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Pixie’s perfect hundred
Testing, testing: Work crews testing soils and water levels between Edithvale and Aspendale along the Frankston line this month as part of the level crossings removal project. Picture: Gary Sissons
Geo testing on line Continued from Page 1 The state government says a trench cannot be dug at Carrum due to nearby Patterson River. The government says there is no option at Skye Rd in Frankston – rail over road must be built due to an overland flood plain. Anti-sky rail protesters have dubbed any form of elevated rail “rollercoaster” rail and say the skyline of bayside suburbs will be marred by any elevated section of the line and raised rail is only being considered since it is less expensive.
Frankston and Kingston councillors voted to oppose any form of elevated rail along the rail line before going into caretaker mode before council elections to elect councillors on 22 October. The LXRA is still seeking feedback before 30 October on options released publicly earlier this year. The final decision on how each level crossing will be removed See your.levelcrossings.vic.gov.au or call 1800 762 667 to give feedback.
“PIXIE” Wastell may have just celebrated her 100th birthday, but the great grandmother still leads an active life and can be found swinging the bowl at Frankston Bowling Club every Wednesday night. The bowl might be dropped or be a bit wobbly but it still ends up on the kitty, according to her daughter Glen Carr, who describes her mother as “very competitive and determined”. “Her passion for bowling has almost been an obsession,” she said. Born Olive Jean on 18 October a hundred years ago in Western Australia, Ms Wastell was the eighth child of ten siblings and was brought up in Melbourne by her father’s sister and husband. She married in 1938 and shared 57 years of married bliss, two children Rob and Glen, grandchildren Kate, Tyson, Ciara and Shaun and great-grandchildren Milo, India and Caspian. Ms Carr says her mother was always on the go, singing in the church choir, doing callisthenics and playing both billiards and tennis on the table and court at home. There has been little that has set Pixie back, says Glen, despite having a pacemaker, diabetes and suffering a bad car accident several years ago that robbed her of some older memories. When her husband Ern became sick about 50 years ago Pixie worked to keep the family and to buy her first car, turning 48 by the time she got her driver’s licence. “But throughout the years, it’s been bowls that has brought her friendships and exercise and been a major part of her life,” Ms Carr said. Ms Carr said her mother’s birthday was celebrated four times – at the bowls club, at her residential care home, with 58 family members from around the country, and at the senior citizens centre. “She said ‘now, no fuss’, but she really loved it all.” Liz Bell
Celebrating life: Not much keeps Pixie Wastell away from regular activity.
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