which she never seemed to fully recover. The remains were interred in the Frankston cemetery on Wednesday afternoon, the Rev E. Tonkin officiating at the grave. A grown up family of three daughters and five sons are left to mourn their loss, her husband having pre-deceased her many years. Mr H. Gamble conducted the funeral arrangements.
***THREE of our local sports appearto have had a rather exciting time on Easter Monday. It appears that they drove out for the purpose of having some rabbit shooting, but owing to the scarcity of game, they got tired travelling about, and lay down for a spell. One of them fell asleep, and by some unexplained means the grass around him caught fire, and he was with difficulty extricated from his exceedingly warm position by his companions. After this they deter-mined to return home, and on the way a rabbit was sighted,and fired at, but the horse happened to be not bro-
ken in to stand under fire and com-menced kicking up, with the result that one of them was thrown out. After getting the horse quieted, they proceeded on their way, and arrived home without further mishap, but minus any game, and fully con-vinced that rabbit shooting is not the game it is cracked up to be.
***THE Good Friday and Easter ser-vices at St Paul’s Church, Frankston, in spite of bad weather on the Friday, were in many ways more successful than ever before. The midday service on Easter Day was unique in more ways than one. At that servicethe number of communicants and the amount of the collection were in both cases larger than at any previ-ous service in the history of that church. Very noticeable also was the pro-found reverence on the part of the congregation. Only once previously was an Easter evening service as large as that of last Sunday. The Ves-try of St Paul’s have had many finan-cial sets back since the war started, and for some months past have had a big struggle to keep things going andpay all accounts up to date. Their anxieties have now been removed for the time being, as the special Easter offerings were more than double those of last year, and £10 more than ever before, the largest previous being four years ago. This is very encouraging to all concerned.
On Anzac Day, at St Paul’s Church, services were held in memory of the landing at Gallipoli. Thanksgivings for the bravery of the men, and inter-cessions for the peace of the fallen and the victory the arms of Great Britain were offered, and the Vicar gave a short address.
***ANZAC Day was celebrated at the Rosebud State School on 20th April in the presence of a number of par-ents and friends. The programme, ar-ranged by the Education Department was carried out under the supervision of the teacher, Mr Perrin, and the as-semblage was addressed by Mr E.J. Alexander, J. P. and by a returned Anzac , Sergt Major Cotterill, who described in an interesting manner the historic landing in which he took part, receiving three hearty cheers atthe conclusion of his speech. An honor roll of over 20 names of former scholars now at the front or enlisted showed that there was no lack of patriotism in Rosebud. The ceremony concluded with the singing of the National Anthem. The scholars were much disappointed at the non-arrival of their Anzac medals, and it would appear that better arrange-ments could have been made for an equitable allotment of the number struck.
***
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After Albert Einstein invented the Theory of Relativity, the next law of physics he developed was ‘Never Work with Kids or Animals’. This scientific fact has been proved mil-lions of times since, but with technol-ogy being what it is, these rules are in serious need of a re-draft. ‘Never Ask the Public to Name Anything’ ought to be a fundamental law of the Universe, unless of course, you’re happy to ac-cept the consequences.
When the National Environment Research Council had a new four hun-dred million dollar boat, they asked the public for name suggestions. The polar research vessel will carry scien-tists to the Arctic to answer important scientific questions such as: ‘how’s climate change going?’ and ‘what’s Santa Claus really like?’ There were many worthwhile name suggestions including ‘the David Attenborough’ and ‘the Endeavour’. Some smart alec even suggested the ‘Ice Ice Baby’. But, by far and away, the most popular suggestion was ‘RSS Boaty McBoat-
face’. As names go, Boaty McBoat-face is immensely stupid. And that’s what’s so wonderful about it.
You might say it was the first time I was truly responsible for anything. In year ten, I volunteered to be part of the editing team for the end of year school magazine. It was an awesome responsibility. A select few got to de-cide which of our peers had produced work worthy of publication. It was (and probably still is) a big deal. This magazine went not only to the stu-dents but their parents. Cleverly, class photos were buried within the pages, increasing the likelihood that adults would give the thing something more
than a cursory glance.It was my first taste of real power.
Frankly, power tasted pretty good. The thing about a school magazine is that it’s not always easy to find top-notch creative works to include. Luckily, I had access to a near-limitless supply of jaw-droppingly awesome poetry; namely my own. It was inevitable that many of my works should find their way into the finished product. Had it been left only to me, the thing would have been chock-full of my teenage creative outpourings and my picture on the cover (probably). Luckily, oth-er people were involved and provided something of a steadying influence.
One of these was Mark. We’d been friends for years and he was (and still is) a really creative guy. Editing is a task performed in the dead of night and I’ll admit that I got a little tired. And a little silly. A plan was duly hatched – Mark and I would combine our wit and wisdom to create the stupid-est poem we possibly could and then sneak it in to the end of year school magazine. After all, we were the edit-ing team. Who was going to stop us? To write a spectacularly stupid poem, you should first come up with a title that has absolutely nothing whatsoev-er to do with the contents of the poem itself. We chose ‘Little Bunny Rabbit’.
Having lured readers by creating false sense of comfort, we then offered up the following poetic magic:
Love is like a winter’s day,Sometimes it comes, sometimes it doesn’tLove is like a winter’s fire,Its flames are burning with desire,It also burns the wood we put on it.
It’s popular these days to hold
events called ‘poetry slams’. As far as Mark and I were concerned, this was a poetry slam-dunk. That it took two people to author this poetic tour-de-force probably caused considerable puzzlement if not concern. Convinced it was completely hilarious, we en-sured our poem appeared in a promi-nent place within the magazine. We held our breath as the finished product was duly distributed to every family at the school. To my surprise, no one said a thing. Our masterpiece went by, failing to provoke anything by way of a reaction. Perhaps it was not nearly silly enough. Or maybe they saw it for what it was: a harmless bit of fun.
The people have spoken. There’s more than enough that’s serious in this world. There should always be a little room for stupid. Soon, Her Majesty’s Royal Research Ship, Boaty McBoat-face, will be sailing the icy seas of the Arctic, seeking to unravel the myster-ies of the Universe. God’s speed to all that sail in her. To celebrate I might write a poem. A poem that is as silly and stupid as possible.
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PENINSULA LEAGUEBy Toe Punt SEAFORD won its second game on the trot in MPNFL Penin-sula Division, holding on to beat Bonbeach.
The Tigers led by 28 points at the last change after leading by just two points at the long interval, however, the Sharks stormed home in the last to fall short by 11 points, 13.13 (91) to 11.14 (80).
Seaford coach Ben Murphy told the RPP Footy Show on Sat-urday morning that he was confident that his young charges would continue to improve throughout the season.
“The guys clearly lacked leadership when I arrived and as far as I was concerned, this was the first thing that I needed to work on.
“Leadership, I believe, comes from empowerment and that’s the way I’ve treated the group – they need to take control and I will provide all the support I can,” Murphy said.
“It was also important to recruit players who were leaders, the likes of Dean Williamson and Kyle Matthews have been important in the teams’ development, while the likes of Josh Stokes, Aaron Walton and Kain Taylor are senior players and provide strong leadership.
“The group also needed to understand, accept and execute a brand–new game plan, which is always going to take some time.
“I’m really confident that we have a committed group of players throughout the club. We’ll experience some highs and low because that’s footy but I’m excited about this season and the future.
“My previous role was not dissimilar to the Seaford role. The club has experienced great success in the past, fallen behind a little, has great kids and a good junior club and eventually we worked our way to win premierships again.
“That’s the plan here at Seaford,” Murphy said.Dean Williamson and Kieran Shaw were outstanding for the
Tigers while 11 individual players hit the scoreboard.Luke Damon booted three goals for the Sharks in his first sen-
ior game for the club while Jackson Bennett and Dylan Jones shone.
The Sharks have a pretty good list and would be concerned to be winless after three rounds.
Chelsea is inside the top five after winning its second game on the trot also, this time against Langwarrin.
The Gulls set up the win in the second quarter with a power-ful seven goal to one term, opening up a commanding 43–point lead.
Despite not being at full strength, the Seagulls still managed to boot 7.4 to 7.2 in the second half to run out 17.10 (112) to 10.7 (67) winners.
Matty Baxter booted four and Curtis Bywater three goals for the winners while Todd Gardniner and Grant Trew continued their great starts to the season.
Kieran Albanese booted four for the Kangas while leaders Shane Paterson and Gerard Brown collected the top votes.
On Sunday, Pines got its season back on track, beating Edith-vale–Aspendale, while Frankston YCW flexed its muscles, beating Karingal by more than 100 points in the Frankston RSL Cup.
The Tigers are on a rollTaking the chocolates: Chelsea made light work of Langwarrin, running out 45 point winners. Picture: Scott Memery
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NEPEAN LEAGUEBy Toe Punt THE ANZAC Round of football in Nepean League was soured on Saturday when Tyabb midfielder Adrian Clay was airlifted to hos-pital.
At the 30-second mark of the third quarter in the match be-tween the Yabbies and Sorrento, Clay had his head over the footy and was about to pick it up when a teammate came hard off the square and accidentally hit him in the head.
Clay laid motionless on the ground as trainers attended to him.
The game was called off a short time later as it was obvious that further medical attention was re-quired to assist the midfielder.
Just before the air ambulance ar-rived to take Clay to hospital, he started to regain feeling in his legs.
The news the following morn-ing (Sunday) was even better. The club confirmed that initial scans had appeared positive, although he would require further testing.
Sorrento coach Nick Jewell said it was a worrying time for every-one at the ground.
“It was certainly a strange feel-ing but everyone was just con-cerned about Adrian and hoping that he was OK,” Jewell said.
Before the game was called off, Sorrento was in total control.
The Yabbies did well to hold the
Sharks in the opening quarter (3.5 to 0.1) and early in the second, however, the floodgates opened at the seven minute mark of the sec-ond quarter.
The Sharks booted seven goals in 23 minutes with Luke Tapscott adding two more to his two first quarter goals and Nick Corp domi-nating also with a couple of goals.
Tyrren Head was also enjoying his best game of the season.
The Yabbies didn’t kick a goal in the first half, such was the strong defensive pressure of the Sharks.
Josh Connell and the in form Luke Rigg were getting their hands on the footy and Scott Tor-py was continuing his good start to the season also.
When the game was called off though, everyone quickly forgot about the first hour of the game.
Down the road at Pier St Oval in Dromana, the home side won its second game of the season, knock-ing over Rye by eight points in a thriller.
Four goals to Beau McMurray in the third quarter got the Tigers’ tails up again after they trailed by 21 points at half time. The home side booted six goals to two points in the third to lead by 18 at the last change.
To that point in the game, 15 of the 16 goals had all come from the Mt Martha end of Pier St oval. Rye was kicking with the advantage in the last.
The Demons got within two points of the Tigers with just two minutes remaining, however, a mark and conversion to Droma-na’s Beau Cosson with 55 seconds on the clock sealed victory.
Billy and Jackson Quigley were outstanding for the Tigers while Mitch Gill-Furness was unques-tionably their best four quarter contributor.
Ryan Mullet was clearly the best player on the ground for the De-mons with 41 possessions while Kris Bardon wasn’t too far behind with 38 touches.
The challenge for the Tigers now is to find consistency in the kids – they have to shorten the gap between their best and their worst. It will come with experience, how-ever, wins against Sorrento and Rye should give them enormous confidence that their best is good enough.
On Sunday, Rosebud continued its up and down season, inflicting Red Hill’s first loss of the season.
The Buds opened well, got their noses in front and held their oppo-nents at bay for the duration of the match.
In the other Sunday match, Dev-on Meadows ended the season of Crib Point.
The Meadows held off an early onslaught from the home side be-fore working their way into the contest, taking control and win-ning comfortably.
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Devil of a time: Dromana got home over Rye with an eight point win. Picture: Andrew Hurst
Mornington wins Anzac clash, Heart on topSOCCERBy Craig MacKenzieMORNINGTON continued its recent success against Langwarrin with a 2-1 win in their Anzac clash at Dallas Brooks Park on Sunday.
Mornington struck in the 5th minute when livewire striker Wayne Gordon stole in behind the Langy defence and toe-poked the ball past teenage goalkeeper James Foster who was deputising for the injured Robbie Acs.
The simmering feud between these fierce local rivals burst into open conflict with a melee in the 33rd minute sparked by a tackle involving Mornington midfielder Paul McE-voy and Langy defender Alex Van Heerwarden.
McEvoy was shown a straight red card and referee Hary Milas later confirmed that the send-off was for serious foul play in the form of a two-footed tackle.
Langwarrin midfielder Sam Scott also was sent off after retaliating dur-ing the melee and receiving a second yellow card.
In the 65th minute Langy striker Caleb Nicholes was brought down inside the box and converted the resulting penalty to make it 1-1.
Gordon was thwarted by a superb save by Foster in the 75th minute but the teenager was helpless when Andy McIntyre scored an own goal in the 86th minute while attempting to clear.
Straight from the restart Morning-ton keeper Kris McEvoy was forced into a fine save by Langy midfielder Boris Ovcin and two minutes later a Nicholes free-kick was destined for the top corner until McEvoy at full stretch tipped it wide.
Frankston Pines lost its State 1 South-East home clash with War-
ragul United 4-1 on Saturday.Pines took the lead in the 12th min-
ute when Kyle Crawford’s cross from the right found Nick Lekakis whose shot was parried by Warragul keeper Jake Richardson and tapped in by CJ Hodgson.
Four minutes later scorers were level when Pines keeper James Laminski charged off his line but only succeeded in hammering the ball into Warragul striker Liam Johnston who ran onto the ricochet and knocked it into the open goal.
Just before half-time Lekakis was pressured off the ball which was slot-ted in between Pines’ central defend-ers for Sam O’Dea to run onto and slip past Laminski to make it 2-1.
Johnson got his second from the penalty spot in the 75th minute and O’Dea’s double came in the 91st minute in an incident that saw Lamin-
ski taken off with a head injury that required stitches.
There were three goals in the final four minutes of Saturday’s top-of-the-table State 2 South-East clash between home team Peninsula Strik-ers and Old Scotch which ended in a 3-3 draw.
Strikers senior coach Craig Lewis and assistant Billy Buchanan refused to be interviewed after this seesaw-ing goal fest in which Strikers blew a two-goal lead and threw away the points in the final minutes.
Their anger was palpable and it was directed at their players for poor defending and lack of concentration.
Strikers’ scorers were Ali Osmani (38th minute), Paul Presti (55th) and Trevor Johnson (91st).
Old Scotch’s scorers were John Beamish (penalty 60th), Peter Mas-sarany (89th) and Adem Awal (93rd).
The State 2 South-East clash between Beaumaris and visitor Sea-ford United turned into a rout with the home team winning 6-0.
The result leaves Seaford with just one goal to its name this season and 11 against.
Skye United’s promotion push in State 4 South gathered pace with Saturday’s 3-0 home win over Har-risfield Hurricanes.
Opposing keepers Jonathan Crook (Skye) and Paul Seeley stole the show in the first half.
Crook made two fine reflex saves in the opening 30 minutes and Seeley matched him in the 40th minute deny-ing Matthew Wilson from close range.
But a minute before the break Seeley charged off his line to try and punch clear and didn’t get there in time to stop Wilson heading into the unguarded goal.
Early in the second half Skye grabbed a two-goal cushion.
Wilson’s long throw was headed on to the far post by Marcus Collier where Dogan Dagli had the simple task of heading in from point blank range.
The visitors would have clawed their way back into the contest if not for the agility of Crook who tipped over a stinging volley from Nicholas Corsini in the 87th minute.
Two minutes later Wilson’s firm header struck the underside of the bar and was cleared but a superb solo run by substitute Daniel Attard in the 92nd minute was rewarded when he squared the ball to fellow sub Chris-topher Busuttil for a tap-in.
Rosebud Heart inflicted a first defeat of the league season on Old Mentonians on Saturday.
The 3-0 away win took Scott Morrison’s men to the top of State 5
South and threw the gauntlet down to neighbouring Baxter in second place.
Baxter had a bye after Parkmore dropped out of the competition and a rescheduling of fixtures took place.
Heart opened its account against Old Mentonians in spectacular style courtesy of a 25-metre screamer from the lethal left foot of Blake Hicks.
Goalscoring guru Dave Greening was brought down inside the area in the 42nd minute and converted the resultant penalty.
Greening headed against the bar shortly after then new signing Craig White was brought down for what looked like a second penalty before the interval but Heart’s appeals fell on deaf ears.
Englishman White could prove to be a clutch signing. The 24-year-old attacking midfielder joined Heart last week from Essendon United and had a fine match.
James Liddle’s volley from the edge of the area in the 62nd minute was the final nail in Old Mentonians’ coffin but there were two send-offs in the second stanza, both straight reds – Heart’s Daniel Hodge in the 65th minute and Old Mentonians’ Dylan Taylor in the 89th minute.
ROUND 5 FIXTURESSaturday, 30 April, 3pm: Lang-
warrin v South Springvale (Lawton Park), Morwell Pegasus v Morning-ton (Ronald Reserve), Seaford Utd v Caulfield Utd Cobras (North Seaford Reserve), Peninsula Strikers v Dove-ton (Centenary Park), Dandenong South v Skye Utd (Fotheringham Reserve), Baxter v Chelsea (Baxter Park), Rosebud Heart bye.
Saturday, 30 April, 7pm: Berwick City v Frankston Pines (Jack Thomas Reserve).
Red mist: Mornington’s Paul McEvoy was sent off on Sunday. Picture: Robin Smith
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