NEWS DESK
Rotary aims for stronger community links
All aboard: Eric Sangwell, Peter Fulton and Bob Bolch. Picture: Supplied
JPs take office JUSTICES of the Peace Peter Fulton and Eric Sangwell were elected secretary and treasurer of the Mornington Peninsula branch of Honorary Justices at their meeting at Rosebud police station recently. Chairman Bob Bolch had already been elected at a previous meeting. During general business they discussed legal documents, including enduring power of attorney and the appointment of a medical treatment decision maker. Both documents can be witnessed by JPs or bail justices, while an advance care directive must be signed by a registered medical practitioner. These free legal documents are included in the book Take Control available at the Office of the Public Advocate, call 1300 309 337, or can be downloaded at publicadvocate.vic. gov.au To find a JP or bail justice call that number or search JPs Victoria.
ROSS Kilborn is the new president of Mornington Rotary Club. Mr Kilborn was inducted during a special dinner earlier this month attended by 50 Rotarians, partners and guests, including district governor Adrian Froggatt. A former Rotary group study exchange member, Mr Kilborn said he is keen to “strongly link the club” to the Mornington community and will promote several projects to make a difference for those who live in the area. Also at the dinner was Gregg Ross, chair of Australian Rotary Health, one of the largest independent backers of mental health research within Australia. The Australian Rotary Health Research Fund was founded in 1981, following an initiative by Mornington Rotary member, Ian Scott. The first money used by the fund led to the discovery of the causes of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and parents around the world now place their babies on their backs at night, to reduce the incidence of SIDS. Now a multi-million dollar research fund administered by a committee of medical professionals and Rotarians, the emphasis since the early 2000s has been on mental health research, with a more recent focus on preventative measures for young people Several Rotarians who were at the club in the 1980s when this fund was created were at the dinner, including then president, Don Gordon. Mr Ross presented with the Ruby Companion of Australian Rotary Health award. The Mornington Rotary Club welcomes new members. Details: www. therotaryclubofmornington.org.au
Chageover night: Members of Mornington Rotary Club when Australian Rotary Health Research Fund started are, from left Darryl Chambers, Milton Green, Don Gordon, Ted Moore, Ken Bilham and Ian Prudden. Right: new Mornington Rotary president Ross Kilborn with district governor, Adrian Froggatt. Pictures: Supplied
Stone resources at Hillview Drive Quarry are running out, so Hillview Quarries is looking to relocate and re-establish quarrying operations, and access the adjoining resources at the former Pioneer Quarry in Boundary Road, Dromana. The Boundary Road Project
Who was Roy Everard Ross?
Since 1968, Hillview Quarries has been quarrying at the current site in Dromana. Hillview also owns the land at the Old Pioneer quarry and the surrounding resources in Boundary Road Dromana.
Roy Everard Ross: Victorian-born businessman; World War One veteran; one of the Peninsula’s most generous benefactors.
Both quarry sites are owned by the R E Ross Trust, a charitable Trust established in Victoria in 1970 as per the will of the late Roy Everard Ross.
Unfortunately, just two years later, Roy passed away but not before creating the RE Ross Trust.
Relocating quarrying to the Boundary Road site will enable the long-term charitable granting of the R E Ross Trust through the continued profits from the quarry operations.
Since then, the Trust has granted $117 million to charitable organisations for education, arts, culture and environmental projects around Victoria.
In May 2018, the Minister for Planning directed that an Environmental Effects Statement (EES) be prepared for this project. An EES is the most rigorous government process for assessing projects in Victoria.
These funds have come from the sale of rock from the Trust’s Hillview Quarries business which makes up 70% of the Trust’s income.
Roy was a land surveyor, engineer and a quarry man. In 1968 he acquired the TW Maw and Sons quarry – which operates to this day as Hillview Quarries at Dromana.
In his Will, Roy directed that ‘the income in perpetuity from his estate (his share portfolio, property and Hillview Quarries) go to charities or charitable purposes’.
In addition, a further $15 million of grants, cash donations and products for community projects has been donated through Hillview Quarries to the Mornington Peninsula community.
As rock reserves at Hillview Drive Quarry diminish, finding a source of revenue to safeguard the work of the Trust is a priority. The Boundary Road Project does just that.
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Mornington News
2 July 2019
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