A CHELSEA Heights tennis player has been named a finalist for the Victorian Disability Sport and Recreation Awards. Mischa Ginns is in the running for the sportsperson of the year award in the community category. Ginns plays blind tennis at a state level and has established a local program to get other people involved as well. The awards ceremony will take place on 8 November. Disability Sport and Recreation programs and events manager Marshall James said, “we received an overwhelming number of quality nominations this year, making it very difficult for our judges to select finalists across each category.” “DSR…
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KINGSTON Council says it is “encouraged” by plans to incorporate elements of the old Parkdale Station into the planned rebuild of the train station. Earlier this month the Level Crossing Removal Project unveiled new plans for the redeveloped Parkdale Station precinct. It is planning to use the old station building in the new design. In a statement, council said it was “positive that the new plans include some of the key features of our adopted urban design framework”. “Most notable among these design proposals is the commitment to retain and repurpose the original historic Parkdale Station building, the adoption of…
FLASH flooding and wild weather has been striking across Victoria this month, and Chelsea has been no exception. Chelsea SES received more than 10 calls for help on 7 October when flash flooding hit the area. Calls for assistance came from Bonbeach, Mentone, Aspendale, Chelsea Heights, and Chelsea. Houses on Sherwood Avenue were affected by rising flood waters (pictured). SES crews attended to pump water away from the badly affected areas. The Chelsea area avoided the worst of the storms that hit Victoria last week. Thompsons Road closed in both directions between McCormicks Road and Taylors Road due to flooding…
AN exhibition celebrating artworks by people living with autism and other disabilities will open next month. The initiative is run by Statewide Autistic Services. The organisation’s CEO Kath Ferry said the “SASI art show and competition gives us the chance to show the wider community the creativity and sheer talent of people from within community.” “There are very few opportunities across Victoria for people with autism and other disabilities to present their art in a public forum and have their work appreciated by the wider community and SASI is proud to showcase such an opportunity,” she said. At an opening…
FOR the Bertram family, nursing runs in the bloodline. Sharell Bertram is the granddaughter of a nurse. She works in Chisholm’s nursing department and has recently welcomed her two daughters into the industry. Hannah and Isabelle Bertram have enrolled in a Bachelor of Nursing course at Chisholm in Frankston. The Health Department estimates that there will be a shortfall of 85,000 nurses by 2025 and 123,000 nurses by 2030. To read more about Chisholm’s nursing course options visit chisholm.edu.au/career-fields/nursing First published in the Frankston Times – 18 October 2022