NEWS DESK Hard at work: Trudy LennonBowers, of Mornington, doing what she loves. Picture: Gary Sissons
Court date set A DRIVER charged over the death of Mornington Cycling Club member Joel Hawkins in June last year has been bailed to appear at the County Court in April. The Rosebud man, 47, fronted a committal hearing at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court last week on charges of culpable driving causing death, dangerous driving causing death and summary charges. A “ghost bike” memorial near Ponderosa Place, Dromana, honours the memory of the 17-year-old, of Mt Martha, who was a popular clubman and member of the Victorian cycling team. “Joel was an extremely talented rider with dreams of riding in the Tour de France. We miss him so much,” aunt Tara Bressan said.
Art’s lunar link
Time out to make opportunity A WOMAN who has loved opportunity shops all her life – “getting a bargain, finding a treasure and being able to afford it because of the prices” – has opened her own op shop. Trudy Lennon-Bowers, of Mornington, said her “life changed” when her father passed away last year. “I started to think about exactly what was important in my life and what wasn't,” she said. “I was working three 12-hour days as a development chemist for Dulux, driving two hours a day and never seeing my husband or kids, and thought to myself: What am I doing? “I was also volunteering at the Wilson Rd,
Mornington, op shop and that was the thing I loved to do the most. I thought to myself: “If I could do this every day I would be a happy person.” It was time for a change, so Ms LennonBowers took 12-months’ leave-of-absence to establish Tru Opportunity, which she says is a “traditionally priced op shop where it is affordable to shop”. But there’s a twist: Donors of goods can nominate the charity they support by the sale of the goods. “I have a list of 34 charities we are hoping to help with any profits generated,” Ms Lennon-
Bowers said. “We have set up a website – truopportunity. com.au – and have a Facebook group and business page. “There’s no money left in the kitty for advertising so I am relying on word-of-mouth and Facebook for promotion.” Ms Lennon-Bowers said she and volunteer staff were not drawing wages but donating all profits to the charities. Tru Opportunity, 8 Frank St, Mornington, 9.30am - 4.30pm Monday to Friday and 9am – 1pm Saturdays. Stephen Taylor
AN art historian who has worked at the National Gallery in London for 16 years will speak to Australian Decorative & Fine Arts Society members at Mornington this month. Leslie Primo will talk about artist Joseph Wright, of Derby, and the development of the Lunar Society in 18th century England. At that time, like minded men formed clubs and societies where they discussed the various movements for change, such as the anti-slavery movement, the writings of the Jean Jacques Rousseau, the American war of independence, and the philosophy of the Age of Enlightenment. Primo’s talk will explore the lives, achievements, common interests and connections between a group of individuals by examining the paintings of Joseph Wright depicting various men, including James Watt, Matthew Boulton, Josiah Wedgwood and Erasmus Darwin. The industrialists among these men would have been referred to, in their time, as philosophers – or the Lunar Men. We have a name for them: scientists. The talk will be at 5.30pm, Friday 12 August, at the Peninsula Community Theatre, Wilsons Rd, Mornington. The cost to non-members is $20. Details and bookings, call 9787 2092.
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