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SEPTEMBER 26 - OCTOBER 9, 2018
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Colour dash for fun Our Lady Star of the Sea Primary School held its Colour Dash at Ocean Grove Park. It was a colourful affair with students getting pelted with colour bombs as they ran around the park. Clara Cass and Jolie Kerr certainly enjoyed themselves. For more Damon Carr pictures, see page 8
Brian hits back Liberal candidate for Bellarine Brian McKiterick has hit back at comments made by Lisa Neville over his recent move to Ocean Grove. The current member for Bellarine, Ms Neville, questioned Mr McKiterick's move from Torquay to Ocean Grove labelling it as "taking the piss out of the community". "He's the Surf Coast Shire councillor, he's come down here just like Ron Nelson did last
time, rented a house and left as soon as he lost," Ms Neville told the Voice. But Mr McKiterick defended his move to the Bellarine. "I moved to Ocean Grove as soon as I was preselected to do nothing else but understand the everyday lives of the constituents within the electorate - plus who wouldn't want to live in the Bellarine?," he said. "I certainly wasn't asked by anyone to make
this transition - I did it by choice and moved my family to do so. I honestly hope this shows my commitment to this candidacy. It has proven to be a great decision. "I can tell you which roads need fixing, which businesses are struggling due to exorbitant power price increases, what the community groups are working towards and I do my shopping within the electorate too. "Why wouldn't you live within the community that you represent?"
Mr McKiterick said he has worked within the Surf Coast, Geelong and Bellarine as a police officer for 20 years during a 39-year-career, including being based at Ocean Grove and supervising on the Bellarine Peninsula. "Further, for my opponent to say I'm "taking the piss out of the community" is frankly just rude, immature and wrong," Mr McKiterick said. Continued on page 3
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By Justin Flynn