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Seniors taking flight GETTING to know the wildlife at Braeside Park is among the offerings of the Kingston Seniors Festival, running this month at venues throughout the city. Pictured with not-so-wildlife at the park visitor centre are ranger Glen Oliphant and Friends of Braeside Park members Beverley Bancroft, left, and Elsie Anderson. As part of the Seniors Festival, they will host a morning tea on Thursday, where the park’s collection of mounted specimens will be on show and there will be a short walk through the wetlands. For early risers, Beverley and Elsie will be back at the park for breakfast with the birds on Sunday 14 October. There will be a guided stroll greeting birds in the park from 7.30am, followed by a barbecue breakfast. Among about 200 events in the Kingston Seniors Festival are dances, lunches, fitness sessions, yoga, movies, flower shows, art classes, sports days, cultural events and day trips. Festival program booklets are available at Kingston customer service centres and libraries and at www. kingston.vic.gov.au/seniors Picture: Yanni
Big election field By Jo Winterbottom A LARGE field of 52 candidates will battle for nine seats on Kingston Council in next month’s local government elections. All sitting councillors have nominated for another four-year term on council, except Arthur Athanasopoulos, who is retiring after 12 years as a North Ward councillor.
Each of the city’s three wards is represented by three candidates and none of the eight councillors seeking re-election is guaranteed a seat. Central Ward has again attracted the most candidates; a total of 28 people have put up their hand for its three seats, currently held by Ron Browlees, Rosemary West and Lewis Dundas. Ten people will contest North Ward,
where at least one new face is guaranteed in the seat vacated by Cr Athanasopoulos, even if the incumbents, Paul Peulich and Steve Staikos, are re-elected. In South Ward there will be 14 names on the ballot, including councillors Dan Moloney, Trevor Shewan and John Ronke, who was mayor this year for the first time in his 17 years as
a councillor. Cr Athanasopoulos, who was first elected to Kingston Council in 2000, cited family and business reasons for his decision not to seek re-election. “I have a young family and a hectic working life and my children are getting to be teenagers now, so there is a lot of running around,� he said. “I really like doing the council work
and I do it with a great passion, but it’s hard to be in two places at once.� He said he would continue to be involved in various activities throughout Kingston as a resident and volunteer but warned that he would be keeping watch on the development of council’s green wedge plan, adopted at a council meeting in late August. Continued Page 11
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