The Local Paper. Eastern Edition. Wed., Oct. 14, 2020

EASTERN EDITION Local and Independent. Not associated with any other publication in this area.

Phone: 1800 231 311.

‘The Local Paper’ is published

by Local Media Pty Ltd

www.LocalPaper.com.au WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2020

DAWSONS TREE SERVICES Safety First

A family business with over 40 years experience • Large Tree Specialists • Mulch Available • Hedge Trimming Experts • FREE QUOTES • Stump Grinding $20 million insurance From • No Fuss • No Mess • No Stress

☎ 9720 5111

NEW EASTERN OUTBREAK Reliable Painting

British Tradesman Quality Guaranteed Best Prices No Obligation Free Quotes No Job Too Small Dulux Paint Used

$100

David - 0414 980 337 Bernie - 0417 367 295

Payments Only On Completion

Local Government Elections WHITEHORSE CITY COUNCIL ELECTION

VOTE 1 ● A new Coronavirus outbreak is associated with Box Hill Hospital. See Page 4

ALL HANDYMAN WORK

A.R. Watkins

• Plastering • Painting • Carpentry • Tiling • Welding • Pergolas • Deck Restoration • Rubbish Removal

FOR ALL TYPES OF PLUMBING Call 9850 8763 Mobile 0412 551 565

Steve 0411 371 443

Lic No 25506

Free Quotes Pensioner Discounts

BUILDER JIM ELLIOTT Family Business 38 Years Exp

• • • • • •

Extensions Renovations General Carpentry etc Fixed Price Contract Plans Drafted Building Permit Arranged • Free Quotes

0419 88 5544

jim@datumbuilding.com.au

GUTTER TIME Gutter Renewals Colorbond Zincalume No Job Too Small

Steve 0417 537 210 A/H 9879 6588 CHRIS DAVIES TREE REMOVALS Tree Specialists

STOP! Try us 1st Prompt Service Pensioners discount $10 million insurance cover Stump removal THERON SCOTT

9890 2928 or 0418 103 034

Murphy’s Fencing Paling, picket & gates.

Small job & repair speciality.

Non Arsenic treated Only use Red Gum Posts Free Quotes

0411 477 322

TRULY INDEPENDENT

VOTE 1 TERENCE GUTHRIDGE

I WILL FIGHT FOR YOUR JOBS. Free parking, Lower Rates, Heritage Protection, Support for Business and Sport Authorised by Terence Guthridge, PO Box 2118, Camberwell West 3124. https://www.guthridgelaw.com OR https://voteeasy.com.au/terence-guthridge

AMANDA McNEILL for Kingsley Ward • Protecting the neighbourhood character from inapproriate and over development • Preserving our beautiful environment • Oppose unnecessary rate rises especially during a pandemic Email: amandamcneill1208@gmail.com Mobile 0404 078 254 Facebook Page. Amanda McNeill for Kingsley Ward.

Authorised by Eve Pakarinen, PO Box 292, Mont Albert, 3127

Page 2 - The Local Paper - Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Where to pick up your free copy of The Local Paper ■ ASHBURTON. Ashburton Newsagency. 168 High St. ■ BALWYN. Balwyn Newsagency.

413 Whitehorse Rd. ■ BALWYN. Coles Express. 449 Whitehorse Rd (Cnr Imaroo St).

■ BALWYN. United Petroleum. 99 Balwyn Rd. ■ BAYSWATER. 7-Eleven. Cnr Scoresby Rd and High St. ■ BAYSWATER. Cellarbrations. 717 Mountain Hwy. ■ BAYSWATER. Coles Express. 768 Mountain Hwy. ■ BORONIA. Metro Boronia Cinemas. Dorset Square.

■ BORONIA. Tatts/Cignall. Shop 5, 123 Boronia Rd. ■ BOX HILL. 7-Eleven. Cnr Elgar Rd and Whitehorse Rd. ■ BLACKBURN. BP. Cnr Whitehorse Rd and Goodwin St ■ BLACKBURN. Tatts/Newsagency.

116 South Pde. ■ BLACKBURN SOUTH. 7-Eleven.

Cnr Canterbury Rd and Middleborough Rd. ■ BLACKBURN SOUTH. Duncan’s Licensed Grocers. Blackburn Rd. ■ BOX HILL NORTH. Box Hill Licensed Grocery. Middleborough Rd. ■ BOX HILL NORTH. Hyper Star Convenience Store. 941 Station St. ■ BOX HILL NORTH. Kerrimuir Post Office. 527 Middleborough Rd. ■ BOX HILL NORTH. Milk Bar/ Newsagency. 515 Middleborough Rd. ■ BOX HILL NORTH. United Petroleum. 604 Elgar Rd. ■ BOX HILL SOUTH. Box Hill South Newsagency. 870 Canterbury Rd. ■ BOX HILL SOUTH. BP. Cnr Canterbury Rd and Station St. ■ BRANDON PARK. 7-Eleven.

602-606 Ferntree Gully Rd. ■ BULLEEN. Duncan’s Bulleen Cellars. 190 Bulleen Rd. ■ BULLEEN. Thompsons Road News and Lotto. 123a Thompsons Rd. ■ BURWOOD. Burwood Authorised Newsagency. 1394 Toorak Rd ■ CANTERBURY. Buckley’s Licensed Supermarket. 92 Maling Rd. ■ CANTERBURY. Canterbury Newsagency/Tatts/Post Office. 104 Maling Rd. ■ CANTERBURY. Coles Express.

Cnr 260 Canterbury Rd and Redvers St. ■ CLAYTON. Clayton Newsagency.

345 Clayton Rd. ■ CROYDON. Coles Express. 168172 Mt Dandenong Rd. ■ CROYDON. Croydon Lotto. 118 Main St. ■ CROYDON. Milk Bar. Cnr Old Lilydale Rd and Everard Rd. ■ CROYDON. Newsagency. 166 Main St. ■ CROYDON SOUTH. Eastfield Milk Bar. 11 The Mall. Eastfield Rd ■ CROYDON SOUTH. Eastfield Newsagency. 7 The Mall. Eastfield Rd ■ CROYDON SOUTH. IGA Supermarket. 13 The Mall. Eastfield Rd. ■ DONCASTER. Budget-Rite Licensed Supermarket. Cnr High St and Village Ave. ■ DONCASTER. Coles Express.

551-557 Doncaster Rd. ■ EAST BURWOOD. BP. Cnr Burwood Hwy and Blackburn Rd ■ EAST DONCASTER. BP Service Station. 880-882 Doncaster Rd. ■ EAST DONCASTER. Caltex. 987 Doncaster Rd. ■ EAST DONCASTER. Dunburn Deli/Milk Bar. 262 Blackburn Rd. ■ EAST DONCASTER. Jackson Court News and Lotto. 74 Jackson Ct. ■ EAST OAKLEIGH. East Oakleigh Newsagency. 190 Huntingdale Rd. ■ FERNTREE GULLY. 7-Eleven. Cnr Station St and Burwood Hwy. ■ FERNTREE GULLY. Ferntree Gully Newsagency. 69 Station St. ■ FERNTREE GULLY. Ferntree Gully Supermarket. 9-13 Alpine St. ■ DONVALE. 7-Eleven. 95 Mitcham Rd. ■ DONVALE. Lucky Corner (Fish and Chips). Cnr Springvale Rd and Doncaster Rd. ■ GLEN WAVERLEY. BP. Cnr Blackburn Rd and Highbury Rd. ■ GLEN WAVERLEY. Coles Express.

Cnr Springvale Rd and Ferntree Gully Rd (north-west corner) ■ GLEN WAVERLEY. Glen Waverley Newsagency/The Loott. 4/39 Kingsway ■ HEATHMONT. Heathmont News/ Tatts. 150 Canterbury Rd. ■ HEATHMONT. IGA Supermarket.

116-120 Canterbury Rd. ■ HEATHMONT. Sunrise Convenience Store. 30 Canterbury Rd.

■ HOLMESGLEN. The Lott/Holmesglen Newsagency. 637 Warrigal Rd. ■ HUNTINGDALE. Huntingdale Newsagency. 290 Huntingdale Rd. ■ KEW. Cotham Road Newsagency.

97 Cotham Rd. ■ KEW. Kew Newsagency. 175 High St. ■ KEW EAST. Kew East Supermarket. 653 High St (near Westbrook St).

■ MITCHAM. Mitcham Newsagency.

503 Whitehorse Rd. ■ MITCHAM. United Petroleum. Cnr Whitehorse Rd and Alexander St. ■ MONT ALBERT. 42 Hamilton St. ■ MONT ALBERT. Post Office. 1a Hamilton St. ■ MOUNT WAVERLEY. Newsagency.

63 Blackburn Rd. ■ MOUNBT WAVERLEY. NexsXpress. 71 Hamilton Place.

■ MOUNT WAVERLEY. Tally Ho Cellars. 65 Blackburn Rd. ■ MOUNTAIN GATE. 7-Eleven. 844 Burwood Hwy. ■ MOUNTAIN GATE. Mountain Gate Newsagency and Lotto. Shop 3, 1880 Burwood Hwy. ■ MULGRAVE. BP. Cnr 682-688 Wellington Rd and Springvale Rd. ■ MURRUMBEENA. Murrumbeena Newsagency. 456 Nerrim Rd. ■ NORTH BALWYN. Bellevue Milk Bar. 113 Bulleen Rd - Service Road.

■ NORTH BALWYN. The Lott/ Newsagency. 77 Doncaster Rd. ■ NORTH BLACKBURN. 7-Eleven.

Cnr Springfield Rd and Williams Rd. ■ NORTH BLACKBURN. Coles Express. Cnr Springfield Rd and Middleborough Rd. ■ NORTH MITCHAM. BP. Mitcham Rd (near cnr Andover Ave) ■ NORTH MITCHAM. Licensed Post Office. 228 Mitcham Rd. ■ NORTH MITCHAM. United Petroleum. 208 Mitcham Rd. ■ NUNAWADING. Mountain View Newsagency. 293 Springfield Rd. ■ OAKLEIGH. The Lott. 28 Atherton Rd. ■ OAKLEIGH. Oakleigh Central Lotto. 48 Portman St. ■ OAKLEIGH EAST. BP. 229 Ferntree Gully Rd (Cnr Stephensons Rd) ■ RINGWOOD. 7-Eleven. Cnr Loughnans Rd and Warrandyte Rd. ■ RINGWOOD. BP. Cnr Carcoola Rd/ Old Lilydale Rd and Maroondah Hwy. ■ RINGWOOD. Coles Express. Cnr Oban Rd and Maroondah Hwy. ■ RINGWOOD. Loughnans Rd Milk Bar. 83 Loughnans Rd. ■ RINGWOOD NORTH. 7-Eleven.

Cnr Warrandyte Rd and Oban Rd. ■ RINGWOOD NORTH. North Ringwood Newsagency. 182 Warrandyte Rd. ■ ROWVILLE. Caltex. 940 Stud Rd. ■ ROWVILLE. Stud Park Lotto. K03 Stud rd and Fulham Rd ■ SCORESBY. Coles Express. Cnr Stud Rd and Ferntree Guilly Rd. ■ SURREY HILLS. Post Office. 100 Union Rd. ■ SYNDAL. Syndal Newsagency. Cnr Blackburn Rd and Matthew St. ■ TEMPLESTOWE. 7-Eleven. Cnr Anderson St and Wood St. ■ TEMPLESTOWE. Macedon Square Newsagency. 25 Macedon Rd. ■ TEMPLESTOWE. Templestowe Newsagncy. 122 James St. ■ TUNSTALL SQUARE. Caltex. Cnr Tunstall Square and Doncaster Rd. ■ TUNSTALL SQUARE. Tunstall Square Bottle Mart. 17 Tunstall Square.

■ TUNSTALL SQUARE. Tunstall Square Newsagency. 4 Tunstall Square.

■ VERMONT SOUTH. Coles Express. 602-604 Burwood Hwy. ■ WANTIRNA. IGA Supermarket.

Wantirna Mall.

■ WANTIRNA. Tatts/Manfre’s Hairdressing. Wantirna Mall.

■ WANTIRNA. Wantirna Newsagency. Wantirna Mall.

■ WANTIRNA SOUTH. Cellarbrations. 4/249 Stud Rd. ■ WANTIRNA SOUTH. Coles Express. 435 Stud Rd (cnr High St Rd) ■ WANTIRNA SOUTH. Foodmax. 1/ 249 Stud Rd. ■ WANTIRNA SOUTH. Studfield IGA. 191-195 Stud Rd. ■ WANTIRNA SOUTH. Studfield Newsagency. 1/223 Stud Rd. ■ WATTLE PARK. Wattle Park Licensed Post Office. 190 Elgar Rd ■ WHEELERS HILL. Wheelers Hill Hotel. Cnr Ferntree Guilly Rd and Jells Rd.

www.LocalPaper.com.au

Court Lists Ringwood Magistrates’ Court Plaintiff / Informant / Applicant vs Defendant / Accused / Respondent. Information Division.

Criminal Case Listings Wednesday, October 14 Traffic Camera Office - Traffic Camera Office v Sgardelis, Peter. Melbourne Traffic Camera Office - Traffic Camera Office v K&M Import Export Pty Ltd. Melbourne Traffic Camera Office - Traffic Camera Office v Viscount Construction Group Pty Ltd. Melbourne Traffic Camera Office - Traffic Camera Office v Easdon, Courtney. Melbourne Victoria Police - Tarquinio, C (43751) v Gujral, Abhinav. UniRowville Victoria Police - Kruska, A (36623) v Mcbride, Paul. Socit-Box Hill Victoria Police - Prior, N (42528) v Cowley, Samuel. Uni-Doncaster Victoria Police - Lording, M (43033) v Maiden, Troy. CiuWhitehorse Victoria Police - Lording, M (43033) v Maiden, Troy. CiuWhitehorse Victoria Police - Szymanski, Z (40968) v Boyer, Julian. Uni-Box Hill Victoria Police - Thompson, C (40827) v Saunderson, Brett. DtuCroydon Victoria Police - Dyson, E (45585) v Omar, Abdi Samed. UniMelbourne East Victoria Police - Inger, P (44494) v Green, Annabel. Uni-Croydon Victoria Police - Yu, C (43838) v Woolfe, Olivia. Uni-Boronia Victoria Police - Shoppee, C (41062) v Paisley, Mitchell. DtuCroydon Victoria Police - Fowler, B (44827) v Reed, Anh. UniMooroolbark Victoria Police - Inger, P (44494) v Green, Annabel. Uni-Croydon Victoria Police - Guinan, P (41816) v Pham, Thanh. Highway Patrol-Melbourne Victoria Police - Vallas, D (35239) v Yamanaka, Rui. CiuWhitehorse Victoria Police - Hunter, A (38246) v Gaisbauer, Susan.

Croydon Victoria Police - Okninski, L (42426) v Sergeyeva, Oksana. UniDoncaster Victoria Police - Earle, J (43129) v Rapirap, Ruel. Uni-Oakleigh Victoria Police - Hothi, R (43135) v Phillips, Adam. Box Hill Victoria Police - Pryor, M (26702) v Jamieson, Keegan Ross.

Highway Patrol-Yarra Ranges Victoria Police - Bullock, C (29286) v Hehir, Jessica. Highway Patrol-Yarra Ranges Victoria Police - Virtue, J (37160) v Maiden, Troy. Psa Maroondah-Ed2 Victoria Police - Mcintyre, K (36025) v Rita-Russo, Brandon.

Uni-Ringwood Victoria Police - Johnson, S (32299) v Lambert, John. Box Hill Victoria Police - Yantono, L (35372) v Carruthers, Stuart. Traffic Camera Office Victoria Police - Abbass, D (35322) v Mccutcheon, Nigel. UniRowville Victoria Police - Fuchs, M (42711) v Crescia, Daniele. Highway Patrol-Nunawading Victoria Police - Yantono, L (35372) v Kaur, Gunroop. Traffic Camera Office Victoria Police - Grey, D (39133) v Elkin, Saracen. Ciu-Knox Victoria Police - Yantono, L (35372) v Mason, Mark. Traffic Camera Office

Contents of Court Lists are intended for information purposes only. The lists are extracted from Court Lists, as supplied to the public, by the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria, often one week prior to publication date; for current Court lists, please contact the Court. Further details of cases are available at www.magistratescourt.vic.gov.au The Local Paper shall in no event accept any liability for loss or damage suffered by any person or body due to information provided. The information is provided on the basis that persons accessing it undertake responsibility for assessing the relevance and accuracy of its content. No inference of a party’s guilt, innocence or liability should be made by publication of their name as a defendant. Court schedules may be changed at any time for any reason, including withdrawal of the action by the Plaintiff/Applicant. E&OE.

Victoria Police - Segal, L (44389) v Denyer, Jessica. UniLilydale Victoria Police - Vosgerichian, A (41686) v Omar, Abdi Samed.

Uni-Prahran Victoria Police - Ayad, A (43001) v Paisley, Mitchell. Dtu-Croydon Victoria Police - Ayad, A (43001) v Rainbird, Petra Jane. DtuCroydon Victoria Police - De Bruin, J (41249) v Zor, Kadir. Uni-Rowville Victoria Police - Hunter, A (38246) v Gaisbauer, Susan.

Croydon Victoria Police - Stephens, H (44385) v Ladd, Geoffrey. UniGlen Waverley Victoria Police - Scott, R (45293) v Greenway, James. Pcet-Knox Victoria Police - Inger, P (44494) v Williams, David John. UniCroydon Victoria Police - Scott, R (45293) v Greenway, James. Pcet-Knox Victoria Police - Lee, L (44190) v Reynaud, William. UniDoncaster Victoria Police - Everett, L (37706) v Cardell-Rymer, Paul.

Highway Patrol-Nunawading Victoria Police - Nixon, M (44766) v Plant, Dean. Uni-Forest Hill Victoria Police - Pryor, M (26702) v Keast, Jackson Bernard.

Highway Patrol-Yarra Ranges Victoria Police - Brown, A (43567) v Williamson, Leigh. UniRingwood Victoria Police - Fiedler, N (29749) v Booth, Daniel. Ciu-Yarra Ranges Victoria Police - Wyllie, M (43787) v O'reilly, Stephen John.

Uni-Mornington Victoria Police - Jones, T (44028) v Ibeas, Marie. Uni-Knox Victoria Police - Castano, R (31789) v Perduv, Sabrina. State Hwy Patrol-West Victoria Police - Trace, A (27457) v Peters, Steven Ross. Highway Patrol-Knox Victoria Police - Frith, S (23957) v Lodin, Misha. Uni-Warrandyte Victoria Police - Roediger, J (42385) v Lawrenz, Jessica Lea. Uni-Glen Waverley Victoria Police - Duke, C (36972) v Rainbird, Petra. CiuMaroondah Victoria Police - Oldfield, A (33867) v Cook, Kerand John.

Socit-Knox Victoria Police - Oldfield, A (33867) v Fleming, William John.

Socit-Knox Victoria Police - Virtue, J (37160) v Kercheval, Blake William. Uni-Knox Victoria Police - Karydis, G (45067) v Dastagir, Ghulam. PcetGlen Waverley Victoria Police - Abbass, D (35322) v Tuariki, Adrian. UniRowville Victoria Police - Taylor, C (44500) v Bugeja, Vanessa. UniCroydon ● Turn To Page 6

Editor’s Diary From Our Files - 90 Years Ago 1930

Box Hill Stars SOUTH YARRAv. BOX HILLSTARS. Played at South Yarra.

In an interesting game the home side were always too solid for Box Hill. Individual brilliance on both sides was nullified by the lack of system, caused by the small playing field.

South Yarra established a big lead early, and held the advantage.

Teams:— South Yarra. — Brumley, Cook. White. Cummford, V. Boom (c), R. Boom, Tanner, James, Luttrell, Kerrison, Bloomfield. Downing. Richards, Jones, Hawkin (2), Anderson, Gannon.

Box Hill.—Woollard (2), Nottingham.

Dowling. Hugo. Colling, Ross, Best (2).

Welsh, Fisher. Moloney, Johnson, Logan (4), Roualdson.

Mont Albert MELBOURNE HOSPITALAUXILIARY The birthday of the Box Hill and Mont Albert branch of the Melbourne Hospital Auxiliary was celebrated on the afternoon of Wednesday, June 19, when the ladies of Mont Albert entertained the Box Hill ladies and their friends in the Methodist Hall, Howard road. Nearly 70 were present, and the hall, carpeted in a tawny shade and decorated with Iceland poppies, had never Iooked prettier.

Social intercourse ■ Memories of the Hawthorn Wattles will be facilely recalled by very many persons who have been resident in these eastern disrticts over a long term of years. There assembled at the home of Mr. L. Panelli, in Reid street, Balwyn, on Wednesday evening of last week, Messrs. Charles Hallam, A. Tourrier, Fred Vardy, James J. Graham, J. Goulstone, S. Le Pine, Jim Cook, Tom Glennon, Les Rogers, H. Greenwood, B. Addison and Fred Perritt, who, with the host, made merry social intercourse on the fourth, of the recent reunions of the Wattles. As of yore, each member contributed to the evening's entertainment, and if the passing years have not dealt sparingly with weighted caries, it would hardly be evident from the zest of the ontributions.

Vermont Dance ■ A dance in aid of the funds of the Vermont Football Club, held in the local Mechanics' Institute on Saturday evening, was largely attended and distinctly enjoyable. The music was first-class, and Mr. H. Farmilo,as usual, proved an efficient master of ceremonies, Through the kindness of the ladies' committee an excellent supper was provided.

Forest Hill ■ The motoring fatality which oc curred last Saturday week at the intersection of Springvale and Canter bury roads, Forest Hill, emphasises the necessity for precautions being taken against further accidents.

Owing to the view of vehicles approaching the corner. from opposite directions being obscured, it is incumbent on drivers to slacken a little way back, but unfortunately there are many careless motorists who entirely disregard the safetty rule. Danger signs are needed, an these could be procured from Royal Automobile Club on applltion by the Shire Council, the latter of course, undertaking to have signs erected.

Blackburn

■ The fortnightly meeting of the Blackburn branch of the Australian Natives' Association was held in the Diggers' Hall , on Thursday evening last, when there was a fair attendance of members and friends. After the transaction of general business, a very enjoyable game of indoor bowls was played between opposing sides.

www.LocalPaper.com.au

Ticks & Crosses

✔

Local companies, The Ark/Thread Group in Burwood, Bluegum in Nunawading, and Styleprint in Kilsyth, have won contracts with the Victorian State Government. An order of 1.2 million reusable masks has been placed with six Victorian companies accredited by Ethical Clothing Australia to help in the fight against Coronavirus.

✖

Which Monash Council candidate has asked to be taken off the e-mailing list for The Local Paper? One might be excused for thinking that they weren’t as interested in local people and their doings as their publicity indicates.

✔

A Doncaster man in his 50s is hap pily pondering his life as a newlyminted millionaire after scoring division one in last week’s Monday & Wednesday Lotto draw. The Victorian held the only division one winning entry nationally i and takes home a division one prize of $1 million.

The happy winner discovered his win just before going to bed, but admitted he didn’t get much sleep as he contemplated how he and his family might enjoy the $1 million prize. The man, who wishes to remain anonymous, purchased his winning marked 12game entry online at thelott.com – Australia’s Official Lotteries.

● Paul Hamer, Box Hill MLA Lisa Neville, Police Minister, and Paul Hamer, Box Hill MLA, have announced that construction has commenced on a new fire station in Box Hill. Fire Rescue Victoria's new Box Hill Fire Station is currently being rebuilt on the current site using neighbouring land acquired in Lindsey St, Box Hill.

The new three-bay station with a basement car park will have the capacity to accommodate 12 firefighters per shift.

This project will help provide the Box Hill Fire Rescue brigade with modern facilities, meeting rooms, storage areas and provide FRV Commander accommodation and district training staff capacity to support the brigade. The new station gives the brigade more space, making it easier for them to continue their proud history of protecting residential properties and businesses.

✔

?

Petridis Architects Pty Ltd have lost a VCAT appeal against a Whitehorse Council decision regarding construction of 13 double storey dwellings at Mont Albert.

Readers’ contributions to the ‘Ticks & Crosses’ column are welcomed.

Send your contribution to: editor@LocalPaper.com.au Contributions will be published at the sole discretion of the Editor.

The Local Paper - Wednesday, October 14, 2020 - Page 3

Local News

Emma missing from Kew NO PHONE, NO MONEY, MEDICAL CONCERNS ■ Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing woman Emma Whitehead.

The 25-year-old was last seen at a home in Pakington St, Kew, on Friday (Oct. 9) about lunchtime.

Police and family hold concerns for Emma’s welfare due to a medical condition and as she left home without her phone and without any money.

It is believed she may frequent Epping, North Melbourne, Werribee and Bendigo areas.

An image of Emma has been released in the hope someone will come forward with information about her current whereabouts.

Emma is described as Caucasian in appearance, with a slim build and she has shoulderlength brown hair.

She was last seen wearing a white top, black puffer jacket, blue jeans and thongs.

Anyone who sees Emma or has information regarding her current whereabouts is urged to call Boroondara Police Station on 8851 1111.

■ A man has died in hospital following a crash in Wantirna South.

Investigators have been told a Toyota Yaris was headed east on Boronia Rd about 6.50am on Wednesday, September 30.

The driver lost control of the car which left the road and crashed into a tree.

The driver, a 46-year-old man from Ferntree Gully, was taken to hospital where he later died. www.crimestoppersvic.com.au

Govt. scandal

● Emma Whitehead

Watson under fire ■ Boroondara Council candidate Cynthia Watson has come under fire from North Balwyn activist Ian Hundley.

“I have for several years campaigned against the North East Link and advocated effective transport services in the project corridor,” Mr Hundley said.

“When I asked Cynthia Watson on behalf of a North East Link campaign group to meet with us, she declined to do so.

“She did so on the basis that she was not sufficiently knowledgeable on the matters we wished to discuss with her and we were instead referred to a council officer.

“One of the questions that occurred to me at the time was why, if Watson was so ill-informed about the project, she felt no compulsion to better acquaint herself with it?” Mr Hundley said.

Local Briefs Wantrina death

■ Mulgrave MLA Daniel Andrews, who currently serves as Victorian Premier, lost another of his top team this week, over the handling of the Coronavirus pandemic.

Chris Eccles resigned. This followed the departure of Minister Jenny Mikakos in the previous week.

Mr Andrews said on Monday (Oct. 12): “Late yesterday, the Secretary of the Department of Premier and Cabinet, Chris Eccles, advised that, following a request from the Board of Inquiry into the Hotel Quarantine Program, he had reviewed detailed phone records that made it apparent he had phoned former Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton on the afternoon of March 27.

“Until last night, I had understood that Mr Eccles did not know if he had telephoned Mr Ashton at that time. That matter is now beyond doubt.

“This morning, Mr Eccles tendered his resignation effective immediately and has outlined his reasons for doing so in his statement.

“I want to acknowledge Chris’s many decades of public service spanning governments in three States and the Commonwealth and thank him for the significant contribution he has made to Victoria. I wish him all the very best,” Mr Andrews said.

Not permitted

● Cynthia Watson: Boroondara candidate under fire

Bulleen car: 4 arrests ■ Proactive policing at a Bulleen shopping centre resulted in four people being found in a stolen car.

Police were patrolling the shopping centre car park about 8am on Friday (Oct. 9) when they ran checks on a suspicious vehicle and discovered it had been stolen from a Glen Waverley address.

Four people were found inside the car and subsequently arrested.

A 25-year-old Patterson Lakes man was charged with theft of motor vehicle and has been bailed to appear at Heidelberg Magistrates’ Court on March 5.

Another male, a female and a female youth were all released pending further enquiries Anyone with information in relation to the incident that could assist police with their enquiries is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. ★ Monash Crime Investigation Unit detectives are seeking the public’s assistance to identify a suspect for a burglary and theft in Ashwood on Sunday, September 27.

It is believed two men were walking along Ashwood Drive about 6.45pm, when they helped

themselves to two bikes from the garage of a home, before riding away.

One of the men has been identified by Police, however the second man’s identity remains unknown.

The man is described as Caucasian in appearance, 18-25 years old wearing black glasses, a black cap and jumper with white writing on the arms and white Nike runners.

Anyone with information about this incident or who knows the identity of the man is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 .

■ A permit refusal by Whitehorse Council has been affirmed by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

ST Architects Pty Ltd wanted a permit for 9-11 Cameron Rd, Box Hill North, seeking approval for the construction of five, double storey dwellings on a lot, removal of vegetation and buildings and works within four metres of protected trees.

The surrounding land is zoned for residential purposes and has experienced some incremental infill development and contemporary single dwelling redevelopment.

The site is within proximity to a number of services and community infrastructure.

The Box Hill Major Activity Centre is approximately 1.5km south west of the site.

Cash for school

■ Box Hill North Primary School will receive $422,000 to plan for a state-of-the-art upgrade, including additional facilities to enable the school to accommodate a further 100 enrolments.

James Merlion, Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, joined Paul Hamer, Box Hill MLA, to announce Box Hill North Primary School as one of 33 further schools given the green light to start planning for upgrades and new builds under the Infrastructure Planning and Acceleration Fund.

This is part of the Victorian Government's $42 million investment into planning for school infrastructure projects to fast-track the state's long-term economic recovery hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

The Victorian School Building Authority will work with school communities and provide principals and school leaders with 'Bricks & Mortar' training, which covers the process schools should follow to manage their project successfully.

Developing detailed designs now will mean these projects will be shovel-ready once capital funding is allocated in a future State Budget. “"The Victorian Government is supporting schools in Box Hill to help their students achieve their best results by planning for a future upgrade for their school community,” Mr Hamer said.

www.LocalPaper.com.au

Page 4 - The Local Paper - Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Special Report Contact Us Phone: 1800 231 311 Reg. Office: 30 Glen Gully Rd, Eltham, Vic 3095 (same address for 25 years) Mail: PO Box 1278, Research, Vic 3095 Web: w w w. L ocalMedia. c om.au LocalMedia. ocalMedia.c E-Mail: Editor@LocalMediacom.au

Eased restrictions unlikely COVID-19 cases by Council areas

The Local Paper EASTERN DIVISION EDITIONS

Knox-Sherbooke News w w w.Kno xNe w s. com.au .KnoxNe xNew s.c Ba y s w a ter onia, F erntr ee Gully ay er,, Bor Boronia, Ferntr erntree Gully,, Kno xfield, R o w ville o rresb esb y, W antirna, Knoxfield, Ro ville,, Sc Sco esby Wantirna, Wantirna South

Manningham News w w w.ManninghamNe w s. com.au .ManninghamNew s.c ww w.Doncas emples ws. com.au .DoncastterT erTemples emplestt oweNe eNew s.c Inc orpor ating Donc as Temples Incorpor orpora Doncas astterer-T emplesttowe News Bulleen, Doncas t, Doncastt er er,, Doncas Doncastter Eas East, Don vale uns tall Squar e , Ringw ood Ringwood Donv ale,, T Tuns unstall Square North, T emples emples Temples emplestt o w e Temples emplestt o w e , T Lower

Maroondah Mail w w w.Mar oondahMail. c om.au .MaroondahMail. oondahMail.c w w w.Cr oy donMail. c om.au Cro donMail.c w w w.Ringw oodMail. c om.au .RingwoodMail. oodMail.c Bayswater North, Croydon, Croydon Hills, Croydon North, Croydon South, Ringw ood, Ringw ood Eas t, V ermont Ringwood East, Vermont Ringwood,

Progress News w w w.Pr ogr es sNe w s. com.au .Progr ogres essNe sNew s.c Ashburton, Balwyn, Balwyn North, Cant erbury e w, K e w Eas t, Mont Albert, Canterbury erbury,, K Ke Ke East, Surrey Hills

Waverley Gazette w w w.Waverle yG az ett e. com.au erleyG yGaz azett ette w w w.MonashG az ett e . com.au .MonashGaz azett ette w w w.O akleighT imes. com.au akleighTimes. imes.c Incorporating Monash Gazette and Oakleigh Times Ashwood, Burwood, Chadstone, Glen y, Hughesdale Wa verle erley Hughesdale,, Huntingdale Huntingdale,, Mitcham, Mulgrave, Notting Hill, Oakleigh, Oakleigh East, Wheelers Hill

Whitehorse Gazette w ww.Whit ehorseG az ett e .com.au WhitehorseG ehorseGaz azett ette w w w.Bo xHillG az ett e . c om.au .BoxHillG xHillGaz azett ette w w w.Nuna wadingG az ett e . c om.au .Nunaw adingGaz azett ette Incorporating Box Hill Gazette and Nunawading Gazette Balwyn North, Blackburn, Blackburn North, Blackburn South, Box Hill, Box Hill North, Box Hill South, Burwood, Burwood East, Forest Hill, Mitcham, Mont Albert, Mont Albert North, Nunawading, Surr e y Hills, V ermont and V ermont South.

Surre Vermont Vermont

Our Team Editor: Ash Long Features Editor: Peter Mac Columnis ts: L en Bak e rr,, Ma tt Bis settolumnists: Bake Matt BissettJohnson, R ob F oenander e McC oll Rob Foenander oenander,, Mik Mike McColl Jones, Peter Kemp, Aaron Rourke, John R o z entals, Jim Sherlock, T ed Ry an, Ted Ryan, Cheryl T hr eadgold, K e vin T a vin Thr hreadgold, Ke Trrask, G Ga Wood Honorary Reviewers: Juliet Charles, Martin Curtis, Sherryn Danaher et er Danaher,, P Pet eter Gr een, L yn Hurs t, K a thryn K eeble Green, Lyn Hurst, Ka Keeble eeble,, Beth Klein, Ai Diem Le, Deborah Marinaro, David McLean, Graeme McCoubrie, Maggie Morrison, Jill Page Elizabeth Semmel Logistics: Sam Fiorini (All Day Distribution), Graeme Hawke, John Parry Credit Manager: Michael Conway OAM, Fas ction Debt R ec overy astt A Action Rec eco ery,, 040 04022 142 866

Deadlines Trades Advertising Advertising:: 5pm Fridays Display Advertising Advertising:: 6pm Mondays News News:: 10am Mondays Sports News News:: 9pm Sundays Paid Classified Ads Ads:: 6pm Mondays E-Mail or@L ocalP aper E-Mail:: edit editor@L or@LocalP ocalPaper aper.. c om.au

Independently Owned and Operated • Printed under contract by Streamline Pr es ty L t, Fitzr o y, Pres esss P Pty Ltt d, 155 Johns Johnstt on S St, Fitzro for the publisher ocal Media P ty L publisher,, L Local Pty Lttd.

ABN 67 096 680 063, of the registered office, 30 Glen Gully Rd, Eltham, Vic 3095.

• Responsibility for election and referendum comment is accepted by Ash Long. Copyright © 2020, Local Media Pty Ltd. ACN 096 680 063.

We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we live and work.

● Professor Brett Sutton, Chief Health Officer.

There had been no new cases ■ On Monday (Oct. 12), Victoria Melbourne’s south-east, two are had recorded 15 new cases of linked to a family cluster in linked to the current outbreaks at Coronavirus since Sunday, with Melbourne’s north, two are the Chadstone Shopping Centre the total number of cases now at household contacts of a case or the Oddfellows Café in linked to Box Hill Hospital, one is Kilmore.

20,295.

Testing is continuing in reThe overall total had increased a household contact linked to a by 14 due to one case being re- case from Sunshine Hospital and sponse to both of these outbreaks. one is a close contact of an existclassified.

If you have symptoms no matThere have been no new deaths ing case. The other five cases ter how mild – get tested. All from COVID-19 reported since are under investigation. citiznes have a responsibility to do Of Monday’s 15 new cases, what they can to stop these outSunday. To date, 810 people have died from coronavirus in Victoria. four are in Monash, three each breaks from getting any bigger, Ten of Monay’s 15 new cases are in Banyule and Hume and said a Department of Health and are linked to known outbreaks and there are single cases in Casey, Human Services representative. complex cases. Four cases are Darebin, Melton, Moreland, and Anyone who visited linked to a family cluster in Stonnington.

Chadstone shopping centre between September 23 and October 8 should get tested – if they have even the mildest of symp■ In Victoria as at Monday: toms.

■ 4280 cases may indicate community transmission – an increase Testing is available at of one since yesterday Chadstone car park drive through ■ 191 cases are currently active in Victoria – Level 2 Chadstone Carpark, ■ 21 cases of coronavirus are in hospital, there are no cases in outside Coles and a walk-in clinic intensive care is open for staff only at Central ■ 19,229 people have recovered from the virus Amenities on the Ground Level A total of 2,850,794 test results have been received which is an between M.J.Bale and increase of 10,108 since Sunday.

Marimekko.

Of the 191 current active cases in Victoria: Anyone who visited ■ 186 are in metropolitan Melbourne under the Second Step of our Oddfellows Café in Kilmore beroadmap tween September 30 and Octo■ Five are in regional local government areas under the Third Step ber 3 are classified as potential of our roadmap. All five active cases are in Mitchell Shire. close contacts and should come Of the total cases: forward for testing, even those ■ 18,898 cases are from metropolitan Melbourne, while 1197 are without symptoms. Testing is from regional Victoria available at the Kilmore and Dis■ Total cases include 9678 men and 10,604 women trict Hospital from 9am to 3.30pm ■ Total number of healthcare workers: 3578, active cases: 17 and the Kilmore Soldiers MemoThere are 31 active cases relating to aged care facilities rial Hall from 10am to 5pm.

The average number of cases diagnosed in the last 14 days (28 ■ Active aged care outbreaks with the highest active case numbers Sep. 28 – Oct. 11) for metropoliare as follows: tan Melbourne is 9.9 and regional ■ 17 active cases are currently linked to Estia Aged Care Facility Keilor (total cases: 51) Victoria is 0.4.

■ 3 active cases are currently linked to Embracia Moonee Valley The rolling daily average case Aged Care Facility (total cases: 82) number is calculated by averag■ 3 active cases are currently linked to Opal Hobsons Bay Aged ing out the number of new cases Care Facility (total cases: 46) over the previous14 days.

■ 3 active cases are currently linked to Uniting Age Well Preston The total number of cases from (total cases: 3) an unknown source in the previous 14 days (Sep 26– Oct 9) is 11 for metropolitan Melbourne and ■ Non-aged care outbreaks with the highest number of active cases zero from regional Victoria. include: The 14-day period for the ■ 19 active cases are currently linked to the Chadstone Shopping source of acquisition data ends 48 Centre outbreak (total cases: 33) hours earlier than the 14-day pe■ 11 active cases are currently linked to the Box Hill Hospital riod used to calculate the new case outbreak (total cases: 11) average due to the time required ■ 8 active cases are currently linked to the Frankston Family outto fully investigate a case and asbreak (total cases: 13) sign its mode of acquisition.

■ 6 active cases are currently linked to Electra Park Medical CenOf the 191 current active cases tre Ashwood (total cases: 6) in Victoria as at Monday: ■ 5 active cases are currently linked to the Oddfellows Café in ■ 186 are in metropolitan Kilmore (total cases: 6) Melbourne under the Second Step of our roadmap ■ Five are in regional local gov■ 4280 cases may indicate community transmission – an increase ernment areas under the Third of one since Sunday; 191 cases are currently active in Victoria; 21 Step of our roadmap. All five accases of coronavirus are in hospital, there are no cases in intensive tive cases are in Mitchell Shire. care; 19,229 people have recovered from the virus

191 active cases in Victoria

Outbreaks in aged care homes

Non aged-care outbreaks

Community transmission

■ Confirmed cases by local government areas, as at Monday (Oct. 12): ■ Wyndham, 2270 cumulative cases, 24 active cases, ■ Brimbank, 2038, 21, ■ Monash, 339, 19, ■ Hobsons Bay, 503, 14, ■ Greater Dandenong, 540, 13, ■ Hume, 1649, 12, ■ Melton, 1141, 11, ■ Frankston, 251, 10, ■ Banyule, 444, 9, ■ Casey, 1060, 9, ■ Port Phillip, 293, 6, ■ Darebin, 647, 5, ■ Maribyrnong, 593, 5, ■ Mitchell, 90, 5, ■ Whitehorse, 212, 5, ■ Moonee Valley, 812, 4, ■ Boroondara, 271, 3, ■ Whittlesea, 1202, 3, ■ Melbourne, 879, 2, ■ Moreland, 1050, 2, ■ Stonnington, 260, 2, ■ Yarra, 460, 2, ■ Bayside, 245, 1, ■ Glen Eira, 229, 1, ■ Kingston, 330, 1, ■ Knox, 165, 1, ■ Yarra Ranges, 252, 1, ■ Alpine, 1, 0, ■ Ararat, 7, 0, ■ Ballarat, 57, 0, ■ Bass Coast, 112, 0, ■ Baw Baw, 15, 0, ■ Benalla, 3, 0, ■ Buloke, 0, 0, ■ Campaspe, 9,0, ■ Cardinia, 204, 0, ■ Central Goldfields, 2, 0, ■ Colac Otway, 136, 0, ■ Corangamite, 3, 0, ■ East Gippsland, 7, 0, ■ Gannawarra, 2, 0, ■ Glenelg, 20, 0, ■ Golden Plains, 18, 0, ■ Greater Bendigo, 101, 0, ■ Greater Geelong, 365, 0, ■ Greater Shepparton, 49, 0, ■ Hepburn, 2, 0, ■ Hindmarsh, 0, 0, ■ Horsham, 14, 0, ■ Indigo, 49, 0, ■ Interstate, 98, 0, ■ Latrobe, 57, 0, ■ Loddon, 5, 0, ■ Macedon Ranges, 58, 0, ■ Manningham, 164, 0, ■ Mansfield, 10, 0, ■ Maroondah, 104, 0, ■ Mildura, 6, 0, ■ Moira, 12, 0, ■ Moorabool, 39, 0, ■ Mornington Peninsula, 184, 0, ■ Mount Alexander, 9, 0, ■ Moyne, 1, 0, ■ Murrindindi, 9, 0, ■ Nillumbik, 137, 0, ■ Northern Grampians, 3, 0, ■ Overseas, 4, 0, ■ Pyrenees, 3, 0, ■ Queenscliffe, 2, 0, ■ South Gippsland, 112, 0, ■ Southern Grampians, 2, 0, ■ Strathbogie, 2, 0, ■ Surf Coast, 16, 0, ■ Swan Hill, 5, 0, ■ Towong, 0, 0, ■ Unknown, 98, 0, ■ Wangaratta, 2, 0, ■ Warrnambool, 13, 0, ■ Wellington, 15, 0, ■ West Wimmera, 1, 0, ■ Wodonga, 2, 0, ■ Yarriambiack, 1, 0.

Total: 20,295, 191

www.LocalPaper.com.au

Your Stars with Kerry Kulkens Aries: March 21- April 20.

Colour: Silver Lucky day: Saturday Racing numbers: 6.5.2.1.

Lotto numbers: 13.15.29.34.40.11.

There will be a lot of pressure on you from various corners. You may get the feeling that you are being pushed into the wrong direction. Be very tactful and you will get yourself out of a tricky situation. Don't criticise loved ones, they were only trying their best to help. Do not try to push people around; you will achieve a lot more with a little bit of tact. You may have to be more generous with loved ones to help them get over a rough period. More work and more responsibility.

Taurus: April 21- May 20.

Colour: Grey Lucky day: Thursday Racing numbers: 1.3.5.2.

Lotto numbers: 13.15.26.24.40.11.

People may be getting the wrong message from you. Make sure you explain yourself very clearly. Keep your eye open in all business transactions and if in doubt, consult the experts. You need to pay more attention to business and career matters. Better to stick to plans made with regards to personal matters than to change midway. Keep your temper in check, for the wrong stand could ruin your chances in a venture. A close friend will improve your mood in the near future.

Gemini: May 21- June 21.

Colour: Blue Lucky day: Friday Racing numbers: 6.6.5.2.

Lotto numbers: 1.6.35.36.20.10.

There shouldn't be any more obstacles to your business plans. However, if someone has let you down in the past, it could happen again, so be very careful. If planning something for the future, make sure you know all there is to know about it. A very good period for improving the domestic scene. Some surprised in your domestic life. Handle the matter in scale of importance and things will tend to become easier. Some luck with an Aries. Some problems at home are indicated.

Cancer: June 22- July 22.

Colour: Green Lucky day: Saturday Racing numbers: 5.6.1.2.

Lotto numbers: 1.6.19.27.28.30.

There could be some risky deals coming up during this period. Make sure you understand all the fine print on any business contract and if necessary, have the paperwork examined by experts. Plenty of hard work about, but also higher rewards and more responsibility in your career.

Luck can come in many ways and love life is one that will benefit from this positive trend. You could be very interested in improving your image, shopping for new things and changing your hairstyle. You could decide to take the plunge or make a permanent arrangement. Money matters should also improve. Try not to criticise others around you, as this will not help you to achieve what you are after.

Leo: July 23- August 22.

Colour: White Lucky day: Friday Racing numbers: 6.5.1.2.

Lotto numbers: 13.15.24.40.44.10.

Your intuition is spot on during this period, so do not let yourself be talked out of any decision you may have. Trust your own instinct. The romantic scene looks quite promising. You may be faced with little problems over this period and you will need all your strength and all your self-confidence to get you through. It is a good time to go for a better position in your job. Romance is in the air, you will find yourself head over heels for a new love, however don't make any hasty decisions, you should also be very careful with what you say or write.

Virgo: August 23- September 23.

Colour: Peach Lucky day: Monday Racing numbers: 8.5.6.8.

Lotto numbers: 8.16.24.40.45.33.

There is more fun and entertainment in your life at present. People seem to be looking for your company. Permanent arrangements made with loved ones have a very good chance of being successful.

Love life should be happier and many will be caught up in social activities. Health improves. Although finances are improving. Someone may claim that you have something that belongs to him or her. Career luck is on its way and something thought to be out of reach could be on offer. Past loves could return unexpectedly. Family reasons to celebrate are likely.

Libra: September 24- October 23.

Colour: Violet Lucky day: Wednesday Racing numbers: 2.3.5.2.

Lotto numbers: 13.12.5.19.37.4.

There could be some travel plans in the pipeline for you very soon. Many could form a more permanent basis with their loved ones. A lucky windfall is indicated for some. You need to concentrate if you don't it will bring all sorts of problems and dilemmas. An emotional problem could be interfering with your work; romance and children should be less worrying soon. A good time to check all-important documents and ensure that everything is paid for. Some erratic situations could crop up. Very busy social life could take your mind off your problems you could be having with loved ones.

Scorpio: October 24- November 22.

Colour: Green Lucky day: Thursday Racing numbers: 3.5.3.2.

Lotto numbers: 13.16.29.34.40.10.

You should be going into a much happier period. Also, people in high places are taking an interest in your business acumen. Be more assertive with people who owe you something. Your partner could be instrumental in bringing about some luck in business matters. Some travel coming up soon or plans in the air or a permanent move. A relationship could become important. Romantic and loving time in your relationships. Don't let others moods stop you from having a good time.

Sagittarius: November 23- December 20 Lucky colour: Dark Blue Lucky day: Tuesday Racing numbers: 3.6.3.2.

Lotto numbers: 13.26.36.34.40.11.

Not a good time to over spend, not a good time to take financial risks. If you keep to the straight and narrow, your love life should take a turn for the better. Future plans could depend on events taking place at a distance.

A good time to mix business with pleasure with lucky results. An offer to involve you in money making venture could be the chance of a lifetime.

Opposition to your love affairs could take you by surprise. Charm will go a long way towards solving most of your problems.

Capricorn: December 21- January 19.

Colour: Pink Lucky day: Thursday Racing numbers: 6.5.2.4.

Lotto numbers: 13.15.24.40.38.37.

Do not over indulge. Take things easy and do not get over excited. If you keep your cool, you could have a very successful period. Luck is also indicated. Make sure you pay the most urgent bills first. Because money seems to melt in your fingers. There could be a very romantic affair coming up with someone you already know quite well. Matters of the heart may not go as planned. Still this is a very good period for romance.

Someone special is in need of your help.

Aquarius: January 20- February 19.

Lucky colour: Brown Lucky day: Monday Racing numbers: 5.6.2.1.

Lotto numbers: 13.15.26.24.40.33.

You could be feeling rather restless and be longing for something new.

However, keep in mind that you are needed at work and that people rely upon you. A very changeable period in which love finds the seeker.

Happier times for the already wed. In career matters it's not the time to be lax and let things slide. An unusual and adventurous undertaking could be what you have been waiting for.

Pisces: February 20- March 20.

Colour: Red Lucky day: Thursday Racing numbers: 3.5.4.1.

Lotto numbers: 13.15.29.34.40.11.

Don't rush into anything during this period; your judgment is not up to par.

If you are having a romantic interlude, now is the time to make the affair a permanent arrangement. You may become involved with family squabbles. Others might not be very interested in your ideas. Be tactful for now and they will come around. Traveling does not seem like a good idea just now.

VISIT KERRY KULKENS MAGIC SHOP AT 1693 BURWOOD HWY BELGRAVE PH/FAX 9754 4587 WWW.KERRYKULKENS.COM.AU Like us on Facebook

The Local Paper - Wednesday, October 14, 2020 - Page 5

Local News

Boost for Oakleigh schools ■ South Oakleigh Secondary College and local primary schools will be boosted by a State Government initiative.

James Merlino, State Education Minister, last week attended a virtual event to announce the publication of the Oakleigh Education Plan, which involves South Oakleigh Secondary College, Huntingdale Primary School and Oakleigh South Primary School.

He was also joined by Steve Dimopoulos, Oakleigh MLA; and Meng Heang Tak, Clarinda MLA, to announce nearly $1 million to speed up planning to deliver upgrade works.

Under the four-year Oakleigh Education Plan, every child and young person will receive a consistently high-quality and seamless education with the three schools connected in a learning community to share their expertise and resources. The plan also includes a partnership with the Monash Tech School. “ Students, teachers and families around Oakleigh will be able to get the educational opportunities they deserve and their forward vision has been vital to the development of this education plan,” said Mr Dimopoulos “This is proof that the Education State is ensuring every student has access to a great local school and a quality education,” Mr Meng Heang Tak.

● Meng Heang Tak

Dylan, 17, is missing CROYDON LINK ■ Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing teenager Dylan Griffith.

The 17-year-old was last seen in Croydon on Wednesday (Oct. 7) about 7.40pm.

Dylan is described as 183cm tall with a thin build and dark coloured hair.

He was wearing black runners, dark coloured shorts, black hooded top and was carrying a small shoulder bag.

Police and family have concerns for Dylan’s welfare due to his age and a medical condition.

Investigators have released an image of Dylan in the hope that someone may have information on his current whereabouts.

Anyone who sees Dylan is urged to contact Croydon Police Station on 9724 0100.

■ Active campaigning by candidates is evident now that postal voting packs for the Victorian local council elections are now being delivered now to voters, .

The Victorian Electoral Commission has moved to reassure voters that mobile phone numbers of voters are not provided with the enrolment information available to candidates and registered political parties under Commonwealth and State legislation.

Warwick Gately, Electoral Commissioner, says some voters in the current local council elections have become concerned upon receiving text messages from local council candidates in their campaigning.

“I understand voters in a small number of wards have received text messages on behalf of candidates for local council elections.

The messages were not sent using enrolment information available to them through the VEC,” Mr Gately said.

Upon being contacted by voters about the origin of the contact details, some Council candidates mistakenly stated that they were provided by the VEC. “I can definitively state that the VEC does not provide voter mobile phone number or email address details to candidates or political parties. If anyone is concerned, they should take it up directly with the candidate or the person who authorised the message,” Mr Gately said.

Driver caution

■ Drivers are urged to take extra care in and around school zones as face-to-face learning returns this week for some year groups.

Extra traffic is expected in school zones, particularly as many schools introduce a staggered pick up and drop off time.

Road Policing Command Assistant Commissioner Libby Murphy said with many children out of their usual school routine, they may have forgotten basic road rules that normally come as second nature

Hope Mission

● Dylan Griffith, 17

Robbery at Ashwood Two males attack man at Holmesglen Reserve ■ Eastern Region Divisional Crime Team detectives are hoping to identify a man following an attempted robbery in Ashwood last month.

Investigators believe a 36-year-old man was walking through Holmesglen Reserve when he was approached by an unknown man about 5pm on Wednesday, September 23.

The man dragged the victim to the ground before a second unknown man approached and attempted to reach into his pockets.

The victim managed to fight off both men and the pair fled on foot empty handed.

The Chadstone man then left and later reported the matter to police.

Detectives are appealing to any witnesses to the incident and have released a digital composite image of the first man involved as part of their investigation.

The man is perceived to be Caucasian in appearance, aged in his 20s, approximately 175180cm tall with a heavy build and was wearing a red hoodie at the time.

Local Briefs ‘We didn’t give out numbers’: VEC

■ Hope City Mission has partnered with Maroondah City Council as the leading agency providing emergency relief for the region, and currently assists 147 local families on an ongoing basis, providing food, advocacy, financial literacy online workshops, and fines program.

Hope City Mission CEO Vanessa Bonica says that while the shopping experience may have changed for clients due to rules on physical distancing, the online booking system and contactless drive-through collection meant the service was reaching more people in need.

“Hope City Mission was quick to respond to the COVID-19 crisis and government recommendations to ensure we were able to continue to support our existing clients, as well as to expand to cater for the extra demand placed on our services. With over 30 per cent of local agencies closing their doors, Hope City Mission was determined to stay open if it was safe to do so,” Ms Bonica said.

“Working closely with Council, we have been able to develop a seamless referral process for COVID-19 state government referrals for those in either quarantine, isolation or financially affected due to the pandemic,” she said.

Tribunal alters permit

● Police want to speak with this male

■ Boroondara City Council’s planning permit for premises at 99-105 Union Rd, Surrey Hills.

Ross Hunt Real Estate Pty Ltd took the matter to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

Senior Member S.R. Cimino heard that the permit allows the display of business identification and promotional signage.

A double storey Victorian building used as a real estate agent’s office occupies the northern two-thirds of the land. The permit application seeks permission for the promotion sign affixed to the southern wall of the building,

Page 6 - The Local Paper - Wednesday, October 14, 2020

What The Papers Say W’dyte history

■ Manningham City Council and Warrandyte Historical Society have installed another four historical plaques highlighting the rich history of the township.

Historical Society Secretary Valerie Polley said plaques were installed on the Warrandyte Mechanics Institute on the wall facing Yarra St adjacent to the path leading to the outdoor area, on the front stone wall of the Old Fire Station, on the front wall of the Wine Hall, and on the right hand side of the stone retaining wall behind the War Memorial.

The plaques have been installed on historical buildings around Warrandyte and join another five, which were installed in 2017 at the Warrandyte Grand Hotel, Old Warrandyte Post Office (now museum), Warrandyte Bakery, Gospel Chapel (now Stonehouse Gallery) and the former Butcher’s Shop (now Riveresque).

- Warrandyte Diary

Eyes on the prize

■ Healesville gin distillery Four Pillars is one of four gin producers across the globe shortlisted for the 2020 International Wine and Spirits Competition International Gin Producer of the Year award.

Four Pillars has the rare opportunity to defend their trophy, having claimed the honour last year.

“To win it this year would be pretty incredible, considering we made all these plans to take the 2019 trophy on a global tour and so far, it has made it no further than Sydney, we haven’t even got it to Queensland,” said Four Pillars Distiller and Co-Founder Cameron Mackenzie.

“To win this trophy once was obviously a life highlight, to win it a second time would frankly be beyond belief – I’m pretty sure I’d have to retire.”

- Mountain Views Star Mail

Conflicting advice

■ Changing advice has confused some members of the Kilmore community as the Department of Health and Human Services tries to keep the Kilmore COVID-19 outbreak from spreading.

Some people who visited Oddfellows Cafe in the high-risk period between September 30 and October 3 and are considered close contacts were told they do not need to isolate once they get a negative test result.

The standard DHHS advice throughout the pandemic is that people don’t need to isolate after testing negative.

However, advice for those considered close contacts in the Kilmore outbreak changed this week, with the DHHS taking a stricter approach to the Kilmore cluster in a bid to contain the spread.

- North Central Review

Roos sign Russell

■ As Broadford makes its long-awaited, and long-delayed, debut in the AFL Outer East, it will have a new senior coach at the helm.

The club announced Russell Humphrey would be taking up the top job on Wednesday, taking the place of Jamie Kelly who led the Kangaroos in their last Riddell District Football Netball League season in 2019.

Humphrey comes to Broadford from the Calder Cannons, where he was the club’s female talent co-ordinator, and has previous experience with Hurstbridge, Craigieburn and the Oakleigh Chargers.

- Whittlesea Review

Police honoured

■ Mansfield Police marked Blue Ribbon Day by laying a wreath at the monument at the Police Memorial located at the roundabout.

The monument commemorates three local policemen, Sergeant Michael Kennedy, and Mounted Constables Thomas Lonigan and Michael Scanlan, who lost their lives in a skirmish with the Kelly Gang at Stringybark Creek in 1878. Some 170 Victoria Police officers have died in the line of duty.

- Mansfield Courier

www.LocalPaper.com.au

Local News

Ring road pursuit ■ A chase through the northwestern and eastern suburbs preceded the arrest of three youths on Thursday (Oct. 8).

The trio, two 15-year-olds and a 13-year-old, were arrested after specialist police brought the vehicle to a stop on the Western Ring Road just after 1pm.

One of the 15-year-olds was charged with a number of driving offences including intentionally expose emergency service worker to risk by driving as well as theft of motor car and associated offences.

The remaining two teens have been charged with theft of motor vehicle and offences against the Bail Act. All three teenagers were due to appear at a children’s court.

The charges follow the theft of a car in Docklands and an extended pursuit through a number of eastern and northern suburbs of Melbourne.

Editor Ash Long first started newspaper work in 1969. He began writing for local newspapers in 1973. Over those 47 years he has kept extensive diaries and local photo files.

From Our Files - 100 Years Ago October 1920

Croydon News

■ Members of the Basket Ball Club are practising very earnestly for their concert, to be held on Saturday, November 13th.

Much interest is being shown in the rehearsals, the main object of which is to keep the Club together.

The entertainment will be in the form of a three-act. comedy— an amusing and refreshing account of life in "a senior girls' college.

The characters are well chosen, and under the instruction of Miss Berger.

Owing to the heavy rains this season.

Basket Ball has received a severe set-back, as the ground has not been in a condition for practising, but it is hoped that an earlier start will be made next year, and the proposal to play in the early part of a summer evening is being considered. ● Three teenagers were arrested on the Ring Road.

Ringwood Court lists From Page 2 Victoria Police - Vereker, J (39552) v Davis, Robert. Solo Unit Victoria Police - Miller, B (41032) v Ibeas, Marie. UniMount Waverley Victoria Police - Redford, M (39280) v Nguyen, Michael.

Ciu-Monash Victoria Police - Zhao, T (44779) v Taylor, Jacqueline.

Uni-Box Hill Victoria Police - Musgrave, D (38184) v O'reilly, Stephen.

Uni-Rye Victoria Police - Thiessen, S (43424) v Ibeas, Marie. UniGlen Waverley Victoria Police - Smith, P (27106) v Egerton, Alyssa.

Traffic Camera Office Victoria Police - Carnes, T (42359) v Saunderson, Brett John. Uni-Knox Victoria Police - Paine, P (31368) v Perduv, Sabrina. CiuGeelong Victoria Police - Pleydell, T (38761) v Trevascus, Joanne Valerie. Uni-Croydon Victoria Police - Macreadie, A (35195) v Millard, Melisa.

Uni-Emerald Victoria Police - Pardo, B (35018) v Holland, Robert Paul.

Uni-Healesville Victoria Police - Biderman, A (41923) v Perduv, Sabrina.

Operations Response Team One Victoria Police - Benedos, E (45023) v Finch, Shane Jeffrey. Pcet-Boronia Victoria Police - Box, C (36592) v Waldron, Sebastian.

Highway Patrol-Maroondah Victoria Police - Van Den Heuvel, T (35192) v Edirisinghe Arachich, Udara.

Ciu-Yarra Ranges Victoria Police - Cook, M (38895) v Thomson, Kathrine.

Uni-Boronia Victoria Police - Dinnan, K (40986) v Mazzuchelli, Annalise. Uni-Box Hill Victoria Police - Kotronakis, J (44795)v Morcos, Nagy.

Uni-Keilor Downs Victoria Police -

Editor’s Diary

Mcculloch, K (33833) v Johns, Eliza Louise.

UniMooroolbark Victoria Police - Pappin, J (43400) v Tryfonos, Peter. UniRowville Victoria Police - Carnes, T (42359) v Saunderson, Brett John. Uni-Knox Victoria Police - Yantono, L (35372) v Pasqual, Shantha.

Traffic Camera Office Victoria Police - Yantono, L (35372) v Pasqual, Shantha.

Traffic Camera Office Victoria Police - Yantono, L (35372) v Pasqual, Shantha.

Traffic Camera Office Victoria Police - Keenan, S (36609) v Fletcher, Timothy Douglas. Echo Taskforce Victoria Police - Jose, S (40812) v O'reilly, Stephen John. Uni-Croydon Victoria Police - Crossan, J (41114) v Paisley, Mitch. UniCroydon Victoria Police - Redford, M (39280) v Pham, Vu. CiuMonash Victoria Police - Redford, M (39280) v Danh, Thanh Vinh.

Ciu-Monash Victoria Police - Redford, M (39280) v Danh, Steven. CiuMonash Victoria Police - Redford, M (39280) v Nguyen, Johnny. CiuMonash Victoria Police - Redford, M (39280) v Dang, Jeremey. CiuMonash Victoria Police - Girardo, B (44026) v Sebalj, Thomas. UniBoronia Victoria Police - Marshall, L (37632) v O'reilly, Stephen.

Uni-Rosebud Victoria Police - Redford, M (39280) v Tchong, Ko Pik. CiuMonash Victoria Police - Shakes, R (36657) v Cresia, Daniele.

Highway Patrol-Nunawading Victoria Police - Dell, M (41853) v Watson, Jason. UniLilydale Victoria Police - Wang, Y (44845) v O'reilly, Stephen.

Pcet-Lilydale Victoria Police - Stevens, E

(44973) v Taylor, Jacqueline.

Pcet-Ringwood Victoria Police - Jenner, S (41188) v Mcveigh, Jenna. UniBelgrave Victoria Police - Hawking, T (43327) v Kercheval, Blake William. Uni-Knox Victoria Police - Wyllie, M (43787) v O'reilly, Stephen John. Uni-Mornington Victoria Police - Nelson, S (43233) v Pedley, Hayley Erin.

Uni-Knox Knox City Council Reynolds, A v Foscarini, Robert. Knox City Council Victoria Police - Haines, H (36241) v Anderson, Emma.

Uni-Mooroolbark Victoria Police - HamiltonMorris, D (43703) v Booth, Daniel. Uni-Ringwood Victoria Police - Pongho, A (34932) v Perduv, Sabrina. CiuManningham Victoria Police - KirbyBeach, M (40352) v Keast, Jackson. Highway PatrolYarra Ranges Victoria Police - Lavin, T (34163) v Hooi, Mum Sun. UniKnox Victoria Police - Farmer, S (37816) v Coles, Mitchell Kevin. Uni-Croydon Victoria Police - Courtney, A (40389) v Perduv, Sabrina.

Uni-Doncaster Victoria Police - Iordanov, A (42580) v Jones, Bronwyn.

Uni-Ringwood Victoria Police - Hearse, C (40368) v Theodore, Peter.

State Highway Patrol South East Victoria Police - Leishman, D (40341) v Peters, Steven.

Ciu-Maroondah Victoria Police - Baker, G (39175) v Allsopp, Mitchell.

Dtu-Croydon Victoria Police - Baynon, D (44420) v Ross, Kimberly Morgan. Pcet-Lilydale Victoria Police - Allen, M (35432) v Zhou, Shengxin.

Highway Patrol-Nunawading More details at www.magistratesvic. com.au

Healesville wins ■ The Yarra Valley Football Association premiership was decided on Saturday, when Healesville, who won the minor premiership, but were defeated by Lilydale in the first semi-final, came out on top after a very exciting and strenuous struggle, by the narrow majority of two points.

Last year's final between the same two teams, was even closer, as Lilydale just got home by one point. This year. as last, there was very little to. choose between the two teams, the winners on each occasion deserving their hard earned victory.

Saturdays'niatch was similar in many respects to that of last year, as Lilydale led in the first quarter, after which Heaiesville had the upper hand till the final term.

Disappointed ■ Sir,--The Kinglake cricket team were a.. very disappointed lot of fellows last Saturday, 9th Inst., owing to Doreen failing to put in an appearance,: therefore giving Kinglake a walk-over.

It is a pity that the visiting team, who not intending to. turn up. does notb notify the home team, I. am sure it would sare a lot of trouble..

However, Kinglake played a scratch match, in which the old vetern (Jack Murphy) showed that he had not forgotten the way to use the bat, making 50 runs (notout) in great style. Jim McKimmie again proved himself a tarter with the ball, taking five wickets for as many runs. Bert Pearce found some of his old sting; also did Bob McKimmie and Jack Murphy. Last but not leiast comes Bill O'Brien with a good 27 runs made by solid gricket. Thanking you-, Mr Editor Yours, &e.,.

ONE OF THE DISAPPOINTED.

Queen Vic. Hosp.

■ Miss Smith, of Ringwood, who takes a great interest in all philanthropic movements, felt impelled to assist in this great undertaking.

She set to work in earnest, and by importuning her friends in a graceful and courteous manner, she succeeded, in the course of a few weeks, in collecting the sum of £17/5, which has been forwarded to the committee, who were very grateful to Miss Smith for her disinterested action in assisting such a deserving institution.

R’wood Horticultural

■ The annual meeting of the above was held in Mechanics', on Thursday, evening, 7th October. There was a good attendance, Mr. P. M. Young, Presideut, occupying the chair.

www.LocalPaper.com.au

Victorian Arts Casey Arts Team

■ Applications are now open for the 2021 Art Spaces Program.

The Art Spaces Program promotes and supports traditional and contemporary visual arts practice and artists through access to community exhibition spaces and is a way for artists to reach new audiences.

Applications are accepted from individual artists or groups residing in Melbourne's south eastern suburbs with a priority given to City of Casey located artists.

The spaces are suitable for exhibiting paintings, photography, printmaking, ceramics, craft, drawing, textiles mixed exhibitions and digital art.

For mor information, please read the Application Guide on the Casey Arts website www.casey,vic,gov,au/caseyarts. www.casey.vic.gov.au - Peter Kemp

Convent Gallery

■ Collette Brennan is providing an update on the impact of the COVID-19 public health restrictions with respect to the Convent c3 Gallery.

Due to the current public health restrictions required to manage COVID-19 the Convent Gallery has had to close the Convent including the c3 Gallery to the general public .

In assessing the situation, following government advise, and managing the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 restrictions on the Convent they came to the inevitable decision to put c3 and its program into hibernation for a period of at least six months from April 2020.

As they consider the increased and ongoing negative impacts of the Stage 4 lockdown on the Gallery's operations ,they regrettably had to extend this hibernation into early 2021.

Abbotsford Convent Gallery 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford - Peter Kemp

Portrait Prize The National Photographic Portrait Prize 2021. Loving Memory National Portrait Gallery Director Karen Quinlan is announcing significant changes for the 2021 edition of the popular annual photographic prize exhibition, including a larger, longer, exhibition, themed to reflect our experience of events that have occurred in this historic year.

The National Photographic Portrait Prize is known for capturing the uniquely Australian experience and spirit in any given year.

And this year has been extraordinary.

“We want to mark this important period in our history with a special edition ,"Ms Quinlan said.

“For the first time in the history of the NPPP we are inviting photographers to consider the concept of Living Memory.

“It would be fair to say the vast majority of us have never experienced the events, change and upheaval in our lifetime as we have experienced during this unprecedented year.

“The Gallery is looking forward to seeing works submitted that capture the small and large, the everyday and the extraordinary moments and experiences of Australians brought about by events this year - from global impact to local resonances.”

A stalwart of the NPG's annual calendar, the NPPP offers substantial cash and equipment prizes for professional, amateur and aspiring Australian photographers.

The 20121 edition will offer the four usual prizes, including Winning Prize, Highly Commended and the Art Handlers and People's Choice Awards Additionally in 2021, the Gallery will be offering a professional development opportunity to an emerging photographer.

Key Dates for NPPP 2021 - Living Memory.

Call for entries: December 1.

Finalists announced April 2. 2021.

NPPP winner announced July 30, 3031.

Exhibition opens July 31, 2021 Closes November 7, 2021.

- Peter Kemp

The Local Paper - Wednesday, October 14, 2020 - Page 7

Observer

Observations Bush Telegraph

Published statewide weekly in the Melbourne Observer and all editions of The Local Paper.

Phone: 1800 231 311. Email: editor@MelbourneObserver.com.au

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2020

FUNDING FOR DEAF, DISABLED ■ Arts Centre Melbourne and the Metro Tunnel Creative Program have announced an open Expression of Interest inviting deaf and disabled artists and collaborating allies to create a participatory work incorporating themes of movement, repetition and time.

The selected project will receive funding to the total of $40,000 to create a new-site responsive performance work, activating non-traditional and highly visible spaces in the Arts Centre Melbourne precinct, with the project planned to feature in an event in late 2021.

“The Metro Tunnel Creative Program presents temporary creative works that make a significant contribution to keeping Melbourne a vibrant and attractive destination as the city transforms its commuter routes towards the future,” said Yunuen Perez, Arts Centre Melbourne’s Creative Producer, Public Realm.

“Their collaborative approach to engage the local artistic community to deliver art and performance works of international calibre aligns with Arts Centre Melbourne’s vision for the public realm.”

Arts Centre Melbourne’s partnership with the Metro Tunnel Creative Program was forged due to the fact that both organisations are managing disruption near the theatres buildings. Conversations began about how they could create lively spaces while offering an opportunity to Victoria’s artists.

“We thought it was a good opportunity for both organisations to join together and manage these changes while championing the arts,” said Linda Cantan, Package Director, Tunnels & Stations, Rail Projects Victoria.

The selected work for this project will be adjudicated by a Public Realm Performance Commission selection panel that includes representatives from Arts Centre Melbourne and the Metro Tunnel Creative Program, alongside artists and cultural leaders with lived experience of disability and artists with First Nations representation.

“The collaboration with Metro Tunnel Creative Program is an unprecedented opportunity open to deaf and disabled artists to realise a

● Hurihuri directed by Malia Johnston Photo: Ray Cash creative work in the public realm,” added Yunuen Perez.

The EOI is open to Victoria-based deaf and disabled artists, collaborating allies and collectives welcoming all genres that engage and foster audience participation.

Arts Centre Melbourne has provided an information video for potential applicants with MTCP and ACM representatives featured to answer questions that participants may have regarding the EOI process or broader program.

The video can be accessed on www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWdveIw3 Xyc&feature=youtu.be EOI applications close Friday, October 30 at 5pm. artscentremelbourne.com - Cheryl Threadgold

The Comey Rule ■ The Comey Rule offers a mordant satire of contemporary American politics.

Except that it is not supposed to be a comedy.

This is despite the fact that there are some great comedic performances.

All that's missing is a Malcolm Tucker-like character screaming 'omnishambles' into his phone.

From the start, Comey (Jeff Daniels) seems out of his depth; a Jimmy Stewart character in a heist movie where a powerful mob boss has somehow infiltrated the Oval Office and is setting up a rigged game populated by his cronies.

Comey comes across as a bounty hunter whose loyalty is to his government, but who cannot reconcile that the gang he usually puts away is now the government.

Big Donald (Brendan Gleeson), self-confessed friend of Russian oligarchs and former KGB agents, invites Comey to the White House.

Over dinner, a metaphor-laden affair where the president rejects the high-falutin' seafood starter only to chow down on ice cream, de-

mands loyalty, or else. He offers Comey the role of enforcer, but the boss wants a favour.

Comey's instructions are to take down the boss's arch-nemesis, Big Hillary.

Comey and his team of G-men uncover an array of plots and schemes, including bribery and blackmail.

Corruption and venality lurk behind every closed door. One-by-one gang members are arrested and convicted.

When word gets out that he's looking into the president's shady dealings, Comey's days as the FBI's chief crimefighter are numbered.

This is the strangest show on TV—we've entered the Upside Down world that is the Trump presidency.

This is a high-stakes game and no one, least of all the head of the FBI James Comey, was ready for it.

The Comey Rule screens on Stan. www.stan.com.au - Review by Kathryn Keeble

● Fiona McArthur ■ When you are living in locked down Melbourne, the chance to travel beyond your 5kms radius via a good book seems important.

Australian rural midwife and author, Fiona McArthur, has just released her latest novel, The Bush Telegraph, which transports us to the Australian small country town of Spinifex.

After fleeing Spinifex as a new mum with baby daughter Bridget 10 years ago, Maddy, now a midwife and nurse, returns to Spinifex with Bridget to steer the town medical centre.

As the new broom, Maddy gives senior outback nurse Phyllis a steep learning curve, in a town that is driving farmers to the edge and without a new baby having been born in Spinifex for two years.

Throw in a potential romantic interest in the form of Connor Fairhall, who has returned to his family's station from the city, and you have all the elements needed for the classic bush telegraph.

Fiona traces the story of all these disparate elements that make up a McArthur bush saga and takes the lucky reader along for the ride.

Not surprisingly, Fiona says that she loves books that highlight challenges.

"We're all intrinsically strong and can do anything we believe in. The Bush Telegraph was born from my absolute admiration of remote health workers, young mums striving to be amazing role models for their children, and the stunning scenery around Winton in Queensland," she says.

Fiona says she knows that the world is real, and human beings aren't perfect, but there is always an upbeat mood to her books.

"Social issues and flawed characters finding redemption are always themes in my books. I do love when kindness flips the switch and helps people find their path," she explains.

The Bush Telegraph sounds like the kind of feel-good novel we all need at the moment. More details at www.penguinrandom house.com.au - Julie Houghton

Nightline project

■ Seeking the voices of sleepless Melbourne. Under the cover of darkness, anyone can call The Nightline project to share or download their late-night thoughts and stories – What’s on your mind? How are you spending your night? What’s keeping you awake? What’s getting you through?

Roslyn Oades from The Nightline project explains that people can leave as many latenight messages as they like, “We’re keen to hear from anyone during the early hours of the morning – insomniacs, dreamers or shift workers across many industries: healthcare, emergency services, carers, gamers, cleaners, taxi drivers as well as people in logistics, hospitality or security.”

An audio portrait inspired by the voices of the sleepless, The Nightline is a creative project that will weave the late-night voice recordings into an evocative audio installation experience. Next year, the work will appear across Australia with unique and site specific content created for each city, including Melbourne’s new RISING festival in May 2021.

Leaving a message. Audio messages are received between midnight to 6am. Leave a voice message by calling 0457 910 843 - Cheryl Threadgold

Page 8 - The Local Paper - Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Victoria Pictorial

www.LocalPaper.com.au

Preston.

Historic Photo Collection

● Preston ‘Shire’ Hall. Circa 1920 or earlier.

● Air raid shelter, Chifley Dr, Preston. 1941. Accommodates 12 people.

● Interior of Preston and Northcote Community Hospital. 1964.

● Preston Methodist Church. 1898-1906.

● ‘Vondo’. Queen St, Preston. Circa 1900.

● Northland Shopping Centre, East Preston. Circa 1967.

● Circle Theatre. 499 High St, Preston. 1940s.

● Preston Municipal Cricket Club. Circa 1929.

The Local Paper - Wednesday, October 14, 2020 - Page 9

MARKETING FEATURE

Magazine

Stateside with Gavin Wood in West Hollywood

Another Star in Rock and Roll Heaven

■ Hi everyone, from my suite at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites comes this week's news.

Out and About

Max Merritt dead at 79

■ My good mate Max Merritt succumbed to his long term ailment on September 24 in Woodland Hills, California. He was 79.

Born in Christchurch, New Zealand ,onApril 30, 1941, Merritt made his mark when he formed The Meteors in the 1950s and reeled off a string of catchy rock 'n' roll numbers, including Get a Haircut, Kiss Curl and C'mon Let's Go. Soon, Merritt and his band outgrew Christchurch and by 1962 they had relocated to Auckland, and later, Australia, where he earned the moniker ‘King of Soul’.

With the Meteors, Merritt had a No. 2 hit in Australia in 1975 with the soaring ballad Slippin' Away and were signed to Arista Records in the UK. Hey, Western Union Man reached No. 13.

Max was always the hard worker. His last album with new single and video called I Can Dream in the next few months. I will certainly miss him.

Cancel Netflix

● Ramada Managing Director Alan Johnson, Max Merritt, and good mate Russell Morris.

Social media puppy love ■ It's puppy love at first swipe. A new relationship website has hit the dating market, but there's a catch: All users must have four legs.

The site, called Pinder, is a play on the widely popular dating app Tinder, but instead of swiping right or left on a potential human hookup, all of the eligible singles are pets.

"We're just taking the effective format of Tinder and applying it to the pet community," said Pinder founder Kevin Botero.

The site is new, but a quick scan of users shows a pooch named Max from Seattle dressed as a postman, a Brooklyn based terrier named Charlie rocking a "Where's Waldo" suit, a pig named Lucy who's based in Austin and loves to snack on cabbage and more.

While Pinder was created primarily for pet parents to hook up pals for their pooches, finding a human mate is also part of the fun.

Military suicides are up ■ Military suicides have increased by as much as 20 per cent in 2020 over the same period in 2019.

Senior military leaders say there has also been an increase in violent behaviour due to the stress caused by the coronavirus pandemic, war-zone deployments, natural disasters, and civil unrest.

Some army officials say they have seen a 30 per cent increase in active duty suicides and are considering shortening combat deployments to try to ease stressful situations.

The Pentagon did not share official data, but military officials interviewed say the timing of the increase and the pandemic and other disasters leaves little doubt that they are related.

"I can't say scientifically, but what I can say is I can read a chart and a graph, and the numbers have gone up in behavioural health related issues," Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said.

"We cannot say definitively it is because of COVID. But there is a direct correlation from when COVID started, the numbers actually went up."

■ Netflix, the mega-streaming company has seen a slew of subscription cancellations after the release of Cuties, amid charges that the film is tantamount to child pornography.

Netflix released the movie on Sept. 9, followed quickly by a campaign by critics urging subscribers to #CancelNetflix.

Three days later, cancellations increased to eight times the daily averages recorded in August.

“With the #CancelNetflix hashtag continuing to trend on social media, it is possible elevated churn could continue in the coming days, according to the firm," Variety wrote, citing data from research company Yipit Data.

Things might get worse for Netflix. U.S. Senator Ted Cruz is urging the Department of Justice to launch an investigation into Netflix's involvement with the movie.

"The film routinely fetishizes and sexualizes these preadolescent girls as they perform dances simulating sexual conduct in revealing clothing, including at least one scene with partial child nudity.

“These scenes in and of themselves are harmful. And it is likely that the filming of this movie created even more explicit and abusive scenes, and that pedophiles across the world in the future will manipulate and imitate this film in abusive ways," Cruz wrote to Attorney General William Barr.

Ronnie starts knitting

GavinWood

From my Suite at the Ramada Plaza Complex on Santa Monica Blvd

■ Speaking on the Tea with Twiggy podcast, Rolling Stones Ronnie Wood said: "I do knit. I used to hold the spool of wool for my mum. She taught me the plain stitch and I still do it today. I knit endless scarves now."

Ronnie who has four adult children from previous relationships and four-year-old twins Alice and Gracie with third wife Sally has long swapped drugs for coffee to get a high.

He added: "I'm an espresso man. But that is an old leftover habit from rehab. "I couldn't do anything else so coffee was the thing."

Wood revealing his knitting hobby comes after he recently admitted he thinks a valve in his brain stopped him from overdosing.

Wood thinks he's only alive today because the valve prevented him from going too far amid his notorious drink and drugs binges.

He said: "Luckily I had a valve that cut off, if it was going to be too much in my body, that said 'no, don't go over, don't cross this line, otherwise you will not make it'.

"It was always ever present that it could be a stopping point or too much. If I do not control this then I would shoot off the edge of the precipice."

Ronnie previously admitted his life is "better" now he's sober.

Vale Eddie Van Halen

AC/DC are back

■ Van Halen guitarist and founder Eddie Van Halen has died from cancer at the age of 65.

Eddie Van Halen was born in Amsterdam in 1955. The family migrated to the USA in 1962.

Van Halen were one of the most successful bands of the rock era.

Brothers Eddie and Alex Van Halen formed the band in 1974 with David Lee Roth and Michael Anthony.

The Van Halens and Roth had been playing together since 1972.

■ Shot In the Dark is the first song from the 17th AC/DC album PWR/UP'.

It is the first single since Play Ball in 2014 and first action from AC/DC since the Rock or Bust tour in 2016 which started out with Brian Johnson and ended with Axl Rose as lead singer.

AC/DC in 2020 sees the reunion of sacked Brian Johnson, fired Phil Rudd and retired Cliff Williams.

It is also the first AC/DC album since the death of the band's co-founder Malcolm Young in November 2017.

AC/DC started work on the album in 2018. PWR/UP was recorded at Bryan Adams' Warehouse Studios in Vancouver where AC/DC have made all four studio album of the 21st Century starting with Stiff Upper Lip in 2000.

■ If you are considering a move to Los Angeles or just coming over for a holiday then I have got a special deal for you.

We would love to see you at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites, 8585 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood.

I have secured a terrific holiday deal for readers of the Melbourne Observer and The Local Paper.

Please mention 'Melbourne Observer' when you book and you will receive the 'Special Rate of the Day'.

Please contact: Jennifer at info@ramadaweho.com Happy Holidays, Gavin Wood

Come and visit us

● Eddie Van Halen

www.gavinwood.us

Page 10 - The Local Paper - Wednesday, October 14, 2020

p

ADVERTISEMENTS , g

y,

ADVERTISEMENT MAROONDAH COUNCIL ELECTION TARRALLA WARD

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

COUNCIL ELECTIONS

JAY BHAT My Name is Jay Bhat and I am running to be your local council representative for Tarralla Ward(Covers the suburbs of Croydon south and Bayswater North ) If Elected ; • I will make the Council more accountable when deciding to spend ratepayers money.

• I will work to ensure that the Council continues to deliver high-quality Services that assist youth, seniors and families from all faiths and cultures.

• I will make our neighbourhood safer and cleaner.

• Liaise with local businesses, other councillors and council and see how we can support local businesses during this tough period.

• Better pensioner and disability services.

SPECIAL FEATURE BOROONDARA COUNCIL ELECTIONS

Authorised by Jay Bhat, 111 Mt Dandenong Rd, Ringwood East

Vote for Bill Young Cotham

Re-elect Cr Andrew Davenport

My focus is on a Council that puts people first.

Returning best value rates. Safe school zones and infrastructure. Recreational facilities that cater to whole families. Planning and development that is appropriate and forged on co-operation not an adversarial system. Review of potentially harmful defoliant herbicides used throughout parks and public facilities. Sustainable energy focus; safe biking facilities, solar, electric vehicle stations. I strongly believe in diversity, respecting peoples rights, and recognition of our indigenous heritage.

Email: bill.young2010@gmail.com Authorised by Bill Young, 12 Rangeview Grove, Balwyn North, 3104.

City of Whitehorse | Wattle Ward

EXPERIENCED.

ADVERTISEMENT

ACCESSIBLE. COMMITTED.

Retain Multicultural and Youth Services

Cut Business Red Tape

Protect Neighbourhood Character

0480 295 156

Defend Elderly

Promote a Continuous

Services

Improvement Culture

Upgrade Sport

Introduce a Food and

Facilities for Females

Organic Waste Service

Enhance Parks and Gardens and Active Transport

andrew.m.davenport1@gmail.com

PO Box 2230 Blackburn South Vic, 3130

Authorised by Andrew Davenport PO Box 2230 Blackburn South Victoria 3130

www.LocalPaper.com.au

The Local Paper - Wednesday, October 14, 2020 - Page 11

Star Tree Services in

QUALIFIED ARBORISTS • Tree Removal • Tree Surgery & Pruning • Consultations & Reports • Elm Leaf Beetle Control • Mulch & Firewood Sales

5783 3170 Free Quotes. Full Insurance Cover www.treeservices.com.au mail@treeservices.com.au

To advertise in The Local Paper contact the office on 9439 9927

Page 12 - The Local Paper - Wednesday, October 14, 2020

www.LocalPaper.com.au

Magazine ■ Ethel Merman made her debut on Broadway in the stage musical Girl Crazy in 1930 at the age of 22.

She never had a singing lesson in her life, never had a major hit song and although Ethel made several films, she was not regarded as a major film star – so why was Ethel Merman so popular?

I guess it was because she had star quality and was a showbusiness ‘legend’ in every sense of the word.

Ethel Agnes Zimmermann was born in Astoria, Queens in New York City in 1908. After graduating from High School, Ethel worked as a stenographer and then started singing in New York nightclubs. In 1924 she changed her name to Ethel Merman.

At this time she met Jimmy Durante and they became lifelong friends. During a season at The Palace in 1930 Ethel was invited to audition for the role of Kate Fothergill in the new George and Ira Gershwin musical Girl Crazy.

She got the role and this was a turning point in her career. Ethel got standing ovations when she sang the song I Got Rhythm holding a high C note for 16 bars.

Ethel Merman was signed to a film contract with Warner Brothers Studios and her first onscreen appearance was in Follow The Leader playing opposite Ed Wynn and Ginger Rogers.

Her film roles improved over the years and she made We’re Not Dressing (with Bing

Whatever Happened To ...

Ethel Merman

By Kevin Trask of 3AW and 96.5 Inner FM Crosby), Kid Millions (with Eddie Cantor) and Alexander’s Ragtime Band (with Tyrone Power).

In 1946 she played Annie Oakley in the stage musical Annie Get Your Gun which ran for 1147 performances at The Imperial Theatre on Broadway.

Ethel was not cast in the film version and when Judy Garland dropped out due to illness Betty Hutton was cast in the role of Annie Oakley. In 1950 Ethel played the lead role in Call Me Madam on Broadway and won the Tony award for her performance.

This time she was cast in the film version playing opposite Donald O’Connor, Vera Allen and George Sanders. In 1954 she starred in one of my favourite films There’s No Business Like

● Ethel Merman Showbusiness and her co stars included Donald O’Connor, Dan Dailey, Mitzi Gaynor and Marilyn Monroe. Ethel continued to dominate Broadway and created the role of Mama Rose in Gypsy in 1959.

A friend of mine slipped into a matinee of Gypsy and sat in the end seat in the back row of the theatre. As the lights dimmed he was vaguely aware of this woman in the darkness standing beside him in the isle.

Then the marvellous Miss Merman let go at the top of her voice with “Sing out Louise!” and my friend nearly went through the roof.

I thought Ethel was wonderful in the film It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as the “mother from hell.”

Dorothy Provine, who played her daughter in the film, once told me that she was a “formidable lady.”

In the early 1960s Ethel came to Australia to do television work and performed at venues such as Chequers Nightclub in Sydney.

Ethel was married four times and had two children. Her marriage to Ernest Borgnine in 1964 lasted for a month and in her autobiography Ethel devoted a chapter to the marriage in the form of a blank page.

Her final on-screen performance was in the comedy Flying High in 1980. Ethel Merman passed away on the February 15, 1984.

She had the nickname of ‘leather lungs’ but there is no doubt that Ethel Merman was a marvellous singer and a true showbusiness legend – sadly missed.

Kevin Trask Kevin can be heard on 3AW The Time Tunnel - Remember When Sundays at 10.10pm with Philip Brady and Simon Owens.

And on 96.5 FM That's Entertainment - Sundays at 12 Noon. www.innerfm.org.au

Canada looks to a warm ‘welcome back’

■ While health and safety continue to be a top priority, Canada's vast national parks, epic mountain ranges and immense waterways are exploding in an autumn frenzy of colour and wildlife, reminding Aussie travel-lovers that big, beautiful Canada is looking forward to welcoming visitors when the time is right - guided by research, health regulations and clear border guidelines.

The 48 national parks spread across the country offer outdoor adventures of all kinds and a chance to lose yourself in the simple majesty of nature.

Read on for four of Canada's most magnificent natural phenomena.

Fundy National Park, New Brunswick Highest tides in the world? Tick!

Sea creatures galore? Tick!

The Bay of Fundy has a lot to be proud of.

Not only does it boast the highest tides in the world and is the summer feeding area for half the population of the North Atlantic Right whales, it is also the site of one of the greatest extinction events the world has ever known - the Triassic/Jurassic extinction.

Up there in biodiversity with the Amazon Rainforest, the Bay of Fundy is recognised with two designations

by UNESCO: A Biosphere Reserve and a World Heritage Site (Joggins Fossil Cliffs).

When the Bay of Fundy's massive tides recede at the Hopewell Rocks, they leave behind a field of mud, sand and seaweed teeming with fascinating sea creatures.

Visitors can pull on gum boots and pick their way through rock crabs, sea snails, periwinkles and limpets.

The Hopewell Rocks is a place to pause and appreciate a remarkable story interwoven through time, tide, and the intricacies of nature - a place where you can actually walk on the ocean floor, and then kayak six hours later at high tide, 12 metres above sea level at the very same spot!

Lake Superior, Ontario There's a reason Lake Superior is referred to as an inland ocean.

It is as vast as it is gorgeous. Called Gitchi Gummi, or 'The Big Lake', by the Anishinaabe people of the region, the Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area will soon be recognised as one of the largest pro-

Travel

with John Rozentals tected areas of freshwater in the world.

Guided tours are recommended as Lake Superior has erratic weather patterns, similar to the ocean, and is large enough to create its own weather.

But the views and geology are worth a potentially tempestuous experience and storm chasers won't be disappointed.

The region features unique geological formations such as columnar basalt outcroppings, geodes and stromatolites (fossilised blue-green algae from the earliest periods of life on Earth).

At 2.7 billion years old, some of the world's oldest-known rocks can be found on the Ontario shore, wearing the scars of many winter storms.

Kluane National Park, Yukon Territory Kluane National Park, in Canada's north-west Yukon Territory, is a land of extremes.

The park is home to Canada's highest peak, the 5959-metre-high Mount Logan, along with 17 out of Canada's 20 tallest mountains.

The largest internationally protected area on the planet, the 21,980 square-kilometre Kluane is nearly four times larger than Banff National Park in Alberta.

Between the massive mountains lie the largest non-polar glacial icefields in the world, while the valleys below provide an abundant home for thriving wildlife, including grizzly bears,

Dall sheep, mountain goats, caribou, black bears and wolves.

Travellers from around the ‘world flock to Kluane National Park to hike its alpine passes, raft alongside glittering glaciers and mountain bike along old mining roads and trails.

Wood Buffalo National Park, Northwest Territories and Alberta Canada's largest park and the world's second largest protected area, the stars shine brightest at Wood Buffalo National Park.

In 2013, the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada designated Wood Buffalo National Park the world's largest Dark-Sky Preserve, safeguarding this habitat for many owl species, bats and other nocturnal animals.

Restricted artificial light means visitors to the park see the constellations come to life and the dancing green and reds of the northern lights ripple across the night sky from late August to February.

Gazing upon this astronomical masterpiece while owls and loons serenade you in the distance is nothing short of life changing.

Visit www.keepexploring.com.au

Open on Nov. 10

■ Crystalbrook Collection has scheduled the opening of the five-star Flynn, the group's newest Cairns property, for November 10.

As Queensland's border closures begin to lift, Crystalbrook Collection is ready to welcome all Australians back to the Sunshine State with open arms. Situated on the Cairns Esplanade Boardwalk, the hotel features views of the Coral Sea, glass-bottomed hotel pools, a 24-hour gym and 311 rooms and suites.

The ground-level restaurant, Boardwalk Social, opened in January, and the hotel's signature restaurant, Flynn's Italian, and Whiskey and Wine bar will open soon.

Visit www.crystalbrook collection.com or phone 1300 00 20 50.

- John Rozentals Potential travellers should check the status of individual events and establishments with regard to the coronavirus outbreak.

OK. With John O’Keefe Hugh Jackman in the buff ■ What do actors do when film work dries up ? In the case of Hugh Jackman he got his gear off, except for his R.M Williams boots, and has appeared in a new telly spot soon to be seen on our small screens.

As to be expected it’s a simple message brilliantly delivered by Jackman.

Footwear of a different brand is linked to another mega star in Justin Bieber. Crocs footwear is said to have signed the Bieb and their shares have shot through the stock market roof.

Radio stalwarts

■ October is the birthday for two Golden Oldies of the Australian Radio industry.

First is Gippsland radio station 3TR which iscelebrating its 90th birthday. Owned by ACE Radio Network 3TR broadcasts to 79,400 people per week, aged 10 years of age plus. Fantastic effort.

In the city of the giant Coat Hanger, Bob Rogers is Mr Radio and ruling the airwaves has been his job for eight decades, Bob is finally hanging up his microphone at 2CH. Bob is a legendary man of radio having interviewed everyone from The Beatles to Elton John. Bob is a sprightly 93 years old. Brilliant effort in a often cut throat business.

Tonsorial Trump

■ The New York Times reports that In the year Donald Trump hosted the TV show The Apprentice he claimed A$100,000 in personal tax for care of his hair, namely haircuts and styling. No, short, back and sides for the Donald.

Watch out for Eric Bana

■ Eric Bana is scheduled to appear in a detective film due to appear on the big screens in April, 2021.

The film called The Dry is an adaption of Jane Harper’s book and was shot in Victoria. Jane’s book has already sold one million copies worldwide, a credit to her way with words, it seems only months ago Jane was a feature writer with rhe Herald Sun.

Birthday boy Cliff

■ Harry Webb, aka evergreen Cliff Richards, turns 80, today (Oct. 14) Apart from blowing out the obligatory candles Cliff will release two new singles Falling for You, and PS, please.

Cliff has sold in excess of 250 million records worldwide increasing his bank balance by $90 million UK. Have a good one, Harry.

95 years in the making

■ In 1925 in downtown Nashville a local radio station programmed a square dance program that eventually became The Grand Old Opry.

Earlier this month the Grand Old Opry celebrated its 95th anniversary.

Over the years the likes of Hank Williams, Dolly Parton, Keith Urban, Garth Brookes, Johnny Cash, to just a few have performed before a live audience that still goes to air around America every Saturday night. It is a worldwide musical institution.

- John O’Keefe

The Local Paper - Wednesday, October 14, 2020 - Page 13

www.LocalPaper.com.au

Magazine

Movies, DVDs with Jim Sherlock, Aaron Rourke What’s Hot and What’s Not in Blu-Rays and DVDs THE BOYS IN THE BAND (2020/MA15+/NETFLIX): Set in New York in 1968 at a birthday party, tempers fray and true selves are revealed when a heterosexual is accidentally invited to a gay party, and as a game gets out of control, the evening is thrown into turmoil revealing unspoken feelings and buried truths.

Based on the play by Mart Crowley and the subsequent 1970 motion picture directed by Oscar winner William Friedkin, what was once a controversial and savage depiction into this world of this gay group of friends in an era of forbidden gay love, now 50 years later seems tame and formulaic, however, its biting impact for the most part remains intact thanks to strong performances from the award winning Broadway ensemble cast that includes "Big Bang Theory" star Jim Parsons and "Star Trek" star Zachary Quinto, along with Matt Bomer, Charlie Carver, Andrew Rannells, Robin de Jesus and Brian Hutchison.

Well made and competently directed, and primarily set within the confines of a New York terrace apartment, despite any flaws, it still brims with a vibrant, raw and blistering life, and even though the 1970 film directed by William Friedkin with Kenneth Nelson, Frederick Combs, Cliff Gorman and Leonard Frey offers a much more tightly gripping, darkly decadent and scathingly gutsy depiction, this alternate gay take on "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" is still nonetheless a fierce and intensely vitriolic experience, and a party you won't want to miss. Stars: ***1/2 BLACK WATER: ABYSS (2020/M/DVD, Blu-Ray, Google Play & AppleTV): Horror-drama starring Luke Mitchell, Jessica McNamee, Amali Golden and Anthony J. Sharpe of a group of friends who go exploring in a remote cave system in Northern Australia and find themselves trapped and threatened by a hungry crocodile.

Tiresome retread of an overused premise and numerous crocodile creature features before it, but have been done far better, most notably 1987s "Dark Age" with John Jarratt, 1999s "Lake Placid" with Bridget Fonda, 2007s "Rogue" with Radha Mitchell, 2018s "The Pool," and an alligator in 2019s "Crawl" with Kaya Scodelario, to name a few, this latest edition to the creature feature genre is driven by unimaginative and uninspired direction by Andrew Traucki, whose previous credits include the superior "Black Water" (2007), from a deplorably formulaic screenplay (by John Ridley and Sarah Smith).

Primarily set in a studio tank, for the most part this delivers lacklustre unbelievably dumb characters (including a pregnant woman), bland and ineffective performances and without much, if any, worthwhile energy or tension throughout, and as for the "blink or you'll miss it" crocodile itself, he's about as scary as a daddy-long-legs spider in a bathtub, and you could be easily forgiven for cheering him on to make it all the more interesting, and the end result is a soggy, waterlogged subterranean pot-boiler with about as much bite as a toothless tiger.

Stars: ** DES (2020/M/ 3 Episodes/STAN): Compelling three part mini-series set in 1983 based on the true story of Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen, who is arrested after the discovery of human remains which have blocked a drain near his London home.

Beginning with his arrest, David Tennant is beyond eerily chilling as one of the most notorious series killers in British criminal history, delivering a finely tuned razor sharp but darkly unnerving and calculated award worthy performance of cold calm and frighteningly undisturbed menace as killer Dennis Nilsen, as the police slowly unravel the brutal proceedings and the body count rises, and is aided with a tremendously solid performance by Daniel Mays as Detective Chief Inspector Peter Jays who leads the case and is ultimately caught between political bureaucracy and his loyalty to the families of the victims, along with Jason Watkins as Nilsen biographer, Brian Masters.

Superbly co-written and directed by Lewis Arnold, and incorporating real news footage of the period on the case, David Tennant's resemblance to the actual serial killer is startlingly uncanny, and as the rising tensions and confrontations between Tennant and Mays play out from the arrest to the courtroom, you are constantly reminded how well written, highly intelligent, thought provoking, terrifying and non-sensationalist this subtly exceptional mini-series, and as for David Tennant, just like Richard Attenborough's performance as British serial killer John Reginald Christie in 1971s searing "10 Rillington Place," it is a story and performance once experienced, never forgotten.

Stars: ***½ - James Sherlock

Rourke’s Reviews

● A terrified resident tries to make contact with other survivors in the zombie thriller #Alive, now streaming on Netflix.

The Devil All The Time ■ (MA). 138 minutes. Now streaming on Netflix.

Four years after his intense, brilliantly compelling true-life drama Christine was criminally overlooked by the Academy (in particularly Rebecca Hall's stunning lead performance), writer/director Antonio Campos returns with The Devil All The Time, a grim viewing experience that fits in perfectly with the film-maker's body of work.

There are many plots running through its narrative (set between 1945 and 1965), but the main one centres on Arvin Russell (Tom Holland), a young man from a small Ohio town who has seen a lot of pain and death in his life, where fervent religious faith seems to entwine with the darkest aspects of human nature, leading to numerous moments of mental disintegration and distress for many of the characters involved.

Campos has been a fascinating director since turning heads with the disturbing and prophetic Afterschool in 2008, then continuing to examine people's psychological fragility, and how society can shape or destroy an individual's viewpoint or sense of self-worth, in Simon Killer (2012) and the aforementioned Christine. A fantastic cast (alongside Holland) includes Haley Bennett, Jason Clarke, Robert Pattinson, Bill Skarsgard, and Riley Keough, while special mention must also go to cinematographer Lol Crawley (45 Years, Vox Lux) for the potent, atmospheric imagery. While probably Campos' most accessible project to date, this will still not be a film for everyone, but this is a dark journey very much worth taking.

RATING - ****

#Alive

■ (MA). 98 minutes. Now streaming on Netflix.

With a US. remake already completed and waiting for release, #Alive arrives with expectations, and while the film does offer solid (and unintentionally relevant) entertainment, it doesn't quite reach the heights it could have.

Yoo Ah-in (who headlined the Award-winning Burning) stars as Oh Joon-woo, a spoiled young man who lives with his mother and is obsessed with online video games.

One morning his gaming is interrupted by noises outside his apartment building, and to Oh's horror he sees crazed, infected people running around attacking innocent civilians, incidents that are also being covered by the news on TV. Bunkering in to avoid infection, Oh realises after several days that he is going to run out of supplies, but hope arrives in the form of Kim Yoo-bin (Park Shin-hye), a young woman who lives in the building across the street.

What hurts #Alive the most is the complete lack of character foundation afforded to Oh early on, who is barely onscreen before the mayhem ensues, so it takes time to care about his plight, and for Yoo's performance to fully take hold.

Faring better is Park, who is given more to work with, so delivers a more well-rounded turn.

Co-writer/director Jo Il-hyeong handles the zombie action well, and gives viewers a twist or two, ones that should be spotted pretty easily.

While it is no Train To Busan, #Alive is compact, lively fun, but one hopes the first-act flaws are rectified in the remake.

RATING - ***½ - Aaron Rourke

Top 10 Lists OCTOBER 11-17 THE DVD AND BLU-RAY TOP RENTALS & SALES: 1. BLACK WATER: ABYSS [Horror/Thriller/ Jessica McNamee, Luke Mitchell].

2. WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS [Drama/Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson].

3. STAGE MOTHER [Music/Comedy/ Drama/Jackie Weaver, Lucy Liu].

4. RED SHOES AND THE SEVEN DWARFS [Animated/Action/Adventure].

5. WE SUMMON THE DARKNESS [Horror/ Music/Thriller/Alexandra Daddario].

6. YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT [Mystery/ Horror/Kevin Bacon, Amanda Seyfried].

7. LOVE SARAH [Romance/Comedy/ Drama/Celia Imrie, Rupert Penry-Jones].

8. SCOOB! [Animated/Adventure/Comedy/ Voices: Jason Isaacs, Mark Wahlberg].

9. CAPONE [Crime/Biography/Drama/Tom Hardy, Jack Lowdon, Linda Cardellini].

NEW HOME ENTERTAINMENT RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD [Comedy/Drama/Dev Patel].

A SOLDIER'S REVENGE [Western/Drama/ Val Kilmer].

GREEN RUSH [Thriller/Paul Telfer, Misha Crosby, Mike Foy].

THE 2ND AMMENDMENT [Action/Drama/ William Katt, Ryan Phillippe].

VAULT [Action/Crime/Drama/Don Johnson, Samira Wiley].

BATMAN: DEATH IN THE FAMILY [Animated/Action].

DVD AND/OR BLU-RAY NEW & RE-RELEASE CLASSIC MOVIES HIGHLIGHTS: ICE COLD IN ALEX [War/Drama/Adventure/ John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Harry Andrews].

THE COLDITZ STORY [War/Drama/History/ John Mills, Eric Portman, Lionel Jeffries].

I WAS MONTY'S DOUBLE [War/Drama/ History/M.E. Clifton James, John Mills].

NEW RELEASE TELEVISION, DOCUMENTARY AND MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS: VIKINGS: season 6 - Volume 1.

- James Sherlock

DVD COLLECTION: Specialising in Classic and Hard to Find Movies, and Latest Releases Classics, Comedy, TV, Drama, Thriller, Action, Music, Adventure, Cult Classics, Horror, Documentary. All Genres for All Tastes - Box Sets and Limited Editions Collections SHOP 43, THE WALK ARCADE, BOURKE STREET, MELBOURNE. PH: 9654 3825.

HOURS: Mon-Thurs 10am to 6pm. Friday: 10am to 7m.

Saturday and Sunday: 10am to 5pm.

www.LocalPaper.com.au

Page 14 - The Local Paper - Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Magazine Melbourne

Observer

Lovatts Crossword No 16 Across

Across

Down

1. Promotion & advertising 6. Job path 11. Double bike 15. Messenger 20. Jump 21. Laughing scavenger 22. Labyrinth 23. ResumĂŠ, curriculum ...

25. Victory cup 26. Of sound mind, compos ...

27. Holy city 29. Letter 32. Forbidden activity (2-2) 34. Neither ... nor that 36. Careworn 39. Pre-Soviet emperors 41. Talks wildly 43. Roof overhangs 46. Lessens 48. More recent 49. Lion's neck hair 51. Stack 52. School principals 55. Love excessively, ... on 56. Louts 59. Awkward 61. Deities 62. Body fluid lump 63. Baby night bird 64. Anger, raise someone's ...

67. Favours 68. Shaggier 70. US coin 71. Odour 72. Perfume sampler 73. Lithe 74. Enthused 75. Red blood cell deficiency 77. Letter cross-stroke 78. Desires 79. Unmask 82. Lettuce side dishes 86. Widen (pupils) 87. Famous volcano 89. Illegal passengers 92. Former 94. African antelope 96. SE Arabian sultanate 98. Sets (table) 100. Smells strongly 101. Slightly open 103. 60s pop dance (2-2) 105. Become more active (3,2) 106. Symbolic picture 108. Brass instrument 111. Wordless play 112. White ants 114. Cannier 116. Citrus peel 119. German Mrs 120. Walkway 121. Non-com (1,1,1) 123. Was in debt to 124. Shrill bark 125. Name one by one 126. Vortex 127. Chair wheels 130. Came first 131. Wasted time 135. Record's secondary track (1-4) 138. Spoils 139. ... out a living 141. Countries' pennants 144. Economise, scrimp & ...

146. And so on 147. Infantryman, ... soldier 148. Crazy 149. Bread bun 150. Exercise club 151. Retained 152. Swallow up 153. The B of NB 155. Soviet Union (1,1,1,1) 157. Numerals system 158. Enclosure 160. Futuristic fiction (3-2) 161. Unsuitable 162. Ultra-virile 163. Which 165. Building block 166. Jug rim 167. ... Baba & The 40 Thieves

168. Mexican dip 169. Dispatch by post 171. Suspect's defence 172. Naval rank, chief ... officer 175. Rare pleasure 176. ... & hearty 179. Dried grape 180. Asian sauce bean 182. Knuckle of veal stew, ... bucco 184. Magazine subscriber 185. Cramped (space) 186. Perish 188. Sir ... Coward 189. Chest bone 190. Ancestry diagram, family ...

191. Wheel-shaft projection 193. On cloud ...

194. Swaggering walk 196. Fashion guru, Christian ...

197. Christmas carol, ... In A Manger 198. CDs, compact ...

200. Declare approval of 205. Olympic Games body (1,1,1) 207. King's title, Your ...

210. Resettlement 211. Bludgeoned 212. Pull heavily 213. Indian garment 214. Slimy substance 216. Red-rind cheese 218. Steer 219. Tibetan oxen 220. Employees 224. USA (5,3) 227. Snout 229. Abominable snowman 230. Antlered beast 231. Mutilates 232. Isolated 233. Towards interior of 235. Plentiful 237. Require 239. Wood-trimming tool 241. Of warships 244. Relaxation routine 246. Waffles 249. Child's guessing game (1,3) 252. Press down (4,2) 254. Toppled (over) 256. Group of six 258. Stuns 259. Sea rhythms 260. Foot arches 263. Queen's dog 264. Jogger 265. Ludicrous failure 267. Flowing away 270. Marmalade fruit 271. Spins 272. Mental stress 273. Leakage 274. Map book 277. Small car 279. Ready money 281. Circular 284. Ayes & ...

286. Security lapse 288. Rev counters 292. Measure of distance 294. Composer's work 295. Islands 298. Illumination 300. Orchestra section 301. Hymn, Ave ...

303. Hoisted (flag) (3,2) 306. Idolise 308. Engage (gears) 309. Lazily 311. Thug 314. Spanish friend 315. Salt, ... chloride 316. Conforming, ... the line 317. Without company 318. Filled pastries 319. Unruly children 320. Bug 321. Preaches 322. Phases 323. Electronic payment for goods 324. Tearing into strips

1. Cripple 2. Salesmen 3. Singer, ... Presley 4. Bury 5. Scottish valley 6. Short sleep 7. Kitchen garment 8. Uncovered 9. Corresponded in sound 10. Swiss lake 11. Most submissive 12. Convent 13. Utters 14. Pulped 15. Confines, ... in 16. Frill 17. Public profile 18. Festival 19. Street 24. Tennis ace, ... Lendl 28. Cries like crow 30. Ayatollah's land 31. Pace 33. Makes speech 35. Pressure line on map 37. Enlarge 38. Widespread 40. Wonkiest 42. Prickle 44. Single-celled organism 45. Respect 47. Donkeys 48. Proximity 49. Tiny fish 50. NSW industrial city 53. Tarmac surface 54. Bliss 57. New Zealand Rugby Union team (3,6) 58. Immersed 60. Into that place 63. Aperture 65. Regrettably 66. Eyelid inflammation 68. Group of cattle 69. Writer, ... Blyton 76. Stretchy tape 79. Smash into 80. Snake poison 81. Royal racecourse 83. Up & about 84. Grant 85. Watch covertly 88. Compass point 90. ... & ahs 91. Current units 93. Study of zodiac 95. Moist 97. Become beached, run ...

99. Music style, rock ... (3,4) 100. Sudden attack 102. Denim trousers 104. Yields, ... in 107. Prison rooms 109. Raise (livestock) 110. Region 111. Mongrel dog 113. Originate 115. Female calves 117. Tinted 118. Mirth 121. Journalists 122. Admitted guilt (5,2) 127. Undemanding (job) 128. Disjoin 129. Refits 132. Magician's chant 133. Bloodsucker 134. Military overthrow, coup ... (1'4) 135. Makes acquaintance of 136. Torvill or Dean (3-6) 137. Able 138. Organised for action 140. Communal bedroom 141. Burned unsteadily

Down 142. Disbelievers 143. Portable weapons (5,4) 145. Closing tactics 151. Food-preparing room 154. Chilly 156. Remains 159. Also known as (1,1,1) 164. Afflict 169. Pancake topping, ... syrup 170. Aggravated 173. Lobe ornament 174. Cigar leaves 177. Ram star sign 178. Abrasive paper 181. Actor, Laurence ...

183. Substitute (5-2) 187. Listing down 192. Music colleges 195. Raise standard of 199. Treated badly (3-4) 201. Police informer 202. Debauched party 203. Delete 204. Milk coffee style, ... latte 206. Hi! 207. Intended 208. Model, ... Macpherson 209. Serving platter 213. Wiry-haired dog, ... terrier 215. Rich 217. Earth's satellite 221. Browned off (3,2) 222. Grind down 223. Polluted air 224. Expends, ... up 225. Terminate 226. Execute (law) 228. Entertainingly 234. Enlivening (7,2) 236. Mooches 238. Dine 240. Spot 242. Fan 243. Scotsman's pouch 245. Work clothes 247. Stupid 248. Concentrated scent 250. Autocue 251. Mounts 253. Actor, Robert De ...

255. Pigmented eye membrane 257. Great ages 258. Eagerly expectant 261. Higher in rank 262. Banishes 265. Girl 266. Actor, Will ...

268. Brazilian dance, ... nova 269. Affable 275. Filled tortilla 276. In present state (2,2) 278. Singer, ... Cole (3,4) 280. Side of sofa 282. Oh dear!

283. Starkers 285. Slight 287. Caresses with lips 289. Nuclear devices (1-5) 290. Distress signal 291. African disease fly 292. Small insects 293. Unknown author 296. Baby wrap 297. Long films 299. Phantom 302. Beatles drummer 304. Love 305. Plumbing trap pipe (1-4) 306. Heat up 307. Crowd sound 308. Sponges 310. Root vegetables 312. Cab 313. Phoned

The Local Paper - Wednesday, October 14, 2020 - Page 15

www.LocalPaper.com.au

Magazine

MEGA

CROSSWORD No 16 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

20 23 29

30

32 40

50

34 42

43

52

44

45

53

66

94

110

111

114 121

128

136

137

146

155

172

179

180

185

186

187

173

182

214 221

229

252

222

254

306

307

286

287

297

298

225

208

209

233

234

240

241

249

242

250

251

257

258

262

263 267

268

269

270

273 279 289

290

280

281

291

300

292 301

315

316 319

293

302 309

322

218

227

248

261

217

226

232

278 288

299

318 321

224

308 314

178

193

216

266

277

296

192

207

272

285

177

199

215

247

260

276

295

191

256

271

284

164

184

198

255

265

275

176

239

259

274

163

238 246

264

151

183

231

245

253

143

206

223

230

244

134

211

220

243

133

168

205

213

237

132

157

197

204

236

118

124

150

190

196

203

219

117

175

189

195

142

156

174

210

235

109

162

181

188

194

141

167

171

228

108

116

140

161 166

170

212

100

107

149

154

160

202

99

123

148 153

159

201

93

115

139

147

165

200

86

131

138

152

169

85

130

145

58

126

129 135

144

84

122

125

57

69

92

106

113

120

127

83

91

105

112

119

56

77

90

104

38

73

98

103

19

63

97

102

37

55

76 82

89

96

36

68

81

88

95 101

80

18

28

72

79

17

48

67

75

87

16

35

47

54

71

78

15

62

74

158

46

61

60 65

14

27

33 41

70

13

26

51

64

12

22

25

31

59

11

21

24

39 49

10

303 310 317

320 323

324

304 311

282

283

294 305 312

313

Page 16 - The Local Paper - Wednesday, October 14, 2020

www.LocalPaper.com.au

Magazine Crossroads

By Rob Foenander info@countrycrossroads com.au

No St Kilda Fest ■ The February 2021 St Kilda Festival has been cancelled by the organisers with a statement that reads: “It is with the heaviest of hearts that we bring you the news that the Festival will not go ahead due to risks and uncertainties surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We can't wait to see you when we return in February 2022.”

New for Destiny ■ Husband and wife duo Destiny Band Oz have released a new single Ray of Hope that's taken from their award-winning album called Changes.

It is a simple yet inspirational song of keeping hope in dark times and how your friends can help you through, say Thomas and Tessa Libreri.

AC/DC now in coin ■ Legenderay Aussie rockers AC/DC have partnered with the Royal Australian Mint for a collection of coins that commemorate milestone anniversaries of six of the band's album releases.

It's 45 years since the iconic rock band put out their debut album High Voltage and the coin release is sure to be another hit for collectors and fans alike - Rob Foenander ● Tom Lewis will continue to co-host the K Rock 95.5 breakfast show as well as taking on the Assistant Content Director for the Geelong station.

Innovative growing partnership ■ I'm old enough to remember days when admitting to having read Mary McCarthy's then-banned book The Group would raise an audible titter.

But these days the term also refers to an innovative grape-growing partnership and wine brand that harnesses the collective skills, quality and expertise of around 100 grape growers and their families.

This allows The Group to showcase some of high quality wines from some of Australia's leading wine regions, including McLaren Vale and Adelaide Hills.

The Group helps to maintain the initial goal of supporting the livelihood of the growers, and ensuring their vineyards thrive and grow.

As the daughter of a grape grower, The Group winemaker, Marnie Roberts, spent her early years amongst her family's vines.

"The collective knowledge, passion and experience that's passed down through generations of growers is really special," she said.

"These growers are experts on the fruit they grow, and what grapes make the finest wines possible."

WINE REVIEWS The Shadow 2019Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir ($34): Mike, Judy and their son James Press have been growing Pinot Noir in the Adelaide Hills for over 20 years.

The wine delivers delicate and perfumed florals. Bright red fruit and cherry emerge from the palate in the sleek, elegant and graceful

● Fred Howard: growing premium McLaren Vale grenache grapes for The Quiver. wine. Pair with salmon. om aromas, fresh berry palate and benefits of the cooling breezes are The Quiver 2019 McLaren Vale a long smooth finish. Pair with a evident in the wine.

It is inky yet bright, with silky Grenache ($34): The grapes for this lamb ratatouille. dark fruits and excellent length wine are grown on Dave and Jen WINE OF THE WEEK Wright's vineyard, which is manThe Murder 2017 McLaren Vale bold, smooth and wonderfully balaged by Jen's son Fred Howard and Shiraz ($34): Brian and Valerie anced.

Pair with a game meat such as his wife Sarah. Old vines and Cameron are third-generation sandy soil provide a perfectly bal- McLaren Vale grape growers with venison.

- John Rozentals anced grenache with cherry blos- 70 years of family knowledge. The

Crossword Solution No 16 MA RK E T A E L I P V I M I S S I V R T S A MA NE N I NE P T N W HA N I CK E L O A RA W I S HE S S T I E L A ND E A A M I M F RA U P E T CA S T E R U E E F S A V E H E NGU Y A RD R K P B MA I L I A RA I S POK Y H E E L E NDORS A R DRAG S K Y A K A Y AMP L E S U O P US H I N I T I O RUNNE R R G RO A T L A S NA Y S S C I S L WO R S H I A O AM R A W MOR A L I

I NG CA RE E R G T A NDEM HA RB I NG N L E A P X H Y E NA U MA Z E U M A T A E T ROP H Y N ME N T I S ME CCA L E NONO O M E E N T H I S HAGGA R S R A N T S E A V E S E A S E S N EWE R HE A P HE A DMA S T E RS DO T E S OA A T GODS O T C Y S T B A OW L CK L E S R P RE F E RS E HA I R I E R L I S T E NCH B E T E S T E R N N I MB V E D Y A NA EM I A R S E R I F L S RE V E A L L S A L A DS S D I L A E T N A E S T OW AW A Y S L P A S T C C OMA N C O S M T L A Y S RE E K J A R GOGO HO T UP I CON T UB A S E T E RM I T E S I S H R EWD E R R I N D A T H O V M NCO E L R OW E D Y E N E NUME R A T E WH I R L POO L E E S A N S N WO N F S L O D AWD L B S I DE MA RS E K E D F L AGS B E E T C FOO T MA D RO L L GYM R K E L F E F B E NE US S R I N A RA B I C R S C I F I I NA P T MA CHO L C T H R I CK C L I P A L I K S A L S A C E A L I B I P E T T Y T RE A T A D HA I N T E SOY A OS SO R I RE A DE R D I E NOE L R I B T RE E CAM B N I S T R U T D I OR AWA Y D I S C S R E E E P C V I OC N H L A MA J E S R M I GRA T I ON CUDGE L L E D E L A R I R F E GOO I L U E DAM L E S S T A F F E RS P UNC L E S AM NOS E E T I DE E R MA U L S L ONE I N TO J NE E D O O L E O A D Z E NA V A YOGA U D I GRE S S E S C I S P Y D Z V T I P P E D N S E X T E T R AMA Z DE S R I NS T E P S O CORG I I R F I A S CO E X E B B I NG M ORA N T A T E S M T E NS I ON O S E E P AGE G L M M I N I I L CA S H N T ROU L E A K T A CHOME T E R S M I L E A OP E S L I GH T B RA S S MA R I A RA NUP P ME S H K O Y E R I D L Y MOB S T I GO SOD I UM D TOE I NG A L ONE A C P I E S N B RA T S S GE RM U N X S E S S T AGE S Y E F T POS S HRE DD I

Observations E R O A RD I F S E T E L E P T E D S G L P E E D E P T A A T I L E M NE R T Y R A D Y L E G

A S C E N D S

N U D E R A N NG

with Matt Bissett-Johnson

Mike McColl Jones

Top 5 THE TTOP OP 5 NEW REALITY SHO WS SHOW 5. 5. 150 lambs spend a working weekend at Jeff’s Shed – “The Sheepshank Convention”.

4. A series about a florist that sells sub-standard merchandise – “Fawlty Flowers”.

3. A show starring a gorilla that wears fish-net stockings, black suspender belt and wields a whip - “Kinky Kong”.

2. A Jewish girl spends World War 2 hiding from the enemy in amongst a herd of cows. “The Dairy of Anne Frank”.

1. A series about a Martian hemophiliac – “Take Me To Your Bleeder”.

The Local Paper - Wednesday, October 14, 2020 - Page 17

www.LocalPaper.com.au

Sport

English Derby winner on top

■ Last year's English Derby winner, Anthony Van Dyck, is being quoted on early TAB markets as equal favourite for the Stella Artois Caulfield Cup to be run this Saturday.

He has been set a task in both the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cups with the impost of 58.5 kilos for victory.

He is all class, but with being born in Northern Hemisphere time, he is younger than most, but he is in the right team, and hard to beat.

He is in the care of the doyen of Group One winners, Aidan O'Brien, the champion Irish trainer, who certainly knows what is required to win a big race.

He has won more Group One races than any other trainer in the world today.

I admit it is a big task for Anthony Van Dyck, especially if he is drawn wide out in the Caulfield Cup with his big weight with only 400 metres to the first turn, and not long after up the hill towards the 1400 metres.

He is so good you can't leave him out, despite the weight of around nine stone three pounds in the old.

Australia's top mare, and possibly the best horse in the nation, Verry Elleegant, is the one that I have been waiting for, hoping that her trainer, Chris Waller, would run her in the Caulfield Cup. I have always felt that she was the ideal horse and can handle all conditions and will be suited by the distance of the Caulfield Cup over 2400 metres.

A lot of racegoers, including a few racing journalists knocked her run in the George Main Stakes at Randwick, but I felt that they must have watched the race with their eyes shut.

She missed the start slightly, then hampered at the 1200 metres, and her rider and one of the best in the business, James McDonald, got lost, and she couldn't get a crack at them, and became unbalanced in the last 300 metres.

Since joining the Chris Waller stables when she transferred from Darren Weir, she has mended her ways a bit, under the guidance of the top trainer.

I will say however that Darren did a great job when he had her, and Waller to acknowledge that.

She is a versatile mare, that can sit on the pace, which I feel is a great advantage in a pressure race like the Caulfield Cup, as the pace is generally on all the way over the 2400 metre trip.

She is all class, and is my pick to win the big one, the Cup, coming up this Saturday, stick with her.

On the next line is one that will be there when the whips are cracking, and that is the Danny O'Brien trained, Order of the Garter, an Irish bred horse that has joined the strong O'Brien team.

Since joining the O'Brien team, the son of the immortal Gailileo, an English Derby winner, he has been a model of consistency, having run three seconds at his last three runs, before his big win at Caulfield.

Ridden by top rider Damien Oliver, he then came out and won in good style in the MRC Foundation Cup over 2000 metres at Caulfield.

● Verry Elleegant.Racing Photos.

He is yet another hard to beat, and the way the O'Brien team, with the likes of Russian Camelot and Vow and Declare right there, he is in for a big season.

An interesting runner will be Finche, yet again preparing to have another go down the track in the Melbourne Cup, come the first Tuesday in November. He ran fourth a couple of years ago, and about sixth the year after.

Finche is starting to hit form at the right time, with a good third in the Chelmsford Stakes in Sydney over 1600m metres behind Mister Sea Wolf and Yulong Prince.

I think the Melbourne Cup is his main mission, but he getting on in years, now seven yearsold, and many that age will find hard in a race like the Caulfield Cup, and will be suited better in the one come early November.

Another good galloper who will be right in

Ted Ryan

the firing line with a bit of luck, is the Hawkes Team trained galloper, Master of Wine, the early Caulfield Cup favourite.

At his third run up after a spell, he finished fifth in the Turnbull Stakes behind Verry Elleegant, finishing only a length off the first four placegetters.

Going back to April, he finished a good fourth behind Addeybb.

Since returning he has had no luck in his races, and the stable have a high opinion of him. He is being quoted at the moment around the $20 mark, which is good value. With an ounce of luck in running, he can win, or be placed.

On the same line of betting is the imported galloper, Mugatoo, with leading Sydney trainer, Kris Lees, who went down narrowly to Mirage Dancer in the Metropolitan.

He is smart, and the distance of the Metropolitan was the same as the Caulfield Cup distance of 2400 metres.

Prior to being runner-up in the big one, he had strung together three wins on end including the Newcastle Cup at his latest outing in good style. One to keep your eye on is the international horse, Buckhurst, in the care of the young Irish trainer, Joseph O'Brien, son of the Aidan O'Brien, who holds the record of the most Group One wins in the world.

Joseph won the Melbourne Cup, back in 2017, with Rekindling. Buckhurst has won four of his nine starts with four wins and three seconds, being by the sire, Australia from Artful.

The South Australian galloper, Dalasan, ran an impressive fourth in the Turnbull Stakes, and is smart, but I feel that the 2400 metres of the Cup, under pressure might see him out.

Others with chances include, last year's Melbourne Cup winner and placed in last year's Caulfield Cup in, Vow and Declare, to be ridden

by Damien Oliver, the international galloper, Dashing Willoughby, to be ridden by Michael Walker.

Looking for a Professional to run the show?

The distance of the Cup is right up his alley, and one that will be in the firing line for some time.

He, like Verry Elleegant, will stay as long as your mother-in-law.

★ Compere/Host ★ Auctioneer ★ Promotions ★ A-Grade Journalist ★ Voice-Over Commercials ★ Race Caller All Sports, Race Nights ★ TV, Radio, Press ★ Respected Member of the Media

Ted Ryan Phone 9876 1652 Mobile: 0412 682 927 E-Mail: tedryan@australiaonline.net.au ted.ryan@optusnet.com.au ● Order of the Garter. Racing Photos.

Page 18 - The Local Paper - Wednesday, October 14, 2020

www.LocalPaper.com.au

Sport

Lochinvar Art: Victoria Cup triumph ■ Trained to the minute, driven to perfection and a deserving winner of the $300,000 (Group 1) Prydes Easifeed Victoria Cup at Tabcorp Park Melton on Saturday – that’s Shepparton trainer/ driver David Moran’s 4Y0 Art Major-Ponder In Paris entire Lochinvar Art. Raced by Kevin Gordon, Lochinvar Art (gate four) wasn’t pushed at the start as polemarker Balraj lead easily for John Caldow from Alta Orlando (gate 5), Cash N Flow (6) three wide and King Of Swing trailing him from outside the front line before easing four wide with a rush to take over in the back straight on the first occasion after a lead time 42.5 seconds.

Lochinvar Art slotted in nicely three back in the running line being trailed by Rishi, Hurricane Harley and Cruz Bromac, while Bling It On slotted in three back the markers ahead of Code Black and Code Bailey, with Tam Major at the tail.

Set alight approaching the bell, Lochinvar Art moved outside the leader and was gifted his back when Balraj dropped back sharply supposedly not handling the Tabcorp Park track.

This caused those on the inside to be checked allowing those in the moving line to move a spot closer.

With the speed a cracker in the final circuit, Lochinvar Art eased off the back of King Of Swing on the final bend to issue a challenge with the pair drawing clear to fight out the finish.

Gaining the upper hand as the winning post came into view, Lochinvar Art in quarters of 29.5, 27.6, 28,6 and 26.9 for the final mile scored by 7.1 metres, with Bling It On using the sprint lane to finish third 12.3 metres away. Rishi followed up last week’s sprint victory with a commendable fourth .6 metres back. The mile rate a new track record of 1-51.4.

■ Terang trainer/driver Mattie Craven was overcome with emotion following the superb victory of 3Y0 Skyvalley-Sweetasay filly Pink Galahs against her older and more seasoned rivals in the $50,000 1700 metre Aldebaran Park (Group 1) Bill Collins Trotters Sprint.

Raced by Caleb and Laura Lewis and Laura’s dad Bryan Healy of Maoris Idol fame, Pink Galahs possied one/one from gate two as the hot favourite Dance Craze retained the front running from the pole, with Red Hot Tooth (gate three) moving outside the leader.

Angling three wide on the home turn, Pink Galahs ran home brilliantly to prevail by a head in a thrilling finish, returning a mile rate of 154.3 (last half mile 56.7 – quarter 28.5). Tough Monarch (one/three) off a three wide trail on the back of McLovin (one/two) which moved forward passing the judge at the bell was third 1.9 metres away a nose in advance of Wobelee which used the sprint lane off the back of the leader.

Pink Galahs has a strain of the Great Maoris Idol in her.

Blousing last lap ■ Popular Maryborough enhanced its reputation as "home of the trotter" when six of the nine events on Monday October 5 were for the squaregaiters, five of which were heats of the Aldebaran Park Platinum Home Grown Classic.

Heat one for 2Y0 Fillies commenced the program, with victory going to Brent Lilley's Kyvalleyhoneybunny, a daughter of Skyvalley and Kyvalley Café bred and raced by Jim Connelly. Driven by Chris Alford, Kyvalley Honeybunny after being slowly away from a solo second line draw settled six back the markers. Moving to be one/two in the last lap, Alford eased her three wide on the final bend and she ran home best to blouse a death-seating last lap Imasocialbutterfly by a head, with Mustang Kelly (three back the markers) 44.8 metres away in third place. The mile rate 2-02.1.

■ Heat two saw the nominal Redwood favourite Evas Image (Father Patrick-Shes An Image) lead throughout for Chris Lang to register an untouched 2.5 metre margin in 2-03.4 over Sheza Pleasure which moved to race exposed at the bell after breaking shortly after the start.

Senitas Strength (one/one at bell) was third a half head back.

Heat three went the way of Marg Lee's Keayang Xena (Father Patrick-Keayang Yan-

Harness Racing

turn three wide before running home strongly to register a 16.9 metre margin over Scully which trailed the leader, with Awesome Reactor third a half neck back after racing in the open. The mile rate 2-01.9.

First starter

len-baker@ bigpond.com

with Len Baker kee) with son Jason in the sulky, leading all of the way from gate five to easily account for Anton Golino's Amour Maternal which faced the open on debut, with Ima Destroyer (four back the markers) third. The margins 4.1 X 1.2 metres in a rate of 2-04.9.

Heat one for the Colts & Geldings was taken out by the Emma Stewart (trained) and Jodi Quinlan (driven) Utopia, a Trixton-Gluteus Maximus colt. Despite racing uncovered from gate six outside semi-stablemate Illawong Barma, Utopia scored by 6 metres in 2-01.9 from the leader, with Kyvalley Hacienda 10.6 metres back in third place after following the pacemaker.

■ It was another Keayang victory in Heat two, when Keayang Ninja (Jason Lee for brother Paddy) landed the prize. Easily crossed from the pole by both Aldebaran Zeus (gate seven) and Sweet On You which went into a wild gallop shortly after, Keayang Ninja a Wishing Stone-Another Clare gelding received the run of the race trailing and when Aldebaran Zeus shifted ground on the home turn, dashed through along the sprint lane to register a 6.2 metre margin in 2-01.2. Dont Care was third 9.7 metres back.

■ The TAB Long May We Play Trotters Mobile over 2190 metres saw the much improved 6Y0 Down Under Muscles-Walara Bow mare Sarahleonie Bow bring up a hat-trick of wins.

Trained and driven by Armstrong based Jason Ainsworth, Sarahleonie Bow from outside the front line received a charmed trip one/one and after easing around the leaders on straightening, scored by a half head from Beefour Bacardi (three wide last lap) and Birthday Suit who was 1.1 metres away after being held up and shifting down to the sprint lane in the straight. The mile rate 2-03.2.

Cranny connection ■ At Cranbourne on Sunday, Parwan trainer/ driver Jodi Quinlan's Muscle Hill-Lunar Landing filly Illawong Stardust was an unbelievable victor of the 2080 metre Aldebaran Park Starlet 3Y0 Trotters Mobile. Breaking gate long before the start was effected, Illawong Stardust must have given the leader Imamaorijet at least 50 metres by the time she regained her composure looking completely out of the race.

Gradually making ground to be three back the markers racing for the bell, Illawong Stardust was eased away from the inside to trail Tailored Elegance (one/two) three wide on the home turn and when taken wide in the straight, Illawong Stardust finished full of running to record a brilliant 7.1 metre margin over Imamaorijet, returning a mile rate of 2-02.7. Former pacer Queen Of Crime (one/one at bell) was third a head away.

Dazzling debut ■ Echuca raced on Tuesday and Lemnos (Goulburn Valley) trainer/driver Danny Ferris produced a 4Y0 Yankee Spider-Lombo Luvbird gelding by the name of Yellow Stone to snare the Alabar Bloodstock Maiden Pace over 2160 metres when making his debut.

Bottled up four back the markers from inside the second line as Justblingit Cresco led from gate two, Yellow Stone was extricated away from the inside in the last lap to make the home

■ Shelbourne training duo Kate Hargreavesand Alex Ashwood also produced a first starter named Tay Tay, a Rock N Roll Heaven-Jets Girl filly to lead throughout from the pole in the Echuca Moama Print & Design 2Y0 Maiden Pace over 1755 metres. Travelling beautifully,Tay Tay driven by Alex scored easily by 11.7 metres in advance of Twisted Bliss which trailed in 2-02.3. Okinawa Beach was third 8.4 metres away from three back the markers at the bell.

■ Elmore trainer Keith Cotchin's honest 5Y0 Western Terror-Bebop gelding Brackenreid returned to the winners list for the first time since April when victorious in the Moama Bowling Club Pace over 1755 metres. Driven by Ryan Duffy, Brackenreid came from last to make the final bend very wide in defeating Ideal Suspect ahead of him by a half neck in a rate of 1-57.9.

Schouten Island (one/one - three wide last lap) was third a half neck back.

■ Ardmona duo Donna Castles (trainer) and Doc Wilson (driver) were successful with 7Y0 Straphanger-Golden Antigone mare Antiope in the 2130 metre Niota Bloodstock Trotters Handicap. Beginning best to lead from outside the front line (there were only three off the front), Wilson adopted "catch me if you can tactics" and never looked like being beaten, greeting the judge 13.6 metres clear of Tibur which trailed. Thirty metre equal backmarker Starlight Storm was third 2.7 metres back after racing exposed for the final circuit.

Double Day ■ Wednesday was once again double day, with Horsham racing in the day and Bendigo at night.

The Horsham meeting belonged to Kate Hargreaves and Alex Ashwood who landed half of the program.

Four year old Skyvalley-Aldebaran Sunset gelding Aldebaran Sundown started proceedings by winning the Speeding Spur @ Woodlands Stud Trotters Handicap over 2200 metres.

Stepping safely from the pole, Aldebaran Sundown was allowed to find his rhythm, easing away from the markers to race exposed outside Eoghan Omalille which had crossed Dream Over.

Joining the leader approaching the final bend, Aldebaran Sundown raced clear in the straight to score by 8.8 metres in advance of Downtown Miss (one/two) in a rate of 2-03.7. The favourite Love The Aces was third 6.3 metres back after using the sprint lane on turning.

■ Next to arrive was in-form Betterthan Cheddar-Feel The Magic filly Roquefort Cheese in the 1700 metre Carbine Chemicals Pace. Going forward from gate five to park in the open momentarily before striding clear at the bell.

Roquefort Cheese cruised to the wire 3.9 metres in advance of Tinge Of Fear (four back the markers) to be outside the winner on the home turn and Irishmurphy which followed the runner up throughout finishing 3.8 metres back. The mile rate 1-56.6.

■ Betterthancheddar-Warp Speed 4Y0 gelding Bottle Rock owned in South Australia, was much to slick for his rivals in the 1700 metre Congratulations Micky B & John C Pace. Beginning swiftly from gate four to cross Kempseys Delight (gate 3) prior to the bell, Bottle Rock was rated to perfection, running out a 3.8 metre winner in 1-59.3 over Kempseys Delight which used the sprint lane to no avail, with Ideal T J third 3 metres back after racing exposed.

■ Leading owners Merv and Meg Butterworth were victorious with their Grant Campbell trained and driven ex-Kiwi 4Y0 Mach ThreeWell Hereshoping gelding Duty Bound who landed the HRV - $11,000 For PCFA Pace over 1700 metres in a rate of 1-57.6. Restrained from gate six to settle three back in the moving line, Duty Bound followed Ghanasuya three wide ahead of him forward approaching the final bend and finished with a wet sail to blouse him by a

Sulky Snippets This Week

■ Wednesday - Kilmore/Terang, Thursday - Shepparton, Friday - Mildura/Bllarat, Saturday - Melton, Sunday - Cranbourne, Monday - Charlton, Tuesday - Bendigo.

Horses to follow

■ You Ninety Two, Senitas Strength, Azza, Ima Destroyer, Pembrook Charlie, Downtown Miss, Surely Not.

half neck. Beneath The Shadow came from last to be third 1.2 metres back.

■ There's an old adage in racing that when your luck is in, everything turns to gold and at a very wet Bendigo, Ararat's Michael Bellman presently on a roll, was successful with Pegasus SpurFleetwood Blue filly Jazspur in the 2150 metre TAB Long May We Play 3Y0 Trotters Mobile.

Beginning badly from gate three, Jazspur by the time she settled was a conservative 30 metres off the leader Bellmac Bambi facing a daunting task.

Gradually making ground to eventually catch up, Jazspur continued the effort going three wide solo at the bell, circling her rivals with ease to dash clear into the straight and produce an outstanding performance to win by 1.8 metres from Quake Proof which followed her home. Well fancied Itsallandover used the sprint lane off the back of the leader after being held up slightly on turning for third 2 metres away. Raced and bred by the Hulls from Ararat, Jazspur returned a mile rate of 2-04.1.

■ Shepparton's Kima Frenning landed the Race Services Pace over 2150 metres with Bopper Jet, a 8Y0 Kiwo bred Jeremes Jet-Big Bopper gelding who has only been in the stable a short time. Starting from the extreme draw, Bopper Jet driven by Greg Sugars spent the first half of the race at the rear before going forward at the bell to park in the open for the final lap. Surging clear at the straight entrance, Bopper Jet recorded a 2.3 metre margin over Cool Rocking Daddy off the back of the leader Hit The Sky in a slick 1-55.2. Eljays Mystery (one/one last lap) was third 6.3 metres back.

Miles away

■ Thursday's Kilmore meeting was great for Monegeetta father and son Marty and David Miles. Marty taking the Happy Birthday Gordon Caddie Pace over 2180 metres with 8Y0 Americal Ideal-Christa Walton gelding Twoforsixty driven by David who also greeted the judge in The Bendigo Club Bistro Vicbred Pace over 1690 metres with Art Of Sheng Li, a 3Y0 daughter of Art Major and Sheng Li and the Fiberprotect From Hygain 3Y0 Pace over 2180 metres with Safely Kept-Jewel Castle filly Safe Jewels both trained by him. Twoforsixty settled four back in the moving line from gate three on the second line before going forward to race in the open for the last lap. Taking over from leader Adam Crocker on the home turn, Twoforsixty held an advantage to the wire, registering a strong 9.9 metre victory over Soho Whisper (one/one) in a rate of 1-59.8. Azza ran on late from a mile back for third a head away. Art Of Sheng Li first up since February was given every chance from gate three (one/one) and when eased three wide on the home turn, ran home nicely to blouse a death seating Stunning I Am by 4.7 metres in 158.7. Shes A Hovercraft (three back the markers) was third after using the sprint lane. Safe Jewel was taken back to the tail from outside the front line, weaving a passage between runners to ease wide in the straight to score by 4.6 metres from Jets Art (one/one) and After The Chase (one/two) which appeared to cop a buffeting from the winner in the straight finishing a neck away. The mile rate 2-01.6.

- Len Baker

www.LocalPaper.com.au

The Local Paper - Wednesday, October 14, 2020 - Page 19

The Local Paper

Classifieds

Phone: 1800 231 311. Web: www.LocalPaper.com.au

CLASSIFIED INFORMATION The Local Paper CONTACT US Phones: 1800 231 311, 9439 9927, 5797 2656 Email: editor@LocalPaper.com.au Postal: PO Box 1278, Research, 3095 BOOKING AND COPY DEADLINE: 5pm Mondays, prior to Wednesday issue.

CLASSIFIED ADS Classified ads are available each week in The Local Paper, which is published on Wednesdays, February-December (with the exception of Easter Wednesday). All Classified Ads appear in the print and online editions. All Classified Ads also appear without extra charge in the Melbourne Observer newspaper.

LINE ADS First 20 words, $20. Then $1 per word.

Births/Birth Congratulations: Family members may place notices with the parents’ consent.

Engagements: Family members may place notices with the couple or their parents’ consent.

E-Mail: editor@LocalPaper.com.au

CONDITIONS

All advertisements are subject to the approval of The Local Paper. The Local Paper may refuse to accept or publish any advertisement.

The Local Paper may omit or alter any advertisements content, size, form, position and placement without prior notice. To the extent permitted by law, The Local Paper accepts no liability for any intentional or accident omission or modification.

The Local Paper gives no guarantee regarding the positioning of advertisements and credits will not be given for advertisements appearing out of alphabetical sequence.

The Local Paper accepts no responsibility for the content of any advertisements.

Our Terms and Conditions may be viewed at the www.LocalPaper.com.au website.

Lodge your free ad, anytime 24/7 at the ‘Free Ads’ section at www.

LocalPaper.com.au PUBLIC NOTICES

KILMORE TOWING & TRANSPORT Cash paid for cars, vans, utes and trucks $50-$10,000 any age, any condition rusted, blown, smashed, etc.

LMCT 9877

Phone Rod 0412 333 830 Towing available for vehicles, containers, farm machinery up to 12 tonne.

PUBLIC NOTICES

DISPLAY ADS Display advertisements: $7.50 per col. cm.

Specifications: Our page size is 37cm height x 260mm (8 columns width).

All display ads are printed in full colour at no extra charge.

PAYMENT DETAILS All ads are pre-paid. Clients may pay by Card (Visa, Mastercard or American Express) without surcharge. Payment is also accepted by Direct Debit (033091 260131.

Local Media Pty Ltd, Westpac, Eltham).

PLEASE CHECK YOUR AD It is important to check your advertisement is correct on the first day it appears. While every care is taken to ensure your advertisement is correct, errors can occur. If this happens to your ad please contact us the first day your advertisement appears and we will be happy to correct it as soon as we can. Credit will only be issued for the first appearance date, and no further credits shall be issued for consecutive advertisements.

FREE ADS FREE ADS ARE NOT ACCEPTED BY PHONE Free ‘For Sale’ and ‘What’s On ads are available in The Local Paper to private parties and community organisations. There are no charges, no fees and no commissions. All Free Ads are published at the entire discretion of the Editor.

Free Ads: www.dindi.com.au/wp/free-adsform/ Free What’s On Ads: www.dindi.com.au/ wp/free-ads-form/ PRIVACY POLICY Our Privacy Policy includes important information about our collection, use and disclosure of your personal information. The personal information we request from you enables us to provide you with the services you require.

Lodge your free ad, anytime 24/7 at the ‘Free Ads’ section at www.LocalPaper.com.au

Deadline: 5pm Monday PUBLIC NOTICES

Page 20 - The Local Paper - Wednesday, October 14, 2020

www.LocalPaper.com.au