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The New Free PressWEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2016

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●●●●● Josef Miller and Santa Claus enjoy ‘Christmas in July’ this week at the

Cuckoo Restaurant, Olinda,

CELEBRATING 70 YEARS HERITAGE: YARRA RANGES • MOUNTAIN DISTRICT

Welcome to yourNew Free Press

■ Welcome to The New Free Press, a lo-cal newspaper with a familiar name,whichpromises energetic local news coverage.

Our reporting will be headed by editorAsh Long, who was Manger of the Knoxand Mountain District Free Press in 1978,38 years ago.

Our team values the Free Press traditionthat was started by John and EleanorBennett, 70 years ago, in 1946.

The New Free Press is free. EveryWednesday, you can pick-up your free copyat more than 60 outlets across the YarraRanges and Mountain District.

The New Free Press will be publishedearly every Wednesday morning.

Additionally, The New Free Press isavailable online. We can send you a free e-mail each Wednesday, with a link to ourelectronic e-dition, which is an exact rep-lica of our print edition.

You will also be able to read the currentissue, and back copies, of The New FreePress free at our website:

www.NewFreePress.com.au

We will also have updates of breakingnews, sports results, local weather, and‘people pars’ at the website, plus Facebook.

We are a truly local paper. Editor AshLong was named statewide winner of theBest Local Reporting Award by the Victo-rian Country Press Association for his cov-erage of municipal affairs.

For a time, Long was Editor of the Up-per Yarra Mail at Yarra Junction-Warbur-ton, so he has a great working knowledgeof the region, its people, and their doings.

Advertising in The New Free Press willbe at competitive prices. Your message withget to people - in print and online - at abetter price. Trades and Services Directoryadvertising starts at just $5 per week.

There will be free classified advertisingfor private-party ‘For Sale’ notices. The NewFree Press will build a substantial ‘What’sOn’ guide, with free listings for localorganisations.

The New Free Press is not associatedwith any other local publication. It is proudlyindependent, and warmly welcomes yournews, letters, photos and contributions.

The New Free Press is backed by LocalMedia Pty Ltd, publishers of the MelbourneObserver newspaper, which was first pub-lished 47 years ago, in 1969.

We have a sister publication, The LocalPaper, which covers part of the Yarra Val-ley, Plenty Valley, Diamond Valley andMurrindindi areas.

The New Free Press looks forward tobeing a part of your life every week.

Enjoy your weekly copy. Connect withus online. Let us share your news. Tell uswhat you think. We are your New Free Press.

- The Publishers

●●●●● Ash Long, Editor, The New Free Press

●●●●● Likley to be returned: Jason Wood

(La Trobe) and Tony Smith (Casey)

Christmas in July:that’s Cuckoo

Slim margins asLabor gains on MPs

●●●●● Wendy and Simon Browning enjoy the ‘Christmas in July’ hospitality at

the Cuckoo Restaurant at Olinda. More pictures on Page 6

Early First Preference votes were: JasonWood, 29,816 (42.3 per cent); Simon Curtis,22,724 (32.2 per cent); Tom Cummings(Greens), 7398 (10.5 per cent); others, 10,618(15.0 per cent).

There was a swing of more than 3 per cent toLabor in La Trobe.

The La Trobe seat includes Beaconsfield,Belgrave, Berwick, Boronia (part), Cockatoo,Emerald (part), Ferntree Gully (part), FernyCreek, Gembrook (part), Macclesfield, MountDandenong (part), Narre Warren (part), NarreWarren North (part), Narre Warren South(part), Officer, Olinda (part), Pakenham Up-per (part), Sassafras, Tecoma and Upwey.

In the seat of Casey, early counting saw Lib-eral Tony Smith suffer a 1.9 per cent swing toLabor’s Hovig Melkonian.

Early First Preference votes: Tony Smith,35,608 (49.1 per cent); Hovig Melkonian,21,222 (29.2 per cent); Elissa Sutherland(Greens), 8470 (11.7 per cent); others, 7268 (10.0per cent).

Casey includes include Bayswater North(part), Chirnside Park, Coldstream, Croydon(part), Croydon South (part), Dixons Creek,Don Valley, Gladysdale, Gruyere, Healesville,Hoddles Creek, Kallista, Kalorama, Kilsyth,Kilsyth South, Launching Place, Lilydale,Millgrove, Monbulk, Montrose (part),Mooroolbark, Mount Evelyn, Powelltown,Reefton, Seville, Seville East, Silvan, Wandin,Wandin East, Warburton, Wesburn, WooriYallock, Yarra Glen, Yarra Junction andYellingbo.

Vote counting by the Australian ElectoralCommission continues as The New Free Pressgoes to publication.

■■■■■ LIBERALS Jason Wood and

Tony Smith look likely to be re-

turned as Federal Parliamentar-

ians, despite significant in-

creases in the Labor vote at last

Saturday’s election.

In early counting, Mr Wood held

a 1300-vote lead after prefer-

ences, 35,921 (50.9 per cent) to

the ALP’s Simon Curtis’s 34,931

(49.1 per cent) with 76.1 per

cent of the vote counted.

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LocalBriefs

■ Evelyn MLAChristine Fyffe hastold State Parlia-ment that the levelcrossing removal atMooroolbark willhave problems.

“It is my under-standing that therailway line at thiscrossing will not beable to be put under-ground, because ofengineering issueswith pre-existingpipes that cannot bemoved. This meansthat the cost of thisremoval is likely toballoon out.

●●●●● Nick Anchen

●●●●● Glenn Patterson

■ A new $384,290package for YarraRanges Shire CEOGlenn Patterson isdue to come into ef-fect next week.

Mr Patterson’snew weekly paypacket of $6503.92comes into effect onThursday next week(July 14).

The package com-prises a cash compo-nent of $338,204, avehicle worth $12,746annually, and super-annuation totalling$33,340.

The Yarra RangesCouncil voted in Feb-ruary this year to re-appoint Mr Patterson,effective from nextweek.

Mr Patterson wasappointed CEO ofYarra Ranges Shire in2008, following timeat Baw Baw Councilin a similar position.

He has 25 years se-nior management ex-perience with a num-ber of metropolitanand rural councils andwas first appointed aCEO at the ColacOtway Shire in 1998.

He also spent a pe-riod as the Chief Ex-ecutive of a Mel-bourne-based prop-erty developmentgroup.

This led to himowning and operatinga property related busi-ness on the Morn-ington Peninsula.

Mr Patterson is aboard member ofYarra Ranges Tour-ism and ProcurementAustralia and a mem-ber of the EasternMetropolitan Re-gional DevelopmentAssociation Commit-tee.

Mr Patterson has abusiness degree, aMaster of Businessand is a graduate of theAustralian Instituteof Company DirectorsProgram.

Squadpicks

■ Young cricketershave been selectedin the Victorian Un-der-19 Country andMetro trial squadsfor the 2016-17 sea-son.

Selections in-clude: Angus Adam-son, Dixon’s Creek;Mitch Barnewell,Ben Rolfs andJames Cummane,Eltham; Sam Beer,Rowville; MarkButler, Moorool-bark; Tom Humph-ries, Lysterfield;and Rory Tattersall,Croydon

Wanted

■ Police want tolocate StuartLloyd, 39, after hefailed to appear atRingwood Magis-trates’ Court.

Lloyd is knownto frequent the east-ern suburbs andMelbourne.

Contact CrimeStoppers on 1800333 000.

Balloon

The New Free Press - Wednesday, July 6, 2016 - www.NewFreePress.com.au

●●●●● Stuart Lloyd

■ Local author Nick Anchenlaunched his latest book, TheDandenong Ranges, at MerylWilliams’s Rainy Day Books, TheBasin, on Friday (July 1).

Anchen has been prolific with hispublications, particularly about sub-jects involving the Mountain District.

His books to date have includedPuffing Billy Railway, Kyeema DC-2disaster, Cuckoo Restaurant,Tesselaar Tulip Farm, SherbrookeForest, the Superb Lyrebird, and oth-ers.

Some of his works have includedwildlife photography of 'Mr. Lyrebird',Alex Maisey.

Friday night’s function was heldwas held at the Mountain Hwy store.

New Dandenongs booklaunched at The Basin

●●●●● The Dandenong Ranges,

a new book, was launched at

Rainy Day Books last Friday

Another launch function was heldat the Belgrave Book Barn on Satur-day morning (July 2).

Nick and his young family live inFerntree Gully.

Locals salute70-year tradition

■ Dandenong Ranges residents flooded so-cial media with tributes to the Free Press Leader,after the final edition went to press lastWednesday (June 29).

Some of the tributes at the LostDandenongs page on Facebook included:■ Barb Smith: “Have had a lot of historywith this paper, such a shame to see it end. Mywonderful mum Margo Coward was a fan-tastic writer for this paper and she is saddenedby its shutting down. For many years it was apart of her life and in turn part of our familiesas well. Sad to see the old girl go out of print.Shut the presses, let's go home.”■ Kay Thornton: “I worked at Knox News,which was a Leader paper in the 70s - I didreception, classifieds, illustrations and pickedup the lunches!”■ Jill Yates: “Remember delivering the FreePress on my bike back in the mid 70s in theSassafras area along with my brother.”■ Mike Kyval: “Started by John Bennett andhis wife, were a thorn in the side of Shire ofSherbrooke, and kept us well informed, Iworked there two nights a week after schoolwith Lofty, Ron Bromley and Ron Pike.”■ Sue McNabb: “I'm going to miss it.”■ Judy Friguglietti: “Thanks Leader, reallyenjoyed catching up on all the local happen-ings and very much admired your support forcommunity. It's a sad day when we lose alocal paper.”■ Jennifer Downs-Brew: “Oh no! I have al-ways loved my Free Press. End of an era.”■ Karen Murphy: “This is sad...I used tohelp my brother with his delivery round inSouth Belgrave.”■ Tim Heenan: “I am deeply saddened atthe loss of yet another local paper ... We arenot the wiser in letting print media go the wayit is going. In recent times I have seen the truevalue of all our local papers in Yarra Ranges.It's a huge community with 55 townships andsuburbs. There are always many local storiesto be told.”■ Cathie Newell: “Will miss being able toaccess local news and ads.”■ Meaghan Renkin: “This is the first I haveheard. It's the only paper I read. Very disap-pointed.”■ Lida Ploeg-Van Horick: “An icon no more.Thanks for all your good work and reporting.”■ Annette Pascoe: “My 89-year-old motherwith no internet is going to miss the commu-nity news ... and I still enjoy reading the paperfor real estate and community noticeboard.”■ Betsy Hanham: “Local papers are the onlyway that we can see what is going on locally.”■ Anita Dealy-Agosti: “A real shame to loseas it is part of the fabric of our community,thanks for your your hard work through theyears.”■ Robyn Schimmy: “Oh no. I read it reli-giously every week. I find it great for localnews. That's very sad indeed.”■ Michelle Watt: “The first paper I did thelayout for way back in 1986. I think it was 12pages then.”■ Terry R Barca: “I remember when TheFree Press was an actual newspaper and lo-cated in Belgrave. They did two articles onme in my various guises and working life -everything changes I guess.”

Up Hill and Down Dale

●●●●● The front-page of last week’s

final issue of the Free Press Leader

Clerical error:change to permit

■ A permit for aFerntree Gully devel-opment is to be alteredafter the VictorianCivil and Administra-tive Tribunal foundthere had been a cleri-cal error in the origi-nal paperwork.

VCAT memberGraeme David lastweek determined thatDouble Bay Develop-ments should have anamended decision forthe permit for a devel-opment at 58 HolmeRd, Ferntree Gully.

The ‘responsibleauthority’ is the KnoxCity Council.

The permit allowsfor a double-storydwelling to the rear ofthe existing dwelling.

The surroundingarea is mainly res-

idential containing amix of single-storeydetached dwellingswith some limited two-storey and medium-density developments/

Knox Council hadrefused the applicationon grounds relating toneighbourhood char-acter, planning policyand residential codeissues.

Objectors ex-pressed concerns re-lating to the scale ofthe development, in-cluding visibility fromthe property and po-tential impacts ondrainage and wetnesswithin the property.

Mr David said, onbalance, he found thatthe proposal provideda reasonable planningoutcome.

Tribunal rejects YarraRanges Council permit

■ A planning decision by Yarra RangesShire Council has been set aside by the Vic-torian Civil and Administrative TribunalMember Geoffrey Rundell.

The Tribunal altered conditions on theplanning permit given to Michael Ryan for asix-lot subdivision at 215-219 Monbulk Rd,Silvan.

The Tribunal has also given permissionfor vegetation removal, including one SilverWattle and a group of four Water Gums(Kannooka).

Yarra Ranges Shire Council determinedlast November to refuse to grant a planningpermit for the proposed development.

Mr Rundell inspected the site on June16, unaccompanied by the parties.

Mr Rundell had heard that Silvan hadbeen listed as a place for “least change”.

“In my view, the development is a sen-sible response to the site’s features andconext,” Mr Rundell said.

●●●●● Christine

Fyffe


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Local WeatherLOCAL FORECAST - BELGRAVE

■ Wed, Jul. 6. Scattered showers. 5°-11°

■ Thu., Jul. 7. Partly cloudy. 4°-12°

■ Fri., Jul. 8. Partly cloudy. 4°-14°

■ Sat., Jul. 9. Mostly sunny. 8°-14°

LOCAL FORECAST - LILYDALE

■ Wed, Jul. 6. Partly cloudy. 6°-12°



■ Sat., Jul. 9. Partly cloudy. 9°-16°

LOCAL FORECAST - WARBURTON

■ Wed, Jul. 6. Showers. 7°-11°



■ Sat., Jul. 9. Mostly sunny. 9°-16°

●●●●● US Motors bus in the Olinda show, circa 1940s

■ We are indebted to the Mt Dandenong and District Historical So-ciety for this photo showing a US Motors bus at the Olinda depot in the1940s. The Lost Dandenongs page on Facebook explains: “The ga-rage was located on the bend in the road where Range Rd meets theMt Dandenong Tourist Rd. The building was demolished about 2005and was replaced by a larger multi-use development.”

Early photo shows US busin the snow at Olinda depot

Term 3starts

■ State schoold startTerm 3 on Monday(July 11). At Gem-brook PrimarySchool, the month in-cludes a Murrindindivisit, The Fairest OfThem All incursion, aparents and friends’soup day, and a ‘bullyproof’ incursion on Jul28.

Pat O’Donnell, plusadvertising sales girlsPam Stuart and IllJordan.

Other team mem-bers were motoringwriter Alan Hould-croft, real estate repJohn Shaw, reception-ist Kaylene Sibbald(later Bowen), and ca-det Craig Wilkins.

Familiarnames

■ Some of our 1978team included reporterMargo Coward, sportswriter Tony Knee-bone, journo RobynGunn, photographer

■ Welcome to thefirst issue of The NewFree Press.

The Free Pressheritage began in 1946when Upwey coupleJohn and EleanorBennett started aweekly newspaper.

Rupert Mur-doch’s CumberlandNewspapers took overthe title in the early1970s, and it wasbought by the Leadergroup in 1977. It wasthen a privately-owned company.

I was Manager ofthe Knox and Moun-tain District Free Pressfrom 1978, in its mostbouyant era, with edi-tions of up to 76 pages.

Localteam

Whitewitch

■ The Free Press hada close-knit team; weeven had our own resi-dent white witch, Bel-grave’s Kerry Kul-kens.

Kerry, who con-ducted her own clair-voyant and magicshop in Main St, pro-vided a weekly col-umn.

Four decades on, Iguess it is OK to re-veal that when Kerrywas late with her col-umn, the predictionswere ‘ghosted’ byyours truly.

I joked at the timethat I had a better pre-diction success ratethan Kerry!

Bestof days

■ The late NellBennett, widow ofFree Press founderJohn Bennett, wasstill around, so ourteam was always onbest behaviour.

What The Papers Say

Bridge demolition■ The historic Woori Yallock ‘old’ bridge onHealesville-KooWeeRup Rd. is being demol-ished after it was deemed to be unsafe, re-ported Kath Gannaway. The old bridge hasbeen out of use since 2003.

- Upper Yarra Mail

Death of Roy Fox■ Roy Fox OAM, popular agriculturalist,former Alexandra Shire President, promi-nent Rotarian, has died in his 99th year. Aservice will be held at the Yarck Public Hallat 11.30am this Friday (July 8).

- The Local Paper, Yea

Puppy rego plea■ Knox Council has been urged to changeits dog registration policy because it forcespuppies to go under the knife too early, re-ports Jordy Atkinson. Puppy owners facebeing slugged a $162 registration fee for a“whole dog” if they wait, as opposed to $38for a desexed dog.

- Knox Leader

Cops probe dispute■ Police are investigating allegations thatthree firefighters threatened to tear down asign supporting the CFA at a Dandenong poul-try business. A banner with the words “Savethe CFA – put Labor last” was hanging on theVictor’s Wholesale Meats building on PrincesHwy, reported Casey Neill.

- Dandenong Journal

Chipping in cash■ Taxpayerss have forked out a cash sub-sidy to help British potato chip companyTyrrells Crisps expand its operations inLilydale, reports Sam Bidey. Tyrrells has wona grant which it says will help create an extra120 manufacturing jobs – but the State Gov-ernment is refusing to reveal how much thehandout is worth, saying it is confidential.

- Lilydale Leader

Jailed for 90 days■ A man who pleaded guilty to clasping hismother around the throat in a “vice-like grip”and possessing dozens of suspected stolenpower tools has been jailed for 90 days, re-ported Cam Lucadou-Wells. On April 27, theman – who had 18 prior convictions – arguedwith his mother in her Narre Warren home,accusing her of sabotaging his cannabis crop,Dandenong Magistrates, a Court heard.

- Berwick News

Medals discovery■ Agustin Argote has been reunited with hisfather’s Olympic medals found dumped 30kmfrom where they went missing more than threedecades ago. The two medals, coins and othermemorabilia were found on top of a hard rub-bish collection in Ringwood North, reportedEmma-Jayne Schenk.

- Maroondah Leader

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Doug’sstroke

■ Media man DougAiton has been laidlow by a stroke.

Doug, known bestfor his ABC 774 and3AW appearances, isa former resident ofFerny Creek. He wasthe Editor of the Knox-Sherbrooke News inthe early 1980s.

Doug shares histime between the east-ern suburbs and theBellarine Peninsula.

●●●●● Doug Aiton in

his Knox days

■ Police are asking for assistance from thepublic to help locate Christian Duscas, 25, inrelation to a number of thefts. Duscas isknown to frequent the Pakenham, Berwickand Narre Warren areas.

Anyone with information on his where-abouts is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on1800 333 000 or make a confidential report atwww.crimestoppersvic.com.au

- Victoria Police Media

●●●●● Christian Duscas

■ Leader Newspa-pers has been incharge of the FreePress for the past 40years.

The newspaper hashad its good times andits lean years.

For a short time, thepaper used the title ofthe Ranges Leader, butlocals soon made itknown that theywanted the Free Presstitle revived.

In 1978, we had agreat team. The lateKevin Pearman wasGroup Editor of a num-ber of newspapers,but he took special in-terest in the FreePress.

Kevin and I wouldcome into the Bel-grave offices everySaturday morning toplan the page layoutsof the paper due out onthe Wednesday.

●●●●● Kerry Kulkens

We were pro-ac-tive: if a residentmissed home deliveryof their paper, it fell tothe manager to deliveranother one, with a 10-cent-piece to reim-burse the reader’sphone call.

Our 1978 issues in-cluded a column by anambitious young law-yer, Sherbrooke Presi-dent Cr Stuart Morris.

●●●●● Stuart Morris

Localnetwork

■ The Free Press wasdelivered by a team ofenthusiastic news boysand girls, who wewould treat to specialSaturday afternoons atthe Cameo Theatreand Puffing Billy.

Our ad columnswere full of familiarnames such as NeilNeilson, Noel WebberRetravision, TheSwagman, CaribbeanGardens, HansHoogenbosch RealEstate, Nobelius RealEstate, Bolb Appleby,Max Carter, GeoffWhiter Motors andMichael Nardella.

And so we havecome full circle. Wewould like to thankLeader Newspaperswho have helped us inkeeping the Free Pressname to live on.

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Just BrieflyIn Our Schools

At St Thomas’s■ Some 46 children participated in the Lan-tern Parade held at St Thomas More’sSchool, Belgrave, late last month.

Principal Duncan Arendse said three ex-students - Callum Steele, Kallum Topp andPat Davis - from St Joseph’s worked at theschool n various levels.

Circle of Harmony■ Gembrook Primary School studentsmoved to the Circle of Harmony for a smok-ing ceremony for our newly carved flagpoleto fly the Aboriginal flag, just prior to the endof Term 2.

The pole was donated by Rhys Collinsfrom the Westernport Management Catch-ment Authority. The carving was done bylocal Wurundjeri elder, Perry Wandin.

Upwey changes■ There will be a number of staff changesat Upwey High School in Term 3:■ Stace Kerr, Business Manager, is movingon after eight years to a position at KoonungSecondary College.■ Hedy Martin, music classroom and in-strumental teacher, has retired from teach-ing.■ Val Becker (Music) and Monia Batra(Maths/Science) have completed their timeat Upwey High. Val has been with the MusicDepartment for more than 10 years. Moniahas worked in the Maths and Science do-mains since 2007.■ Stephanie Davies , Art/Tech Leader, istaking up an opportunity to work with theStephanie Alexander Gardens Program for12 months.■ Bernie McDermott,Year 10 Team En-glish, will be on leave in semester two.■ Judy Andreola has accepted a role in theLearning Support team and JenniferHumphris has accepted a role in reception/first aid in the General Office.■ Principal Tom Daly is on Long ServiceLeave for the next three months. During hisabsence Deb Martine and Andrew McNeilwill be Co-Principals. Derm Fennessy willbe Assistant Principal during Term 3.

Belgrave HeightsChristian School

■ The final contributions for a history bookwere being gathered at the weekend (July 2-3) for Belgrave Heights Christian School.

Heather Nixon has finished at the schoolafter 18 years’ service.

The school will open its Art Exhibitionfrom 3.4pm-4.30pm on Thursday next week(July 14).

All parents and friends of ear 7 Art, 3D Artand Visual Communication students are in-vited to view the students’ work and enjoy alight afternoon tea.

The exhibition will be open for parents toview during school hours until July 29.

Sam on leave■ Sam Ladner is extending her leave pe-riod from her teaching responsibilities atCockatoo Primary School.

She has been enjoying her time workingin the East Arnhem Land community ofRamingining. She has decided to accept an-other six-month contract at RaminginingCommunity Education Centre.

Another teacher will be appointed to teachthe prep grade after Janelle Dale commencesher maternity leave at the beginning of Term3.

Emerald Secondary■ Confirmation was received on June 22 thatthe that the new building program at EmeraldSecondary College has been given the greenlight to progress ahead.

Principal Jodie Doble says that the nextstage in the program will be for the architectto begin to discuss with the learning commu-nity the needs and requirements of the pro-gram. The school is loking forward to sharingthe architects’ ideas with the “whole learningcommunity”.

Council Watch

$178m budget setfor Yarra Ranges

The New Free Press - Wednesday, July 6, 2016 -

Warrant issued

●●●●● Cr Jason Callanan, Yarra Ranges Mayor

■ Yarra RangesCouncil approved its$178 million budgetfor 2016-17, at itsmeeting last Tuesday(June 28).

Mayor Cr JasonCallanan said theCouncil had workedwithin the 2.5 per centrate rise cap set byPremier DanielAndrews.

“Yarra RangesCouncil is determinedto achieve efficienciesand continue to meetcommunity needsthrough innovation inthe 2015-16 Budget,”a Council spokesmansaid.

“The Budget re-flects Council’s fo-cused journey to se-cure savings while in-vesting in road up-grades, improve-ments, vital servicesand infrastructureamid committing torate capping resultingin a loss of future rev-enue.

“Council is plan-ning to meet the ratecap for the life of theLong Term FinancialPlan, 2016-17 to 2025-26. However, this willdepend on the StateGovernment’s set ratecap each year.

“Council has beensuccessful in reducingits rate increase eachyear for the past twoyears, through drivingcost efficiencies andreducing expenditure.

“The Budget in-cludes $38.4m in newcapital works infra-structure as part of the$178m 2016-17 oper-ating budget.

“This includes in-

vesting $14.26m inroad upgrades and im-provements, with afurther $3.51m to bespent on footpathswhich are both prior-ity areas.”

Major projects willinclude $1.4m to con-tinue construction ofthe Monbulk Re-gional Soccer Centre.

A total of $1m hasalso been allocated to-

Local People

Local radio man,Ray, loses a leg

●●●●● Ray Lawrence, President of Radio Eastern

wards a new Commu-nity Sports Pavilion inBelgrave South.

An amount of$14.26m will be spenton resealing and resur-facing, upgrades andimprovements, shoul-der reconstructions,sealed road patchingand special chargeschemes on roadsacross Yarra Ranges.

Specific hillsprojects include:■ $20,000 AndersonRd and Reservoir Rd,Monbulk , designphase for road im-provements (specialcharge scheme)■ $865,000 JellicoeAve, Monbulk, roadimprovements■ $530,000 Old Em-erald Road, Monbulk,road improvements■ $122,000 RankinsRoad, Monbulk, inter-section improvementworks

The sum of $3.51mwill be spent on foot-paths and cycle waysacross the municipal-ity.

Projects in the hillsarea include $116,000Masches Hill Road,Monbulk, footpathworks (from BaynesPark Rd to CammsRd).

■ Popular outer-eastern arearadio man Ray Lawrence haslost a leg, after medical com-plications.

Ray, President of RadioEastern 98.1 FM, washospitalised at Box Hill, afterproblems from an injury suf-fered in a car accident in the1960s.

Ray has taken leave fromhis regular weekly Wednesdayand weekend radio programswhilst he recovers.

He has hosted the MidweekMatinee program, and wel-come co-hosts including RoyHampson and Peter Philip.

Ray had an extensive radiocareer on stations including3AW and ‘Beautiful Music3AK’.

Set aside■ Knox Council’s permitconditions for a eight-dwell-ing development at Wed-more Rd, Boronia, has beenset aside by the VictorianCivil and AdministrativeTribunal member MeganCarew.

■ Police are asking for assistance from thepublic to help locate Vebi Tahiri, 50, knownto frequent the nearby Narre Warren andDandenong areas.

A warrant has been issued for the Tahiriin relation to a number of thefts.

Anyone with information on his where-abouts is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on1800 333 000 or make a confidential report atwww.crimestoppersvic.com.au

Money for parks■ Some of the budget projects in the yearahead for Yarra Ranges Council includesworks in public parks:

$5.24m will be spent on neighbourhoodparks, skate park improvements, playgroundand park furniture renewal and township im-provements.

Hills projects include:■ $20,000 BMX Track, Monbulk, track im-provements■ $210,000 Skate Park, Upwey, renewal andrepair works■ $77,000 Skate Park, Monbulk, renewaland repair works■ $76,000 Kalorama Memorial Reserve,improvements to existing tennis court

Yibbida, yibbida

●●●●● Vebi Tahiri

●●●●● Politician Shaun Leane, Cr Maria

McCarthy and Rex Hunt at Lilydale Lake

■ Some 800 large coral trout were releasedlast week at Lillydale Lake as part of theState Government’s $46 million Target OneMillion plan for recreational fishing.

Cr Maria McCarthy assisted the hand netrelease, along with Fisheries Victoria offic-ers and Australian face of fishing Rex Hunt.

The plan aims to increase participation toone million Victorian anglers by 2020.

Cr McCarthy said the increased numberof fish would attract more people to Lilydaleto cast a rod, boosting tourism and providingmore fun activities for local families.

“Lillydale Lake is a real draw card forour municipality. Local families and visitorsenjoy the 10km of shared trails at the park,perfect for walking or bike riding,” CrMcCarthy said.

“We will now have more opportunitiesfor families and children to catch a fish, es-pecially during the school holidays.”

Cr McCarthy thanked Fisheries Victoriafor the fresh stock of trout and the Yarra Val-ley Fly Fishers for supporting the commu-nity, by teaching children to fish and encour-aging families to use the lake.

Mr Hunt said these fish would spawn forfuture generations to fish recreationally. Hesaid he’d like to see more parents introducetheir children to fishing.

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Dandenong Ranges

●●●●● Main St, Olinda. Circa 1950s.●●●●● Driving past the Coffee Palace, Belgrave, in 1916.

●●●●● Royal Hotel, Upper Ferntree Gully.

●●●●● Mount Dandenong Post Office. 1918. ●●●●● Cameo Theatre, Belgrave.

●●●●● Monbulk Rd, Belgrave, looking towards Kallista. Photo: Weekly Times ●●●●● Arcadia Tea Rooms, Kallista

●●●●● Tremont, Circa 1920s. Hughes St on left, Campbell Drive on right.


I hope you may consider supporting Treasure House

and SWIRL in Fiji. These are 5 ways I recommend to support:

1. Financial support for SWIRL’s remote literacy pro-

gram.

2. Sponsoring on-site local teachers, $155FJ per week.

3. Sponsoring a child’s school tuition, $1000-$3000

FJ per annum

4. Financial donations to Treasure House to fund

their new facility. Target: $450,000 FJ

5. Adopting a Fijian children.

SWIRL (Story Writing In Remote Locations)

SWIRL is a Victoria University program that has been

running for 20 years; the brain child of Lawry Mahon.

It uses teacher students ‘placement’ requirements

to provide remote Australian communities with pri-

mary school education programs that focus on im-

proving literacy skills.

A major strength of the program is how it focuses

on embracing local cultures and helping to preserve

and document

Victoria Uni and Lawry Mahon have been rolling

out this program internationally.

They have a great opportunity to test pilot the

project at Treasure House and then roll the program

out in Fiji nationally.

The Fiji government is focusing on education adn

now is a great time to capitalise on the current gov-

ernment motivation.

Once tested and adopted it can be used to increase

the literacy rate in Fiji, especially targeting the more

remote locations.

There are 330 islands in Fiji and the schools that

are found in outlying islands and regions need a

boost to their literacy programs. SWIRL is a great

program that has been very effective at improving

How To Act: If you would like any more information about SWIRL or Treasure House,

please contact Dave Gilmour, 0409 022 969 [email protected]

Treasure House Orphange

For those who don’t know Treasure House is an

orphanage in Nadi, Fiji, directed by Ulamila Cakau.

It has been providing an excellent service to the

children of Fiji in need.

The current facility, while old, is kept immacu-

late and has a capacity of 20 children.

Please google Treasure House Nadi and you will

find numerous YouTube clips showing the facility,

staff, volunteers and some of the kids.

They provide for many children with special

needs. On my recent visit I met one of their ‘spe-

cial needs; babies who was shaken as a baby and

now sufers serious physical and mental disabili-

ties.

The current staff are volunteers and some paid

carers. The team works to provide a stable, safe,

clean and loving environment.

While I was there they had just been able to re-

turn a little boy to his own family after they had

provided temporary respite during a dificult fam-

ily period.

Projects

On Site Teachers. The current team of carers at

Treasure House are not teachers. So far they have

been unable to source volunteer local teachers at

the facility.

It is envisaged the VU students will take up this

role. They would be on site for 2 hours in the after-

noon Monday to Friday to help the kids with home-

work and three hours on Saturday. There are how-

ever retired local teachers available but each teacher

would cost $155 FJ per week for the above roster.

Ongoing financial support for SWIRL would be

very helpful. Please note that SWIRL does receive

funds from VU and government grants when avail-

able but obviously those funds are not always avail-

able.

School Sponsorship. Education is very important

at Treasure House and they actively seek sponsors

for their children’s education.

As many of the children are not ‘up to speed’ with

their education, they prefer to place the children in

private schools that have special programs like phon-

ics centres to get the kids on track for the future.

For younger kids it costs $1040 FJ per annum per

child and for older kids (14 and up) it costs $3040 FJ

per annum

Relocation - As the current facility is rather old

and has grown incrementally over the years it has

its limitations. It is also leased but paid for by a local

real estate agent.

Furthermore, there is a growing need for more ‘ca-

pacity’. Ulamila is currently working towards a goal

of $450,000 FJ to finance a fully equipped facility

the would be owned by Treasure House and fully

equipped to handle aproximately 50 children and

more special needs facilities.

They currentyly have a sinking fund with $20,000

FJ but are looking for more funds to enable this plan.

literacy and developing a better learning culture

in Australian regional areas and it is a fabulous ‘fit’

for Fiji.

We have the funds to run the pilot program.

Lawry will pilot the program with VU and while he

is there we hope to get Fiji and Australian Minis-

ters to meet and improve the ongoing project.


Local PictorialHistoric Photo Collection

●●●●● Belgrave. Circa late 1940s●●●●● Belgrave. 1907.

●●●●● Red Mill, Belgrave. Prior to 1970.

●●●●● Timber tramway near Belgrave. 1911. ●●●●● Hill climbing. Terry’s Hill, Belgrave. 1930s.

●●●●● The Railway Station, Belgrave. ●●●●● The main road, Belgrave

●●●●● Walking trails at Belgrave. Possibly 1920s


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●●●●● Pictured at the Monbulk Living and Learning Centre ‘polling place’ on Saturday, (from left) are Jaiden Kohler,

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