Yarn art trail inspires IMAGINATIONS young and old will be treated to a display of interesting creations on Longbeach Place’s storybook yarn art trail running throughout October. Residents are invited to wander about the community to see art works created with yarn. Myriad displays and exhibits will show off elves and fairies, local flora and fauna, as well as story book creations Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, The Magic Beach, Elmer the Patchwork Elephant, Charlotte and the Ants, Noah’s Ark, The Tree of Life and even the wetlands. Children will hear the story of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as they wander along Wonka Walk and thrill to the magic of the bush along the Possum Magic Food Trail. The Wonka Walk, at noon today (Wednesday) starts at St Francis Xavier Primary School and heads past St Francis Xavier parish and Frankston Primary School. It then tours the display in the courtyard at Cube 37 before meandering past a few local businesses and ending at Frankston library which will have its own display. Frankston senior citizens’ groups will be involved, as well as the Baden Powell, Delacombe Park and Bayview kindergartens, and Ballam Park Preschool. St Anne’s Primary School, Seaford, has been sweetening up the pathways with their colourful finger-knitted lollipops. The Possum Magic food trail – to be held during Children’s Week 24 October-1 November – runs along Argyle Av, between Fowler St and the bike track, and then along the bike track to Bicentennial Park. Follow as Hush the young possum travels Australia and eats some good Australian food. Longbeach Place manager Lorna Stevenson said the storybook yarn art trail “crosses all age barriers and engages the whole community”. “It’s a really positive and wellness kind of project,” she said.
Council relaxed about rates cap Continued from Page 1 “Kingston Council is very serious about providing quality services to our community in a financially responsible manner and has consistently seen rate rises below the state average,” Mr Franklin said. Government statistics show Kingston Council’s rates have risen an average of 6.6 per cent over the past decade, with a 10 per cent rise in 2007-08 and 9.8 per cent jump in 2011-12 two financially painful peaks for ratepayers. An Essential Services Commission report on Labor’s plan to cap council rates has recommended an annual cap of 3.05 per cent but the state government has not decided on a rate rise limit yet. Councils will be able to appeal to the ESC to raise rates above any cap limit “in extraordinary circumstances” once the government’s policy comes into force.
Lehane family fundraiser
Happy trail: Darcy, left, and Samuel followed the Possum Magic trail to Chelsea Primary School. Picture: Gary Sissons
THE Carrum Downs branch of Bendigo Bank is holding a charity auction for the Lehane family on Sunday 25 October, 2.30-6pm at the Seaford Hotel, 362 FrankstonDandenong Rd, Seaford. The bank has set up a fundraising account for the family of Andrea Lehane, who died in after a collision with a monkey bike at Carrum Downs Regional Shopping Centre last month. Ms Lehane is survived by her husband James and children aged 3 and 4. See bendigobank.com.au or call Bendigo Bank on 1300 236 344 for information about the charity auction.
Soccer women go in search of coaches THE new Women’s National Premier League soccer consortium Southern United is interviewing prospective coaches and plans to announce appointees soon. Its policy is that, if a male candidate is successful, then the best female candidate will be offered an assistantcoaching role. The consortium represents one of the largest catchment areas in Victoria. It is an amalgam of Casey Comets, Mornington, Langwarrin, Seaford United and Peninsula Strikers juniors. The interim board consists of
Michael Woodward (Strikers and exlocal zone representative), Rob Harrington (Strikers), Rosemary Meeds (Mornington), Dawn Stone (Casey Comets), Stuart McLeod (Casey Comets), James Honey (Langwarrin) and Willie Lynn (Seaford United). Board elections are expected to be held in November, with the format still to be decided. Southern United will play its home games on a rotating basis at Casey Comets, Mornington and Langwarrin as they fulfil the match-day venue criteria. Training will be shared among the other consortium members.
“This is the first time so many different clubs in the local area have come together to form the one club,” organiser Craig MacKenzie said. “There is great expectation throughout the Casey, Frankston and peninsula areas that it can hit the ground running in 2016 and make an immediate impact.” Southern United trial dates and venues for Southern area Under-13, 15 and 18 girls’ teams will be held 10am-noon, Saturday 24 October, Lawton Park, Barrett’s Rd, Langwarrin.
Get united behind soccer team SOUTHERN United Football Club has been awarded one of eight new Women’s National Premier League licences for next season. It will soon hold trials for under-13, under-15 and under-18 players from all over the Mornington Peninsula, with successful players called back for a second round. Southern area trials will be held at Langwarrin Soccer Club, Barretts Rd, Langwarrin South, 10am-noon, Saturday 24 October. South East Area trials will be held 6.30-8.30pm, Tuesday 20 October and Thursday 22 October, at Casey Comets Soccer Club, O’Tooles Rd, Cranbourne. Club treasurer Rosemary Meads sees it as an “historic event for the peninsula as it was the first time female soccer players wishing to play at an elite level – state and national – can train and play locally. Traditionally they have had to travel 45 minutes to over an hour to play with a club of this level.”
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