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Oak to grow war ties James Cook Primary has added a Gallipoli Oak to its schoolyard. The Endeavour Hills school held a ceremony to plant the tree on Monday 14 May. The National Trust of Australia's Victorian branch launched the Gallipoli Oaks Project in 2013. It identified the tree as a symbolic link between the Centenary of Anzac, the people of Turkey and Victorian primary school children. The trust propagated 600 juvenile Gallipoli oaks from acorns to be planted at schools during remembrance ceremonies from 2015 to 2018. The project included interpretive material to communicate the story of the Gallipoli oaks during World War I, the propagation process and Australia's enduring relationship with the Turkish people.
Endeavour Hills man George Lloyd, whose father served in World War I, with school captains Asma, Ayaan, Teagan and Venice. 180575 Picture: STEWART CHAMBERS
Revolt on rat-run A solution to rat-running on Hallam's Cheshunt Drive could be two and a half years away. City of Casey councillors deferred a report on the issue at their Tuesday 15 May meeting, following concerns from residents that a proposal for two speed humps wouldn't solve the problem. "Two speed humps as a deterrent does not address the problem as they are bypassing three speed humps by cutting through our street," Phillip Romari said. "It only addresses the speed, not the numbers."
Mr Romari said drivers were using Cheshunt Drive as an alternative route to access Hallam South Road. A council report acknowledged "some vehicle transference from Hinrichsen Drive to Cheshunt Drive, particularly at peak travel times" following installation of nine flat-top speed bumps in Hinrichsen Drive in 2015-'16. Figures show daily traffic levels increased from 362 cars in March 2014 to 769 in May 2016 and 1155 by November last year. At its 20 March meeting, the council resolved to organise an on-site meeting with
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"So why allow a street meeting to happen if nobody is going to listen?" Cr Smith's response was to put the issue "on hold for now". "My concern with that is the project will take longer as we'll have to come up with a lot more funding which would happen over two or three or more budgets," he said. "Damien and I have managed to manoeuvre things in the budget to hopefully get this done in one year rather than the two and half or more years it will take to get different treatments."
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