Arts Centre from 29 July until 3 August. For tickets visit artscentre. frankston.vic.gov.au or call 9784 1060. The show features some mature themes.
Donated organs needed to save lives LESS than a quarter of eligible Frankston residents are signed up to be organ donors. Langwarrin resident James Irvin is urging people to sign up to donate their organs. If it weren’t for organ donation, he may not be alive today. Irvin underwent a kidney and pancreas transplant in 2015. The procedure was needed after it was discovered he had end-stage renal failure after a routine physical for work. After a year on the waiting list, Irvin received the news that a donor kidney had become available. He soon underwent the life-saving operation. “You don’t have the words to thank the family who consented to donating their loved ones organs. Somebody dear to them passed away, and rather than that be the end of it, they’ve provided an opportunity for that death to have meaning to complete strangers,” Irvin said. “I’m sure I wouldn’t have been the only one to receive an organ transplant because of their decision. There will, I’m sure, be other people that are going to be sorry that this person did pass away, but so grateful for their gift.” DonateLife estimates that just 24 per cent of people in Frankston who are eligible to give their organs have agreed to do so, far fewer than the national average of 36 per cent. Around 1750 people are on the waitlist for organ donation. This DonateLife week, running from 24 July to 31 July, eligible people are being encouraged to sign up. DonateLife Victoria medical director Dr Rohit D’Costa says that signing up is easy and could save lives. “We know the biggest barrier to families
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saying yes to donation is not knowing their family member wanted to be a donor,” he said. “When donation is possible, it helps when families know what their loved one wanted. Across Australia, 9 in 10 families say yes to donation when their loved one was a registered donor, and this number is halved when a person is not registered and has not shared their wishes with their family. “In Australia there are 13 million people aged 16 and over who are eligible to register as organ and tissue
donors – but haven’t. Turning that number around starts with every single person who registers this DonateLife Week. We’re aiming to get 100,000 more Australians signed on as organ and tissue donors and to give hope to the 1,750 Australians currently on the waitlist for an organ transplant.” In the Kingston LGA just 21 per cent of eligible people are registered as organ donors. To sign up as an organ donor visit donatelife.gov.au or use the Medicare app.
JAMES Irvin recieved a donated kidney in 2015. Picture: Supplied
PLOS performer Rachel Rai. Picture: Supplied
Theatre company returns from pandemic hiatus CHICAGO comes to Frankston this week. The acclaimed jazz musical Chicago will open at the Frankston Arts Centre this Friday. The satirical show, set in the Windy City during the 1920s, examines crime and corruption. PLOS Musical Productions will stage the show. The show is the company’s first since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rachel Rai has been cast as lead Roxie Hart, an aspiring vaudevillian who is sent to jail after murdering her lover. Rai said that playing the role is “a dream come true”. “Performing [Chicago] after being off stage for a couple of years is absolutely wonderful,” she said. Fellow performer Nadia Gianinotti, who plays Velma, agreed. “To be performing in front of an audience will be great,” she said. Chicago will play at the Frankston
A MURDER on the waters of Port Phillip Bay is the mystery inside a new fiction novel. Death on the Ferry Hygeia is a new novel from Langwarrin author Will Spokes. The murder mystery is set just after the first World War at a charity event aboard the Port Phillip Bay excursion ferry Hygeia. Spokes said that the novel is inspired by the works of legendary author Agatha Christie. “I’m a fan of crime and murder mysteries like most people. One of the great titles in this genre is Murder on the Orient Express. Because of my interest in the old ferries, I thought maybe I could write a mystery murder story based on the most famous of the old fleet Hygeia,” he said. Spokes said that his work on the Mornington Peninsula also served as inspiration for the setting. “There are a number of quality books recalling the bay and coastal steamers. I have spent a lot of time in places like Port Fairy and King Island, Tasmania. I have been associated with the famous Couta Boats as the race director for the club at Sorrento and Mornington Yacht Club. Also, as a member of the Classic Yacht Association and visiting the Wooden Boat Festival in Hobart regularly,” he said. The book can be purchased from booktopia.com.au
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Frankston forum coming up FRANKSTON Police will host a community forum next month to discuss recent crime trends with residents. The forum will cover topics including high risk driving, youth crime, family violence, mental health, and emergency health. The community forum will be held at McClelland Gallery in Langwarrin at 9am on 18 August. Superintendent Fiona Bock said that Frankston Police members are “looking forward to the opportunity to engage with our local community, offer some clarity on any topical issues, and hear more about the issues closest to their hearts.” “We are here to keep our community safe. As well as responding to those in need, a large part of keeping crime rates low is listening to and
acting on any concerns that may be bubbling away beneath the surface,” she said. “The issues raised during this forum will be recorded and assigned to local police officers, who will then be responsible for following these up and devising initiatives to address the concern and enhance community safety.” Victoria Police recently reworked its neighbourhood policing framework.
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