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Give this Easter and help the kids YOU would never guess that at one time in 11-year-old Zac Nelson’s life he was confined to a wheelchair. Running around with his cousins, the Our Lady Star of the Sea student is now the picture of health. Zac was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Lymphoma at the age of four after he complained of stomach pains and began losing the use of his legs. Zac’s mum Jennie said he was diagnosed with a spinal tumor after an MRI scan in Geelong on May 11 2004. He was immediately referred to Dr Patrick Lo at the Melbourne Royal Children’s Hospital. “He was diagnosed at 11am and by the time we got to the children’s at 3pm he was in surgery within two hours of getting there,” she said. Zac’s tumour was bigger than a tennis ball and required intensive surgery that included the removal of a part of his spine. “He (Dr Lo) was great, he let us know that it was very serious and he would do everything he could,” Jennie said. CONTINUED PAGE 2 HAPPY AND HEALTHY: Zac Nelson, with Jamie, is urging people to give to the Good Friday Appeal.
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SPORT HUB HOPE OCEAN Grove’s sporting teams shouldn’t lose hope yet, according to the state government. Despite recent fears that the Shell Road Sporting Precinct project wouldn’t go ahead in the foreseeable future, state liberal representatives have said the plans are still on the agenda. The Minister for Sport and Recreation, Hugh Delahunty, said that despite not being part of government policy, Shell Road was still up for discussion. A spokeswoman for Mr Delahunty said the May 3rd budget would honour all election commitments. “The Ocean Grove project is not off the agenda for the government, however, it was not part of the party’s policy platform for the 2010 state election,” she said. “The minister has asked his Department of Sport and Recreation to have ongoing discussions with Geelong City
Council on this project and he is keen to see this continue.” During the 2010 State Election, Labor MP Lisa Neville committed the last $5 million needed for the project to progress. Ms Neville retained the seat of Bellarine but the change of government left a question mark over funding. 2010 Bellarine Liberal candidate Kurt Reiter said he believed the project was critically important and would continue to lobby for it within the Liberal Party. “It was not a coalition promise but that does not mean it won’t go ahead,” Mr Reiter said. “The team were seriously concerned about the state of the finances so many costly commitments were not able to be made, Shell Road included.” Meanwhile the City of Greater Geelong has appointed Haskell Architects to develop the detailed design for the new clubrooms proposed for Shell Road.
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