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Join the fun these school holidays! Kingston’s School Holiday Program has plenty of fun activities to keep the kids busy these school holidays. Activities include exciting excursions around town, interesting incursions – with visits from science workshops, silent discos, magicians and more - sports, arts & crafts and more! Enrolments are now open via our website. ENROL kingston.vic.gov.au/schoolholidayprogram
YOUR RATES NOTICE
Keep an eye out in your letter box (or inbox) for your 2018/19 City of Kingston Rates Notice. Rates are payable by all property owners, and contribute to the revenue used to deliver capital works and essential services in Kingston. You can also now conveniently receive your rates notice via email. READ MORE kingston.vic.gov.au/rates
Time tome: Kaye Musgrove’s book chronicles her father’s life and changing times in Chelsea. Pic: Gary Sissons
KINDER ENROLMENTS CLOSING
Family ties history together HEARING tales of years and decades gone by has inspired Chelsea resident Kaye Musgrove to write a memoir of her father that also provides an insight into life in the area throughout the past nine decades. Always a Gentleman is a book that tells the story of husband, father, grandfather and now great-grandfather Reginald Musgrove and also reflects on the many changes in the area throughout his life. Mr Musgrove started a career as a family butcher in Chelsea and later bought a Carrum shop. He retired in 1988 and was well known locally, Ms Musgrove said. “He was the local butcher in Carrum for more than 40 years,” she said. As Mr Musgrove’s 90th birthday in May approached, she decided to capture some of the tales her father and mother, Joyce, told of Chelsea history for future generations. The title of the book describes how people interviewed for the book described her father.
More than a family memoir, Always a Gentleman allows readers to time travel to decades gone by and recall, or find out for the first time, how society and technology have changed over the past 90 years. The book will be available to borrow at Chelsea Library. Ms Musgrove hopes handcraft markets and bookstores in the area may also stock the insight into history, packed with photos and memories. She works at The Cove Hotel and says patrons who have seen the book have enjoyed its depiction of local changing times. The help of the Chelsea & District Historical Society was invaluable in putting together the book. “I went there to get photos and stuff, I already knew a lot of the people there. Now I’m on the committee,” Ms Musgrove said. Always a Gentleman can be bought by emailing kayemus@hotmail.com or will be available to borrow at Chelsea Library. Neil Walker
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First round applications for four-year-old kindergarten places in Kingston in 2019 close on Saturday 30 June. Council offers a central enrolment scheme, which covers 27 local kindergartens and ensures a fair allocation process based on a series of set criteria, including residential proximity and prior connection to the service. All applications that meet the 30 June deadline will be considered equally. To be eligible for funded four-year-old kindergarten, children must turn four by 30 April in the year they start kindergarten. APPLY kingston.vic.gov.au/kindergarten
AUSLAN STORYTIME
Auslan Storytime is held at Cheltenham Library on the second Friday of every month, as part of the regular Friday Storytime sessions. Auslan (Australian Sign Language) is the official visual language of Australia’s deaf community. Come and experience a brand new language and join us for some stories and songs! FIND OUT MORE kingston.vic.gov.au/library
HAVE YOUR SAY
We always are keen to hear from our community on a wide range of projects and initiatives. Current projects open for feedback: •
Housing Strategy & Neighbourhood Character Study
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Improving Parkdale Shopping Village.
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Proposed Edithvale 24-hour dog off-lead area
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Draft Arts and Cultural Strategy 2018-22
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Draft Climate Change Strategy.
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Shape the future of Cheltenham and Mentone Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News 20 June 2018
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