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Cuppa poured for a cause ANYONE with a taste for tea, good entertainment, personalised pampering and fine food is invited to join Mornington Peninsula Business Women in Dromana on Thursday 26 May for a ‘’cuppa for cancer’’, and more. The Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea charity event will feature manicures, massages, auctions, raffles, entertainment by Australia’s leading female magician Cath Jamison and food by the Peninsula’s finest. Last year the event, which is held in hundreds of communities around the country, raised $2374 for the Cancer Council to fund research, counselling and support services. One of the Dromana event’s organisers, Jo Violeta, said it was also about connecting with other business women. “The day is as much about each supporting each other in our community as it is about supporting the Cancer Council,’’ she said. Ms Violeta said many Mornington Peninsula businesses had shown their ‘’generous spirits’’ by donating their time and expertise to the charity day. The event will be held from 9am til noon at The Green Room, 2 Carrigg Street, Dromana. Tickets can be booked at www.stickytickets.com. au Venue details at www.facebook.com/thegreenroomdromana Pause for the cause: Janelle Curry, Kerry Keys, Jo Vialetta, Caroline Leslie, Janet McNeill and Andrea Rowe lying down - with magician Cath Jamison in back. Picture: Yanni
Crashes down, but trauma stays Liz Bell liz@mpnews.com.au ALTHOUGH statistics show motorists have just recorded the lowest number of collisions for five years, the trauma for those involved in an accident can seem endless. Court cases get settled and insurance claims paid out, but the memories and pain linger. The ongoing impacts of road trauma is something Rye resident Geoff
Greene is only too aware of. Mr Greene didn’t even see the driver coming up behind him on Point Nepean Rd, Rosebud in September, 2013, so wasn’t able to anticipate the impact. By the time his shunted car came to a halt and he was able to turn his head, the driver who caused the rear-end collision had disappeared. Although badly shaken and suffering severe bruising and a bleeding head injury, Mr Greene didn’t feel the full effects of the accident until about one week later, when his ileac artery rup-
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ssan seven-seater vehicle and pushed it into the path of oncoming traffic. Despite being knocked out momentarily and injured, she regained consciouness just in time to escape from her vehicle before it was struck again. Ms Sheridan was studying nursing at the time, but today she is unable “to function on a day-to-day basis”, and is plagued by headaches, ongoing pain and muscle weakness. Worse still are the psychological effects of the accident. Continued Page 10
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