Make a wish: Somerville CFA’s Adam Carrig and Josh Caron, Peninsula Quarries’ Chris DeFreitas, Crib Point Community Garden’s Carol Barrie, Peninsula Quarries’ Jo Murray and Rob Gerrand, and Somerville Primary school’s Nicky Fammartino. Picture: Supplied
Local groups share Peninsula Quarries environment grants CRIB Point Community Garden, Somerville Rise Primary School and Somerville Fire Brigade are the first groups to share in the annual community grant of $5000 from Peninsula Quarries. The grants go to community groups in the Somerville, Tyabb and Mornington areas for projects supporting the environment. Crib Point Community Garden will receive $1750 for a 4000-litre water
tank. This will enable environmentally responsible watering of the garden which provides fresh food for welfare groups. Somerville Rise Primary School will receive $2245 for environmental learning hub The Barn which teaches pupils about sustainability and environment issues. Somerville Fire Brigade will receive $1000 towards an electronic LED messaging board outside its Eramosa Road East head-
quarters. This will promote community events and assist with warnings and restrictions during emergency events. Peninsula Quarries services the region’s civil infrastructure industry with quarry materials and products for road building and sewerage ponds. The company’s community engagement group chair Rob Gerrand described the grants as a “tremendous environmental initiative”.
“This year’s recipients are outstanding community organisations and worthy winners,” he said. “They have established an extremely high standard of dedication to the environment which next year’s applicants will find inspirational.” New applications open in February. Details: Call the Clifton Group 9654 3522.
Sign of the times: Burgess says ‘No AGL’ HASTINGS MP Neale Burgess has made clear his opposition to AGL’s plans to import gas via Crib Point with the placing of a large sign at Crib Point. With just six days to Saturday’s poll his picture adorns this large billboard on the corner of Stony Point Road and Disney Street, opposite the service station. “We appreciate Neale’s support for the Crib Point community in our battle to stop AGL’s major gas importation facility,” Save Westernport spokesperson Julia Stockigt said. “We hope that Neale also understands the fragility of the Westernport environment and opposes other port plans for Western Port, which would endanger our marine life. “The former state Liberal government of Denis Napthine supported plans for a massive container port north of Hastings. “The port proposal would destroy about four kilometres of coastline and dredge at least 20 million cubic metres of shallow channels and mudflats to accommodate the massive container ships.”
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Western Port News
21 November 2018
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