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Mural for Mount Eliza school A MURAL celebrating Mount Eliza Primary School’s 150th anniversary is nearing completion. The mural, depicting iconic parts of Mount Eliza, is being drawn by local artist Jill McFarlane in collaboration with teacher and graphic designer Neisha Lee and children’s book illustrator Julie Spencer. McFarlane said that the project was completed with help from the school’s Year 3 students. “The design is bold and colourful and incorporates the Mount Eliza coast, the historic Old School Hall and the ‘Mount’ area of the village,” she said. “The mural is already attracting much excitement and attention from the students and school community who find many parts of the artwork to connect with. The late nights at the school in the dark projecting the initial line work for the mural have all been worth it.” McFarlane will showcase new Mornington Peninsula landscape prints at Artisan’s Alley in Mornington this month - the free events will take place at 17 Main Street on Friday 15 and Saturday 16 November from 7pm until 9pm. Picture: Supplied
Councillors decided as count comes to end Cameron McCullough cameron@mpnews.com.au All 11 wards that make up the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council have now been decided. Already declared last week were Kate Roper in Beek Beek Ward, Anthony Marsh in Briars Ward, Stephen Batty in Kackeraboite Ward, and Bruce Ranken in Moorooduc Ward. Last Friday (8 November), prefer-
ences were distributed for a further five wards where no single candidate polled greater than fifty percent of the primary votes. That resulted in the declaration of Max Patton in Benbenjie Ward, Patrick Binyon in Brokil Ward, David Gill in Coolart Ward, Paul Pingiaro in Tanti Ward and Cam Williams in Tootgarook Ward. On Monday (11 November), the final round of preference distribution
resulted in the declaration of Andrea Allen in Nepean Ward and Michael Stephens in Warrangine Ward. A notable absence from the elected representatives is Antonella Celi, who bows out of council after losing Tootgarook Ward to Williams. Celi served as a councillor for over fourteen years, including stints as mayor and deputy mayor. Another notable absence is balanced gender representation with
only two female councillors elected across the 11 wards. This is at odds with the last council where seven of the 11 representatives were women. In other developments, newly elected councillor for Kackeraboite, Stephen Batty, told The News he had resigned his Liberal Party role as chairman of the Dunkley electorate. Batty would not elaborate, but said there were “a number of reasons” for
his departure, but that his “number one priority is to represent the people of the peninsula and ensure that council concentrates on local issues.” Also notable is the number of new councillors, with only three of the 11 newly elected councillors having served in the last council. Councillors will be sworn in at the council meeting on Tuesday 19 November.
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